flashback....do you remember the day you got your BFP?

jonnygurl76 · September 2011

in honor of all the Oct. babies being born and all of us that are in our last few uncomfortable weeks of 3rd tri......

do you remember the day you got your BFP? and how you felt?

DH was working at the firehouse the previous day and that night....i woke up to pee around 4:30am and i POAS and it was +, so i went and got another one just to double check and that one was + also!! with DH not being home i couldn't fall back to sleep--i was too excited!! so i took a pic of the + tests and sent him a text. i woke him up at the firehouse with my text and he was excited but wondering why i couldn't wait the 3 hours until he was home to tell him, LOL.....

A Pregnant Pause · September 2011

Oh god. Crying on the toilet holding the test. Happy but absolutely terrified.

lindylogana · September 2011

I was 1 day late and just feeling off, like I did when I was pregnant with DD. We weren't trying but I thought I would take a test before I went to work. I remember being absolutely shocked and super excited through my work shift because I couldn't wait to tell DH. I was super nervous to tell him, since we weren't trying, but when I did his face lit up and he was stoked. I can't believe that was almost 8 months ago!!

jiffy-pop · September 2011

DH and I had been TTC for a year and a half. I POAS right before church one Wed evening. DH was in the shower and when I grabbed the test off the bathroom counter and saw that 2nd line, I started jumping up and down and squeeling. From inside the shower, DH said "Are you pregnant?" When I told him yes, he was like...ok. Ha! I think he was trying to hide his excitement. We had a chemical pregnancy the cycle before so I think he was trying not to get his hopes up.

scarlettoctober · September 2011

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was really, really shocked because I was expecting a BFN. We'd been dealing with fertility issues and were scheduled to start Clomid in May after tax season was over. I sat in the bathroom and cried for about 10 minutes, then called DH at work to see when he was coming home. Being a busy Friday night, he was going to have to work late!

I decided to run to Target and get a bib or something that said "I love Daddy." I couldn't find what I was looking for, but did find a onesie that said "Daddy's Team 2011." It ended up being perfect, because DH (and I) were on a church dart team and he'd always said it was never too early to start training the next generation of players.

When DH finally got home, I told him I had a gift for him and gave him the gift bag. He pulled the onesie out and looked at me like, "This isn't going to fit me." I said, "You always said it's never too early start training the next generation of dartball players!" He'd worked a 14 hour day (mostly on his feet) and was so tired he still wasn't getting it, so I had to flat out say "I'm pregnant." He understood that!

cantalopes24 · September 2011

I actually thought I was ovulating which I was shocked about since I didn't think we'd be able to get pregnant on our own. Turns out I was not only pregnant but farther along than I even suspected because I had what I thought was a light period but was bleeding in early pregnancy.

cfemiani · September 2011

I woke up on February 13th, and took the test. I saw that there were 2 lines, but I couldn't tell if it really was positive. So I went and woke up DH and asked him to go look at the test. He goes in the bathroom, then walks out, looks for the instructions on the bathroom sink, goes back in the bathroom, comes out with the test, looks at the instructions, looks back at the test and finally says "I think we're having a baby!" We were both totally in shock. We had only been trying for maybe 3 weeks, and we were told with my PCOS that I wouldn't be able to conceive naturally but that we had to try for 3 months. Needless to say we were stunned the remaining part of the day. The next day was Valentine's Day and I went to my OB and she confirmed I was indeed pregnant!

stardust317 · September 2011

I got out of bed on valentine's day, took a test on a whim, and when the second line showed up, it was like I didn't even think about it. I left the test on the counter, went to work, and didn't think about it again until I left work for the day. I stopped at the store, bought another box of este, took another one when I got home, and it was positive too. My husband was laying on the couch when I came out of the bathroom and handed me my valentine's day present which we had agreed not to exchange. I walked back into the bathroom, picked up my 2 pregnancy tests and handed them to him. It was like I just couldn't wrap my head around it.

Kitty Holland · September 2011

We did IVF and were told to test on a certain day. Well I couldn't wait and started testing a few days before. For about 3 days I got 2 lines, but it was from the HCG that was still in my system. Finally, I got a negative and thought it was over. The next morning I tested again and got 2 lines and knew the HCG from treatment was out of my system so it was a real BFP! I was so excited, but my DH wouldn't believe I was pregnant until I got a BFP on the date that the hospital said to test.

I kept testing for a few days afterward, just to make sure that the two lines didn't go away. I spent a small fortune on pregnancy tests!!

shediva1 · September 2011

It was our 7th cycle trying, and I said what the heck let me POAS before I shower in the AM, like the rest of the past cycles, I was convinced it would be negative. After the shower, there was a faint line that I had never seen before, of course I POAS 3 more times to make sure it wasn't a fluke. Called DH freaking out so early in the morning, and later when I got home I tested with a digital and it read "positive" for both of us to see. Party!!!

I kept all those tests in the digital box under the sink, I think I should throw them out soon lol!

Liz4444 · September 2011

I had just gotten back from brunch with my friend, DH was off snowboarding. I was still hung over from the night before, I had had 3 dirty martinis because I had taken a test a few nights before and it came out negative and we had just started trying again, it had been 1 cycle after my d&c. I was late, so I decided to take another test just to be sure. So I did and it was positive. I was happy but absolutely terrified that I'd have another mc. DH got home and I showed him the test. He was really excited, but he knew how scared I was, so it was kind of bitter sweet. We wanted to be happy, but we didn't want to get our hopes up too high just in case. But here we are, 38 weeks later, so now we are excited!

brownrubino · September 2011

We'd been trying for a year to get pregnant, and I was on my third cycle of Clomid. Each time before, my lab work showed I hadn't ovulated. Finally my lab work came back on the third cycle of Clomid that I HAD ovulated. It was still a narrow chance of me being pregnant. So when I took the test and it came up positive, I was in shock. I asked DH to look at it to so that I would be sure I wasn't imagining things. He looked at the test and said, "Don't get too excited." I give him a hard time about that being the first thing he said, but I know how hard it was for him to watch me cry each month for a year when we kept getting BFNs.

ProcrastinatingBride · September 2011

I remember this like it was yesterday. I was due for my period on Thursday, but it was our first medicated cycle, which I knew could be messing with things. On Friday night, I tried to convince DH that we should test in the AM. I think when I pointed out that by Sat. AM I'd be 2 days late, he finally agreed that it might be worth it to test. (I was scheduled for a beta at the RE on Monday anyway ...).

On Sat. AM, I used an IC and got a second line right away. I seriously just kept whispering (it was like 5 AM), "Ohmyg-dohmyg-dohmyg-dohmyg-d" over and over again. We'd been trying, but I just couldn't imagine that our FIRST medicated cycle had worked. And I was terrified that it wouldn't stick.

I went out to the bedroom and told DH. He was half asleep, but he was prepared. Apparently on Friday night, he'd queued up a scene from Seinfeld on his iPhone so he'd be ready for the good news. In his half-asleep stupor, he hit "play" on the scene where George yells, "My boys can swim!" Big Smile

We were planning to go back to bed afterward, but neither of us could sleep. It was a great day. I still can't believe that day is going to (very soon!) translate into ... our daughter.

carstekj · September 2011

Oh fun!

Yes, we had been trying for a couple months, so of course I was counting down the days until I could test... I tested on a Friday morning after DH went to work... BFP! I thought "Oh that's cool... it worked!" haha... I didn't cry, didn't get super excited... just thought "It worked, cool".

I held it in all weekend (DH had a broomball tournament) because I wanted to suprise him for Valentine's day... I made him a onsie with his softball team's logo on it... and then if he didn't get the hint, I took a picture of the test for him and included it!! He was like "realy!?!" and then we both started crying and had the best embrace!!

That was on a Monday... Wednesday his work told him he would be getting laid off.... and Saturday I had to go to the emergency room for pain... which ended up being gallstones... it was a mess for the next 3 months, but we made it... 2 ERCP procedures, 2 biopsies and 1 gallbladder removal later - this mama is ready to have our little boy!!! **DH got hired at another company within a week of being laid off!

Miss Shasta · September 2011

I was still 5 days away from a missed period, but I was home alone & bored, so I took a cheapy dollar store test I had. The line was so faint I thought I was seeing things. I didn't want anyone else to know before DH, so I sat there staring at the test waiting for him to get home (3 hours later!). He was so excited he threw the test across the room. Then we drove to Wal-Mart (in a snow storm) to get a digital test just to be sure.

Janimal · September 2011

Yeah -- there were mixed feelings. I'm an IVF momma and have gotten pregnant with every IVF cycle but have had multiple miscarriages. We had 3 frozen embryos left from our cycles with DD to try for a sibling. I got pg with the 1st frozen transfer, but miscarried. We transferred another right away (yeah, 1 at a time to not risk twins) and got pg again. I was happy it worked, but cautiously optimistic given my history.

And now I have 1 left....it took 6 embryos for me to have 2 kids, so we figure the chances that 1 will stick is about 30%....do we go for it? Hmmmmmmmmm.

Fianschneid · September 2011

We had a huge blizzard in Chicago that week and were stuck in the house for 48 hours. I thought I was having my period but it was really weird and spotty. DH was convinced that I was pregnant but I wasn't.

On day three, when we could finally leave the house, we took a walk to Starbucks and Walgreens. I kept telling DH not to get his hopes up. Two of the three tests (digital) I tried to take didn't work at all and one came back with a BFP. Of course, I couldn't believe only one test, so at about 10pm, in the snow, we walked back to Walgreens and bought another test - another BFP.

I was shaking and my heart was pounding. I really expected to get a BFN. DH was totally calm and said he was ready from the moment that we decided to start trying.

mikeyswifey2011 · September 2011

Oh yeah i remember we were on our second round of IUI and i wasnt getting my hopes up for a positive....but i tested at 8dpiui and had such a faint positive that i had to hold it in the window....had to call DH at work and he was skepticall since we werent suppose to test till 12 dpiui for a good reading! but i took another test after work and it was a touch darker, took one the next morning it was a touch darker...i took 3 tests a day untill 12 dpiui....yeah loads of tests!! and lines just got darker and darker!!! It was a miracle and a blessing!!

I love reading all your stories, its a journey!!!

christinaramirez08 · September 2011

It was the best and one of the scariest days of my life. I first found out I was pregnant on January 6th, the day I retured home from my cruise. It was our first month TTC and I was in utter shock that it happened on the first try. I mean, that never happens, right? Well, for some reason something just didn't feel right so I called my OB that day and she ordered a blood test. My HCG was only 42. I continued to test through the weekend and come Monday, January 10th, I miscarried my first pregnancy. I was so, so, so, so sad. But after meeting with the doctor and DH being so supportive, we picked right back up where we left off.

We didn't wait to start trying again and I O'd 19 days after the miscarriage and got my next BFP at 9DPO on Wednesday, February 9th and what-do-you-know, another BFP!! I knew this one was going to stick. I took the test around 4:00 am (when I usually wake up) and DH was up as well. When I told him, he was happy, but didn't want to get his hopes up considering the loss we just had. I continued to test through 14DPO. I called my OB at that point and let her know the news...again. We tested my HCG every couple of days until week 6. At that point we knew all was well and I had a sticky bean in there.

I'm now almost full-term, yikes, and so thankful for this experience. Pregnancy has been so good to me and I look forward to doing it all over again in the future!!!

OUKap · September 2011

It was a Friday. I was having a great day. Got a raise at work. We went out to eat. I was going on a business trip on Sunday so I decided to run to the store to get a test. It was still a little early and I was expecting my period that weekend or later. I tested when I got home and saw a faint line. Didn't know what that meant. I showed H and then googled the faint line. A line is a line. I was in shock. It was our first month trying and I was expecting it to take longer. I tested again the next morning since I heard that was better. No line. I was bummed but didn't show H. I considered myself pregnant though. I didn't get my period on the trip and bought a pregnancy book on Wednesday. I would have bought more tests but they were expensive - I kept walking into CVS and looking at them. I tested when I got home with the last test I had and it showed two clear lines.

Runnergirl2242 · September 2011

Oh yes. We were trying but I totally thought I was out that cycle. I had one last test so I thought I might as well take it before AF (thats an acronym I have not typed in while) came. I was really surprised and scared because the day before I was sure I was getting my period and I did everything that I would not normally have done. I ran hard, colored my hair, drank my wine. I was so mad at myself but excited too.

ansulak · September 2011

Awesome post!

DH & I were iced in so I caved at 12 DPO, and took a test. I left it on the counter and walked out thinking it would be a BFN, considering we had been trying for 7 months. I was preparing for a let down. About 20 minutes later, I look at it, and there are 2 lines. Huh?

I did not tell DH I POAS. I hurriedly took out a digi while shaking uncontrollably. I did the deed and within a minute it said, "Pregnant." I screamed to DH in a pathetic, shaking voice. We both cried. We spent the whole day together in complete bliss and disbelief. Good thing it was an ice day. No work would have come out of me! I cannot believe that was back on February 4th!

rubysue267 · September 2011

I love reading all of these!

It was the day after Valentine's day and my cycle is usually like clockwork, so when I realized I was a day late I decided to take a test just in case. I really did not expect it to be positive, so I did the deed and proceeded on with a conversation with DH like it was no big deal. Five minutes went by and I remembered to check the test and my jaw hit the floor. DH and I read and re-read the directions about fifty times in disbelief saying, "Is that really a positive?? Is that really what a positive looks like??" We were extremely lucky that it happened on the first try; both of us were expecting it to take a lot longer.

blue_angeleyes06 · September 2011

We found out the day of the Super Bowl. I cried and MH just couldn't stop smiling!

jwls84 · September 2011

I was having a really bad weekend. My dad had been diagnosed with cancer and that weekend he had a really bad episode and it was decided that he would be put in palliative care. I was pretty upset so I thought I would try for some good news (1 week before my expected period at that). I was pretty convinced it was going to be negative being 9 DPO and all, but imagine my surprise when that second line popped up. It was something to look forward too when everything else felt like it was falling apart... oh and it was Superbowl Sunday.

MNCP · September 2011

After nearly 10 years of TTC, DH and I finally went to an RE and we were set to begin IVF a month after getting home from our vacation in Israel.

Two weeks after getting home I was scheduled to donate blood, but I didn't go because I started throwing up, constantly.

DH thought I was acting strange and said I should get a PG test, because I had "been a b!tch since we got home from vacation"

I tried to wait for my first morning urine, but could not wait. So at 3:30 in the morning I POAS and it was positive!! (My first Pos. HPT ever!). I apparently woke my husband up and told him "Hey when you get up, make sure to look at what I left you in the bathroom!" DH loves to tell that part of the story, because his mind didn't go to positive PG test, it went darker and yuckier.

I'm so excited, I can't believe I get to be a mommy!!

araine10 · September 2011

I got teary eyed reading all of these posts.. I'm a suck.

Well a few days before I got my BFP I was feeling awful. I felt nauseous, tired, and achy so I thought I could be pregnant but all of the tests that I took all came back negative. The day before I got my BFP I had went to my doctor so she could figure out why I was feeling so awful. She ordered some bloodwork including an hcg level. That night I went out with some girlfriends for supper and drinks. Usually I would have a few beverages but I just didn't feel right and only had 1. Got home and went to bed.

At 4am I woke up with this sudden strong urge to POAS. Low and behold it was positive. I was so happy, I started crying, and just couldn't wait until MH got home from work. Those were the longest 4 hours in my life. When he got home I showed him the test and he didn't quite have the reaction I wanted. He was very cautious about it because the line was faint. Later that day we bought a digital test and sure enough it was positive.

My doctor called later that day too to tell me the good news, and I was like "well I kind of figured it out already".

jwls84 · September 2011

shediva1:
It was our 7th cycle trying, and I said what the heck let me POAS before I shower in the AM, like the rest of the past cycles, I was convinced it would be negative. After the shower, there was a faint line that I had never seen before, of course I POAS 3 more times to make sure it wasn't a fluke. Called DH freaking out so early in the morning, and later when I got home I tested with a digital and it read "positive" for both of us to see.
I kept all those tests in the digital box under the sink, I think I should throw them out soon lol!

I still have mine too. I felt like if I threw it out I would jinx something, silly I know.

tnt7409 · September 2011

I love reading all of these stories!

We had been trying for 7 months. I had been diagnosed with PCOS in August and my cycles had continued to get longer and longer. At the beginning of January, I went to the doctor at cycle day 64. I took a test and it was negative, so they started me on Provera. I took the Provera for 10 days and expected AF 7-10 days afterwards... at day 9 (cycle day 83) still no AF.

That same day (1/26/11) I was leaving on a business trip, and came home mid day to grab my bag. I knew I could still get AF, but I was so anxious! So I POAS, and almost immediately there were two lines. I started crying/freaking out and POAS again and again two lines. I called DH at work, asked if he was alone, and he walked outside. He could tell I was crying and I told him the news.

I grabbed my bag and stopped by DH's office before I got on the road. I had the tests with me, and we both stared at them in disbelief. We cried and held each other in the parking lot. It had been so hard to get BFN each month and now we were overwhelmed, excited and nervous about a sticky baby. DH wrote me the sweetest email that night (I still have it and cry every time I read it), about how we didn't get the news how we thought we would and how badly he wished he was with me that night, and how excited he was.

And now here we are, a week away from welcoming our precious little girl! We are still so excited... Its been an incredible journey already!

CMonkey515 · September 2011

So we had been trying for a year and had done a few clomid cycles with no luck. I work in a RE office and decided to talk with one of the docs that I feel more comfortable with. He thought it would be a good idea for us to try an injectable with IUI cycle. I figured we might as well, since I had all these resources at my disposal, and we went ahead with a cycle. I was due to have a beta on monday, but was convinced that the cycle had not worked. I decided on friday that I just wanted to get it over with. DH was convinced I was pregnant and wanted to be there when I found out. I asked the embryologist at work to run my beta, and put it in a sealed envelope so I could open with DH that night. When we opened it that night and saw the level, I couldn't believe it. I started to cry and told DH it was positive. He kept asking if I was sure, and I had to laugh and tell him "it's what I do for a living, I'm sure!" It was one of the best nights of my life!

Accounting Chick · September 2011

After trying for almost 3 years, we had our first appointment with a fertility specialist that day. I knew it was a bit early (probably 12 dpo), but I wanted to be able to say to the doctor "and I took a test today, and of course, another negative".

When I saw that second faint line I couldn't believe it. I sat on the bed waiting for DH to get out of the shower starting at the test. I was shaking so badly. DH was stunned (I think he still is!)

babybuckley · September 2011

It was on Valentines day. I took a test after our night out and the second pink line was faint but it was there. I took it to show DH who said "It's only kinda pink, so that doesn't really mean anything right?" LOL! I went to the Dr a few days later to get it confirmed. Back then it felt like the end would never come but here we are. We have made it ladies!

soontobemamabair · September 2011

Super Bowl Sunday ;-) What a great day that was!

spedi · September 2011

I had a m/c in June of 2009. Went back on BCP for about 6 months so my mind and body could heal. So in February of 2010, I went off and hoped to get pregnant in the next 6 months. No luck. I have PCOS...so just had to figure out what to do to get me to actually have an ovulatory cycle. I stumbled on some research about soy and decided to try it. That was the cycle I got pregnant.

AF was due on Valentine's day...but PCOS made me a bit irregular. I POAS on a IC, but didn't believe it could be true. Went the next day and got a couple of digitals. Only used one. DH was IN SHOCK! I think he still is today

jcegan71 · September 2011

It was on Valentine's Day. It was our 1st month of TTC (after nearly 7 years on the pill), and I was a few days late. I didn't think it was a big deal, since I didn't know what to expect after that long on the pill. I was going to wait a few more days to test, but when I told DH that I was late, he wanted to go to Walgreens right then to get pregnancy tests. We did the first-BFP. We did the second - also BFP. And we did a digital - also pregnant. We were both excited, scared, and thinking "Holy cow-we're gonna have a baby!"

jb2rn · September 2011

Chiming in from November... It was our 8th cycle trying/charting. I had recently had some b/w due to lotsnof spotting in my LP (and I was almost 35). Results in my siggy-not good. We had seen the RE in late Feb and he told us my chances were about 20% with IVF. I was waiting for CD 3 to go in for an antral follicle count. Nothing was different that cycle. I had spotting from about 3 DPO on. At 12 DPO (a saturday), I woke up, still spotting and expecting my period. I had pretty uncomfortable cramps as well. On a whim, I took a test. It was 0500 and I was getting ready for work. POAS and jumped in the shower. When I got out, I saw a faint line, but I figured it was an evap. I woke DH up, he saw a line. I had to go to work and work 12 hours thinking if it was real or not. I bought two more packages of tests on the way home and tested again at 2100. They all had lines, and the digital said "pregnant". I started jumping up and down and said "free baby" since we didn't have to do treatment. DH said "stop jumping, it will fall out"

Best day and scary day - I held my breath until April 1, when an u/s at 6w4d showed a HB. That is when it hit DH, and he got excited

peelester429 · September 2011

I'm a little late to this party, but I just read everyone's stories and it makes me giddy! I'm a mush these days.

It's so funny because I keep thinking back to that day I POAS!

We'd been trying for about 5 months, I'd been charting for 3, and it was my first month using the CBEFM.

I told myself I'd wait until Wednesday to test, but Monday morning my temp was still up (at 12DPO) so I couldn't stand it any longer. I peed on an IC, then another, then another. 2 lines on all of them! DH was still sleeping, so I went in, turned on the lamp, and said, "Babe... our lives just totally changed!" It took him a minute to realize what I was saying, and his first reaction was to be upset with me that I took a test without him! He said he wanted to be part of it all! haha, OOPS! But then his happiness took over and we just laid there in bed cautiously thrilled. Big Smile

Also, I ended up peeing on many more sticks, just loved seeing 2 lines - and I still have them all in a ziplock baggie. HA!

amyc216 · September 2011

Oh yeah, it was 1/28. The night before, I told DH that I was late and that I didn't have any PMS symptoms. We decided I would just test in the morning. He left for work at 5:45 am and I woke up and decided I needed to test right then. I POAS and set the microwave timer. When it beeped and I saw that the test actually said "pregnant" I was in shock. I just kept looking at it and then I went to the phone and called DH. I remember him saying 'What's up?" and I said "I'm pregnant!!" This was followed by lots of giggles and "Oh my Gods", etc....

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