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Pregnant after 35
danieleandwayne
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So much for surprising my grandmother
danieleandwayne
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M?m? strikes again!
We were going to make a surprise announcement at Thanksgiving to let the extended family know about the baby. The night before, however, my immediate family met at my grandparents' house for an informal dinner. I walk 2 feet into the house and my 96 year old grandmother asks me if I have anything I want to tell her. "No? You're not pregnant?" I can't lie to the woman, so I just say, "Um, I'll tell you later; I don't want to talk about girlie things with all these men around. It would just embarrass them and it's kind of private." M?m? then asked my dad, my mom, and my sister if I was pregnant.
After we made the announcement at Thanksgiving dinner, I asked my grandmother how she knew. She said, "I took one look at your belly and I just knew."
It's not like I'm tiny and I had suddenly gotten a belly-- she somehow picked up on the very subtle redistribution and slight firming up of my belly fat towards the front and center position.
You can't put anything past a blind 96 year old Italian grandmother, apparently!
We were going to make a surprise announcement at Thanksgiving to let the extended family know about the baby. The night before, however, my immediate family met at my grandparents' house for an informal dinner. I walk 2 feet into the house and my 96 year old grandmother asks me if I have anything I want to tell her. "No? You're not pregnant?" I can't lie to the woman, so I just say, "Um, I'll tell you later; I don't want to talk about girlie things with all these men around. It would just embarrass them and it's kind of private." M?m? then asked my dad, my mom, and my sister if I was pregnant.
After we made the announcement at Thanksgiving dinner, I asked my grandmother how she knew. She said, "I took one look at your belly and I just knew."
It's not like I'm tiny and I had suddenly gotten a belly-- she somehow picked up on the very subtle redistribution and slight firming up of my belly fat towards the front and center position.
You can't put anything past a blind 96 year old Italian grandmother, apparently!
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"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Me:39 MH:39
DD born 6/1/2013 after 15 months of TTC with one loss.
TTC #2: BFP 4/22 but stalled growth and no HB at 9w3d on 5/30
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<br /> My Ovulation Chart</a>
<br /> My Ovulation Chart</a>
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Re: So much for surprising my grandmother
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
Me:40 AMA, DH:36 0% morph, TTC#1;
BFP#1 4/2011, MMC 6/2011 11wks Trisomy 13;
BFP#2 11/2011, CP
FSH: 17.9, AMH: 2.2
IVF#1 w/ICSI: ER 4/3: 5R,4M,4F
ET 4/6 All 4 (1-8A+, 2-8A-, 1-3A) BFP#3
Two weeks of beta hell = Blighted Ovum
IVF#2 Aug/Sept: ER 8/27: 4R,3M,3F
ET 8/30 (1-8A+, 1-6A+)
Beta#1 9/10: 350; Beta#2 9/12: 796; Beta#3 9/20: 9155
Expecting Boy/Girl Twins! My babies were born 4/23/13 at 36w1d!
BFP #1 - missed m/c 4.18.11 found @8w3d, d&c @13w
BFP #2 blighted ovum found 8.2011 @8w, misoprostol
BFP#3 - missed m/c 6.11.12 @ 9w3d, d&c revealed extra chromosome 15
BFP#4 8.10.12, DD born 4/26/13