HCG draw

I feel like a broken record when I keep saying I am nervous through all of this. 

But for REAL...of all the appointments I've had over the last 4 years, there has NEVER been a day where I was as nervous as I was on HCG pregnancy test day!

Jon has been extremely supportive and present throughout this whole process, but this was one day that he wasn't able to come with me to the appointment.  And really, it didn't matter because I was only going in for a blood draw, and we wouldn't get results til later that afternoon anyways.

But as I was sitting in the waiting room with about 12 other women (gheesh, great, of all the days for the office to be REALLY behind!), I wished he was there!  I kept having to remind myself to take deep breaths.

I was trying to stay busy on Pinterest and inadvertnetly pinned about 250 things...245 of which I'm sure I will never get to! 

But either way, my name was finally called, and I was brought back to get my blood drawn.

The phlebotimist looked at my chart, and said "Ohhh...this is the BIG DAY!" She then proceeded to talk one thousand miles a minute asking "Oh my goodness...do you think you're pregnant? Do you have any symptoms? What kinds of things do you feel? Do you think you're pregnant? Do you have a hunch one way or the other?"

She didn't really let me get in an answer, so I finally interrupted her and said, "Honestly, I'm so nervous I'm not thinking about any of that. I'm just reminding myself to take deep breaths, and trying not to throw up all over myself!" 

Thankfully, she said "oh, gotcha." And while the questions stopped, she continued to sing and do her "happy pregnancy dance" (her name for it, not mine) all through the blood draw.  Good thing the entire process takes only 5 minutes!

So I walked out those doors, and drove to work.  I didn't really have to work that day, but did have some office stuff to take care of.  I figured if I went home by myself and had to wait for Jon to get home that evening, I would drive myself crazy.

So work would be a welcome distraction.  And while I knew they would be calling and leaving a voicemail with the results between 2 and 4, I was going to wait until Jon and I were together after work to listen together.

Oh yes...this is going to be a LONG day!!