Excuse me, What? MMMK, How? But, Why?

My parents reactions to my pregnancy pretty much sums up the way the rest of the world took it...

When I said the words "I'm Pregnant" I got the same reaction from most people. The first reaction was the confused "Waiii minute, what?" look. Which tickled me because I knew I had some "splaining" (ricky ricardo voice) to do. Single women get pregnant everyday, but the ones that know me best knew I wasn't partaking in situations that could end up with an "oops" pregnancy. My Dad, Tree, had the best "What" moment.  I won't be able to always quote him bc he is one of those Dads that just says the first funny and vulgar thing he can think of. I swear he thinks he's Red Foxx and Richard Pryor. If I put it in a proper Dad's words he asked with total confusion "Who have you been laying with daughter?" LOL! Cracked me up because I talk to Tree about everything, like I was his son, so he knew the answer to that question. NOBODY :( I understood the "What?" faces and responses bc me being pregnant came out of nowhere for most.  My Mom, Kathleen, had to make sure she was clear on what she had just heard. She started asking questions to clarify. Kathleen: So, you're adopting? Me: No Mama. I'm pregnant. Kathleen: Like, I'm going to be a real life Grandmother? Me: Yes Mama. There is a baby in my belly...Lol! It was a special moment and I enjoyed answering the Whats. 

After the "What?" came the even more confusing look and question "How?" How did I get pregnant? I got pregnant via sperm donation. I will talk more in detail on this in a later post.  Tree's immediate response "You been watching to much of them Atlanta Housewives!" LOL!!! I told yall he's funny. For all that do not watch that show, one of the ladies on there is in her 40s and was talking about her plans to have a baby through sperm donation. I can assure you all I was not influenced by the show. Lol. My sis, Trina, and I did get a good laugh out of that. My mom didn't seem to really care too much about the "How." She would of preferred me to be married to a good man, with a good job, and then baby. Ultimately,  she was just excited about FINALLY getting her first biological grandchild. No matter how it came to be. 

My mom did want to know "why" I chose this route.  My why is...I've always dreamed of being a mom. I was the little girl that got 2 or 3 cabbage patches a year and a couple barbies. I was the little girl that played house and had an imaginary husband, Bubba, that watched the kids while I was at school. I was the little girl that when my baby sister was born my mom told me she was my baby and I believed her. Heck, Trina is still my little baby at 29 years old. I became the adult that whenever I saw babies I just wanted to love on them. I have 4 nieces and nephews by my older sister, Shanda. I have 4 godkids. I felt like as a basketball player I wasn't in the position to have a baby. This was my time to fill that void that's always been in my heart. I was destined to be a Mother. I always wanted 2 or 3 biological childeren and 1 adopted child. This is the first step in that dream manifesting. I never would of thought in a million years I would be single, 32, and using a sperm donor to conceive my first born, but I am so grateful for science and mostly for God trusting me with one of His angels. I have so much love to pour into this baby I almost can't stand it. March 2015 cannot come fast enough. The day my baby comes into this world is a day yall will see a person getting what they have prayed for, living out a lifelong dream, and becoming what they were put on this Earth to be, A MOMMY!!