July 1st: Pregnancy Blood Test

Well today is the day that we find out if the transfer was successful, I was pretty surprised that I was even able to sleep last night. When I work up I was a nervous wreck, it was all I could do to keep myself composed. I started off the morning by saying a prayer for peace and then I thought I should read my patriarcle blessing again for peace. I pulled it out of the envelope and instantly began to cry, there were some words of encouragement that before this trial I didn't quite understand. I felt so blessed that I had been given that blessing. Afterwards I put the envelope back and decided I better start getting ready in order to be first to the Express Labs so I wouldn't have to wait long.

I left the house at 7:45 am and headed up to Express Labs by the Hospital, when I pulled in and parked I started to get sweaty palms and my heart was racing. I remember telling myself "It's going to be okay, just breathe." When I got inside there was someone before me and the computers weren't quite up and running, my favorite phlebotomist was working again and after checking both of us in she took me back. I told her how nervous I was since this was the test to tell us if we were pregnant. She was so sweet and supportive and even volunteered to take the picture of me holding the vile of blood for my blog.

I left a little after 8:15 am and headed off to work, before I left I asked if there was any way she could send me the report and she told me she would email it to me within the hour. So now all I had to do was get through the next hour and I would know more. That was painful, I remember getting to work and explaining to my co workers how nervous I was. Michelle one of my co workers told me if I wanted her to she would be happy to read the email, and I agreed because I knew I would be a wreck.

Well the report finally came in at 10:15 am, I went and grabbed Michelle and everyone huddled around me for support, she opened the report and told me that my levels were 260 and that according to this paper I was anywhere from 3-5 weeks pregnant. Of course I was in shock and without my Fertility clinic being the one to tell me I told them I wouldn't believe it until I asked Amberlie. I promptly picked up my phone and called her number, when she answered I told her that the lab sent me an email that said my levels were 260 and I asked if that meant I was pregnant. She told me Yes and congratulations! She asked me to email her the results and that she would call me back with more instructions.

I was so happy I started crying and told everyone that is was confirmed and I was pregnant, there were lots of tears and hugs from my wonderful work family. My co worker Sara convinced me to go home and take a pregnancy test for proof, so I went home and did that. When I saw the positive I couldn't stop laughing it was probably shock but it was so amazing to finally see a positive pregnancy test, something I have been wanting for 5 years! I went back to work and my co worker Tori videoed me calling Justin to tell him the good news. I tried really hard to not sound too excited but to also not sound like i was upset. When he got on the phone he asked me what was going on and I told him that we were pregnant. All he could say was "really?" and then asked if Amberlie had called me. I explained how I asked the lab to send me the email and that when I got the results I confirmed with Amberlie. He then started to cry and of course so did I. What a wonderful day, we are finally going to be parents! Baby Almond is due to arrive in March of 2017 and we couldn't be happier.

Finally a positive test! 

This is how I was going to announce it but we were too excited so we just called/texted family and really close friends.