{"id":143,"date":"2011-07-26T08:46:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/msdomesticdarling.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2011-07-26T08:51:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T14:51:02","slug":"the-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msdomesticdarling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/the-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: This post was written on April 13th, 2011. Our little one is now 18 1\/2 weeks along \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>It was a slow rising morning for me. I didn\u2019t have to get up for work,  but I was awake anyway. I lingered in bed, until my husband came back  upstairs from his morning ritual (he feeds the dog and cat in the am,  I\u2019m on night duty). While he started getting ready for work, I decided I  was going to take a pregnancy test. There was no real reason for it, I  hadn\u2019t missed AF yet, we\u2019d only been trying for a little while, but I  just had an urge to take one.<\/p>\n<p>The next 5 minutes would change our lives. I went into the hall  bathroom since Brian was in the master and took the test. I stared at it  waiting for what felt like forever. I had already decided it would be  negative, so when it stopped flashing and said in clear print \u201cPREGNANT\u201d  I had to do a double take. WHAT?!?! I ran out of the bathroom and back  into our master where Brian was in the middle of showering. I threw open  the door and shoved the test at him \u201cLOOK!\u201d I was so nervous my hands  were shaking, we did it, we made a baby! I had already set up some  errands to run and now I had to do them while I was full of excitement.  This day was going to be so long!<\/p>\n<p>I decided to call my doctor\u2019s office to see if they could get me in  to confirm, just in case and they set an appointment for 2:30pm. I got  ready, sent Brian off to work and loaded the dog in the car for his vet  appointment. I got back home, dropped the dog off and headed to the  dentist, still in shock at what we\u2019d discovered.<\/p>\n<p>At the dentist office, I had to tell the hygienist that I was  expecting when she wanted to take an \u00a0x-ray, she was the first one,  other than my husband to know! I never imagined that would be the case,  that\u2019s for sure :). I finished my teeth cleaning, and called Brian to  see if he wanted to meet for lunch. I was in the area and it seemed like  a good day for it.<\/p>\n<p>I asked him as we walked in to the restaurant if he was nervous,  excited, upset. He said he was the first two, but wanted to know why I  thought he\u2019d be upset. My response was \u201cBecause it happened so quickly\u201d.  He chuckled and said \u201cif I didn\u2019t expect this to happen with what we  were doing&#8230;\u201d. Okay, he had a point!<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed our lunch and I headed home to wait for my appointment.  Some of the most agonizing time. When I got to the doctors office I was  so nervous, I was so afraid they were going to tell me the test was bad  and that I wasn\u2019t actually pregnant. I would be heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, they confirmed that I was actually pregnant instead!  The real kicker was my due date. We hadn\u2019t thought at all about when  our baby would be born if we got pregnant now, we were just excited to  be trying. Well, it turns out I\u2019m due December 25th! Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>I called Brian on the way home to tell him the great news and then  immediately called my mom. I had to tell her! I then called my dad and  he was excited too. I waited for Brian to come home and we decided to  call our brother and sister and let them know they were going to be an  Aunt and Uncle. Then we called his mom and step-dad and told them they\u2019d  be getting a grandbaby for Christmas &#8211; you could literally hear the  jumping up and down (and screaming) when we told them. It was a moment I  wish I could have taped :). We hung up with them and made a last call  to Brian\u2019s Dad and Step-mom. We had decided to only tell those closest  to us until we knew for sure everything was going to be okay.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m still reeling from the news and can\u2019t believe how blessed we are.  We love our little bean already and \u201cits\u201d only 4 weeks old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: This post was written on April 13th, 2011. Our little one is now 18 1\/2 weeks along \ud83d\ude42 It was a slow rising morning for me. I didn\u2019t have to get up for work, but I was awake anyway. 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