My First Pregnancy...

January 25th 2006 was the day that know that I am pregnant (SHOCKED!!!).

Here is the full story:

It was already more than 2 years since we were married. There were times that Paul and I have discussions about having a child but the discussions always ended up without any decision. We both were not sure if we were ready physically and emotionally. Although our parents always telling us that it is better for a couple to have kids as young as possible, we were very happy living alone together – just the two of us.

Without us realizing that there was already a conception occurs in my body, in the middle of January 2006 we agreed to try to have a child ‘half-heartedly’ --- again not too sure if that was the right time for us to have one. At the same time, I was looking for an OB-GYN in the area so that I could ask the opinion of an expert everything about pre-conception. So, I made an appointment with a doctor on January 25, 2006 just to have talk and have her to answers to my questions. I went in to the doctor office and a friendly nurse greeted me. She asked me a few general questions:

Nurse: “Are you married and sexually active?”
Me: “Yes”
Nurse: “Do you think you are pregnant?”
Me: “Definitely not! We are kind of trying, though”
Nurse: “Do you want to check if you are pregnant?”
Me: “Today? Hmm…okay…why not…”

Later the nurse took a pregnancy test and told me to go to the bathroom and pee on it. A lot of things were going on in my mind. Although I am pretty sure that the answer is not going to be positive, I was hoping that it would. After I was done, the nurse told me to wait in one of the room for the doctor to come in while she checked on the results of the pregnancy test. Inside the room, I was more determined that the answers should be negative -- there is no way it could be positive. In about 3 minutes the nurse came in again with a big smile on her face and with a loud voice (I think everyone in the entire room heard it) said, “It’s positive…you are pregnant. Congratulations, Mom!!!” For a few moments I was shocked and could not say anything, then the words started to digest in my mind and I smiled back, asking her if that was true and demanded a proof – she showed me the results and told me to take it home for souvenir. I was laughing so hard….

I called Paul right away for 5 times but he did not answer it. I know he must be in a meetingg… ”How could he be in a meeting at this time?” I thought.

Paul and I thank God for HIS opportunity to trust us to be parents of a child. We knew if it was not because of GOD's plan for us, definitely the pregnancy test would not be positive -- we are always so careful about it. Although we know that this will not be an easy route, we believe with God’s help and our determination, we both could be wonderful parents for the baby or babies to come. ^_^