# My Wife Is Pregnant, And The Baby Isn't Mine... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936 "2007-05-21T15:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/62 "2007-06-01T23:33:47Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Better believe that _that_ day is circled on our calendar. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’ll bet. The shots alone are worth whatever she’s getting paid. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/63 "2007-06-01T23:36:09Z")
I forgot to mention, I looked through the picture album. You take strange pictures, sir. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/64 "2007-06-01T23:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] I forgot to mention, I looked through the picture album. You take strange pictures, sir. 😃 [/QUOTE] Hmmm…well, you’ve certainly got me curious. Any specific ones? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/65 "2007-06-02T08:58:19Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Hmmm…well, you’ve certainly got me curious. Any specific ones? [/QUOTE] Well, #3 appears to be random mail, #8 is ??Pizza?? #16 a piece of paper, #17 a white thing, #18 a control panel on an old A/C unit. #19 an onion ring? #s 22-24 radiator parts #25 feet and Pespi One, #26 back of a tanning lotion bottle, #27 Peanut butter sandwich? #34 Beige. These just seemed strange things to photograph. I’m sure you have very interesting explanations for all of them. Sorry for hijacking your thread. M. ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/66 "2007-06-05T00:22:46Z")
So Hal, the ultrasound was supposed to be today. Any update for us? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/67 "2007-06-05T00:36:50Z")
You got it…we’ve got a yolk sac, fetal pole and heartbeat. All told, one exceptionally healthy little bean is growing away…woohoo! As for you, **picunurse** , now I’ve got a challenge for myself – to find all the threads that those pics refer to! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/68 "2007-06-05T01:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] Well, #3 appears to be random mail, #8 is ??Pizza?? #16 a piece of paper, #17 a white thing, #18 a control panel on an old A/C unit. #19 an onion ring? #s 22-24 radiator parts #25 feet and Pespi One, #26 back of a tanning lotion bottle, #27 Peanut butter sandwich? #34 Beige. [/QUOTE] Ok **picunurse** …you asked for it: #8 shows cookies – linked from post #45 of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329753). #16 looks nothing like a piece of paper, so I’m going to guess you mean #15. That is from the [Your first “real” concert?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7212711&postcount=59) thread. #17 is from the [Post your most interesting kitchen appliance](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7279091&postcount=10) thread. #18 is there because that AC unit [goes to 11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377003). #19 isn’t just any old onion ring…it’s [The _Infinite_ Onion Ring](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378874) (which, for the record, is still in my fridge in pristine condition). #s22-24 is from a [General Question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383464) I had about the feasibility of removing the radiator for a bit. #25 is from the [Photo thread: Show me your workspace!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7669754&postcount=3) thread. #26 must be linked to my wife’s message board, 'cause I have no idea. #27 is from the [Peanut butter and Jam?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7682397&postcount=32) thread. And finally, #34 is from the [What’s picture are you using as your computer wallpaper right now?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7790625&postcount=39) thread. (on preview – huh…no it isn’t. Well, it’s from a very similar thread then…) Ta-daa! And wow…what a self-hijack… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/69 "2007-06-05T11:53:17Z")
YAY for ( what do we call this little blob right now?) ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/70 "2007-06-05T12:02:12Z")
Did she get a “mixed coctail?” Perhaps, two parts Carter and two parts Taylor? Why? Well they don’t want to know who the real father is…except one is black. Sorry, getting off on an Arrested Development tangent here… ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/71 "2007-06-05T12:12:35Z")
But yes, please let me restate that I’m really happy for all involved. I just hope there is no problems with the Fathers getting complete custody. I don’t understand how they can adopt a surrogate child more easily than a normal child. In the end, I suppose at least one can adopt it. ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/72 "2007-06-05T13:25:14Z")
Why would the father have to adopt his own child? ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/73 "2007-06-05T14:08:05Z")
Yeah you’re right actually. It would be the egg donor that would have problems if it were two gals, a guy and a female donor. But they would have two wombs already so they wouldn’t be in need of one most likely. I forgot that they were actually donating sperm, so paternity could be proven genetically. But I wonder how this new technology will affect such things Would the surrogate have a claim at paternity? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936/74 "2007-06-05T14:19:19Z")
At maternity, and yes, in general the first surrogates acted in a legal void and in some countries the legal updates were brought by the time the first ones had already given birth; in some cases, when a fight over a baby was already going on. The “instinctive” reaction of many judges was “she birthed the baby, it’s her baby” - but then you come up with “hey but none of the genes are hers and actually half of them (or all of them) come from the other couple” and things get real nasty real fast. Combining being the egg donor with being the surrogate is considered a Bad Idea, among other things, because that’s one case where a surrogate who decided to keep it after all would have it quite easy to screw the intended parents. Congratulations on the li’l **MnMBlob** 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-pregnant-and-the-baby-isnt-mine/404936.md?page=3)