On August 22 of this year, I learned I was pregnant. After one positive home pregnancy test, my husband and I jetted off to CVS to purchase another one for some more certainty. It showed up positive too, so I was as sure as I could be without a doc's stamp of confirmation.
I became pregnant on only our second try. It was a bit shocking to have such quick success, though we'll only truly know our success once we make it into the second trimester and feel more confident that things will go well. We discontinued birth control in early July so to conceive within a matter of weeks from then was a big surprise, especially since most post-pill pregnancies start at least 3 months after stopping the pill. The doctor who confirmed my pregnancy a day after our home test did called me Fertile Myrtle.
Within the week prior to learning of the pregnancy, I had my first symptom: sore breasts. I was in an aerobics class and my breasts were incredibly sore. Pregnancy crossed my mind for a split second but I considered it so unlikely since I had just stopped taking the pill. I assumed I was heading into PMSville, and felt annoyed that it interfered with my workout. On the day that I took a home test though, my second symptom arrived: constant urination. I mean CONSTANT. I have to go pee every half hour it feels like. That day, I trekked up to our second floor powder room about 12 times before I said, heck, I should just take a home test for the heck of it. And, well, the rest is history.
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