People that dont know us well might think that Oscar and I are just incredible planners. For those who do know us well, they know that is not the case and than in fact we are just plain blessed (with a little luck mixed in there too)!
Oscar and I have wanted kids since our civil marriage on November 15, 2006. We adore kids, we aren't opposed to chaos (obviously), and have enough love between the two of us to go around! We decided to be responsible and realistic and wait until after our wedding to start our family. Additionally it helps that we are now in the same country, not living with my parents and both have steady jobs, but those are just minor details really. :)
How we found out :
I think it all started by drinking the water in Nicaragua... just joking. But really, so I went off the pill because one of the side effects was that upon the first drop of alcohol, of any kind, touching my lips an eruption of red whisps and dots occured... on my face. Unacceptable considering the vacation pending. We figured that it takes the body a while to bounce back from being on the pill and that we would be safe until well after the wedding.
So I was due for a visit from good ol' "Aunt Flo" 2 days before my wedding. Wedding comes and goes and nothing. We just figured that the stress of the event delayed it a bit. In the days to follow we became increasingly suspicious and even joked about the possibility of a baby, however an even deeper feeling of denial and doubt set in putting our suspicions to rest. We continued to blame alignment of the moon and the stars and other ridiculous things and agreed that if nothing had change upon our arrival to the states that we'd take a test to either validate our denial or snap us out of it.
Our first stop off of the plane was to Walgreens, where Oscar forged bravely in to the store to perform the embarassing task with the specific instructions, "Dont buy the cheapest one!".
We arrived home, I followed the instructions and guarded the bathroom door so that the full 2 minutes indicated on the instructions could pass. Oscar eventually muscled his way pass me and took a peek. Oscar had tears in his eyes, and I was just confused because the plus sign didnt look exactly like it did on the box. Oscar and I read the directions over and over again until the truth of the asterisk marked subnote reading "plus sign may not appear as it does on the box, one line may be lighter" sank in. And there it was, with that imperfect plus sign, our dreams were made reality.
We are going to have a baby!
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