Shocking News (Rarely Happens)

What I Thought......

            Everything started with the story of having a "beer belly". I was freaking out when a tiny belly showed up on the month of July. First of all, I believed that my belly was either from drinking beers or gastritis problem. When I had an appointment to see my surgeon before my surgery on July, I've asked him what would be the best treatment for gastritis. I had stopped drinking beers when my tiny belly showed up because I never liked having the belly :( So my last thought about my tiny belly was the gastritis problem because I couldn't fart or burp at all. I also felt "gas movement" in my stomach. My surgeon told me that Gas-X would help a lot so I took the chance to buy the Gas-X to get rid of my gas problem. Unfortunately, the Gas-X never helped at all. I tried everything I could find in CVS pharmacy to cure my problem but nothing has worked. Finally, the woman that worked at the CVS told me to try Tums because I maybe could have an indigestion problem as well. I bought the Tums but it didn't help me at all. The second thing I bought at the CVS was a pill that helps lose your belly after 2 weeks. I even did abs exercise at home and I was following a diet plan just to get rid of my belly. But after doing all the hard work, nothing was changing and nothing was helping me at all. So I gave up and just ignore the fact of me having a tiny belly.

What Happened Next.....

          July 18, 2013 was my recent surgery for my nose. Although, it was only a short time surgery (5-6hours). I was on recovery for 2-3 weeks and I was on huge amount of medications as well throughout my recovery. Before my surgery, my belly has grown. A lot of people would ask me "Are you pregnant?" and I would answer "No, I am not. Just a beer belly." Many doesn't believe it was beer belly because the way my belly was growing. But I knew I wasn't pregnant because for many reasons: 1) I have my regular period every 5-6 days every month 2) My boyfriend and I took at least 3 pregnancy tests and all came out NEGATIVE 3) I was tests for pregnancy the day of my surgery on late July and it was NEGATIVE so the doctors were able to do the surgery and 4) I have no pregnancy symptoms at all. So I knew I wasn't pregnant at all. But "what is going on?" was my question that needed an answer.

The ANSWER to my question.....

             After my recovery, I had my appointment to see my surgeon on August 26, 2013, the day before my school starts. The surgery and the recovery was very successful. My nose is healthy and is doing great! During my appointment, one of the nurse from the hospital had asked me "Are you expecting......?" when she saw my belly. My brother and I told her the story about my belly but the story was unbelievable for the nurse. The nurse told me that I should take a urine test just to make sure. So I took the urine test that day. Five minutes after, my surgeon came in the room where my brother and I were waiting. One thing I noticed from my surgeon's face was a disappointment look on his face. He told us that the urine test came out positive for pregnancy and that there's a baby inside my stomach. "No that's impossible" was what I said to him. My brother and I were very very very shocked. Our faces were indefinable after hearing about the baby inside my stomach all this time. My surgeon told us that the result can be "false positive" but to make everything clear, he wanted me to follow up to my other doctor in Stamford Clinic. He wanted me to have blood and urine tests done to follow up the pregnancy news. Later that week, Friday of August 30th, I visited the clinic with my brother to get the clear results of the pregnancy. I told my doctor everything and she told me that she rarely heard a story like mine. She had me take a urine test first, then blodd after. Few minutes after, the urine test came out positive and my doctor said "Cherry, you're definitely pregnant!" I didn't know what to say and what to do. First thing I had on my mind was I was VERY scared. I just didn't know what to do after all. How could it be? How could I not realized about the baby inside? I don't know but at least I knew about it. Now just need to find out how many months the baby, and his/her health situation inside my womb.

The Baby Health Situation and Ultrasound

                 September 1, 2013 was my first ultrasound to check the months and the health of the baby. With no health insurance, the ultrasound was self-paid by cash. My brother and I went to the clinic in Greenwich, close to where we live. First, I didn't know what to expect and I didn't want to expect anything. At this time, all of use were thinking maybe I was only 3-4 months pregnant but the ultrasound will tell us everything. When we arrived in the clinic, I saw my friend's mom in there. She works in that clinic. When she saw me, she came up to me and asked me what I was doing in there. So we told her the story and first thing that came out in her mouth was "what? no that's impossible. she can't be!" The way she reacted to the story was the same reaction I had. On July 4th, I spent my holiday with her, her daughter, her son, and my friend and they knew I had a tiny belly only. But again, that's why we were there to find out.

                 The doctor called my name. The time she called my name, my heart beat so fast and I had no idea why. I was put in the room with the ultrasound monitor inside. I sat down and I had no idea why I was shaking that time. Maybe I was just nervous. That's it, just nervous! A few minutes after, the doctor did the ultrasound. The moment I looked at the monitor, there it was, a BABY. A big baby? The baby was kicking because the gel was so cold. Then the doctor started talking to me. "Oh boy! Look at that baby, he's kicking hard." I was speechless, I couldn't talk at all. I tried to look away and close my eyes but I couldn't because I knew that wasn't a dream. "Cherry, your baby is 8 months and 2 days old pregnant." Wait what?! My jaw just dropped when she told me 8m and 2d pregnant. How?? A lot of tears came down and I had no idea what to say. I was in shocked. "Your baby is healthy and very active. You're very lucky." Thank goodness. "Can you tell me the gender?" She checked and she told me "I can't get the gender. Your baby is crossing his legs, hiding what's in the middle. But I think it's a boy!" At least he's fine but not 100% sure though. After the ultrasound, I came out in the room in a lot of tears. Someone even yelled, "Aww that's tears of joy!" It wasn't just tears of joy but tears of all the emotions (shock, hurt, confuse, etc) I couldn't walk properly that time. When I went to the waiting room to tell my family about the news, I couldn't even talk. "I'm over 8 months pregnant." The reaction of my brother was very shocked, the same reaction I had in that ultrasound room. Oh boy.. Now what? I was still in tears, a lot of tears. It was very unexpected but had to face it. I was just really glad that the baby was fine and healthy.