Miracles Do Happen

So, I wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant. But here I am entering my 26th week of pregnancy. Miracles do happen. Writing my play, JACK, was a great way to share my experiences as an infertile woman with the world. It literally healed me. Now I expect writing about my pregnancy for this blog will only further enrich my already rich experience as a pregnant lady.

My husband Tim and I had quit trying to conceive over 2 years ago. I had even stopped keeping up with the exact dates of my cycles. I had learned that once I got toward the middle of the month if my period had not started, that I was probably late. I just KNEW I wasn't late because I was PREGNANT! I was certain that, after multiple failed attempts at conception including clomid, IUI and even a failed in vitro, that late periods did NOT mean I had conceived. I had a fool-proof way of getting my late periods to start: either wear white pants or pee on a pregnancy test stick. One or both of those would always get my period started within 24 hours.

So, it was 10 o'clock at night, middle of the month and no period yet. I decided to pee on a stick. I have peed on hundreds of sticks. Never got 2 lines...never. So I did it. I waited. Then it happened. TWO lines appeared on the stick. I rubbed my eyes. I re-read the instruction pamphlet. I hesitated to get Tim involved. But evidentally I had done something wrong because I had 2 lines! I exited the bathroom and beckoned Tim. All I could say was, "I just got a positive result on a pregnancy test!" Couldn't say, "I'm pregnant" because I just figured the test was wrong. Tim re-read the instructions for me to make sure I had not done something incorrectly. Like the instructions are that complicated - "pee on stick, read results". We were both very confused at this development and the next day rushed to the doctor to have a "real" pregnancy test performed. And the results were the same...POSITIVE! After 8 years of failed attempts at conception, this was such a shock to us. A happy, blessed, shock.

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