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My first ultrasound
About a week after I found out I was pregnant, I experienced some spotting. I know the rate of miscarriage is extremely high during the first 12 weeks, which caused me to worry. I immediately phoned my doctor, who referred me to the early pregnancy unit at the local hospital. The agony of waiting 24 hours before I could find out if everything was ok with my pregnancy was indescribable.
I arrived at the hospital and they were having trouble with their sonogram machine. It took them forever to set their new machine. It felt like every single thing was making me wait longer and longer to find out if everything was ok with this pregnancy. After about 30 minutes, they finally figured out how to work their machine and called me back into the room. They set me up on the table and I started crying. The ultrasound techs were so sweet and held my hand throughout the process. I didn’t want to look at the screens as I have experienced a miscarriage before and hated the thought of seeing another empty ultrasound.
A few moments later, the tech said “it’s fine”, I thought she was trying to calm my nerves but she then said “no, everything is fine” and told me to look at the screen. There it was my little jellybean moving its little soon to be limbs. Seeing the little jellybean on-screen was magical. I know, I know it sounds cliche but that is exactly how it felt. The tech couldn’t find exactly why I was bleeding but said that everything looked fine. I was also shocked to learn that he was measuring 8 weeks instead of 6 weeks. The tech explained that it just means I ovulated earlier than normal.
After about ten minutes I left the hospital with the first-ever picture of our “jellybean”. I stopped in a coffee shop before heading home and sent my husband the sonogram picture. Looking back on it, I probably should have waited until he got home from work to show him, but I was too excited. I couldn’t contain it for that long! As if I could wait 5 hours to show him the sonogram picture. He was over the moon that everything was ok and our little jellybean was ok. This day gave us more hope that this pregnancy would be healthy. Still taking it day by day but with a bit more happiness each day.
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How I found out I was pregnant
On February 14th, I was scheduled for my annual pap smear. Each year I dread going to get a pap smear, but I understand its importance and why every woman should have one. The morning of my pap smear, I started spotting. I figured maybe my period just started a bit early, which never happens (red flag 1). I’m usually pretty accurate with my cycle.
I called to reschedule my pap smear for the following week. Later that day, the bleeding stopped which I found very odd (red flag 2). Normally, when my cycle starts she comes in full force. I remember reading a while ago that if you were pregnant you would have a positive ovulation test. As I like to track my ovulation, I had a few ovulation sticks and decided to test out this theory. I peed on the stick and it was immediately positive. I slightly freaked out because there was a chance this could be false. The worst feeling is giving yourself false hope. I decided to wait until my husband got home to actually try a pregnancy test.
When my husband got home, I asked him to go get a test from the store. He was hesitant as we didn’t want to get our hopes up based on a google theory about positive ovulation test. I explained how my cycle is never early and I never spot and then stop, as these things have never happened to me before. He left to get the test and it felt like I was waiting for ages for him to come back. The moment he got back, I went straight to the bathroom to pee. I set the test on the windowsill and told my husband that he had to check as I was too nervous. I think it said to wait 2 minutes for the result. After two minutes he went to check and there it was our positive pregnancy test!
All I could do was cry… I didn’t know how else to express my emotions. We hugged for what seemed like a lifetime. I couldn’t believe I was actually pregnant. I understood that anything can happen from February until 9 months later and wanted to just take it day by day.
So I’m pregnant…Now what…
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