Pregnancy Test Day

The day we were given to take a pregnancy test was 13 days past transfer (13dp5dt). I wondered whether I'd want to test early, and around days 5-7 I did have some days of wanting to test, but then I figured it was an opportunity to practise patience - and that if I was pregnant, I'd have plenty more opportunity to practise that, as I waited for scans and so forth, so it would be a good skill to develop!!! After that, I had no trouble waiting, and actually I could have waited longer, but that was probably because I was so nervous about testing. The pregnancy test is a huge deal after going through so much in a cycle, and I definitely felt the pressure of it.

I was really lucky though, as thanks to the OHSS I had a fairly good idea it would be positive. I also had a lot of hope as we had a hatching blast. I also had a fair few symptoms during the 2WW and some mild nausea started on 10dp5dt. When I got the nausea I was so happy - I just felt so blissed out and so pregnant! I had this feeling really deep down inside that something new, strange, and exciting was going on down below.

I couldn't sleep for excitement the night before the test, not a wink of anxiety (very unlike me!). I got up at 6am to take the test, couldn't hold out any more. We'd been given a test by the clinic and I'd bought some tests as well, so I did three. I peed in a little pot given us by the clinic and we stuck the tests in, set a timer, and lay on the bed for three minutes. I then had to get hubby to check the result, I was so nervous. He seemed to take an age to respond and then he said... 'Mrs, you're pregnant!'

I text his mum and sister right away (they asked us to!), and my mum at 8am. Hubby's mum and dad had a little cry, it was lovely. It was so precious telling my mum as well, she made a noise I'd never heard before - "OoohOOOOHoooh!" - and said she'd learn to knit!!!

I didn't feel like sharing the news with others after that, I wish we could have kept it to ourselves for a bit, but we had other friends waiting for the result. Overall I feel so blessed to have so many people rooting for us that I don't mind sharing - it's just my fears of something going wrong or it not being 'real' that makes me cautious. I wish I could let go of that fear and enjoy the moment!

The whole rest of test day I felt shattered and in shock. I didn't sleep well that night either, or the next night! It's now a few days later (I back-dated this post) and I still have no idea how to adjust to news like this!!!

I phoned the clinic that afternoon to give them our result and our 8 week scan was booked for December 14th.