April 19, 2009

I woke up like I did every day and of course Chad was getting ready to go to work. I told him that I would come by his workplace during his lunch and bring him a meal. 

It was just an ordinary day or so I thought. Feeling a bit weird for about a week, I decided to take a pregnancy test. It was on a whim and I of course knew it would be negative but I just had to take one. There I saw a line...I was pregnant. I kept looking at the box and trying to see if it was a mistake, it was not. I began to cry. I cried my heart out, being told I would not have a baby and here in my face was a positive pregnancy test was overwhelming. I decided to call Chad while he was at work.

Chad: "Hey babe, what's up?"

Cecia (while sobbing): "Chad, I am pregnant. I am not joking, I am pregnant."

Chad: "We will talk when I see you at noon."

Cecia: "Okay..."

I was terrified going to see Chad and talking to him. He was calm but shocked. At the end we decided not to tell anyone that we were pregnant until we were at least 4-5 months in, we did not want to have all this excitement only to suffer a miscarriage.

Well my mother decided to stop by and visit. She always came over on the weekends and so we chatted and I told her I was very tired and would like a nap. Well I fell asleep on the couch and took a 20 minute nap. Then I felt a finger poking at me and I slowly opened my eyes to my mother teary and looking at me asking, "Is my baby going to have a baby?"

I left the pregnancy test in the bathroom!! She went in to use the restroom and saw it, look at the box and realized it was positive! I woke up laughing, not wanting to confirm anything because Chad and I decided  not to say anything until later but she was now sobbing. I finally gave in and said, "Yes I am pregnant." 

She then told me that I looked pregnant, saying there was something different about me. I called Chad to let him know that mom knew and so when he came home we made her promise to not tell anyone until we have our OB appointment. She promised.

At 8 p.m my phone lite up, my whole family knew.