Haha, okay. I've posted my story in a few other places, but it's fun to tell, so I'll tell it again. If you've already read it, just move along, move along.
The following is the story of my BFP- and proof that I'm the poster child for birth control. I literally got pregnant the first time, in my life, that I had unprotected sex.
So we were planning to TTC next cycle. I'd been off of the BCP since the beginning of May, and had had one period already. We were using a diaphragm while waiting to be ready to TTC.
The main thing that was making us wait was that I have to have been at my job for a year to get the maternity pay, and that won't be until April 27th.
Fertility Friend marked my O date as CD21. I thought it was probably CD17. I figured that one of the two of us was correct.
So, based on my first cycle and my supposed O date for the second cycle, I thought we'd have a shot at conceiving somewhere around august 6-10 (with August 6 being our anniversary!).
In the meantime, we stopped using the diaphragm, because we were pretty sure I'd already ovulated.
So, we DTD on CD27.
You can imagine my surprise when FF changes my O date to CD29. ooops!
But, of course, I'm sure I'm not pregnant. I go ahead and take one test ridiculously early, and it's negative.
I take one again at some point. Negative.
Then I take one at 13DPO. This one was fun. My friend and I both opened a pregnancy test, and each put one in a different drawer of my bathroom. Then we took turns peeing and putting the drops on the test, and closing the drawer. Then we opened them at the same time. BFN.
So at this point, I'm sure. It's 13DPO, my period must be just around the corner. I've been having all of this weird low cramping that isn't quite like AF cramps, but I figure it's just things changing since I've only been off the pill for a couple of months.
Then DH and I go to the beach with friends, and I can't temp (sharing a room with another friend), so I just keep waiting for AF to show.
at 17DPO I start googling "Long luteal phase." Obviously, I wasn't taking Occam's razor into account. Because of course a freakish long luteal phase makes more sense than "you're pregnant, dumbass."
We get back from the beach and DH mentions that he hasn't actually been with me while I took a test yet. So I say he can be with me when I take one the next morning, but that it's really not exciting.
So the next morning he wants to DTD, but I tell him we have to take this test first, but that it won't take long, and it'll be negative anyhow.
I put the drops of pee on the stick and the pink washes over. I say, "see, I can tell that this is negative already."
Then the pink starts to fade, leaving behind... what's that? A second pink line?
DH had already lost interest, so I had to get his attention to look at what I was seeing.
Then I started frantically throwing my clothes on to go to the Walgreen's on the corner.
"Gotta go get a digital test, right now!!!"
And.
Let me tell you what DH said.
Because he'll NEVER live it down.
He said.
"Can we have sex first?"
: I will gladly share the pic.
truly, i laughed out loud! rhiorion, thank you so much - i needed that!
