My surprise at finding out I was pregnant a week before our wedding was quite shocking. I hadn't had a period since coming off my pill although I thought this was perfectly normal as I'd been on the pill for 3 years. Sadly we lost the baby whilst on honeymoon only hours after the pregnancy was officially confirmed by my DR.
After having an operation in Portugal in an unknown hospital to remove the remains of the pregnancy, I was worried. What if they'd damaged something? What if I could never get pregnant again? I was bleeding heavily after my miscarriage the week my period was due but I kept thinking that that could be down to the miscarriage itself and not my actual period.
We never officially decided to start trying again but we never did anything to stop the chance of a pregnancy happening. We continued with our every day lives whilst trying to get over what had happened whilst we were supposed to be enjoying our first holiday together.
On September 21st 2006, the day my period was due, I waited all day for it to show up. I came home from work and decided to go to the shops to get a test to see if I was pregnant.
I was shaking as I unwrapped the test but managed to do the deed and waited the 2 minutes for my results...not that I needed to wait because as soon as I peed on the stick the 2 lines showed up almost fluorescent in colour. I was pregnant!
My pregnancy went well. I never had any scares or complications but I was definitely on edge for the first 12 weeks. Every day I woke with nausea I was thankful. As my tummy grew I felt more secure in my ability to bring this baby into the world.
Forty weeks and 1 day after finding out I was pregnant, Wee Z was born. The best day of my life.
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