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lorirachel
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What is your favourite...
lorirachel
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response when people ask a variation of "when are you going to get pregnant/have a baby/add to your family"?
After being well into my 1st year of marriage, I find this question coming up more and more and want some new creative responses to shoot back!
a good response to "when are you going to have a baby" is-about 9 months after I get pregnant!!
TTC #1 since April 2012
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Re: What is your favourite...
9 months after I get pregnant.
I'm still using it 2.5+ years later
I have recently started in with "I'm currently taking daycare and diaper donations.. feel free to contribute!"
Our families dont know we are trying so that's snarky enough they typically wont ask again for a little while.
always my babies
We've been married for 3.5 years, so we get the question on occasion.
I'm always tempted to say something like, "Well, when are you going to get your next colonoscopy/mammogram/etc?"
When they look surprised/offended, I would then say, "See, asking personal questions is rude."
Usually I just say something like, "When we feel like we're ready."
People are so weird about blended families. I once got "What will you do if your step daughters don't like the new baby?".... I said "I guess we will have to send him/her back"
Should have told them "We'll use it for a cheap substitute for turkey at Thanksgiving".
"When are you going to have a baby?"
Mostly said by DH's overly invasive family, to which I always reply
"We are enjoying praticing waaaayyyy to much." Sly smile and wink to follow.
I always get a giggle and then they STFU.
BFP Dec 11 2012 - EDD Aug 27 2012 - CP Dec 15 2012
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With my intrusive family it's not "When are you going to have a baby?" it's "SO are you pregnant"?
Like we do not have a say on wanting kids? They all started with the questions as soon as we bought our house.
Married June 2010.
DD born 1/13 via Csection at 41w5d after 47 hours of labor
This past weekend, we were at a friend's 3yo bday party and were the only couple there without a kid or expecting. I figured we'd get some questions there... so as one mom was holding her sleeping 3month old... she asked, "so....? are you feeling the bug yet? feeling the pressure?"
I just said we were enjoying our time together--- and "last night we were out til 2am and slept in until 10:30am" with a little smirk/shrug.
She just sighed, "jealous!"
That was the end of that.
I just say, "we're thinking about it"
But really I'm thinking, "we're trying like hell, get off my back about it!"
Before my daughter I said "never" then watched as their mouths dropped open because they didn't know how to respond. Now when they ask if we are having any more I say "nope" again with no explanation.....kinda fun to make them feel uncomfortable!
We already have 2 kids. Everyone thinks we are done, since I've been saying that for 3 years now. I can't wait to see some of the reactions when we tell people we are pregnant!!
So to answer your question, I don't get asked about adding to our family because everyone we know thinks we're done.
~Team green turned Blue on 4/6/14~
Best.answer.ever. I think ALL parents would be jealous of this.
At the beginning I would give them what they want to hear with "it'll happen when it happens...now I say - when my uterus and ovaries decide to show up to work. That usually shuts them up. Or I've gotten a snarky request from someone I don't like, I'll ask them when they are getting a divorce or signing up for the gym to lose weight.
TTC since 10/2010 (Rhythm method since 2007)
September 2014 DX Hashimoto's; November 2014: PCOS IR
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DH (37) Sept 2012 SA Normal; October 2014 Mild MFI count 42 Million, Motility 36%, Morphology 2%. Clomid 50mg,
2004 Cyrosurgery, LEEP
July 2012 - October 2012 - Clomid 50mg W/ TI & Progesterone 3 mature follicles- BFN
January 2013 IUI #1 (900,000 post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 2 mature follicles - BFN
February 2013 IUI #2 (1.3 Mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 4 mature follicles - BFN
March 2013 IUI #1-3 (2.5 mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, Baby Aspirin (lining thinned) TI & Progesterone - 2 mature follicles BFN
April 2013 Benched due to cyst, May 2013 WTF appointment
June 2013 DH SA mild MFI break for 2 months to re-test; August 2013 - DH SA 36 Mil count, 36% Motility, Morp 2%
September - December 2013 - Mental sanity Break
January 2014 - IUI #4 switches to natural due to scheduling conflict Femara TI & Progesterone - 1 mature follicle - BFN
May 2014-June 2014 - DH Appointment w/ Urologist to check Bi-lateral Varicocele; 2nd opinion w/ another urologist - bi-lateral varicocele dx is slight no surgery
July 2014 DH starts clomid 25mg daily SA 53.8 Mil count, Motility 37%, Morph 3%;
September 2014 DH Repeat SA after being on clomid for 3 months 42 Mil Count, Motility 36%, Morph 2%
October 2014 Me: Hashimoto's DX, DH taken off clomid;November 2014 Me: new RE PCOS IR Diagnosis
December 2014: IUI #4 Follitism 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, BFMFN
January 2015: IUI #5 Gonal-F 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, Another BFMFN onto IUI #6
BFP#1: 08/30/12 EDD 04/30/12 m/c 09/04/12 6wks
BFP#2: 01/27/13 EDD 10/06/13 missed m/c 02/25/13 9wks
BFP#3: 10/30/13 EDD 07/05/14 Our little dude was born on 07/10/14 @ 2:19p
I couldn't imagine letting people know about my loss... Half my family doesn't even know!
BFP#1: 08/30/12 EDD 04/30/12 m/c 09/04/12 6wks
BFP#2: 01/27/13 EDD 10/06/13 missed m/c 02/25/13 9wks
BFP#3: 10/30/13 EDD 07/05/14 Our little dude was born on 07/10/14 @ 2:19p
The last answer I gave was "Well its not really up to just me now is it?" and "When the time is right." both of which were given at SIL's babyshower to annoying pokey people. One of whom had the nerve to ask and I quote "why not, are you keeping your legs closed'. I coulda b*tch slapped that cranky old woman.
Me: 27 Dh: 35 Testing Begins 3/5/13
Six SA's show DH has low numbers across the board = severe MFI
Genetic testing for me = MTHFR+, also carrier for blood clotting disorder Otherwise all else normal
Dh's karotype= Normal!!