It was four years ago when I found out I was expecting. I can still remember anxiously waiting for that second line to show up. I had an inkling I might be pregnant but after three years of trying, I couldn’t bring myself to hope that I might be. Slowly, it appeared but was so light that I still thought it was a mistake. All of a sudden, I was sitting in the bathroom overwhelmed with a mixed feeling of terror and joy. It was true! I was pregnant.

Over the past three and half years my daughter and I have had many other firsts together but that first – the moment that I knew she would be part of my life – is still one of my absolute favorite memories. Whether it’s two lines or a plus sign or the entire word spelled out, it means the same thing – the very beginning. There are so many firsts when you are a parent and each first is exciting in it’s own way but the very first first has a special place in our hearts.

Where were you and how did you feel when you first found out you were expecting?