The start of this life changing journey came as quite the surprise. I found out I was pregnant (at least according to the home pregnancy test) on August 12, right before our 1 year anniversary which is August 17. What an anniversary present! I took the test in the morning but put off telling Tomo until later that evening. I was worried about what his reaction would be since this wasn't exactly a planned pregnancy.
While we were settling down to watch a movie, I told him that I thought we should discuss some monetary issues and start saving more because....*shows positive pregnancy test* His reaction? Confusion. He had no idea what the test even was! So I had to explain to him that this stick shows a 99.9% chance that I'm pregnant. His next reaction? Everything I was worried about and expecting. Shock. Disbelief. Denial. NOT excitement. He was basically freaking out about losing his "freedom," worried he wasn't ready to be a father, etc. I let him be for awhile to let out his feelings and think about everything. I knew it would be a huge shock since I so suddenly sprung the news on him whereas I had been suspecting and had time to process. He called some close friends and his mom to tell them and talk about how he was feeling about it. He was smiling the whole time so at least I knew that he wasn't TOO upset about it. After a few days he began to reassure me that the shock has worn off and he's now pretty excited.
A few days later we went to a clinic pretty far away (30 mins by car) to confirm the pregnancy. We chose this clinic because it was the only one near enough with female doctors. Both Tomo and I were more comfortable having a woman do the initial prodding and checking needed. As we thought, the ultrasound showed that I was about 5 weeks pregnant with a due date around April 10th!
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