And you’re the first people I’ve told. I can’t stand it any longer! It’s been three hours and I’m bursting to tell someone! My husband doesn’t even know yet. He emailed me about something and I almost told him in my reply, by addressing him as “Daddy” and signing it “Mommy (I’m pregnant!)”, but I chickened out. I don’t want him to find out by email (though, that would be very 21st century of me!).
We’d been half-heartedly trying for a year or so and really trying to time it for the last three months.
I bought a pregnancy test on my lunch hour yesterday, but later I thought I was getting my period, even though I was two days late. So this morning at work, I had to pee really bad (odd for 11:00 am) and remembered I still had the test. I took my purse, went to the bathroom, peed on the stick, waited all of 30 seconds before the lines appeared.
My reaction went a little something like this:
After seeing the control line and then a faint line: :dubious:
After seeing the other line get darker:
After seeing the other line get darker and darker and darker: :eek:
After realizing that the first line I saw was not the control line, but the “You’re pregnant!” line: :eek: :smack:
The pregnancy line is even darker than the control line and it came up instantly!
Well, even though it’s early, I’m telling my family this weekend. My brother will be in from Chicago for a family party and it will be great to tell everyone together.
What’s really funny about this is that I just started with a CPA firm three weeks ago and according to the due date calculator, my due date is 4/8/06–exactly one week before tax day! And, of course it’s likely that I’ll be earlier than that. My new employer will be so happy!
Maybe I can let it “cook” for a week or two longer.
Hee hee. . . your reaction was almost exactly like mine (except that I did another HPT and then went to the doc for a blood test before I would believe it. Yes, I live in denial.). Congratulations!!! Babies are wonderful fun.
I have the test in my purse and I keep checking it to see if I wasn’t imagining it. I think I’ve checked about 7 or 8 times in the last 5 1/2 hours. And I’m tempted to pick up another test tonight. I almost can’t believe it!
Right after I tested, I was so freaked out that I couldn’t just go back and sit at my desk, so I went outside for a few minutes. My legs were so shaky going down the stairs, so I had to take the elevator back up to the 2nd floor.
What you should do is, every night until he figures it out look at your body in the mirror and ask, “Am I getting fat?” You will see just how much he loves you if, at 5 months he’s still saying “no.” But who wants to wait that long?
When my wife was pregnant I had a buddy who wanted to play a joke on her husband. So one evening while they were on vacation & had friends at the table my buddy pulled out a pregnancy test (made positive by Mrs. Montoya), handed it to her guy and announced to all present that she was pregnant! These folks are in their late 40s, have 5 teenage kids and were not looking to continue with the reproduction thing. Guy doesn’t miss a beat. He takes the tester from her, sniffs it and hands it back to her saying, “It’s not yours.”
If we have an Albany DopeFest next summer, will you bring Baby Bunny so we can all ooh and aah and hug and squeeze the baby?? (And so Baby can start off as a Doper right away!)
It is wise to wait a few weeks before telling your family. Your husband (and, apparently 60,000+ strangers), sure, but keep others in the dark for a while. Without raining on your parade, and significant percentage of “pregnancies” don’t last (I’ve seen estimates that 30% of fertilized eggs never reach term). It won’t hurt to keep it a secret for a while, and will save some emotional distress if things don’t go well (which, of course, they will… but, yanno…).
Your HPT result sounds not unlike those my ex- experienced when we had our kids. Notice the plural? The hormone that those tests react to is stronger when you’re having multiples. Might want to mention that to the doctor when you see her/him.
