Are you pregnant?

3 weeks was a very long time to wait for my mother and sister to get back from their trip. I wanted to tell them every time I talked to them on the phone and every time I read an email from my sister I cried. I also remember being so exhausted. My coworkers would make fun of me for falling asleep at 8 pm.

I remember the day we went to pick my family up from the airport very clearly because it didn't go as planned. I wanted to wait until we had gotten home from our 3 hour drive from LaGuardia Airport and make the big announcement to my family and then drive to Dave's parents house and give them the big news.

We had borrowed dave's parents car to pick up my family so we only had to take one vehicle. We got to dave's parents house and I immediately ran to the bathroom because my morning sickness taking over. I heard dave's father walk in the door and ask dave where i was. He said she doesn't feel so good, she's in the bathroom. When I walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen he looked at me and said what's the matter? are you pregnant? I couldn't lie to him. So I said yes and the smile that took over his face, overwhelmed me. He was ecstatic. He said that the only time his wife patty had morning sickness was when she was pregnant with the twins, dave's older brothers. Twins? Impossible.

As we were approaching the airport, we were late and I could see their faces. They were impatient after a 24 hour flight and their faces showed just that. Who could blame them? They just wanted to be home and we still had a 3 hour drive home. We pulled up to sidewalk to get their luggage and get people in the car and I felt the wave of nausea come over me. I opened the car door and threw up right in front of my mother. Nice. This was how I was gonna tell my mother and sister I was pregnant, by throwing up on them. So I told them, I just couldn't hide it. My sister's response in her typical fashion was are you sure? how do you know? My mother's response was not the excitement that I had hoped for, but my mother is never one to show much emotion. So now our family and close friends knew and I was about 6 weeks pregnant.