The greatest event that changed my life was finding out we were going to have a baby. My boyfriend and I had tried for years, only to have the pregnancy result in miscarriages. Actually we had 3 miscarriages, at 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and at 5 months.
We had almost given up hope, but this last time felt different. It was to remain our secret until we made it past the 5 month hump. The official day of discovery had arrived. Today was the day the doctor gave the official results, to my home test. It was a cold snowy January day.
The exact day was January 7, 2003.
I will never forget it. It was snowing and the winds were blowing, hard, it was blizzard like conditions, we
...wondering if we would make it to the doctors' office in those conditions. We made it, and on time for our appointment. The weather being as it was, there was not a long wait to see the doctor. Soon as we checked in, a nurse came over and said, "Follow me to exam room 1 Upon entering the cold room, she handed me a mini cup and said, "l need you to give a sample.
" I'm thinking to myself not a roblem, I need to go anyway.
I go in, finish up, wash my hands and said, "Okay, done. " She looks and smiles and said, "The doctor also wants to take a blood sample, roll up your sleeve, please. " Ughh, I hate needles, but I did it, closed my eyes and held my breath. It was over. The nurse said, "0k you
can breathe now.
" I took a breath and she says, "Follow me, to exam room 2, and the doctor will be with you shortly, with the results. " As we sit, in the brilliantly bold luminously lit room, waiting for the doctor to eturn the air became frigid.
I began to get chills, big goose bumps all over. My teeth began to chatter.
My boyfriend looks over to me and hands me my scarf and gloves, as it was the middle of winter. The air crisp and frosty you could smell the aroma of disinfectants in the air. It was fresh. Sitting there on the table, one could hear every movement of the paper cloth scrunching and crunching under me. I looked out around the room and could see the frosty steel bar in the restroom that appeared to e chilled by the air.
Yes, this was definitely a place lacking "heat".
I could not wait to get out of there and into my warming car. I was freezing. Finally the doctor arrived. He speaks and puts on a fresh pair of gloves, "Alright lie back on the table and put your feet in the stirrups, were going to do a pelvic exam.
The exam was complete. Now we wait for the doctor to do the calculations in determining how far along we were. The Doctor tells me, "Go ahead get cleaned up and dressed and I will be right
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