It's safe to say that when I found out I was pregnant with E, it was a shock - not just for us but for our family and friends too as we had been together for 12 years! (That makes me feel very old!).
On the 25th January 2012 I brought a pregnancy test. It wasn't that I thought I was pregnant but that I was having problems with my periods and was due to attend a hospital appointment to start looking into it. My periods had been irregular and I had suddenly missed some so I had made a list of my symptoms and on a whim in Boots picked up a test to show them that I knew I couldn't possibly be pregnant.
At home that afternoon I did the test whilst tidying up in the bathroom and almost forgot to check the result.... you can imagine my shock when I saw the faint blue lines. Thinking it couldn't be right I popped out to get petrol - and pick up another test - when I spoke to the chemist, who confirmed that it did indeed look like two blue lines. I booked an appointment with the Doctor the following morning and, needless to say, did the other test. That night, I kept quiet. I didn't want to say anything to D until I had seen the Doctor. The next morning I was up and in work early, making my excuses to pop out to the Doctors.
The appointment itself was a blur. My Doctor told me that if two tests were showing positive then I most likely was and this was confirmed with a third! I was ushered out with instructions to speak to the receptionist who handed me the Bounty pack as I left - this was enough to get me into a state! They aren't exactly small and I had parked directly outside the office window so somehow I managed to shove it in my already overloaded bag and cover it with my coat, putting them in the car before returning to the office.
Sitting at my desk, I struggled to concentrate on anything and didn't make it an hour before telling work I was unwell and needed to go home. I got home and paced, wondering how to tell D. I phoned him at work and asked him to go somewhere private where he wouldn't be heard on the phone. I struggled to find the right words and so just blurted out that I was pregnant. D laughed - not the response I had expected! It turned out that he was worried I'd crashed the car!
How did you discover you were pregnant? How did your partner react?
How did you discover you were pregnant? How did your partner react?
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