Finding out I was pregnant.
In April 2021, David and I had made the decision to move to Las Vegas, Nevada from Indianapolis, Indiana. We were beginning to look at houses virtually with an extremely helpful realtor in Las Vegas, while simultaneously working with our realtor in Indianapolis to sell our condo and starting the paperwork with our mortgage company.
It had been nearly a year of trying for a baby, so we were not sure how or when we would become pregnant. A few weeks earlier, I learned my younger sister was pregnant, due November 2021, in addition to my older sister, who was pregnant and due July 2021. Feeling a little down about our journey toward pregnancy, it was nice to have the move and looking at new houses as a distraction.
The last weekend in April, David and I took a weekend trip to Elkhart, Indiana. David stayed with his parents, and my mom came down from Ludington, Michigan to stay at a hotel with me for a mom-daughter weekend. I knew my period was supposed to be coming around this time, but it never did arrive that weekend.
On Monday, David and I woke up at our usual time, and we drank a cup of coffee together and worked on a crossword puzzle like we always did. Normally after finishing my cup of coffee, I would take a 30-40 minute walk while David showered and started working. But on April 26, instead of going on a walk, I drove to Meijer and bought a pregnancy test. Too excited to wait until I got home, I took the test in the bathroom of Meijer on Keystone Ave. The test immediately turned positive — I was pregnant. I was pregnant.
I drove home, feeling strange to know that our lives have been changed forever – I was growing a human – and yet, in so many ways, it felt like just another Monday.
When I came home, I walked up to David unable to speak, and I gave him the pregnancy test. After the confusion passed on where and how I took the test, we stared at each other, teared up, and hugged each other so tightly. Then, I blurted out that I still thought we should move to Nevada. David, without hesitation, agreed.