Although trying and failing to get pregnant only lasted about 4 years in our case, I totally understand the whole shock thing. The doctors told us we'd never have kids without medical intervention based on the very first, simple tests we had -- Mr WG's swimmers were somehow incompatible with my body chemistry, or something, I don't even remember anymore. Hey, pregnancy kills brain cells, and taking care of an infant kills the rest -- and we decided we weren't ready to go the intervention route. Then I got knocked up. I took FOUR home pregnancy tests before I even became convinced that I needed to get a "real" test at the doctor's office, and honestly I still barely believed it even then. I called a good friend, who had one child and another on the way, and said, "Hey, how likely is it that people will get a false POSITIVE pregnancy test?" and she said, "I don't know, pretty unlikely. It measures HCG and that's usually not in your system unless you're pregnant. Why, who got one?" because she KNEW it wasn't me, and I said, "Um, yeah, me." and she flipped out, LOL. And then I had about four and a half months of spotting that sent me into heart palpitations every time -- but it eventually stopped and the boy was born healthy. (Strange, but healthy.)
*Hugs you so much* I'm crossing all fingers and toes!
ETA - And OMG, CONGRATULATIONS! In case that was not apparent. :-D
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Although trying and failing to get pregnant only lasted about 4 years in our case, I totally understand the whole shock thing. The doctors told us we'd never have kids without medical intervention based on the very first, simple tests we had -- Mr WG's swimmers were somehow incompatible with my body chemistry, or something, I don't even remember anymore. Hey, pregnancy kills brain cells, and taking care of an infant kills the rest -- and we decided we weren't ready to go the intervention route. Then I got knocked up. I took FOUR home pregnancy tests before I even became convinced that I needed to get a "real" test at the doctor's office, and honestly I still barely believed it even then. I called a good friend, who had one child and another on the way, and said, "Hey, how likely is it that people will get a false POSITIVE pregnancy test?" and she said, "I don't know, pretty unlikely. It measures HCG and that's usually not in your system unless you're pregnant. Why, who got one?" because she KNEW it wasn't me, and I said, "Um, yeah, me." and she flipped out, LOL. And then I had about four and a half months of spotting that sent me into heart palpitations every time -- but it eventually stopped and the boy was born healthy. (Strange, but healthy.)
*Hugs you so much* I'm crossing all fingers and toes!
ETA - And OMG, CONGRATULATIONS! In case that was not apparent. :-D