Baby Ford

March 2015

Just a few weeks into marriage, we were blessed with a pregnancy. As I write, I can feel my little one moving and kicking in my womb at 22 weeks along.

After so many years of waiting and praying for a baby, I was in shock when I was acting more emotional than normal, and Ryan knew something was off. He guessed I was pregnant. Right away, I told him there was no way, yet I began to question. My body felt different. Something was going on! I was slightly in denial.

Tuesday morning, October, 21 I took a cheap pregnancy test at Ryan's prompting that only showed one line. Not pregnant. I left it in the bathroom, thinking "See Ryan!" And got ready for work. He came to me and said, "Well, did you look." "Yeah, I'm not pregnant," I replied. He responded with "Are you sure? Go check again." I nervously walked into the bathroom, thinking "I can't be pregnant. I have waited so long for this and there is no way I will have all my dreams come true at once." I really didn't give that test the 5 minute wait the box directed me to. I saw the same blue line on top and a very faint pink line below it. Tow lines! Pregnant!

I was shocked. So shocked that I took another test. Again a faint second line appeared. Excitement and fear at the same time consumed me. We were a month into this marriage and already had a baby on the way. I took another test a few days later on the day of my missed period, just to be sure and this time the second line was much darker. Definitely pregnant!

And then the joy came. I expected to feel different and other than being quite hungry and feeling bloated, things were about the same. I felt a lot of movement in my womb and wondered if everything was alright with my precious little one. It felt like forever before it was time for my first doctors appointment appointment, which I made as soon as I found out I was pregnant. But we were excited to get an ultrasound and see the heart beat. Everything was just fine with our little one!