The complete lack of reliability of Medical science

After my scattered results with the pee tests I asked the doctor to send me for a blood test. The results were in today. Here's the part I love. When I called to ffind out the results the receptionist at my Doctor's office said this "Well your value is 915" So I asked what does that mean? She asks the doc in the background " He says you are probably pregnant". Probably! Probably? Well I already knew I was probably pregnant. Taking 20 or so tests revealed that possibility! So then I asked if I needed to make another appointment.You know, for my Probable pregnancy. And she told me that they wouldn't need to see me for another 4 weeks! Well, I should have known to expect that. With my first pregnancy they didn't even have me come in to confirm it. They just booked me for an appointment near the end of my first trimester.

In other news, I'm dealing a whole lot better with being pregnant. I finally told my parents and I was dreading the sound of disapointment in my Father's voice but all he said was " some people will do anything to get out of losing weight." Beyond that he was very supportive and happy. I asked the Doctor about continuing to work out and she gave me the go ahead. She did ask me to wean Monk and that happened with very little fuss. She told me to keep eating well and exercising and she'd like to see me not gain any weight in the first trimester. I think that's a goal I can stick to.

Here goes nothing.

Original diagnosis denied, then confirmed

I'm not crazy. No seriously, Until today I actually thought I was losing my mind feeling all pregnant like. I'd taken 6 pregnancy tests and they all were negative. I was just waiting for my period to show up. Of course, sometime in the last two weeks it occured to me that if we were going to continue using the prayer method of birthcontrol (and considering the number of tests I'd gone through with this late period), I would probably be well advised to find a cheaper source of pregnancy tests than my local grocery store. So I went on the internet and bought 25 tests for 10 bucks. They arrived yesterday. Being new and different I just had to try one as soon as I got them.

Here's where you take a deep breath.

It was faintly positive. So I think. "Just Great! these tests are duds, better check to see if another one comes up positive"
Another faint positive.
And Another,
And Another,
So then I think "Either I really am pregnant or all the tests are duds!"

That's when I asked my husband to pee in a cup for me.

Needless to say he refused.

So this morning I tried again with AM pee. It was still faint but still positive.
So over the course of the Day I conferred with my best friend and a childhood friend of mine who is currently pregnant. The general consensus is that I should get another drugstore test and make a doctor's appt.
I managed to get a Doctor's appt for 9:30 AM tommorow.
I managed to pick up a drugstore test on the way home from work.

Guess what?
It's not faintly positive! It's completely and totally positive. There's no denying it.

We're pregnant.

Why does this feel like the worst time ever to be pregnant?