{"id":30,"date":"2010-07-14T00:09:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T00:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltmama.net\/bbmreview\/2010\/07\/14\/ept-the-moment-you-knew\/"},"modified":"2010-07-14T00:09:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T00:09:59","slug":"ept-the-moment-you-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltmama.com\/bbmreview\/2010\/07\/14\/ept-the-moment-you-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"e.p.t. “the moment you knew”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EPT_Keepsake_Case_1[1]\"<\/a> 
For most women, seeing the positive pregnancy test is a moment they will never forget.  It is a moment filled with joy, and hope, and dreams fulfilled.  For me, it was different.  You see, I suffer from infertility…and while I have one child, I never had the "pee on a stick\/positive test" experience.  When you suffer from infertility, your cycles are closely monitored and a blood test reveals your pregnancy far earlier than a home pregnancy test.  I found out I was pregnant from a nurse, not a pee stick.<\/p>\n

Even after this successful pregnancy, I continued to suffer from infertility and could not get pregnant.  I resented those who had that "pee on a stick" moment…I imagined peeing on said stick, running down the stairs to my husband, crying and laughing and hugging.  I played the moment out in vivid detail in my head, over and over and over again.  None of our treatments worked and so our infertility journey ended and a life as a family of three began.  <\/p>\n

And yet, three years later, being ridiculously in tune with my body from the years of closely monitored cycles, I realized I was one day late.  Just one…for most women, they wouldn't even realize, but I did and I tested.  And there it was, my moment.  My very own pee on a stick moment.  I was mesmerized by the test stick announcing a positive. I waited until my husband came home from work and carefully showed it to him. We were filled with hope, but terrified-it had been a long time in coming and now that we had arrived, it was scary.  Unfortunately, three days later, I lost the baby.  In anger, I threw the stick away and after I recovered a bit, I felt sad that the one physical reminder I had of my baby was gone.<\/p>\n

e.p.t. acknowledges what a big moment this is for a family and has launched a campaign to provide mothers with a keepsake case so that you can always look back at the day you found out you were pregnant.  You can check out the info here.<\/a>  <\/p>\n

And while my story isn't the joyous experience of others, I appreciate having the keepsake case to remind me of the babies I have lost.  I am grateful for the "pee on a stick" moment of my own. (And if you wondering, yes, I did keep the test stick from my most recent pregnancy and loss…and while it hurts, I am so glad the have the sticks to remind me and comfort me.)<\/p>\n

Thanks, e.p.t. for providing women a way to remember that special moment for families.  TKDDaughter gives this a:<\/p>\n

\"BBMReview<\/p>\n

"I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central<\/a>on behalf of e.p.t and received an e.p.t. keepsake case and a $20 gift card to JustGive.org to facilitate my review.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 For most women, seeing the positive pregnancy test is a moment they will never forget.  It is a moment filled with joy, and hope, and dreams fulfilled.  For me, it was different.  You see, I suffer from infertility…and while I have one child, I never had the "pee on a stick\/positive test" experience.  When you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t