Number 2

I'm gonna be a gor gor?

I've been through this before, you know, the going to the store to get the test kit and all. I thought I would be smooth... seasoned... posh... sophisticated. Just get and go. But I was feeling conscious, and the ends of my lips kept threatening to pop into a smile. 

I walked into Guardian feeling audacious. This is going to be just another normal purchase. That is, until I saw how awesomely they have organised their store. 

Their organisation was just too good. They grouped all their products neatly, and got the sections labelled boldly, in BIG PRINT, such that everyone will clearly see that I will be at:

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I'm not feeling audacious anymore. 

Quickly, I got to the section, and squatted down. Phew. 

Good old Clearblue was at the bottom of the shelf. That's nice. You know, now Clearblue has a digitized version. It tells you in words whether you are 'pregnant', or 'not pregnant'. It's cool, but I'm a veteran. Buying that would be an insult to my experienced self. So I got the usual plus or minus one. 

And the rest of the story... well... you know by now. 

Rain's pregnancy diary -- Morning sickness... ?

The zygote is between six to seven weeks old at time of writing.

And I don't have morning sickness! Haha!

I wasn't always so evilly conceited about this. In fact, I was worried sick when I didn't have morning sickness. All the books I read told me about morning sickness. Almost every internet article on pregnancy narrated that morning sickness was one of the most common occurrence in pregnant women. To make things worse, I googled 'pregnancy no morning sickness', and articles started to talk about how it could be a sign of miscarriage.

I am waving my fists in the air as protest. I am going to be just fine.

"You are still very early in your pregnancy," said my gynaecologist. "The symptoms will get stronger as the pregnancy progresses".

I gave a meek smile.

But I am still smug.

Till morning sickness comes, cheers!!!! Wooo Hoooo!!!

Rain's pregnancy diary -- The moment of truth

Bath times are happy occassions for me, but this bath I was about to take was teemed with a little excitement. I had my Clearblue hid snugly in between my clean clothes as I pretended to be my usual self while walking to the bathroom. With in-laws, it was more prudent to behave discreetly.

With the bathroom door firmly closed and locked, I examined my kit bought just a few hours earlier.

"Clearblue pregnancy test", "Clear result in 1 minute", "99% accurate".

Wow.

The instructions were easy to follow. Unwrap the stick, remove the cap to reveal a flat tip which was white in colour and measured about 3 centimetres long. Next, hold the tip in your urine stream for five seconds. It will turn pink, and then, you wait one minute for the result.


"+"


"+"???


"+"!!!!!!


So cool.

I need to tell Puzzle!

"Pssssssstttt!!!!!" I hissed towards the bathroom window. It was a long shot that he would hear it, but if he doesn't, it would be his loss. Not mine. Heh.

Like the miracle that produced the "+" sign, Puzzle heard me. I let him into the bathroom and closed the door. Our own private world once again.

I pointed to the plus sign on the stick, and he examined it for a duration that caused me to frown. Just beneath the result window were two simple explanations. Plus means "pregnant", minus means "not pregnant".

"So, what does this mean?" Puzzle asked.

I was flabbergasted.

"I thought you could read," I remarked acidly.

That brought him back to his senses.

"Oh, of course," he said with a smile.

With my mission accomplished, I shooed him out of the bathroom and began my bath, sneaking occassional coy glances at the plus sign lying a metre away from me.