surprise!

by the week of thanksgiving, it had been four months and my cycles were still out of wack, so i made an ob appt. being 2008, i figured there would be something they could do for me. not that four months is particularly long, but with cycles ranging from under 3 to over 7 weeksl, and lack of decent info from my pcp, i felt a check-up couldn't hurt.

my appointment was at 2:30 on monday, december first*. i arrived with my bbt charts in hand, which included some other info that would be helpful in predicting good days for, ahem, trying, as well as testing.

the tech had me pee in a cup and showed me to an exam room. when the dr saw me, i explained that the charting software had said i'd ovulated, and to pee on a stick on friday, november 21, then a week before that, changed its mind and said that ovulation had not been detected. i'd tested that day anyway (10 days prior), and came up NO. which was fine, because my sister was having her thanksgiving bash the next day, and if i wasn't pregnant, at least i could take part in festivities, right?

the dr checked my charts, and said i should have ovulated about when the software originally said. She suggested we do an ultrasound, to check for bad things to rule them out, then figure out what to do. i was led to the u/s waiting area, and started to get nervous. what if there's something really wrong, and the pill had had nothing to do with it? what if...oh the doctor's back. "new plan," she said. "let's talk in my office."

GULP.

"you have not gotten your period lately," she told me, "because you are pregnant."

me: oh my god.

dr: it looks like you're about 6 weeks.

me: oh my god.

in a daze, i accepted the bag of vitamins and the pamphlets she handed me, and made an appointment for the next week.

thank goodness daren answered when i got to the car and called him.

daren: any news?

me: yeah

daren: what kind of news?

me: big news.

he decided to cancel his students and come home so we could celebrate. next i called my mom. she cried.

*you'll notice that this date, the date i discovered my pregnancy, is AFTER thanksgiving. just want to make that clear as i've heard someone is convinced (unfoundedly) i was keeping secrets over that weekend.