Despre testul de sarcina, #pebune

Despre testul de sarcina, #pebune

Pentru aceasta sedinta foto am mers la farmacie sa cumpar un test de sarcina Surecheck. Era si Radu langa mine, ca doar cu el urma sa fac fotografiile, si nu stiu cum sa va spun dar aproape ca ma facusem rosie in obraji cand i l-am cerut farmacistei. Imi venea sa ma si scuz, ca nu e pentru mine, ca e pentru o sedinta foto… va dati seama ce ridicol ar fi sunat. Dar gestul in sine de a cumpara un test de sarcina m-a emotionat pentru ca mi-a adus aminte de perioada in care ne doream un copil. Si, evident, m-am gandit apoi la momentul in care au aparut cele 2 liniute. Am si acum testul pozitiv intr-o cutie cu amintiri!

 

EN: For this photo shooting I went to the pharmacy to buy a Surecheck pregnancy test. Radu was also there, because he was about to take the pictures, and I don’t know how to tell you, but I almost blushed when I asked the pharmacist for it. I was about to make up an excuse, that it’s not for me, that it’s for the photo shooting… that would have been really ridiculous. But the mere gesture of buying a pregnancy test got me emotional, because it reminded me of the time we really wanted to have a child. And, obviously, I then thought of the moment when the 2 lines showed up. I still have the positive pregnancy test in a memory box!

Daca nu ati facut niciodata un test de sarcina, e cazul mai intai sa va spun ca Surecheck este testul de sarcina care asigura precizie de peste 99% din prima zi de intarziere a menstruatiei, care poate fi folosit oriunde si in orice moment al zilei. De fiecare data un test de sarcina se face cu emotii. Mari. Cat casa. Uneori nu mai ai rabdare si alegi sa il faci in toaleta unei benzinarii, alteori in cea de la cinema, alteori e momentul acela ultra pregatit, la prima ora din ziua de intarziere, cand e si sotul de fata si cand anuntul Pozitiv sau Negativ e asteptat live pe grupul de prietene de pe whatsapp.

La noi a fost destul de amuzant. Am facut testul in mijlocul zilei, chiar in prima zi de intarziere. Ne doream foarte mult ca el sa fie pozitiv, in acelasi timp ma straduiam sa imi controlez emotiile, ca in cazul in care nu apar cele doua liniute, sa nu sufar prea tare. Asa ca i-am zis lui Radu sa mearga sa cumpere un test de sarcina, “Dar naaa, nu iti face prea mari sperante. E doar prima zi de intarziere.” Asadar, in aparenta eram amandoi rezervati. Pe interior, eu una fierbeam de emotii: “hai sa fie pozitiv, sa fie pozitiiiiiv!”.

Am facut testul si dupa cateva secude a aparut prima linie rosie… cat pe ce sa incep sa plang. Doar una??? Apoi a inceput sa se vada fooooooarte fin o a doua linie rosie. O speranta se agatase de sufletul meu, dar nu voiam sa ii dau prea mare atentie. I-am aratat testul lui Radu fiind 98% sigura ca e negativ. A doua linie era atat de slaba, incat efectiv trebuia sa scoti o lupa si sa te duci cu testul langa fereastra ca sa o zaresti. Radu a simtit cei 2% speranta din sufletul meu si a incercat sa ma linisteasca, cu caldura: “Dana, e negativ, sa nu innebunim acum. Abia daca reusesc sa vad a doua linie. Mai incercam si luna viitoare.” Am aruncat resemnata testul de sarcina la gunoi. “Asta e, luna viitoare” imi ziceam in gand, continuu. Am sunat apoi medicul ginecolog la care mergeam sa o rog sa imi faca o programare de rutina. Nu stiu nici acum de unde si pana unde a intuit corect, dar cert e ca mi-a spus la telefon ca ea crede ca sunt insarcinata si sa mai asteptam cateva zile. Nu ii spusesem ca testul avea si o a doua linie foarte slab aparuta, dar totusi ceva ii spunea ei ca eu as putea fi gravida. L-am sunat apoi pe fratele meu, Andrei, si i-am spus razand: “Voi, medicii, sunteti complet dusi cu capul. Am sunat-o pe Dorina sa imi fac o programare si mi-a zis la telefon ca ea crede ca sunt insarcinata. Auzi si tu! Culmea e ca tocmai ce mi-am facut un test de sarcina si mi-a aparut foarte foarte vag si o a doua linie. Dar e evident totusi ca e negativ.” In momentul acela fratele meu m-a intrerupt si mi-a spus: “Ma bucur sa fiu primul care iti spune – Felicitari, esti insarcinata!” – “Alooo!?!?!?!?? Nu se aude??? Am spus ca e negativ!”. – “Ia mergi tu cu telefonul la ureche pana la primul calculator si cauta pe google “very faint second line on pregnancy test” sa vezi ca indiferent cat e de slaba a doua linie, tot pozitiv e testul. ” – “Hai pa!”. Am inchis si am inceput sa cotrobai in gunoi dupa testul meu de sarcina. Urlam catre Radu deja: “Aualeu!!!! Cica s-ar putea sa fie pozitiv! Asa mi-a zis Andrei!”. Cand ne-am uitat din nou la test, parca si linia aia ni se parea mai vizibila. Am mai cumparat un test – acelasi rezultat. Si inca unul. A doua zi, linia a doua era clara. Fericire maxima!

Sigur, fiecare are povestea ei. Si fiecare sunt convinsa ca a trait atunci un cocktail nemaintalnit de emotii: bucurie, teama, iubire…. vai de capul nostru de viitoare mame. Si asta, vorba aceea, era doar inceputul.

La voi cum a fost? Hai povestiti-mi cu curaj. Mi se pare ca subiectul testului de sarcina e pentru multa lume unul tabu, si nu cred ca ar trebui sa fie asa. Mai ales intre noi. Cred ca trebuie sa avem cui sa impartasim toate emotiile pe care le traim, atunci cand ne dorim un copil si testul de sarcina e cel care ne da verdictul. Tocmai de aceea, cand cei de la Surecheck mi-au propus sa va vorbesc despre asta, am facut-o cu incredere, pentru ca testul acesta de sarcina chiar e unul care nu se joaca cu emotiie tale si care iti poate da raspunul corect in proportie de 99% inca din prima zi de intarziere a menstruatiei.

Testul de mai sus il voi face cadou unei prietene, actrita. Isi doreste foarte mult un bebe, asa ca am si sunat-o sa ii spun ca am un test pentru ea, cadou. A inceput sa rada.

Si tot razand, o fosta castigatoare a unui concurs organizat pe pagina mea de Facebook mi-a povestit cum a aflat ca ea e cea aleasa prin random: “Eu si sotul meu ne dorim foarte mult un copil. Asa ca am intrat in baie sa imi fac un test de sarcina, in timp ce el astepta afara. Cat timp trebuia sa astept sa vad raspunsul – pozitiv sau negativ – am intrat pe Facebook si am aflat ca am castigat concursul organizat de tine. Am tras un chiot de bucurie. Sotul, de pe hol, a inteles cu totul altceva. Am iesit spunandu-i ca Nuuu, testul e negativ, dar am castigat concursul organizat de Dana.”

Cand mi-a povestit episodul de mai sus, am crezut ca e o gluma, un banc bun. Dar sotul mi-a confirmat ca a fost cat se poate de adevarat. Sper ca intre timp testul lor sa fi iesit pozitiv, daca nu, le doresc sa li se intample cat mai repede. In acelasi timp, m-am bucurat ca macar vestea proasta a fost atenuata putin de tot de vestea castigarii concursului.

La voi cum e? Sau cum a fost?

In poze am purtat: pulover, geaca si pantaloni H&M, botine Zara.

EN: If you have never taken a pregnancy test before, I should tell you that Surecheck is the pregnancy test which ensures a precision of over 99% ever since the first day your period is late, which can be used anywhere and in any moment of the day. A pregnancy test is always taken with great emotions. Huge ones. Sometimes you’re not patient enough and decide to take it in a gas station toilet, other times in the one from the cinema, sometimes it’s that highly prepared moment, at the first moment of the day your period is late, when your husband is also there and when the result is awaited live n your girlfriend WhatsApp group.

For us it was pretty funny. I took the test in the middle of the day, right on the first day I was late. We really wished for it to be positive, at the same time I was focusing on controlling my feelings, so I wouldn’t suffer so much in case the two lines didn’t appear. So I told Radu to go buy a pregnancy, “But, don’t get your hopes up. It’s just the first day of being late.” So, apparently we were both reserved. On the inside, I was boiling with emotions: “please be positive, pleeeaase!”.

I took the test and a few seconds later the first red line appeared…I was just about to start crying. Just one??? Then the second line appeared very very very thin. I had some hope, but I didn’t want to pay too much attention to it. I showed the test to Radu being 98% sure it’s negative. The second line was so thin, that you needed a magnifying glass and look through it by the window. Radu felt my 2% hope and tried to calm me down gently: “Dana, it’s negative, let’s not get crazy now. I can hardly see the second line. We’ll try again next month.” I threw the test out. “That’s it, next month”, I was saying to myself all the time. I then called my gynecologist to schedule a routine checkup. I still don’t know how she had hunch, but she told me over the phone that she thinks I’m pregnant and that we should wait for a few days. I never told her that the test had a second thin line, but there was something that made her believe I was pregnant. Then I called my brother, Andrei, and I told him laughing: “You, doctors, are completely crazy. I called Dorina to ask for a consult and she told me over the phone that she thinks I am pregnant. Imagine that! Funny thing is I just took a test and very vague second line appeared. But it’s obvious that it’s negative.” That’s when my brother interrupted me and said: “I’m happy to be the first to tell you- Congratulations, you’re pregnant!” – “Hello!?!?!?!?? Can you not hear me??? I said it’s negative!”. – “Why don’t you walk over to the nearest computer and google “very faint second line on pregnancy test” to see that no matter how thin the second line is, the test is still positive.” – “K bye!”. I hung up and I started going through the trash to find my test. I was already screaming at Radu: “Oh my God!!!! It might be positive! That’s what Andrei said!”. When we looked at it again, the line was even more visible. We bought another test- the same result. And another one. The next day, the second line was very clear. Pure happiness!

Of course, everyone has their own story. And I bet everyone went through a completely new cocktail of emotions: happiness, fear, love…poor us future mums. And this is just the beginning.

How was it for you? Please tell me. I find the pregnancy test topic is a pretty taboo one for a lot of people, and I don’t think it should be this way. Especially between us. I think we should have someone to share these emotions with, when we want a child and the pregnancy test is the one giving a verdict. That’s why, when the people from Surecheck asked me to write about it, I went ahead and did it, because that pregnancy test really isn’t one to play with your emotions and which can give you a 99% accurate answer ever since the first day your period is running late.

I will give the test above to an actress friend of mine. She really wants a baby, so I called to let her know that I have a gift for her. She started laughing.

And also on a funny note, a former winner to a contest organized on my Facebook page told me how she had found out that she was the randomly picked winner: “My husband and I really want to have a baby. So I went into the bathroom to take a pregnancy test, while he was waiting outside. While I had to wait for the result- positive or negative- I went on Facebook and found out that I had won the contest organized by you. I shouted out in joy. My husband, outside, understood something completely different. I went out saying that No, the test is negative, but I won the contest organized by Dana.”

When she told me the story above, I thought it was a good joke. But her husband confirmed that it was totally real. I hope that in the mean time their test turned out positive, if not, I wish that it happens very soon. At the same time, I was happy that the bad news was somehow sweetened by the prize.

What it is like for you? Or how was it?

In the pictures I have worn: H&M sweater, jacket and pants, Zara ankle boots.