“Breathe deeply and enjoy the moment”

The morning that I discovered I was “officially” pregnant, I wore a new lululemon shirt for the first time. As I stood in the bathroom staring at the test as that second line materialized, I noticed a special message inscribed on the inside of the bottom of my shirt. Thank you lulu, good timing.

When I say, “officially” – what I mean is, it was not the first time I had taken a test. Earlier in the week, I felt like something was…amiss. We had recently “started trying” so when there was some cramping in my belly and I didn’t feel quite right, instinctively I thought that something might be happening. So the very next day when I took a test and it came back with a faint pink line, my suspicions were confirmed. However, when I told my husband that “umm…I think that we were successful” he refused to believe me! He insisted that I wait until the end of the week and then try again, “just to be sure”. Umm..ok.

So, on the Friday morning that I took the 2nd and 3rd tests and those pink lines showed up fast and furious, as my heartbeat started to race and my hands started to shake, being reminded to “breathe deeply and enjoy the moment” was exactly what I needed.

Baby Proulx, debuting October 2010…

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