The First Bump

Had you asked me in 2013 if I had any interest in becoming a Mama anytime soon, I'd have laughed at you. Kids were something I had in mind, but as a kind of abstract, distant concept - not a near reality. My husband, A, felt the same.

And then we hit our first "bump" in January, 2014. After having some medical issues, my doctor informed me that the pregnancy test they'd administered was positive. A and I were in total shock. After all, we were trying to PREVENT this! Over the next 24 hours, we moved from surprised, to scared, to stoked! We were going to be parents! Sure, it was unplanned, but we were excited at what was to come. Excited, that is, until the phone call we got the next day saying that the test was defective - I'd never been pregnant at all.

I call this moment the first bump in our road because it is the epiphany we needed to realize that a baby was actually something we were ready for now. Without that medical mistake, I think we'd still be right where we were in 2013, convinced that having kids was far too scary a proposition to consider seriously. Now? We're officially trying to expand our family, and times are exciting!

The journey to having a baby is an unpredictable one. I will be able to take my first pregnancy test in a few days. If positive, our lives are immediately changed, and this blog will follow our pregnancy for friends and family (who, by the way, don't even know we're trying this). If negative, this blog will cover our journey to that sought after "BFP" - Big Freaking Positive.

Either way, I'm excited for all the bumps to come in the road ahead.

Seatbelts are recommended.