The Bump’s On Its Way!

What else causes cramps, bitchiness, spotting and sore boobs?

A BABY!

Turns out last Saturday’s belly ache wasn’t Aunt Flo at all, it was little Baby G making a home for itself in my belly.

Yep, I want to jump for joy too!

I turned up for my pregnancy test on Monday morning with a face like a bag of bashed crabs and absolutely convinced it would come back negative.

I chatted to the nurse, who told me that unless I wanted to try fertility meds, I’d have to use ovulation sticks at home until I was ready to face the drugs.

Grumpy, gloomy and wondering where the hell my period was anyway, I cracked on with Googling the price of ovulation predictors, then tortured myself with Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred.

Then I got the call – which I was too chicken to even answer and let go to voicemail.

“Good news today, the test is positive, with a good strong number of 289.” That’s as much as I heard.

The rest of the message, about blood tests, prenatal vitamins and ultrasounds, might as well have been in Japanese.

I paced around the house, shaking, crying, wondering how the f*ck I managed to get pregnant.

Then sat down and Googled what I wasn’t allowed to eat, what I needed to go out and buy, and my due date!

It’s early days. A lot could go wrong. So far, my thyroid is out of whack, so I’m taking medication and having regular blood tests , meaning I’m not totally finished with the fertility clinic yet.

But as my acupuncturist said today: If, God forbid, something goes wrong, it will hurt like hell regardless of whether we get excited or not.

That’s a good argument for giving in and enjoying the moment!

I can’t lift a glass of something strong and delicious to toast my good news, but I hope other people can do it for me, and I wish everyone going through something similar gets the BFP really soon!