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irelandsangel81 · October 2010

the pregnancy test? My MIL is insisting I keep it because some day "the baby will want to see it". I keep telilng her that never once in my life did I ask my mom to see her pregnancy test. She thinks if I throw it out I"m this horrible mother who "doesnt care about what my child wants". I guess I am looking at it more like that it's a stick I peed on so how long do I really need to hold onto it for? Sorry for my little random vent lol

So did you keep your pregnancy test? I'm just curious as to who really held onto it.

katester04 · October 2010

No--the thought never crossed my mind. I did take a picture. Maybe a picture would pacify her?? Would the reading on the pregnancy test even stay in tact with time?

Scout05 · October 2010

Test, singular?

I have 20+ tests in a drawer in my bathroom. Yes, I know it's gross.

I plan to throw them away when the baby arrives. I can't do it before, for some reason.

Scout05 · October 2010

katester04:
No--the thought never crossed my mind. I did take a picture. Maybe a picture would pacify her?? Would the reading on the pregnancy test even stay in tact with time?

Line tests stay the same. Digitals of course would be useless.

LuKeANdThEbEaN · October 2010

I honestly have mine still but I do think it's gross. lol I save everything. Still have the one from my son in his keepsake box. Keeping it is your personal preference. The one for this baby didn't keep the positive sign anyway.

irelandsangel81 · October 2010

katester04:
No--the thought never crossed my mind. I did take a picture. Maybe a picture would pacify her?? Would the reading on the pregnancy test even stay in tact with time?

We took a picture, I even wrote the date on it and everything so we can put it in the baby book. The test has faded but you can tell the lines are still there.

LadyXaverian · October 2010

I finally threw mine away about 2 weeks ago. I did take pcitures, though. My Mom still has the paper she got from her doctor that said "positive" on it when she found out she was pregnant with me back in 1976.

MamabirdtoBe · October 2010

Take a picture.

You might find it sentimental, but I know that if my Mom tried to pull out a pee stick when I was a preteen to show me, I would NOT have been amused.

irelandsangel81 · October 2010

thanks everyone! I just wanted to get a general idea of what everyone else usually does. I asked my mom and she didnt keep hers and I had DH ask his mom and she didnt keep hers either. So we are going to take the pic but it in the baby book and toss the pee stick Wink

laurenwarner · October 2010

i kept mine, but not so that i can show the baby or anything. I found out that I was pregnant while I was traveling in China, and I had to go a chinese wal-mart and the tests are all in chinese symbols. Honestly, when am I ever going to take a chinese pregnancy test again? The answer is never! Couldnt throw it away.

circe811 · October 2010

I have absolutely no plans to show my pregnancy tests to my children. That seems...odd.

I still have the pregnancy test from my first pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage. It's all I have of that baby and can't seem to get myself to throw it away. I had a BUNCH of tests from this pregnancy but managed to throw out all but one.

MrsB*7*21 · October 2010

Mine sat on the counter for awhile, but the little white square with the + in it seemed to be turning yellow and I thought it was gross. I didn't take a picture either...at that point I still thought this pregnancy would end in m/c like my first one and if I kept it/took a picture, it would just be another reminder of a lost baby.

I'm writing a journal for my babies and I hope that will have more meaning to them then a pee stick!!

Nechie122 · October 2010

I kept mine until we got our first ultrasound picture at eight weeks.

I might have kept the test longer but, honestly, it smelled! Even wrapped up in plastic, I decided I did not want to keep it. I'm just not that sentimental, and I can't imagine my child feeling like she (or especially if it's a he) is missing out on some memento.

badrelijen · October 2010

Before I could receive any prenatal care I had to have my pregnancy verified at a doctor's office...so yes, I kept the piece of paper that said I was indeed pregnant but no, I did not keep a stick that I peed on. If your MIL is that adamant about it though, I'd either just put it in a Ziplock to appease her, or see if taking a picture would do the job.

MG7 · October 2010

ambrandau2:
Test, singular?

I have 20+ tests in a drawer in my bathroom. Yes, I know it's gross.

I plan to throw them away when the baby arrives. I can't do it before, for some reason.

You say that now, as did I but I still have tests from DS. It is gross and I have no idea why I keep them.

ManiacMcGee · October 2010

I kept mine for about 3 weeks. Tossed them all. I don't even think I took a picture.

Scout05 · October 2010

MG7:
ambrandau2:

Test, singular?

I have 20+ tests in a drawer in my bathroom. Yes, I know it's gross.

I plan to throw them away when the baby arrives. I can't do it before, for some reason.

You say that now, as did I but I still have tests from DS. It is gross and I have no idea why I keep them.

I know. This will probably be me.

It helps that I have u/s photos from when this baby was just a follicle (I was being monitored, due to the Gonal-F, it's so weird to look at it and think "that's half my baby right there). And then a four week little sac. And then a five week little speck. And so on. I'm hoping I can just appease myself with those.

We'll see!

jteneback · October 2010

I have it - I don't really plan on showing it to my kid, though. I don't know why I kept it. I think at first it seemed more real that way. The FRER is still pink. The digi didn't last long at all, I'm glad I took a picture.

elbandas09 · October 2010

no mine was adigital one so it shuts off after 24hrs ... there would be no sense in keeping it and i agree i never asked my mom if she kept hers.

MrsMackenzie2010 · October 2010

um, gross. I really doubt my child will want to look at a stick that i peed on 20 years before to see if i was pregnant. I'm pretty sure they will know because they are here on earth that it was positive.

I agree with the taking a picture thing. Maybe that would help.

mlyork · October 2010

Ew, a horrible mother who doesn't care about what her child wants?! Someone's got issuuuuuuuues. My husband joked about keeping it for the scrapbook that I'm not starting, but no, absolutely did not keep it....give me a break. I'm not a packrat either who likes clutter and unncessary stuff in the house so I'm not one to keep pee sticks. I still can't believe she said that to you, how terribly inappropriate and rude.

AliandJimmy · October 2010

I took digital pregnancy tests so I only took pictures of the positive result.

irelandsangel81 · October 2010

mlyork:
Ew, a horrible mother who doesn't care about what her child wants?! Someone's got issuuuuuuuues. My husband joked about keeping it for the scrapbook that I'm not starting, but no, absolutely did not keep it....give me a break. I'm not a packrat either who likes clutter and unncessary stuff in the house so I'm not one to keep pee sticks. I still can't believe she said that to you, how terribly inappropriate and rude.

Surprisingly that is a pretty mild thing she said to me compared to what usually comes out of her mouth about this pregnancy! Lately she has been listing the physical characteristics that she hopes baby doesnt inherit from me. I'm just glad that DH is not amused by her comments and says something to her when she is nasty.

Holly520 · October 2010

I have a picture of the test(s), but I only kept the actual tests for a couple of weeks. I thought a picture was good enough.

bobalina77 · October 2010

I kept them for a couple of weeks.. there was something about looking at those two little lines lol. Then I just took a picture of them and threw them away. The pic will go in the baby book that we don't have yet, along with my various bump pics.

GHBEA · October 2010

Yes I did. I have 3 now. Two from 19 and 16 years ago. Its just something I like to keep.

kje120 · October 2010

I think they may still be in the drawer in the bathroom - I peed on a ton of internet cheapies. I'll probably throw them away the next time I think of it. And I'm with you - never once in my life did I think of asking my mom if she still had the pregnancy test from when she was pregnant with me.

yesthisiskim · October 2010

Keeping it sound so digusting. I mean, we peed on the thing. I took a picture of the tests (lol like all 7 of them!) and I am debating printing it out to put in the pregnancy journal (which I have yet to start). But keeping it is out of the question.

TeamK07 · October 2010

No way! ... wouldn't it get moldy????

ohiostategal · October 2010

ambrandau2:
Test, singular?

I have 20+ tests in a drawer in my bathroom. Yes, I know it's gross.

I plan to throw them away when the baby arrives. I can't do it before, for some reason.

This. Thought I only have 10 and they are all in a bag.

MaeTyner · October 2010

No we are not keeping nor did we even think about keeping it. Thats really funny though!

normajeane6126 · October 2010

I have all three tests saved in a drawer.

HappyGoLuckyGal · October 2010

Nope.

PurpleK26 · October 2010

It's funny, I kept my very first pg test, and lost that baby, and I'm really glad I kept it.

But, I didn't keep any from my DD, took a picture though.

I do happen to still have the one from this pg, but only because I hid it behind a vase in our bathroom so DH wouldn't see it, and it's still there! Not the pee part, just the results strip. I do have pictures of it, so I'm sure I'll toss it before too long.

AB&TB · October 2010

I still have mine. I feel like I jinx it if I through it away during the pregnancy, but I do throw them away after the baby is born though.

nycteach · October 2010

elbandas09:
no mine was adigital one so it shuts off after 24hrs ... there would be no sense in keeping it and i agree i never asked my mom if she kept hers.

This.

rowanthefrog · October 2010

I did for a little while but then threw them away. I mean, I peed on them. I have a pic though.

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katlizabeth · October 2010

I'm tardy to the party, but ick...no I didn't. I kept it for a few days (longer with ds) just to keep looking at it and reminding myself, but after that point, it just was junk cluttering up my bathroom.

MrsCali_Bride · October 2010

No, I did not. I have pictures of the positive digital tests from both pregnancies and plan to put a copy of the picture in each of their baby books.

Joannah Marie · October 2010

Nope. Just a picture of it next to the directions. (Mine wasn't a +/-, "I" meant positive).

grace782 · November 2010

I did, until I started bleeding really heavily around 6 wks. I assumed I was miscarrying (because I'd had a miscarriage before), and tossed the tests, because I wouldn't want a reminder in the house. Oops. I didn't keep it for the baby to see some day, but for something concrete for me to hold on to during this early time when I can't feel anything and no longer have weekly ultrasounds (I'm complicated...). So, by all means, throw it out if you don't feel a need to hold on to it. The baby won't care.

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