8.18.2009

If I am pregnant, I will feel...

A word of wisdom should you ever find yourself in a university health center for a pregnancy test. Be prepared. And don't worry if no one initially jumps to the "congrats!"

After taking a home test the night before, I scheduled an appointment at UGA's health center the next day (coincidentally, the first day of July classes). Once there, I had to take an online survey answering the question "If I am pregnant, I will feel..." The options included: happy, sad, nervous, confused, devastated, terrified, etc. One lone positive emotion, followed by a range of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad feelings. A little strange, but at least my choice was pretty easy to make.

Next, the nurse took me to a room for the blood pressure, scale, temperature routine. Once in there, she gave me a careful look. "So..." she asked hesitantly, "were you trying to get pregnant?" When I assured her that yes, we did this on purpose, she looked relieved.

After the test, I'm in yet another room, waiting on the results. I was pretty confident, but still. Finally the doctor walked in. Again, the careful look. "So..." she started, hovering reluctantly near the door, "...congratulations???" "YAY!" I said with a big grin. And only then did the doctor smile back.

Then I realized. It is a university health center, after all. I guess they're not used to happy reactions to the positive news. Plus, once they realized I was glad, they were all very nice and congratulatory. Good times!

4 comments:

  1. Hooray! A baby!!! Can I school this one on the greatness of being an x-phile?

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  2. Okay, just found the blog and this explains your facebook status. CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm SO excited for you guys! Although I do think that's extremely sad that the health center would be inclined to assume it wasn't wanted. :(

    I'm going to follow your blog and am excited to hear the adventures. Can I link you to mine? Not nearly as exciting, but a little 2 cents every now and then. Congrats again!

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  3. OH MY GOSH!!! CONGRATS, yayay mommy to be!
    Welcome to the club!! Get ready for long talks about 'what happened when my kids were born' conversations with friends!! :o)
    I am potentially coming to Atlanta in October. I will send you more info later....

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  4. I'm glad I got to hear this story first-hand from you. Nothing beats Kristine acting out the nurse's part :) So funny!

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