The Day We Found Out We Were Pregnant

I have spent the morning discussing pregnancy with a close friend and I found myself going over the day we found out we were going to have a baby. I realized that it is a pretty funny story and that my friends and family might enjoy reading about it, so here goes.

First of all, Bubble was a very big surprise. Justin and I were not trying to have a baby. So I was not on the lookout for pregnancy symptoms. A few weeks before I found out, I started becoming very lethargic. I was exhausted all the time no matter how often I slept. Second, I had a few days where I would suddenly become nauseous or dizzy, but it would pass in an hour or so. Now both of us apparently briefly thought pregnancy, but did not say so out loud. I was in a very stubborn bout of denial. My week of sugar pills came and went and then two days of my new pill pack and still nothing. I bit the bullet and bought a pregnancy test when I went to get some take out. The entire time, saying NOTHING to my husband. "No need to freak him out when I am sure it will be negative," I told myself. I put the pregnancy test away in the medicine cabinet to be taken in the morning and sat down to eat and chat with my best friend on Facebook.

While talking to her I mentioned I thought I might be late and after explaining the sugar pills and new pills she informs me that I do not really need for the morning. I can take it any time of the day at this point if I am. "Well, I have to go anyway, so I will be right back." I took the laptop in the bathroom with me (still not a word to my husband) and proceeded to take my test. I sat it on the sink and impatiently waited for it to tell me I was not pregnant.

Instead it told me I was. After saying "omg" to Nadia about a million times I realized I had to go out there and face the music. I was unexpectedly pregnant in Korea a million miles away from my family. By the time I opened the door, I was holding the test, crying, and hyperventilating. Justin looked up and saw the test, saw my reaction and said, as calm as if we were talking about what was for dinner, "You're pregnant." Well I didn't even say yes. I just started crying and hyperventilating even more. But then my husband got up and walked over to me, calm and collected and a smile on his face. He hugged me and said, "This is good news." Now while I am sure this was meant to reassure me, his positive reaction only made me cry more because he was being so sweet. We stood there while he tried to calm me down and then eventually we walked to the couch to eat dinner and figure everything out.

Now I will tell you, he somehow fell asleep that night as soon his head hit the pillow. I couldn't sleep at all so instead I spent the night researching having a baby in Korea. The internet is a real nightmare sometimes. I read so many horrifying stories that by the time morning came, I did not even want to go to the doctor. I was convinced we had to go home immediately. But after talking with several expats who have had babies here, we have decided to at least stay here until the baby is born. We will see what happens after that.

And that is it Ladies and Gentleman. That is how Justin and I found out we were going to have a little baby <3