Happy, preggy me: When my OB-GYNE confeeermed I was pregnant.
Here in our country, pregnancies are met with a lot of fuss. There are a lot of excitement about the good news, and parents are showered with flattering attention. When announced on Facebook, you can expect an unusual large number of likes and comments.
I sure experienced those things when I let others knew I was pregnant. Suddenly, I felt like the most popular girl in the world with the attention and compliments. I certainly basked in all the glory. You may have already guessed, it was my first pregnancy.
Let me share about a precious moment I experienced when I found out I was probably pregnant. I took a urine test, and lo and behold, two stripes appeared though they were not of the shade of red. I was surprised but not ecstatic. I wasn’t sure because in my head, I was thinking, “Aren’t these two stripes supposed to be of the same shade, like what I see in movies? Baka false alarm?” I calmly showed the urine test to my hubby. Since both of us did not know what it exactly meant, we did not want to get excited , and just get depressed if it was a false alarm. He even strictly instructed me, “Don’t announce it yet on Facebook.”
So off we went to our respective morning ceremonies. I took a shower and while I felt the gentle water on my skin, I felt….. quietly happy. So serene. So blissful. It was such a beautiful feeling. It didn’t matter if the test may be a false alarm. I was happy. And, I was grateful I experienced that kind of happiness I never, ever felt in my life. I thanked the Lord for letting me feel that surreal kind of happiness.
Others Moms might have felt this, too. As for me, I will definitely tell my son, “Sweetheart, when I knew that you may be inside me, you already brought me a different feeling of happiness.“
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