Wow! It’s been a whole year since I found out I was pregnant. My, how time truly flies! I should recap what happened that day, Nov 23, 2005.
The night before, Nov 22, Jono & I were at the mall. We stopped at the pharmacy and picked up a home pregnancy test. Jono was skeptical–he thought we should save the cash and just head to the doctor for a test. I kindly explained that the first question the doctor would ask me would be if I did a home test, so we got it anyway. I managed to hold off until the next morning.
Bright and early Nov 23, I woke up and took the test. I even made sure to have a watch in the bathroom with me. Before the mandatory 3 minute wait, I saw two pink lines–two very solid pink lines. I was pleasantly shocked. From then on, my life was changed! Amazingly enough, I didn’t cry. I did start laughing to myself somewhat hysterically though, while locked up in the bathroom. And through this all, Jono was still fast asleep.
Finally, I woke him up shortly before he had to take me to work. I told him that we had 2 lines. He asked what that meant…I told him a baby. His face just broke out into this huge smile. It was quite difficult for me to work that day and keep a straight face. We definitely didn’t want to tell anyone our happy news until it was confirmed by a professional. Thank God, I got in to see the doctor that same afternoon for official confirmation. I went online and calculated my due date to be July 2006. We chose to keep the baby a secret until after the first trimester. After all, it would suck royally to tell people then have someone unfortunate happen and need to retract our news.
What a difference one year makes. Jamayia’s now 4 months old. She weighs 14 lbs, 1 oz. She’s 25 inches long and growing strong.
