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July 2013 Moms
Planned or Pleasant surprise?
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Re: Planned or Pleasant surprise?
TTC since 6/2003. m/c 9/14/03 8 weeks, 5 chemical pregnancies, mmc 6/04 12 weeks, Michael born sleeping 5/25/05 at 22weeks always our angel, fought ovarian cancer and won, m/c 4/06 5.2 weeks and 7/07 6.6 weeks,Our Miracle baby girl born 4/8/10,mc 12/18/11 at 5.3 weeks, BFP 10/26/12 dating u/s on 11/8/12 showing a strong heartbeat!EDD July 4,2013. RCS on 6/27. Baby boy in NICU for 8 long and scary days before he was able to come home. We are now a happy family of 4
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We tried for 6 months after that I was set to start Clomid in November. I had been charting so I didn't think I was pregnant I ovulated on Halloween and DH was out of town. Yes we had sex 3 days earlier and I know sperm can last 5 days...I just didn't think it happened. I wanted to do something fun because DH was out of town but I blurted it out as soon as he called me.
Surprise. We knew we wanted our babies close together so we started trying when DD was 6 mos old. That first one took. I was pregnant for 14 weeks before I M/C that being my secon m/c I told DH that I wanted to wait until after the holidays to try again because I didn't want to be depressed and have bad memories of the holidays, they are my favorite time of year.
We went to Cleveland for a football game and just a weekend alone, and I wasn't on the pill but I had just had my first post m/c cycle, didn't think about it much since we had been out drinking and were staying in the nicest hotel we'd ever stayed in and we weren't careful but the thought never even crossed my mind.
It didn't even dawn on me until mid November when I was lilke, hmmm... where's AF, she should've been here by now... decided I had a test left, I'd take it... I told DH in a "hey I'm pregnant" kind of way, I wasn't overly excited, because after getting excited with my first pregnancy and losing it, then no real excitement until 20 weeks for DD, and even then it was muted, I got excited with BFP 3 and lost that baby, so I couldn't make myself get excited, for nearly my whole pregnancy.
We told everyone at Christmas, after I had a good ultrasount and could see the forming baby. I was still nervous and didn't want to tell anyone. DD handed out my Ultrasound pics to the family.
It wound up being the best surprise ever though.
My husband and I were joking around and I play punched him and when he play punched me back i burst in to tears and told him how mean he was lol. He went put and bought some tests because he was nervous. I got my positive hpt on november 12 as I was too scared to test beore since we felt we werent ready for a baby. The lab confirmed my pregnancy november 13. We were at the gym and when I told my husband he didnt even want to talk about it lol.
Not planned. I forgot to put my Nuva-ring back in the month we moved. I had lots on my plate and spaced out.
The night I found out, my husband was on the phone with his best friend. He had just told him they were pregnant with their 3rd baby. I heard my husband joking around and said "Oh no! My dad always told me never to have three cause you'll be out-numbered!" I felt like I could be pregnant so I ran upstairs and took another test (I had gotten a negative one the week before and was surprised I wasn't). It was positive right away. I walked downstairs and he knew right when he saw my face!! We laughed and his friend had heard the whole thing on the phone. Now we were "out-numbered" too. It was pretty awesome. I had always wanted three so I couldn't be happier.
Also a July 2013 Mom!
We were going to start ttc in August because a May baby would've been ideal for my school schedule, but I had a wacky 60-day cycle and we had to wait. Turns out Lucas was meant to be a May baby anyway!
I was charting because my cycles are weird (I used to go 6mo without a period before starting BCP at 19); we were successful on our 2nd cycle trying. I was going to do something special to tell DH, but I got a super faint line that I thought I was imagining so instead I just shoved a pee stick in his face (he thought I was imagining the line too). I held my pee for hours and took an FRER that afternoon, and our dog met him at the door in a big brother shirt when he came home from work.
DS born at 34 weeks with (surprise!) gastroschisis turned short bowel syndrome.
131 days in the NICU, 7 trips to the OR, G-button, daily TPN....
Baby girl #1 7/11/13
Baby girl #2 4/30/15
Baby Boy Due 2/16/19!
I was talking to my SO brothers girlfriend ( if that makes sense) and she told me how they had had a scare. Everything clicked in my head and I decided to take a test, I got a BFP in about two seconds. I drive right to SOs office and as soon as I walked on he said, "you're pregnant" and I said yes and he goes "great so we are getting married now." I laughed and said "ew no"... Neither of us ever wanted to get married, but now with h it'd be nice to have the same last name
I went to the ultrasound and my phone died and then I found out I was 28 weeks. I layed on that table and laughed And cried, and laughed and cried. Then I had to go straight to work for 8 hours so I didn't tell SO until I got home at minight that night!
I have never loved him more than when he hugged me and told me that he believed in us and told me he wanted to start this adventure together.
I lost my angels 07/2010, 04/2017, 10/2017
Meimsx no more
I always joke that if I ever get pregnant again 9 month would feel like forever! But only knowing for 12 weeks, that must have flew by
For @jackson290721, I wish this had been a clicky poll
Finn was definitely planned. We'd been trying for a few months, but with me working nights and the kids being home during the day, it was hard to get the timing quite right. I was due for AF on 10/30, and when she never appeared, I picked up a test from CVS on the way home from work on Halloween morning. It was pretty faint, so I didn't quite believe it. The next morning I picked up a digital test. I didn't do anything special to tell SO. I just showed him the test.
LO was a HUGE surprise. I was on the pill. Also I've been on BC since I was 12. I figured it would take me forever to get pregnant once we actually started trying. I was way wrong apparently.
I had morning sickness pretty awful. I didn't know it though because I worked at a day care. I figured I was just sick from being around all the kids during cold season. DH and I carpooled to work since the day care was on the way to his work. One day on the way back home I realized AF hadn't shown up....for like a month and a half...haha I was always irregular but not that irregular. We stopped and got a test, sure enough I was pregnant. I didn't sleep at all that night. Of course DH was sound asleep. pfft men. lol
Then in mid April our sons birth mom came over (we have a very open adoption and see them regularly) and said she was pregnant again, with an IUD in place, we obviously said yes we would be thrilled to parent this kid as well.
Their birth parents actually broke up in oct and from the dating ultrasound she got at about 20 weeks when she finally figured out she was preg again, she calculated they probably got pregnant the week they broke up.
So yeah, total shock!
@lizzieRB now I'm curious....when did you get your BFP?
L: 7/12/13
C: 5/11/15
E: 3/7/17
Due 11/10/18
Then, right on time, my period started. Then the next day it stopped. And never came back. After 3 days of nothing, dh finally said I needed to pee on a stick. I thought he was nuts. I got off work, bought a stick, and took it right when he was pulling into driveway. That thing turned positive before I even pulled it up to look at it. Instant positive. Dh opened back door and I yelled out "welcome home, daddy." And he knew with just that.
Then, it got weird. I started showing super early. So much so that my 4 yo even asked if I had a baby in there at 8 weeks. I was also sick day in and day out. But I just thought it was bc it was my third pregnancy. IDK!
We show up for our first ultra sound and sure enough, two babies. My dh turned to me and said "we'll, there are easier ways to get a new car." I was, and still am, in complete shock. Dh said he suspected with all my symptoms but never for a second did I think I was having twins. It's amazing. I miscarried twice before I had my first dd. I like to think that those babies came back to me.
The first time I told DH when he went to toss me on the bed for a tickle fight and I yelled no and told him he couldn't and showed him the bfp test and he was so happy. Two month later we lost the baby.
The second time I told him by putting it in his Christmas bag with a "daddy's little buddy" onsie and a baby book for dads. He was so happy that he picked me up and spun me around but he lost his excitement a few days later because of the last miscarriage. The day before valentines day we lost our second child.
This time I told him by taking a picture of the test and saying congrats daddy in a text. He wouldn't allow himself, nor would I, to get attached to this one because of the last two losses but now we have our healthy little baby boy.