Hello! 🥰
First time posting, but long time lurker on here!
So, long story short… I genuinely thought I couldn’t have children. My husband and I have never really used protection and have always had the attitude of “if it happens, it happens”. We’re happy with our lives either way, so although we would have loved children, we’d have been absolutely fine if it never happened for us.
Fast forward to my birthday… I woke up after having the most realistic dream that I was pregnant. I thought nothing much of it at first, but I just couldn’t get it out of my head!
I’d done a test about a month before, but it was expired and didn’t work properly. I also had a tiny bit of light pink when I wiped, so I assumed my period was on its way, put a pad on and left it at that. My period never actually came, but for some reason, I didn’t think much more of it!
On my birthday, I went to the shop to get some lunch and actually thought about buying a test. Then I talked myself out of it, thinking I was being ridiculous and should just go home! I have a high BMI, suspected PCOS and had gained some weight recently, so I just assumed my periods had slowed down or become irregular.
Anyway, I got home, ate my lunch, and for some reason, I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to go back out and get a test. So I did…
And OH. MY. GOODNESS. 😳
That test came up positive SO quickly! I absolutely panicked. I called my mum because I genuinely had no idea what to do. My husband was at work, and I was completely shaken up because this was something I never, ever expected to happen.
My mum suggested getting a Clearblue digital test to give me an idea of how far along I might be, so off I went again. I took it, and it said Pregnant 3+. I was in complete disbelief. I knew that could mean I was already at least five weeks pregnant, and my brain just couldn’t process it!
We’d literally just celebrated my husband’s birthday, our anniversary AND my birthday the weekend before, so I massively panicked as I had drank alcohol on these occasions (but so far everything is looking okay 🤞🏼 so really trying not to panic)
I knew I had to tell my husband, but I wanted to wait until he got home because I didn’t want to tell him over the phone.
When he got home, I opened my birthday presents and gave him a card. He looked so confused, wondering what on earth the card was for. I’d put the pregnancy test inside, and when he opened it, he was just as shocked as I was… but absolutely over the moon. 🥹❤️
We ended up cancelling our dinner plans that evening because we both just needed time to process what had happened!
We’re so lucky that my mother-in-law is a midwife, so we told her and she was absolutely amazing, helping us understand what to do next and giving us all the information we needed.
I booked a private scan to find out how far along I was, and THIS is where we were completely floored… and so were the staff! 😂
I WAS 17+1 WEEKS PREGNANT.
SEVENTEEN WEEKS. 😭🤣
I honestly couldn’t believe it. I’d had absolutely NO symptoms. Nothing whatsoever! No sickness, no obvious signs, nothing that made me think I could possibly be pregnant, let alone nearly halfway through my pregnancy.
Thankfully, everything has gone really well so far. I’m now 26+5, and honestly, I’m STILL trying to get my head around the fact that we’re actually having a baby! 🙈
We’ve found out we’re having a little girl, and everything is looking perfect with her so far. The only little bump in the road has been finding out I have gestational diabetes, but thankfully I’ve been managing it with diet so far, and that’s been going well too.
We’ve somehow managed to get SO much organised for our baby girl in what feels like no time at all. We’ve got so much ready for her already, which is crazy when you think that we only found out she was even on the way less than 10 weeks ago!
Sometimes I still sit and think… how on earth did we go from thinking we might never have children to being 26+ weeks pregnant with a little girl on the way?!
I think we’re both so excited, but still in a bit of disbelief, and I honestly wonder when it’ll finally sink in that we’re ACTUALLY going to be parents!
Has anyone else had a complete shock pregnancy like this? When did it finally feel real for you?!