I had big plans for the summer. To do intense workouts every morning, be at the pool every day, to work and train our puppy every night. This routine would be my entire summer and everyone benefited from it.
Then I got sick, reeallllllly sick, for what felt like too long. Maybe I had a stubborn stomach bug? Does food poisoning last this long? When i woke up with a stiff neck, I knew exactly what it was, Lyme's disease. Ticks are bad this year.
It was Sunday when Anthony and I looked at each other and decided I should go to urgent care. Not just a regular Sunday, nope, this Sunday Joshua had a baseball championship. Super. So, I dropped him off at the field two hours before the game to warmup and drove to the closest [nothing is close to where we live] Urgent Care.
I arrived and was a little embarrassed when the front desk asked my symptoms...am I really here for nausea,vomiting and a stiff neck? I didn't care, I just wanted to feel better.
When I went back and the nurse asked me to take a urine test, I laughed and said "I'm on a Paraguard IUD and I'm nursing, but as you wish..."
I waited and then the Dr came in with a medical student, oh, they must be especially interested in whatever disease I must have. She lightly touched my arm ((wait, how did they know I was dying just from a urine test???)) and said, "Christina, you are pregnant." I'd like to say I jumped for joy, but really, I bawled my eyes out. It was shock...I don't even think I was this shocked when I was 16. They both comforted me, as I kept asking random things, "wow...Just wow....this is a good thing, right?....oh my god, is it ectopic?...I didn't think I'd do this again...is it in my tubes??....I thought I was losing my mind, I guess it was hormones??...is the baby in the right spot???...can you do an ultrasound?"
The Dr was so sweet, throwing tissues at me. Then, I let out a deep breath and thought about Anthony's reaction. She kept saying over and over again that I had to set up an appt the next day to check if it was an ectopic pregnancy and all I could think about was Anthony's reaction. Haha.
So, he doesn't know this, but I asked a friend what I should do. Should I drive home? Should I call him?? Josh's game was going to start soon. I couldn't possibly wait until after...so, I called. His reaction relaxed my whole entire body, as he chuckled over the phone... I kept telling him to stop laughing, but with each chuckle, my worries got smaller. We could do this. God had this plan for a reason. This baby was meant to be ours....heck, look at the obstacles it overcame to be here!
We made our appt, brought our little crew with us, and as soon as we entered the room, Madeline said, "Mommy, is there a baby in your belly?" We dismissed her question with a "we'll see" and surprisingly enough, she was ok with that.
When the Dr walked in, he laughed and said, "You know this was supposed to last 10 years, right?"...he also informed us of the less than 1% chance of this occurring.
Before the ultrasound, we had to remove the IUD. The Dr warned me that it may end our pregnancy and I fought back the tears that welled up in my eyes, looked at Anthony and knew in my heart that this baby was here to stay.
Apparently, the IUD was in the perfect spot and didn't disrupt our little baby and it's sac at all. We heard a beautiful little heartbeat and it was determined that I was 7 weeks (almost 10 now) and due on March 9th.
Wow. What a whirlwind it has been. We are so excited about our little surprise blessing..our less than 1% chance, little miracle. And I am happy and feeling blessed to let God make my plans for me.
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