Announcing my pregnancy to my boyfriend and family was one of the most nerve-wracking yet happiest moments of my life. It took courage to share the news with those closest to me, but the eventual joy and excitement was worth it all.
The big mistake I made was taking a pregnancy test at my job, lol, but let me explain. It was only two people in the office that day and just so happened the other person in the office was someone I considered a “work friend”. She had been telling me that she was having feelings that I was pregnant and to make it so much more crazy – My mom and friends were saying the same thing. While we were in the office, that day, she said “If you do not go get a test on lunch I will” and I did not want her spending the money – So off to Walgreens I went.
Once I got back from the store the reality of what may be started to leak into my thoughts and I did NOT want to take the test. I had come too far to chicken out now, so to the bathroom I went. You know how the instructions says to wait 2 minutes for the results to process? I kid you not, my results popped up within 30 seconds, if that. It was no doubt on that stick that I was pregnant. I SCREAMED so loud and started to cry. When I came out the bathroom, my coworker already knew what I had saw, lol. She hugged me and gave me a congratulations. I didn’t know what to do so I was literally frozen, to the point she had to help me back to my desk. Talk about embarrassing!!
Denial! Denial! Denial! It hit hard and fast. I just knew the test was wrong – I had just had my freaking period a week or two before hand, but I digress. I stepped out of the office to go sit in my car and try to think. Do I tell my boyfriend? Do I call my mom? Like, what do I do. I called my best friend and she didn’t answer, so I texted to call me ASAP – 911!!! I then texted my boyfriend and told him we had to have a serious talk once we both got off from work and sat for a few minutes. He instantly called – I should have said nothing until I got home – he was freaking out. He thought something had happened as well as you know how men think when you say “we need to have a serious talk”. He would not let up so I had to tell him over the phone. I truly did not want to do that due to him being at work also and needing to focus. He literally screamed and instantly was happy. Which, I won’t lie that was a relief. We had small talk and of course an intimate conversation but we decided that we would talk more later but to NOT tell anyone else. Well, as I previously stated I had told my best friend to call me ASAP and as soon as we got off the phone, she facetimed me. When I answered the facetime, I just put the test in the camera view and she was like WTF, OMG!! Yeah, that was a whole conversation. When I left work, I decided to go buy a few more tests. I bought two more standard tests and two digitals. I literally took them that next morning and it was confirmed.
The pregnancy tests were confirmed January 8th and since we were not telling anyone we had to literally just stay in our own bubbles. My mom and stepdad started getting so suspicious because I was avoiding her at all costs. Finally, I had convinced my boyfriend that I needed to tell my mom due to not being able to avoid her anymore and we both went up to visit her on February 26th. I mean, I think I held out pretty good!!! When we got to her house we were both acting so weird – I mean the nerves were all over the place. I thought I was going to have a panic attack. My boyfriend texted me and was like let’s wait – I can’t do it, I’m scared. I had to let him know it’s okay – we aren’t kids, lol! WE GOT THIS! Thankfully my mom and stepdad had left to go to the store and that gave us time to come up with a plan.
We decided to put all 4 tests in a Ziploc bag, and we sat it on the kitchen table in a way that when she walked into the kitchen, she wouldn’t miss it. They walked in, while we were sitting in the living room and all I heard was OMGGGGGGG IS THIS FOR REALLLLLL!! They were so happy for us that they started pulling the cameras out making us take pictures with the Ziploc bag, right!! Now, before you say it – Yes, that may have been a tad bit disgusting to some people, but it was perfect to us. That’s really all that matters. The rest of that day was nothing but happiness and joy! I’m so glad we were all able to share that moment. It was also pretty sad because my dad was not alive to witness this and I was a daddy’s girl so it would have been so important for him to be just as surprised.
When it came to telling my boyfriends family it was a tad complicated. He did not think they would take it well and wanted to be the one to tell them, himself. He told his sister, who was not the biggest fan of me(a long story of a sister mad at the love her brother had for another woman other than herself), and she hinted to their mom after saying she had a dream about fish. He went to his mothers house and she was questioning him and he told her. Definitely wasn’t how I envisioned it but hell all of this was a surprise. So, thanks a lot for ruining that for us!!!! Anywho!!
Seeing the joy of telling people, who genuinely love you, about the bundle of joy you are bringing into the world is priceless!! What’s your story? Did you tell your family in a big way? I would love to hear your stories 🙂
WTF MOM 