My greatest discovery

In October 2011, I headed to Florida for a week for a NNP conference. One of the learning tracks at the conference was a review for the NNP boards, so several of my school friends and I decided to attend. It was during this week that I started experiencing what I will call real and genuine pregnancy symptoms. When you experience infertility (or maybe I should say that when I experienced infertility), your mind wants so badly to be pregnant that you really think you're experiencing pregnancy symptoms. I can't tell you how many months I got a little too excited (perhaps every month?!) because I had some of the signs of pregnancy. Clomid made this even worse with the nausea and whatnot. By now I'd had too many months of disappointment that I finally was ignoring these so called symptoms. But this month was different. Little things caught my attention...my entire body looked blue because all of a sudden there were veins everywhere. I needed a two hour nap in the middle of the conference (although if you've ever been to a week long conference, maybe that isn't abnormal!). Friday night, the night before I was coming home, we went to Busch Gardens. Since it was October, there was a Halloween event on the weekends, and so the rides were open at night. We rode roller coasters until midnight. I love roller coasters. And not once had I ever felt sick after riding one. Until now. There I was in my hotel room, head spinning and so nauseous. I attributed it to being so sleepy and riding these big roller coasters in the dark. When I woke up the next morning, I realized it was Day 28. That meant I could take a pregnancy test and know it would be accurate. Because I'd basically been taking one every month, I bought cheap test strips online and I just so happen to have brought one with me. I took it and let the required time pass while I was in the shower. As I was getting out, I saw the strip...2 lines. Maybe I still had water in my eyes. I dried my face again. Two lines. My heart started beating out of my chest. It is FINALLY positive! Then I started freaking out...I just rode all of those roller coasters! What did I do??!! I FINALLY get pregnant, and I ruined it! I mean, aren't there signs everywhere on roller coasters stating not to ride if you're pregnant? After a Google search, I felt better. But I still couldn't believe the news. Am I really pregnant?! I wanted to shout off the rooftops! Of course, I wanted Adam to be the first to know. I was quiet all morning and held in the news. On the plane, I seriously considered telling the stranger beside me what I was dying to share. In the end, Adam really was the first to find out. And holding in my secret that day was good practice...I was going to have to keep this quiet for 8 more weeks!