Friday July 15, 2011

So I did what I said I wasn't going to do today, I took a home pregnancy test. I woke up thinking about what my acupuncturist said to me a few days ago. She said once I find out I'm pregnant, I need to stop taking all the Chinese herbs and most of the supplements I'm taking. I started thinking, what if I'm pregnant and I'm taking this stuff? So I decided, I need to take a test just in case. It's 10 days past my IUI and the Ovidrel injection is out of my system now so what the hell? I went ahead and tested but really expecting it to be negative. When I walked up to the test after the allotted 3 minutes I was shocked beyond belief! Low and behold...a BIG FAT POSITIVE (BFP)!!!!! I just couldn't believe it! I just started crying and saying over and over, oh my God, there's two lines, there's two lines!!!! I immediately called Rich and he asked right away what was wrong because he could tell that I was crying. I told him I took the test and that it was positive!! He freaked out too, of course! He kept questioning me over and over about the test and whether or not I did it right. He just couldn't believe it either! We met for lunch and I brought the test for him to see! Ha, ha! We just can't believe this actually happened. It actually worked! Now for the hard part...waiting until next Thursday (6 more days) before I can test "officially" and call Dr. Patel. I am now incredibly worried that I could potentially miscarry. I have a high chance so I am taking every precaution. Most miscarriages happen due to chromosomal abnormalities and there's nothing that I can do about that but I will do what I can. I am over the moon with excitement that I can actually get pregnant! Dr. Patel gave me 5% chance to get pregnant with IUI so I have beaten the odds! Now I need to do it again and carry this baby full-term. I'm praying this little one will stick around, grow and come out very healthy!