Finding out the good news...

Friday, March 25th 2011, I (Dawn) had just woken up.  I felt a little twinge in my stomach, which seemed new and strange.  Of course, since we were trying to get pregnant, my thoughts first went to "hmm...does that mean...".  I was already 9 days late and was doing my best to not think about it, because one can really drive oneself crazy trying to interpret the different twinges and such that occur in a womans body.   Not to mention, some pregnancy symptoms are the same and similar to symptoms of other ailments.  Despite all that, I decided to take the one pregnancy test I had just to see.  I hadn't planned to take it until at least that Sunday IF I had not started my monthly cycle yet.  I fully expected it to be negative since I know how much  of a miracle it is to get pregnant.  There is only a 12 hour window once a month that an egg is available for furtilization and knowing when that 12 hour window is is almost impossible.  So, I took the test just as Ryan called for our morning chat.  When Ryan is in Pittsburgh working, we always start off our day together with a quick chat about our nights rest, how our day is planned and anything else we need to discuss.  In the middle of Ryan's sentence I got up and checked the results of the test.  "Babe, it's POSITIVE", I said, catching Ryan by surprise.  I had not even told him I was taking a pregnancy test so his first response was "WHAT?!?".  I repeated and added, "I think we are pregnant".  The next few minutes were a blur.  We both were in a bit of shock and disbelief and I told Ryan I had only one test in the house but false positives are not very common.  He was eager to know for sure and I told him I would take another test or two later, when I had a chance to go to the store and get more.  He seemed to be getting excited and although I wanted to wait and make double (or triple) sure before we 'spread the news' I told him he could tell his family 'the test was positive'.  I called my mom and dad, he texted his family, I texted my siblings and away we went.  READY OR NOT.