Finding Out I Was Pregnant Part 1

My husband and I decided we wanted to have a baby and so we tried for one. Two weeks later, I was driving to work at 5 AM down Coal Creek Canyon in Colorado and I felt nauseous. I never get nauseous, so my first thought was that I was pregnant. 

I was working at a medical device plant where my days lasted 12 hours. Every one of those hours that day was spent wondering if I was pregnant, getting excited about the thought of it, but trying not to get my hopes up at the same time. Before heading home, I stopped by a Walgreens to pick up a pregnancy test. Here is the one I used https://amzn.to/2PyIymn. Always good to have one just in case :)

As I was driving home, I tried to convince myself I wasn’t pregnant but I just could not shake the feeling that I was. I made sure that I was drinking plenty of water so that I could take the test as soon as I got home, which I did. Even though I had already made up in my mind that I was pregnant, it still came as a wonderful surprise that the test confirmed it. 

I ran over to my husband sitting on the couch and told him the great news. He replied in a tired monotone voice, “No that can’t be” and he continued on watching his show. I chugged a bunch more water, waited as long as I could, which was only about 15 minutes so that I could use the other test. This was a clear yes or no test and it clearly said yes. I told my husband again and he replied something not enthusiastic like, “Ok.” 

It wasn’t until the next day after a long day of work that it hit him and he realized he was going to be a father. It’s been something we have talked about even before we got married, wanting to have kids. Most men do not instinctively want to have kids from the time they are still children like many women do. 

Throughout these past nine months, his enthusiasm has increased about having a child. Throughout the months, he talked more and more about his hopes and dreams for our soon-to-be child. Once we found out it was a boy, Josh had dreams of playing baseball, dirt biking and snowboarding with our son.

I’ve always heard that men take longer to process things, just didn’t know it took this long. I guess that’s part of why pregnancy lasts nine months; not only does it prepare the mother and grow the child, but also gives time for the father to process it.

Let me know in the comments how your pregnancy adventure began.

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