Let me be honest, over the past few days I’ve been taking pregnancy tests with questionable results. The thing about announcing a pregnancy is that 1,000 things could go wrong and it can all go sideways in an instant – especially in the first few months – which is why most people wait to bring the big news public for a bit.

That being said, I’m in sort of a specific situation. First of all, I know exactly when I may or may not have “conceived” and clinically, I know exactly when to start taking these tests to see if it worked. Of course, I’m also about to start my period, so there’s that.

I’ve spent the past two weeks on a serious roller coaster – mentally and physically – and this past Wednesday I just threw my hands up in uber cranky frustration and said “it’s probably not even working! I’m probably just crazy!”

Friday was the first day in a long time I felt like myself again. I wasn’t tired. I wasn’t desperately seeking chocolate milk (although I did go hunt some down) and the food I had tasted about like normal. I had let go of the idea that this was working and accepted that I’d just try again next time. And the next time. And go from there.

The funny thing about pregnancy tests, as opposed to the ovulation tests, is that any second line counts. So the progression of tests from Saturday until now is here (most recent on bottom).

So. It would APPEAR that I am, in fact, pregnant. When I see these, I think “well, that’s not very conclusive.” So, being me, I went out and bought a fancier test (hoping for a better photo as well as more evidence) yesterday at Target. 

“Second line may be lighter than the test line” it says. Well, it certainly is. But all the same, it’s there. And apparently, that means it counts.

I continue to use the phrase Cautiously Optimistic about this – and I’ll go to the doctor sometime Monday, but so far it looks like my Magic 8 Ball says “All Signs Point to Yes.”

Suddenly I don’t FEEL pregnant at all. After the last two weeks of roller coastering, I feel fine and normal. So ARE YOU SO EXCITED? Is answered with “ehhh…” Because more than a feeling of excitement is skepticism and concern for the next weeks and months. But all the same, there is definitely a second line, so I suppose that means SURVEY SAYS: Pregnant.