I've always thought I was pregnant but it had always been disappointing. Lougong and I decided to take a 'break' from trying so hard to conceive, a 6 month's break. We shall not track basal temperature, not worry about the timing of when to be intimate, not worry about the so-called clogged fallopian tube / sperm morphology and not seek any more 'advice' or checks to ensure we're okay to conceive. If all else fails, we'd try to seek in-vitro fertilisation treatment from the hospital.It's been quite long now since my last period. Maybe this time, I thought, we might get lucky. My breasts were sore for quite some time already. Especially since before our trip to Beijing in February.
I bought the double pack of Home Pregnancy Test kits from Guardian last week. Lougong says to wait another week. So I waited until today.
This morning, I woke @ 7:30am, took the test kit, read the instructions then went to squat and urinate on the stick. It was quick. The 1st line came out fast & furious. The 2nd line faded in. Both lines are colored!! It's a positive!!! I hurried to sleeping Lougong, who's probably bracing himself for bad news when I whispered breathlessly, "Lougong, happy anniversary. Come and see :)". Rather slowly, he dragged himself out of bed and went into the bathroom, ruffled hair and sleepy eyes.
The first question he asked was, "Did you do the test correctly?" and I said, "Yeah", I read the instructions. Then he frowned, went thru the instructions, 'grill' me some more on how I did it, and finally smiled :)
I'm happy, but not as excited as I imagined I would be. Mainly coz I only started taking folic acid 2-3 weeks ago when I realized how long it's been since my last period. And the fact that I had severe diarrhea in Beijing from taking street "pig organs" soup.
Now, I'm just silently grateful for this wish that's coming true.
