The Discovery of My Pregnancy

So here's the story...
Last Friday I went to Target and bought some clothes that were on clearance rack. Got home around 4.30pm and was so excited to try the clothes on. It has a pretty lining on the waist to show the body shape. To my surprise, my tummy looked very bulky and round. I was quite frustrated because first of all, I didn't look great in it, and I didn't understand why I look so round. I've been quite active for the past weeks, working out at gym, and put on diet (small portion of meal, eat yogurt & almonds to help getting flat tummy). Then on the second thought, I sensed that my body has changed! Maybe... am I pregnant?

At 4.50pm, I called Amin and asked him to get a pregnancy test quickly since the pharmacy at his office would close soon. Amin's reaction? He was laughing at me and I could tell that he was excited to get home. I told him, this was not funny at all.. and I was quite scared :S

Then, Amin got home and passed me the pregnancy test. I read the booklet for instruction, then ready to pee on the stick. It turned positive immediately OMG! I showed it to Amin and both of us were so surprised.


For someone like me -who has been diagnosed with having ovarian cyst last year that may cause infertility, who once used birth control pills for quite some times to regulate menstrual cycle, then to find out about the pregnancy- was a total miracle!

But I told Amin that I wasn't 100% confident, not until I have a checkup at the hospital. So we decided not to be excited, and not to tell anybody yet.

Then Janet & Zuhri came for the weekend to say goodbye to us since we are going back to Malaysia next week. I couldn't hide this news especially to Janet, just because I needed to talk to someone who has the experience.

On Monday, I called the OBGYN office at the hospital, and the nurse asked me to come to the office for another pregnancy test before they scheduled for doctor's visit. So, I decided to go there myself. After the test, I waited in one of the rooms. When the nurse came by, she said "Yup.. definitely!". Then she started showing me timetable to determine how long is my pregnancy, and then she talked and talked about being pregnant.. I was still blurred and tried to understand what was going on and what did this meant...

I told the nurse that I'm going to be out of country this weekend and I hoped to see the doctor soon before I leave the country. She tried to put me for this week's appointment, but there was no available slot to see my doctor. And I just couldn't see any other doctors because of the hospital policy.

I looked quite worried since I didn't know what's the baby's condition. Then the nurse brought me back to the examination room. She said that she could check the baby's heart rate pretty quickly so that I would have a peace of mind. She put some jelly under my tummy and then she put a small receiver on top of it while holding a monitor. I heard a very rapid heart beat rythm 'dup dap dup dap'. The nurse said this is the baby's heart rate at 163 beats per minute- " this is a very healthy baby". And then she move the receiver a little bit to the side, and I heard a slower heart beat. The nurse told me that this is my heart beat which is around 90 beats per minute. I felt soo overwhelmed at that time, and I wish Amin was there to hear what I just heard.

That afternoon.. I started calling my family, and Amin started calling his to tell the good news. We felt blessed and happy, and I hope that I will have a very healthy pregnancy :)