The beginning :
I had taken a pregnancy test the week before but it was negative. Then again, it was the line vs. double line kind and I realized later that you have to wait much longer than I thought for a positive response so I could have thrown it away before it had time to “marinate”. The next Thursday I had taken the two (and only) final exams I had that semester, went to Tower Inn in Ypsi for a drink and dinner with my program, almost got in a car accident, and then casually picked up some more tests just in case because I was planning to go to 2 Christmas parties that weekend and would want to know for sure beforehand. And of course, the 5 tests I took within the 2 days following were all positive! When Jared got home I had to tell him about it and he was not expecting to hear that news, but I think that the idea of what is about to happen is settling in slowly.
Unfortunately I have 2 years left of my Occupational Therapy master’s program and it is going to be very difficult. I am planning to continue and not take a break at all in between but this might be wildly unrealistic as I have no idea what it is like to have a baby in the middle of an academic program! This will be easier to envision when I have my first prenatal appointment on January 13 and we get a solid due date. I have no idea how far along I am and Somerset Gynecology/Obstetrics wants to make sure there is something visible on the ultrasound when I go in for the first appointment so they are having me wait. For all I know by then I could be only 6-8 weeks or I could be more like 10! It’s a very long wait but luckily it is Christmas break and I have 3 weeks to read, relax, and think.
Winter semester begins January 9 and then on that same Friday I will have my appointment, so I think time will fly by. Hopefully nothing is wrong and I am earlier than I thought so I will be due earlier in the summer as I have all of July and August off!
I had taken a pregnancy test the week before but it was negative. Then again, it was the line vs. double line kind and I realized later that you have to wait much longer than I thought for a positive response so I could have thrown it away before it had time to “marinate”. The next Thursday I had taken the two (and only) final exams I had that semester, went to Tower Inn in Ypsi for a drink and dinner with my program, almost got in a car accident, and then casually picked up some more tests just in case because I was planning to go to 2 Christmas parties that weekend and would want to know for sure beforehand. And of course, the 5 tests I took within the 2 days following were all positive! When Jared got home I had to tell him about it and he was not expecting to hear that news, but I think that the idea of what is about to happen is settling in slowly.
Unfortunately I have 2 years left of my Occupational Therapy master’s program and it is going to be very difficult. I am planning to continue and not take a break at all in between but this might be wildly unrealistic as I have no idea what it is like to have a baby in the middle of an academic program! This will be easier to envision when I have my first prenatal appointment on January 13 and we get a solid due date. I have no idea how far along I am and Somerset Gynecology/Obstetrics wants to make sure there is something visible on the ultrasound when I go in for the first appointment so they are having me wait. For all I know by then I could be only 6-8 weeks or I could be more like 10! It’s a very long wait but luckily it is Christmas break and I have 3 weeks to read, relax, and think.
Winter semester begins January 9 and then on that same Friday I will have my appointment, so I think time will fly by. Hopefully nothing is wrong and I am earlier than I thought so I will be due earlier in the summer as I have all of July and August off!
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