What does the plus sign mean?

Monday afternoon. I am bored. While talking to Kim on the phone I decided to "swing by" Walgreens and pick-up a pregnancy test. Not sure if I am actually "late", but sure enough to be curious!!! Since I am certain I am not pregnant, I bought 2 for $10! Why waste money, right? I also bought a key chain so as not to appear conspicuous. (is that spelled right?) I made sure my wedding ring was prominently displayed as I made my way through the check-out.

I threw the bag on the couch when I got home and forgot about it until Keith got home. We were talking about our days, and I remembered the test! I told Keith I bought one and asked if he thought I should take it. He looked at my like I was a little crazy but said, "Why not?" I opened the package, peed on the stick, and prepared myself to wait 5 minutes for the negative result. Within about 10 seconds there was a big, dark blue, plus sign! I asked Keith, what does the plus sign mean? He looked at me like, "stop kidding around". But there it was, dark and blue and definitely 2 lines!

We proceeded to have dinner with our friends ( I skipped out on the 22 oz. beers!) and silently knew we were sharing quite a secret!!! I decided to retake the test in the morning. Same result. Kim told me that she has never heard of a "false positive", but Keith and I still weren't convinced we were pregnant! I made an appointment with the Dr. and knew that on Thursday, he would tell me, "Sorry, but the test was wrong."

I went to the Dr. on Thursday morning. I only met with the nurse. I brought my NFP chart to see if she could help me determine a conception date, if I were indeed pregnant. When she looked at it she said the same thing that our NFP advisor said. It could actually be hard for us to conceive based on some gross details you don't want to know!!! I told her that is what Phyllis (our NFP) lady said too. I didn't feel any different and don't have a really regular "cycle" so the nurse and I decided I should take another test to make sure. This time it was real! I waited while she checked. She came into the waiting room and said, "Congratulations!" I said, "Congratulations, I'm pregnant???" She confirmed this and then it really hit me. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant!!!!

I immediately called Keith and told him the news. We were both really overwhelmed to know that it was true! He took the rest of the day off so we could spend it together and collect our thoughts. There were alot to collect! We went to HyVee for lunch. Went home and took naps. I had a free pregnancy magazine from the Dr. so we looked at it and decided we want everything!!! Those magazines are dangerous!

So now we are here. 5 weeks along. Nothing has changed. We have a secret, I am trying to drink alot of water and eat veggies. Oh, and I am truly hoping I am one of those women who never has morning sickenss, and doesn't get tired, and sails through the first trimester. I guess we will see. . . :)