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DS #1 born 05/25/2012
BFP#2: 06/12/2013 ---- loss
DS #2 born 4/08/2014
BPF#4: 2/1/2016 --- 2/23/2016 suspected molar pregnancy--- 3/15/2016 D&E - diagnosis MM
BFP#5 - 9/22/2016
* formally bornmommy
Re: GTKY - How'd you tell your SO?
After work the next day I ran to go carters and got a big sister shirt for DD to wear. She was standing in the doorway when he got home and had a pee stick in her hand.
He loved the sentiment because our sweet dog passed away a year ago. He was happy to include her memory in our special moment.
DH: 35 | Me: 29
BFP #1- 07.25.12, EDD: 03.24.13, DD born 03.26.13
Surprised BFP #2- 02.25.15, EDD: 10/29/15 |*m/c 7w4d, D&C 04.02.2015
BFP #3- 01.21.16, EDD: 09.29.26 |*m/c-blighted ovum 2.19.16 8w1d, D&C 03.04.16
BFP #4- 05.24.16, EDD: 02.04.17 |*natural m/c- 07.08.16, 9w1d
BFP #5- 09/25/16, EDD: 06.07.17 GROW, BABY, GROW!
I took a test at like 8DPO and DH and I both watched and asked each other if the other saw a line. Finally it turned into "OMG that's positive!"
I knew he didn't want to know before work. I also wanted to somehow find a way to let him have his own realization moment so he wouldn't be worried with me analyzing or judging his reaction.
So, I wrote a letter to him from Baby Rattlesnake (silly nickname we came
up with months ago) and packaged up a Dad coffee mug and Dad Hacks book and stuck it all in the mailbox. He is the one who always gets the mail.
I played it cool when he came home and listened to him opening the package from the next room. He yelled, "Are you serious?!" and was super smiley and giddy.
I've never got the chance to get really excited about a positive test because I've always been bleeding. I was excited about this one since the spotting/bleeding calmed and I have an overall good feeling about the pregnancy. (I also ran out of cute ideas after telling him four times previously...) I devised this clever plan to ask ask him to get me a glass of water when he got home from work and have the test in the cabinet with the water glasses. He came home and started talking about one of his employees that was retiring and how she knit us a blanket and wrote him a card and it was really sweet. I was too excited to let him finished so I cut him off and yelled "GET ME A GLASS OF WATER! please." And literally ran away behind my phone that was set up to record it. It is hilarious because you see me yell at him and run and then you catch his "WTF" face before he opens the cabinet and starts beaming.
DS #1 born 05/25/2012
BFP#2: 06/12/2013 ---- loss
DS #2 born 4/08/2014
BPF#4: 2/1/2016 --- 2/23/2016 suspected molar pregnancy--- 3/15/2016 D&E - diagnosis MM
BFP#5 - 9/22/2016
* formally bornmommy
We were both extremely cautiously optimistic since the line was so faint and we've had so many losses. We agreed to wait till the next morning to see if the line darkened appropriately before really getting excited. But so far everything has gone like it should. Tests are still getting darker, the first beta looked good. So we're hopeful (but terrified!) that this is our take-home baby finally.
ETA: I originally, back before the infertility and RPL, had wanted to surprise him with the "Be Prepared" book for new dads with a little onsie. But after everything I just wanted him to know what I knew right off in case those lines didn't darken. Waiting to surprise him just didn't feel like the right thing to do anymore.
TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
K born 8/31/12
C born 1/11/14
BFP #3 Nov 2014: D&C January 2015
BFP #4 Sept 2016: Due May 31 2017
So, my DH knew before I did!
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
~Declare it..Claim it..It will be!!~
5/9/09
Here We Go Again!!
DS #1 born 05/25/2012
BFP#2: 06/12/2013 ---- loss
DS #2 born 4/08/2014
BPF#4: 2/1/2016 --- 2/23/2016 suspected molar pregnancy--- 3/15/2016 D&E - diagnosis MM
BFP#5 - 9/22/2016
* formally bornmommy
DH: 35 | Me: 29
BFP #1- 07.25.12, EDD: 03.24.13, DD born 03.26.13
Surprised BFP #2- 02.25.15, EDD: 10/29/15 |*m/c 7w4d, D&C 04.02.2015
BFP #3- 01.21.16, EDD: 09.29.26 |*m/c-blighted ovum 2.19.16 8w1d, D&C 03.04.16
BFP #4- 05.24.16, EDD: 02.04.17 |*natural m/c- 07.08.16, 9w1d
BFP #5- 09/25/16, EDD: 06.07.17 GROW, BABY, GROW!
DS #1 born 05/25/2012
BFP#2: 06/12/2013 ---- loss
DS #2 born 4/08/2014
BPF#4: 2/1/2016 --- 2/23/2016 suspected molar pregnancy--- 3/15/2016 D&E - diagnosis MM
BFP#5 - 9/22/2016
* formally bornmommy
DH: 29
DS: 18 months 4/2/2015
Baby #2 EDD: 6/1/2017
I put a "big brother" shirt on DS for when my husband got home yesterday - it was our four year anniversary so I got to tell him we were becoming a family of four. Nice coincidence.
Me: 29 DH: 35
Married: 9/29/12
DS #1: 3/8/15He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and I couldn't hold my tears back and we had our little moment. He couldn't believe it, we are just hoping everything goes well and our daughter can have her little sibling.
DH: 35 | Me: 29
BFP #1- 07.25.12, EDD: 03.24.13, DD born 03.26.13
Surprised BFP #2- 02.25.15, EDD: 10/29/15 |*m/c 7w4d, D&C 04.02.2015
BFP #3- 01.21.16, EDD: 09.29.26 |*m/c-blighted ovum 2.19.16 8w1d, D&C 03.04.16
BFP #4- 05.24.16, EDD: 02.04.17 |*natural m/c- 07.08.16, 9w1d
BFP #5- 09/25/16, EDD: 06.07.17 GROW, BABY, GROW!
After trying for for almost four years to have our first baby, this one was a complete shock! We weren't preventing it by any means but we also didn't think it would happen only ten months after having DS!
It wasn't pintrest-worthy, adorable or unique... but seeing my total stoic husband get misty with happy tears was still a memorable moment!