I wanted to do something fun and quirky, but I just couldn't wait! I ended up calling him the second after I took the (third) positive test.

I had just had a D&C done on July 9th 2008, so I thought it would take a little while for me to get pregnant again. On August 12th I decided to buy some pregnancy tests just in case. I had been charting my basal body temperature and it showed that I had ovulated. I took the first response test and it showed up postive in about 30 seconds! I was in complete shock! My husband was in the living room and I ran up to him and showed him the test and he smiled and said "that was fast." I took a total of 5 pregnancy tests and two blood tests to comfirm my pregnancy. Even the nurses and my doctor were amazed that it happened so quickly after my loss!

I was 34 and it was our first month trying, so we didn't think there was a chance in hell of us getting pregnant. I was supposed to have an MRI and they had recommended that I take a pregnancy test, just in case. I didn't. I didn't think there was any way I could be pregnant.

I drove over an hour to get to the MRI testing facility, battling terrible morning traffic. I arrived to find out.....I had the date wrong and had to come back the next day. I begged. I pleaded. They apologized but told me there was no room for me to have the test. I was furious, of course.

The next morning came and I decided I might as well take the pregnancy test, just to cross all the "t"s and dot all the "i"s. I took the test while my husband took the dog out. I took it twice. I took it twice because the first one came out with a line just the lightest shade of pink. As did the second one, only this time it was a "plus" sign that was the lightest shade of pink.

My husband came back in. I looked at him and said, "Well, I'm not NOT pregnant," and showed him the tests.

We were both in complete shock. I traded in my MRI for a visit to my OB and, sure enough, I was 12 days pregnant.

A very artful photo of those two pregnancy tests now adorn our baby album.

Well it was truely a shock for both of us.I had three already from a previous marriage. Ages 17,15,13. When we married he didnt want more. I always wanted at least one more if i remarried. He stuck to his guns though. But i noticed he never requested we use protection, so i never mentioned it either. After a year I gave up. He didnt change his mind and my body didnt either. I had battled problems with stomach ulcers that entire year as well. I finally found a medicine that worked long term. Never looked back to the ulcer specialist again....Im a school teacher and this horrible virus was all over our school. Students were sick, administrators were sick, and suddenly lots of teachers were too...I just knew the bug had gotten me. But after two months and everyone else getting better but me, i decided it was time to see a doctor. When i did, he asked me about what i was feeling. We both decided it was time for me to go back to my ulcer specialist. But before he would refer me, he asked me all the usual health questions,,,,WHEN WAS YOUR LAST CYCLE,,hmmmm good question..since i dont keep up with it because it is so irregular, i hadnt a clue...but we were both so sure it was the ulcer we didnt concern our self much with the question.However he did say he needed me to take the pregnancy test even though he was sure it would be negative..well needless to say it wasnt!! We both sat in disbeleif only my disbeleif was filled with tears..i had excepted there was no baby for me,,and anyway my baby was 13...it was ok to have no more. Its almost time for freedom again. I drove home in tears. I got myself together just before entering the house. My husband was already lying in bed..he simply asked did he refer you refer you to the doctor? I replied yes...(well it was true, but an ob doctor instead) and that night not another word was said about it...Well the next morning about 5:30 a.m I woke up thinking about the evening before. I felt guilty and deceiving about holding this information from him regardless of how he would accept it..so i woke my husband up. He was a little out of it, but responded whats wrong? I took his hand and placed it on my belly. He then asked are you hurting? I said no, but do you feel anything? he replied, no, should I? I responded, Well not now, but in a few more months you will....he immediately woke up! Are you pregnant? I answered yes...He was silent for several minutes it seemed but i think it was only seconds..he was first shocked and then angry that i had held the news from him so that we couldnt be excited together. After a couple of DAYS he was over his quiet anger and settled in with the idea. I first knew this because he text me with a boy name...haha. Hes been to every appointment since the news. Last week we found out, we're having a boy! His first and only biological child. It was a beautiful sight as I watched him wipe the tears from his eyes when the Dr. broke the news. He's already in love with this baby, and so am I!

We had been trying to have a baby for only 3 months and I had only had my IUD out for 4, so on Christmas morning 2008 I was 3 days late for my very regular peroid, so I took the test. I left it on the sink in the bathroom and went and had breakfast. I can back up to get dressed, and there it was - a little positive staring at me! I put the test in a kleenex and put it in my pocket. My botfriend was just waking up when I wnet in our bedroom and I said Merry Christmas and hand him the kleenex. He was just as suprised as I was.

After my last son was born I began to take the pill. For the last 12 years I've been on the pill. Suddenly I began to feel weird, I thought I had a bad cold that wouldn't go away. After doing 3 home pregnancy tests and all negative, I assumed I had some other ailment.
I went to a GI specialist and after I told her all my symptons and included the fact that I hadn't gotten a period for about 3 months she decided to do a blood test. Two days later I get a phone call and the specialist said there was a perfectly good explanation for my upset stomach, I was pregnant! Needless to say I was floored! I began to cry with feelings of excitement and sadness. I immediately called my husband at work and told him the news. He was so surprised he couldn't even get a word out! We thought we were done having babies. Well, after three wonderful boys we now have a beautiful and healthy 4 month old baby girl.

I took him out to lunch at one of his favorite restaurants to celebrate our 22 month anniversary one day late. I gave him a card that said "Congratulations" on the front of it because he'd survived 22 wonderful months being married to me! ;) He opened and read it. It said "Enjoy this moment, because you made it happen." Which to me, is hilarious...and SO appropriate! Then, I signed it Sarah and Baby...he was shocked and surprised. We just went to the same restaurant yesterday to celebrate that we found out we were having a girl!