Remember when you thought you were fertile...

byrne15 · October 2011

I have been thinking about all the things I used to think about when I thought I'd be pregnant soon.

For example,

I remember I didn't want to buy too big of a box of tampons because I wouldn't be needing them for awhile.

I remember only buying one HPT at a time because obviously no one buys like 50 at a time on the internet.

What else do you remember thinking about when you just KNEW you would be pg soon?

Kariannm23 · October 2011

I remember being scared to miss a day of birth control thinking (knowing) that I would get pregnant. Little did I know, my chances were VERY slim.

byrne15 · October 2011

I remember thinking you could pick which month you wanted to have a baby.

lynn0926 · October 2011

I remember not buying clothes because I would be pregnant. I remember thinking, oh, by the time that party or holiday comes I wont be abe to drink because I will be pregnant.

BeachBee · October 2011

lynn0926:
I remember not buying clothes because I would be pregnant. I remember thinking, oh, by the time that party or holiday comes I wont be abe to drink because I will be pregnant.

This!

LuckyClover13 · October 2011

Omg I thought i was the only person that would buy the small box of tampons b/c i would be wasting them b/c I was gonna be pregnant soon. So funny!!! Boy was i wrong.

pulga131 · October 2011

I remember thinking that I would be able to get off bc over a summer and get KU early fall to time my pregnancy around the school year. If only it were that easy....

ETA- I remember thinking I needed to save up all of my sick days for maternity leave because I'd be pregnant by now and needing those sick days... (I guess now I need the sick days for RE visits though)

Kariannm23 · October 2011

I can eat whatever I want because even if I put on a few pounds, it wont matter because I will be KU and I can just blame it on the pregnancy.

kaleidoskpeyez · October 2011

I remember reading tips on how to naturally choose your child's gender. My mother-in-law even sat me down and explained (in WAY too much detail) what she did in order to conceive boys. At the time, I obviously had no idea how hard it would be to conceive any baby, boy or girl.

Oh, and all that stuff about not wanting to buy clothes because I figured I'd soon be too pregnant to wear them... I did that too.

kaleidoskpeyez · October 2011

Kariannm23:
I can eat whatever I want because even if I put on a few pounds, it wont matter because I will be KU and I can just blame it on the pregnancy.

Oh, yeah... this, too. Forgot about this one... Embarrassed

Gingham · October 2011

Hahaha, oh yes. I laugh when I think of all the money I spent on years of bcp. And then there was that time I took Plan B Sad

I kind of wish I would have been more educated about my body. I also used to avoid buying many new clothes at one time since I figured I'd be buying maternity soon.

KJsbabe · October 2011

byrne15:
I remember only buying one HPT at a time because obviously no one buys like 50 at a time on the internet.

This made me lol.

I remember thinking that I had better get the nursery painted because in just a few months I wouldn't be able to paint and didn't trust DH to do a good job.

mrsharris15 · October 2011

I remember going to the bathroom and wiping and NOT LOOKING AT THE TP! Those were the days, not analyzing your discharge and not worrying about AF showing...

sbrowns08 · October 2011

I remember thinking that pregnancy symptoms actually existed in the two week wait. I also remember thinking just about everything that you all listed as well!

d3esika · October 2011

This.

d3esika · October 2011

mrsharris15:
I remember going to the bathroom and wiping and NOT LOOKING AT THE TP! Those were the days, not analyzing your discharge and not worrying about AF showing...

Ha! This.

emmypants · October 2011

Kariannm23:
I remember being scared to miss a day of birth control thinking (knowing) that I would get pregnant. Little did I know, my chances were VERY slim.

All of the replies, but this the most. And all of the money sent on birth control!!

reinstone · October 2011

I had to sweet talk Mr. Rein into TTC in September versus the next January since we (gasp) wanted a fall baby. Little did we know that we wouldn't get pregnant with a summer EDD last year.

reinstone · October 2011

Planning vacations around when I *might* be too pregnant to travel.

kellyrn9956 · October 2011

Every season I would not buy new clothes b/c I would need maternity clothes.

Ha.

Raggedy1 · October 2011

I remember thinking I'd better buy more flat and comfortable shoes because pg women need to be comfortable with their swollen feet.

My feet are fine, and I wear almost all flats now.

Ms H13 · October 2011

We bought a bigger house, partly because *any month now* we would be pregnant and would need room for the LO and visiting family members. Don't regret it as I absolutely love my house, but wish we could put all the rooms to use...

Blueyed228 · October 2011

I remember being convinced that I was going to have a honeymoon baby

ILoveHelloKitty1982 · October 2011

Kariannm23:
I remember being scared to miss a day of birth control thinking (knowing) that I would get pregnant. Little did I know, my chances were VERY slim.

Yep. I was one of those 'set-the-cell-phone-alarm-and-swallow-the-pill-in-one-second" for fear of my life changing with a pregancy in college. Meanwhile, I wasted all the $$ on them anyways.

Wow, I really had no idea the chances were slim too.

Ms H13 · October 2011

Blueyed228:
I remember being convinced that I was going to have a honeymoon baby

Totally forgot about this! We weren't ttc on our honeymoon, but we did go on a ridiculously expensive and fantastic vacation right before starting to ttc since 'pretty soon we wouldn't be able to do things like that'.

maggie2324 · October 2011

Before I knew it would be a problem, I did the opposite of some of you gals.

I bought a jumbo pack of pregnancy tests on the internet because then I was supposed to only need 1. (Haven't used any for a couple months now... saving my last 2.)

I bought 2 boxes of tampons at a time because then they were supposed to bring about a pregnancy.

I adopted a puppy because then I was supposed to get pregnant and have a hard time dealing with a puppy at the same time.

I had DH do a S/A so that way we would get pregnant before we even got the results.

Why did none of these work???

gilmoregirl105 · October 2011

Kariannm23:
I can eat whatever I want because even if I put on a few pounds, it wont matter because I will be KU and I can just blame it on the pregnancy.

This. I definitely had gained a couple of pounds, and finally within the last month got motivated to lose it.

And like PPs I also thought I should not buy clothes because I would be pregnant soon and would need maternity clothes soon.

farmerlynda · October 2011

So many of these are true for me as well... on the BC front, DH and I had a serious conversation about me taking the morning after pill when we had unprotected sex once. I'm so glad we decided not to -- because then I would have been all hormonal and feeling crummy for no good reason. But we were both genuinely worried that I'd actually get pregnant.

Oh how I wish it were that easy...

genmalone · October 2011

I almost didn't scuba on vacation because I was afraid I was KU (in the 2ww). That was when we had been TTC for a few months. I was such a nervous wreck I couldn't hardly enjoy myself. That was Spring 2010. I know scuba is a big no-no when you're KU but I'd go now w/o giving it a 2nd thought especially on an unmedicated cycle.

bandwife928 · October 2011

I felt the way you guys are describing when we finally started medicated cycles. I knew (because I never really had "normal" cycles) when we first started ttc that we'd have trouble and didn't think I'd actually get pg. I was just waiting until we had been trying long enough to go to the doctor.

I was definitely convinced that I would get pg asap on Clomid...and then on Femara...and then with our first IVF... Now, I'm wondering how many FETs we could afford to do before we use up our 19 frosties.

I remember looking at other people's babies and thinking, "How cute" as opposed to "I hate her and I don't even know her. I bet she got pregnant without trying." I remember discussing baby names and nursery decor themes with DH instead of constantly discussing how much we owe on our home equity loan and credit card and low little we have in our savings account.

::going off to buy a new fall wardrobe, a giant box of tampons and some scuba gear::

Laurenrdh18 · October 2011

I remember being nervous that I would get pregnant even when I was on BC!! And how we just weren't ready for it yet!! 3 years later we don't have a baby & haven't been on BC for 1 year!!!

Also, I thought I'd have a baby by now.....and I almost sometimes feel niave (spelling?) as to how hard it actually is for some people to get pregnant...Never thought I would be one of those people...no one in my family has had problems....

lady_chance_99 · October 2011

i just remember thinking all the time about how irresponsible it was to have a baby before you are stable. dh and i would talk about it like it was the plague, more likely to ruin our lives in an instant than be any kind of blessing... it makes it ten times harder now because just the other day dh looked at me and said we could have had an eight year old by now... pcos makes those chances slim even for back then but its definately worse now. i often think what if i had been irresponsible... would that have been so bad... sorry for the post issues. my phone hates tb

blueberries8 · October 2011

Taking PNVs made me giddy because they had the word "prenatal" on them. Pregnancy felt so imminent I could taste it!

sbrowns08 · October 2011

Man reading all these posts has me thinking of all the perfectly good glasses of wine I turned down over the last two and a half years. Maybe that's why I'm playing catch up while we are on this break ..

tombomb84 · October 2011

MissMusic:
I remember being scared of missing a BCP, because I might end up PG.
I didn't want to buy new clothes for ____ season, because I might be PG by the time I got to use them.
I also bought small amounts of OPKs or HPTs, and smal boxes of pads.
I got excited every time we had sex in the FW because it very well could have been "the day".

All of these. Also, I remember when I had the grand idea of telling our families we were KU on my birthday (in July) since that was "the plan". Since then it has been moved back to Thanksgiving and if this cycle fails it will be Christmas?

I remember when the thought of getting KU didn't seem so damn impossible and I was feeling positive and optimistic that it would happen soon.

chels38026 · October 2011

Kariannm23:
I can eat whatever I want because even if I put on a few pounds, it wont matter because I will be KU and I can just blame it on the pregnancy.

This!

April+ · October 2011

LuckyClover13:
Omg I thought i was the only person that would buy the small box of tampons b/c i would be wasting them b/c I was gonna be pregnant soon. So funny!!! Boy was i wrong.

LOL I did this too! What a dreamer I was......

mego36 · October 2011

I remember thinking that we may want to avoid getting pregnant one month because then I would be 9 months pregnant for my brothers wedding and that would be awful.

He's getting married this Friday ?

hootie123 · October 2011

I remember thinking that next month would be 'the one with the positive test'.....

Now I won't believe it until I see it.

emmypants · October 2011

Laurenrdh18:
Also, I thought I'd have a baby by now.....and I almost sometimes feel niave (spelling?) as to how hard it actually is for some people to get pregnant...Never thought I would be one of those people...no one in my family has had problems....

Me too. Brett has 4 brothers, all close in age and my parents tried 3 months with me and one month with my siblings. Bah!

kellygksu · October 2011

Pretty much all of this. I'd also give myself these little "deadlines" to make myself feel better. I'm sure I'll be pg by spring break, then it was our birthdays, then the holidays, and on and on. All of those events keep rolling around, and still not pg!!

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