February 2012 Moms

I told a random stranger I was pregnant today...

But I haven't told my parents yet. I want to wait until after the ultrasound to tell them. My mom sometimes is unsupportive and critical of me. I'm really close with my dad though and feel guilty he doesn't know. So I took ds to a bday party today and I just randomly blurted it out to another mom there who was pregnant. I don't know her in the least bit. It felt good to say it outloud.(sorry for lack of paragraphs, I'm posting from my phone).
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  • I totally understand, I told the lady at the fabric counter the other day. I was buying some clearance fabric for LO's nursery, and she asked if it was for my nursery or someone else. We got to have a whole conversation about when I was due, etc. It was great!

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  • I haven't told my family yet either but have told the strangers at the day spa where I was last weekend.  It felt good to tell someone.  DH also screamed it outside the car window while we driving on a busy road--I guess he really wanted to tell someone too!  It was cute.
  • We haven't told our family yet, either.  My first appt is Tuesday, and we wanted to wait until we'd seen the doctor.  I do find myself telling random people.  I told the cashier that checked me out when I was buying a onesie to give to DH.  I also told one of my patients.  He was telling me that he and his wife are not finding out the sex of the baby, and I was saying that I didn't think I'd have the willpower to do that, and then it just popped out of my mouth. I normally never share that much info with my patients, but I'm so excited and want to tell somebody!  The in-laws will be here Friday, and I'm so looking forward to telling them.  They are going to be thrilled!

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    I haven't told my family yet either but have told the strangers at the day spa where I was last weekend.  It felt good to tell someone.  DH also screamed it outside the car window while we driving on a busy road--I guess he really wanted to tell someone too!  It was cute.

    That is so sweet!  He must be so excited!

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    I haven't told my family yet either but have told the strangers at the day spa where I was last weekend.  It felt good to tell someone.  DH also screamed it outside the car window while we driving on a busy road--I guess he really wanted to tell someone too!  It was cute.

     Ferris - I can't help noticing your Bucky icon...  Are you in Madison too?

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  • It's very liberating to tell people you don't know! With our first we were on vacation right after we found out and I swear DH told everyone we met!
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  • The first person I told was the cashier at the book store. . . it felt good to tell someone.  We just told my parents tonight.
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  • We have only told our parents thus far - I went to my mom and dads house on Father's Day weekend (Saturday am around 530 am b/c I just could not sleep!!)  My mom (who is also an RN) immediately knew something was up.  She asked me what was wrong and I blurted it out - her first response was "Aren't you kinda old to be doing that?" (sheesh - thanks mom - my OB saying that I was "advanced maternal age" when we first met with him when TTC last summer wasn't bad enough).  She came around though and we chatted about some concerns that both she and I share from a medical standpoint as well as from a blended family standpoint.  My dad is very gentle, supportive, and was very surprised when I told him he woould be a grandpa again when he woke up later that morning.

    I am very excited at the prospect of telling - but yet I am so hesitant as I feel like I have wanted this and have waited for this for so long (divorce from kids' BF, meet Mr. Dreamy, get married again, start TTC, SA low motility/poor morphology, Kreuger's of 1%, varicocele, it's been a challenge although not nearly like some of the challenges I have read about on here - perspective!) Anyway - I feel like DH and I have wanted this for so long (he has waited 41 years!) and sometimes - to be honest - I am afraid of finding out that something is wrong.  i don;t want to go into the myriad of things that could be wrong - I think being an RN with a decade of ER experience makes you jaded - you have seen too much/ know too much. 

    This is why I love this website - I can say all these things and it's okay to spill.  I truly appreciate you all and find myself coming here 2 or 3 times a day between other activities just to check in - Thanks for listening  

  • I told the cashier at WalMart! I needed to buy cat litter, and I also bought every pet-odor-eliminator product they had in the store, because my sense of smell is so strong that I can smell the litterboxes from the first floor (they're in the basement) even after my husband cleans them. I got so much stuff that the cashier asked me if I had "a whole lot of cats," (we only have two cats). I felt like I needed to explain that I was pregnant and not a crazy cat lady.
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  • Thanks everyone for validating im not crazy! @bradjen I really understand a lot of where you are coming from. I think being a nurse in general adds another level of paranoia. A lot of my issues with my mom are blended fam related. She thinks my 16 yr old has it rough because dh and I make him do chores and such. He works the blended thing to his advantage. It would be nice to have a mom just to chat with but I don't.
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  • Hah. I told the checker at the grocery store yesterday.  She was telling me to go try a sushi sample and I told her I couldn't because I'm pregnant.  Afterwards I was like "Why on earth did I feel the need to tell her that??"  LOL
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  • I want to tell all of my customers (dog groomer) who walk in with big hyper dogs and want their nails trimmed. It's an awkward moment when I have to turn to my coworkers who are all busy and be like "Can someone get this?" while I have nothing to do. It's gotten me a lot of rude glares but, hey, sorry I can't lift your 60 lb Rottweiler onto my table, and I can see your Great Dane is wigging out over here, I'd rather not get kicked in the stomach again.
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