# We're Pregnant! (we think!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955 "2007-01-29T12:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/21 "2007-01-30T00:04:55Z")
Yay! Best wishes for a garden-variety pregnancy and delivery, and after that, an extraordinary parenting experience! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/22 "2007-01-30T00:12:26Z")
Adding my good wishes to the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/23 "2007-01-30T00:16:02Z")
Thanks everyone! TokyoWife was supposed to have had her period two weeks ago. She needed to take medicine for something so she did a home pregnancy test which was negative. she then thought that she was just late. A couple of days later, she came bounding down the hallway, just to come give me a hug, as she often does, but I looked at her face and thought “Yup, she’s pregnant.” I didn’t say anything, and waited until she decided she was getting really late and tried the test again. That one and a follow up were both postive. 🙂 When she found out about being pregant with Ian, she took the test first thing in the morning, when I was still asleep. She woke me up to tell me, and my mind keep trying to make sense of the words coming from her mouth: “postive,” “test,” “something,” “sometime,” when suddenly my sleepy mind was jolted into full awareness. "WOW!"For a full ten minutes, that was the only thought I had: “WOW!” Snatches of other thougths would creep into my conscious, "I’m going to be a daddy. . . ."only to be pushed back with the force of an oncoming locomotive “WOW!” My ex-wife and I never had children, even with years of nonprevention. I had started to wonder if my little sperm were “genki” (active, in this case) or if all these reports of low sperm in Japanese men was something environmental which was affecting me as well. TW and I had decided to have children right away, and she was mildly disappointed the first period she had after she moved in. As events turn out, her second period was a long time coming. November of this last year, as it look a couple of months after Ian’s birth. Again mild disappointment in December and but it looks like we’ll have another long wait for her next one. TW said that when she was carrying Ian, that was the happiest period of her life. The first few months were tough and the last few were scary, as we didn’t know what would happen, but she – and I – were really, really happy. We look forward to our new journey and hope all is well. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/24 "2007-01-30T01:42:49Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] I was never a mom, but it sound like the new kid will have a great set of parents. [/QUOTE] As well as several thousand voluntary aunts and uncles around the world. Heartfelt wishes for health and happiness! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/25 "2007-01-30T02:06:31Z")
I’m so glad to read your news. Prayers and good wishes to the **TokyoFamily**! I’ll look forward to hearing updates. GT ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/26 "2007-01-30T04:31:05Z")
CONGRATS!!! Wishing you and TW all the best. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/27 "2007-01-30T16:07:22Z")
::sends healthy baby vibes and congratulations:: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/28 "2007-01-30T17:35:03Z")
WOW! 😉 Best wishes all around. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/29 "2007-01-30T22:55:59Z")
Thanks everyone! TW is waiting a while to tell most of her friends, but I tend to share! We’re really enjoying the experience again, and really hope for a healthy baby! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/30 "2007-01-30T23:09:44Z")
I rarely post in your threads, but I’ve followed them all the same. Please know you’re in my thoughts. I wish you the best. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/31 "2007-01-31T05:47:02Z")
Congrats. Here’s hoping for the most boring pregnancy ever 😉 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/32 "2007-01-31T07:59:43Z")
**TokyoPlayer** , I’m so very happy for you and **TokyoWife**. I’m sending lots of healthy baby vibes your way. Remember, every baby and every pregnancy is difference. Stay happy and positive. Make sure **TokyoWife** eats well, takes her vitamins, especially [Folic acid](http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/173_769.asp). It’s important especially during the first trimester when the brain and spinal cord are developing. Have her start now, if she can. In the US, it’s sold over the counter. The first [trimester](http://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/fetaldevelopment1.htm) is the most important, developmentally, so being careful about what chemicals the fetus is exposed to is vital. I hope you understand that the things I’m saying and the links I’ve provided are not meant to frighten. Remember hundreds of thousands of pregnancies are completely uneventful. Here’s hoping yours is one of those. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955/33 "2007-01-31T09:39:17Z")
Thank you everyone for your great support. We are cautiously optimistic; since it appears that there is nothing we can do if Mi-chan (as we have temporarily named the tiny one) develops the same syndrome as what we believe Pough-chan had. No sense worrying about things which are out of our control, or so our thinking goes. Naturally, there is not way to completely forget about it, but there isn’t any reason to dwell on it either. We’ll know more in a couple of months after the final results are back from Ian Pough’s testing. As **Picunurse** points out, she is taking folic acid and other nutrients. TW doesn’t drink, smoke or drink coffee (damn, she could be Mormon, except she’d never fork over 10%) so I think we should be as good as anyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pregnant-we-think/389955.md?page=1)