Negative

The title says it all.

I called in to school today, because I decided that no matter what the answer, I wanted to be home to process it.  The lab tech had said to call for results, and the office opens at 8.

I started calling at 8, and kept getting the answering service.  By 8:30, even the service operators were saying "I don’t know what’s going on, they usually start taking calls at 8. . . ." Of course.  The Today Show featured all the things babies need, and then did a spot on grandparents.  When I finally got through to the lab, I got a voice mail service, asking me to provide a whole bunch of stuff, and that my provider would call back in 24 hours. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS?

I waited a bit, talked to Amy, and called back to see if I could reach my doctor, or someone, because I needed to know.  I got the lab, who told me it was negative.  The lab person said she didn’t know how to transfer back, so I waited a bit and called back, and am now waiting for my doctor to call back.  Even that was a debacle, because I had seen one doc up until my last pap, and the doc I saw at my last pap is the one that I would see if I was pregnant, and finally I just told the recpetionist "Look, either one, just one of them, please, I just want to ask about the whole late period thing."

Then I emailed Dave, with a "Negative. I’m Sorry." and that’s when I cried.

Fucking A.

And also? No fucking period.

9 thoughts on “Negative

  1. I’m sorry…This whole thing seems calculated for maximum frustration. I wish it was better news. Sending positive vibes your way.

  2. Gretchen, can you send your body over here for a sec? You can just drop it off, you don’t need to stay.
    OK, body, are you listening? NO MORE FAKE OUTS. If you are going to be pregnant, be that. If you are not going to be pregnant, don’t jerk Gretchen around. She deserves better than this from you.
    If you would really, really like to make it up to her, a baby next month would be a good place to start.
    There, I hope that helps. She’s all yours now.

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