Finding Out

At the beginning of the new year Tony and I decided to ‘stop preventing’ getting pregnant. We knew that there was a good chance that it would take quite a wile to get pregnant, and we were open and happy with any timing as we knew that God would bless us when he knew we were ready.

Fast forward a month… Life is going on normally and then I got a ‘stomach bug.’ Tony jokingly told me I was pregnant, but neither of us thought anything of it. When I wasn’t feeling better in a few days I started to think about my cycle. I mentioned that I was late, but again we didn’t think anything of it because I have never had regular cycles. As a joke we went to buy a home pregnancy test, but the store was out. We took this as a sign and went on with our lives. A few days later (still feeling icky and still late) we went to the store (for milk) and bought a home pregnancy test. We took it when we got home. After the three minute wait we looked. Tony still didn’t think there was much of a chance that I was pregnant, so he let me look first. The shocked look on my face must have prompted him to take a close look. Lo- two pink lines.


We were both so shocked and excited. We hugged, kissed, and couldn’t stop double checking the test. First month without the pill, and we were going to be having a baby! The Lord sure does work in incredible ways! We decided to take the test again in the morning, just to make sure. Well, that one turned out the same way. We wanted it to be confirmed by the doctor, so we made an appointment at the lab and vowed not to tell anyone until we knew. I was pretty concerned about Tony, as he openly confessed that he was going to be the weak link- I forbid him from answering his phone unless it was me or his work. After my clinicals the next day I headed to our clinic to meet Tony and get the blood test. The procedure is to get the blood test, and call back within 24 hours to see if your ‘personal identifier number’ is on the pregnancy hot line. Well, #00959 was on the message- we were confirmed pregnant. We couldn’t keep the news to ourselves anymore so we started the ceremonious calling of the families.
We elicited every reaction, from screams of joy (Tony’s parents), to shocked “no way”s (Melanie’s mom), to crying (Melanie’s sister). Everyone was really happy for us. We appreciate the love, support, and prayers from everyone we’ve told.
We are guessing that we are about five to six weeks along. This would put the estimated due date in October somewhere around the 11th. Next up is getting in for an appointment with the OB.

We’re really excited to be starting this new chapter in our lives together. Love you all!

Melanie, Tony, and +1