Having a baby was not on my 2024 bingo card. As I type this, I’m five months pregnant, and I’ve talked to so many friends and friends of friends about the stages of seeing a positive pregnancy test. Even my friends who had been trying for a baby for a long time had the same initial stages of emotions. All of that to say I’m really excited for this baby, but I went on an emotional roller coaster when I found out.
I’ll preface the pregnancy test by sharing a little bit about the state of mind that my husband and I were in going into 2024. My husband and I were in the stage of not trying but not not trying. We were on the same page about wanting to get pregnant in the next couple of years, but we wanted to buy a house first, visit a few more countries as just a married couple, and make more money. We didn’t feel 100% ready for this new life stage.
Around New Year’s Eve, my husband and I both got Covid. So, even though I was a few days late, I thought my pregnancy symptoms were just symptoms of the flu or something. I wasn’t totally sure and I wanted to drink on New Year’s Eve so I took a pregnancy test. It came back negative! That night I had lots of champagne and martinis to ring in the new year in Austin.
A few days go by, I feel less sick but still terrible. In my gut, I knew why. I went to the store and bought 6 pregnancy tests from multiple brands (why I thought that would matter is beyond me but I wanted to be sure.)
When I got home, I took the test immediately. It was negative. I was like that’s so weird, but okay. A few more days go by with no blessings from Mother Nature. On a Friday afternoon while my husband was playing video games, I decided to just take one more test… After a few minutes, ding ding ding, yes! It was positive! I was in shock. I didn’t even take a reaction video because for some reason part of me thought the test would be negative. I paced in the bathroom for maybe 10 minutes before I decided I needed to share the news.
I walked over to my husband’s desk, tapped him on the shoulder to interrupt his game, and told him I need to talk to you right now. He ended the game, followed me to the bathroom, and I showed him the positive pregnancy test. He immediately fell to the ground he was so overwhelmed with emotions. I honestly regret not filming it because it was such a huge moment. We were both scared, excited, happy, and a little sad. We were so excited to have a baby, but we kind of had to mourn the loss of our life as we knew it.
After the shock, we celebrated at our favorite local pizza spot, Love Supreme. Look how nervous my husband’s smile was. So sweet!
With Victoria Kelley 