a journey in pee sticks.

so this adventure took place back in the beginning of march, but i thought you folks might enjoy my insanity. it was written when i was 4 weeks.

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and now, i thought you might enjoy a photo journey of my pee-stick insanity.

this is the first one i took. on saturday afternoon (2/26). because i'm a lunatic. (as this was about 6 days before my missed period, because i kept forgetting feb only had 28 days.) i left it on the bathroom counter while i showered and much to my surprise, i saw something when i got out. with squinting and holding it in the light... holy shit....

and i messed with it in photoshop, just for shits & giggles.


oh, and these are the tests andy ordered from hong kong, because i think i probably spent a hundred dollars on HPTs when we were trying for cece. i think he spent about 5 bucks on 40 of these.

so, anywhoo- it was at this time, i realized that i'd never let one sit that long before, i always assumed they were sort of like the american ones that the 'pregnancy indicating' line started to show up almost at the same time as the 'this test is working' line.

crap.

so, the next morning, 2/27, i take another chinese one, AND the digital EPT i have stashed (that i had intended to take on monday or tuesday, but my brain exploded.)

the digital one went all reading rainbow on me. which forced me to use the second one. which was negative (@#$%&) but the chinese test had the ghostly, but suggestive shadow on it. (which is why i'm never buying digitals again. i heart over analyzing shadows)




ANGST. i am not a patient person.

morning, monday 2/28. the sun rises on yet another pee stick.

and i can almost see that shadow without squinting!

so, cece & i went to target to buy some more "real" tests

(cuteness break)
and i sincerely thought i'd be able to wait until the next morning to take one. haaaaaaaa. i'm hilarious.

i at least made it until andy got home. when i was wandering listlessly around the house he finally told me to go take one for the love of god, you got a 3 pack after all.

and!

faint, but for sure two lines on a comfy american pee stick.

then, for science- i had andy use one of the chinese tests. i needed some pee that definitely wasn't pregnant, and i couldn't figure out how to get cece to pee in a cup.
look ma, no shadow!!!:

andy sounded much more convinced about my mysterious shadow lines after his was so gleaming white.

ok. where am i? monday. ok. so monday we decide i really am pregnant (yay!)

tuesday i managed to skip peeing on sticks all day. suffer minor withdrawal.

wednesday 3/2 i got a definite pink 'you're pregnant' line:


so if you ever wanted to see a WHOLE MESS of pee sticks, there you go. and i guess the chinese tests are pretty accurate, you just have to let them sit a while. and squint ;)