{ The Moment of Truth }

Today was the day.  The day I had dreaded and wanted nothing more than to sleep through.  I had to go to Dr. Lin's office first thing to draw my blood for my pregnancy test.  Its not a pee on the stick kind of pregnancy that gives you instant results so I had to wait for the lab tech to run my blood work and Dr. Lin to call me that night.

I walked into the office with my head hung low, completely discouraged and looking like a sad puppy dog.  My usual nurse was there to suck my blood and saw the sadness in my face.  We talked about it briefly and she tried to be positive but she too seemed a little worried.  She bandaged me up, shipped me off and I went to work to carry on with the rest of my day like normal.  Except it was anything but normal.

All I had to do was make it through the entire day and some time that evening Dr. Lin would be giving me a call with the results of my blood work.  Thankfully the day passed rather quickly at work.  Guess being busy does keep your mind somewhat distracted.  After I got home it dragged.  I cried several times in fear for that call.  I wasn't ready to hear the news because I was certain it wasn't going to be good.

It was roughly 8:00 PM.  I was sick to my stomach and just ready for the day to be over.  I hadn't eaten cause I was sick to my stomach with nerves.  Daddy acted like his normal self: calm, cool, and collected.  This is a quality I love and hate about your daddy.  Its great in moment like this because he just doesn't let stuff affect him, or he at least doesn't show it, but it can also suck for those of us on the outside who are freaking out and thinking he just doesn't care.  You'll see us argue plenty about this over your years growing up, don't worry!

Daddy went upstairs to go to the bathroom.  Of all times to duck out for a while now was not the time.  Not only was Daddy not around I had also finally gone into the kitchen to force myself to eat something because I knew I had to.  Just as luck would have it, my phone rang and it was Dr. Lin.  However, I didn't hear it!  How could it be?  I had that thing glued to my hip all day long and the one time I turn around he calls.  UGH!  I called right back as soon as I heard the last ring and noticed I missed it and he answered, daddy was still upstairs!

Dr. Lin was his usual happy-go-lucky self but I on the other hand was about to throw up.  He started off by saying "well, your blood level came back at 250".  Uh-huh, okay, get to the damn point was all I could think.  I actually may have said something to that effect too, minus the poor language of course.   He let me know ideally 9 days post transfer they hope to see levels around 100 and the fact that it was 250 was indicating that not only were we pregnant but we likely had twins!

My world came to a screeching halt.  I did not cry but I instead screamed in his poor ear.  I couldn't believe my ears!  Dr. Lin laughed at my reaction and listened to me as I screamed up the stairs to Daddy who was yes, still in the bathroom.  He let me know I needed to come back in 48 hours for a re-draw to make sure my levels were doubling like they were supposed to and told me congratulations. 

After I hung up the phone I ran in the bathroom and took out a pregnancy test.  Many people give in on the day of or before and give in to peeing on the stick.  I couldn't do it until I heard it straight from his mouth.  And seeing that I didn't believe it was true, I took it upon myself to double check with a little HPT. Sure enough, it was positive.  For the first time in what seemed like forever I was seeing those two pink lines I had only once dreamed of!

Daddy finally came down stairs sporting the biggest smile ever.  All of our dreams were coming true.  Everything we had hoped for, fought so hard for, and worked our asses off for was finally happening.  We were going to be parents, your parents!