[LauraO]

Were you excited? Scared? What did you think, say, do?

We had been trying for a while when I got pregnant with my son. (First baby.)

I had been REALLY crabby and unbelievably exhausted for a few weeks straight (very unusual for me). In the back of my mind, I just kept thinking that I was pregnant. Early one morning, I decided that I would go to the grocery store and pick up a home pregnancy test.

Well, by the time I got home with it, I was so excited to take the test, that I left all of the groceries in the car and asked DH if he would unload them while I went to the bathroom.

I read the instructions, peed on the little stick and it turned to a plus sign immediately. Dumbfounded, I read the instructions again, and looked at the plus sign again, just to make sure.

I was shaking like a leaf. I couldn't believe it finally happened!! Then, I thought, "Should I just go and blurt it out to DH??? Should I wait for the "perfect moment?"

I decided that blurting it out would be the best way to go. I just couldn't keep it to myself a second longer! I ran straight to the kitchen as soon as I could get my pants back up. I told DH that I was pregnant. He looked at me a little weird, because I was shaking so hard. He says, with a smile on his face, "You're kidding!" Then he asked me why I was shaking....

[SoccerMama]

Just get me through the first trimester!

[lah123]

When I found out I was going to have my daughter (first child) I was like 22 and me and dh were living together..and all I can remember is I cried. I was terrified. I had took a home test with my girlfriend then I went and had the dr. office do it and same results. And I just blurted out to him, called my mom, my dad everyone I told I just told it and cried because I was so scared. But then with ds I was like oh yeah test was positive we are going to have another baby. I wasn't as scared the second time.

[kristieboyd]

Which time? LOL

DD (13)-I was scared, terrified, dumbfounded, you name it. I was also 17 and had just been dumped by my BF, so go figure....

DS (3)-estatic....we'd been trying for almost a year and I couldn't believe I'd FINALLY gotten a positive. I'd been beginning to think getting those depo shots for all those years had messed with me.

This time-shocked, but excited. We'd only been trying a few months and I couldn't believe it happened so quickly. Now.....a little sad. It's hitting me that this is probably the last time I'llbe PG and that makes me sad. Overall, I've had very easy, plesant PGs and I enjoy being PG. it's sad to know that I'll never experience this again.

[skbrush]

I was excited but my guy was freaked. I took a prego test and set it on the sink. I fell back to sleep and woke up to your F-ing pregnant! Couldn't you have woken me up to tell me that? He was a mess but all is great now. He got his little guy-MAX. That was #2

[skbrush]

The 1st time I was a mess, going through a divorce. I could not tell anyone until it was over. I was very scared but happy, so was he.

[michele767]

With my first baby, I didn't know right away but we'd been married for 8 years and had just started "trying". I was unbelievably exhausted too (falling asleep while going with my hubby just across town in the car, falling sleep while fishing in the boat, waking up long enough to take my fish off the hook and baiting my hook again) and I also had heartburn which I don't usually have. I mentioned it at work one day and someone suggested a pregnancy test. I thought: no way...... could THAT be my problem??

So I bought a test, brought it home, did the steps then I freaked out! I was shaking too but I loaded the test and box into the car and drove around looking for hubby (he was a schwan man at the time) At first I didn't find him but drove past one of his co-workers house and stopped to ask him if he'd seen my hubby. He said he went "that way" but looked more closely at me and asked if something was wrong. I burst into tears (just from the shock, not from sadness) and showed him the test!! eww! LOL He pulled me out of the car and told me I was in no emotional condition to drive and that HE'D go find my hubby! So I went in and cried on his wife's shoulder (who had 5 kids already) and by the time her hubby got back without finding mine, I was ok again. So I got back into the car and found DH and showed him the test. He says "so what's it mean?" I was thinking: you've got to be kidding me.... like I'd drive around with a negative test just to show you???? He was pretty happy with the news after he digested it a bit.

With the 2nd baby, I knew I was PG the next day. I had really bad ovulation cramps and since we did the deed 12 hours ago I just knew it. So I waited until the day after my cycle was supposed to start, took the test which was, of course positive then came out and asked DH how he felt about adding onto our family. He was very confused until I said "because we are (adding on)"

Both pregnancies were awful though and I'd rather not do it again LOL

[Kmchamplin]

1st time ~ Totally excited and told DH over a romantic dinner (lost the baby at 3 months ~ DNC)

2nd time ~ excited and then a week later lost the baby

3rd time ~ SCARED because I didn't know if I was going to be able to keep this one before I lost it. I waited to tell DH ona cruise and had the waiters bring a cake out to DH and them singing "congratulations to you". (now a 14 yr old)

4th time ~ I knew and told him once again on a cruise. He had a feeling because I wasn't going diving. ( Now a 12 year old)

[patchmeifyoudare]

first kid: excited,I wrote a card to Dh.he was happy and proud...

2nd kid: wanted to strangle DH.because I had told him that i forgot to take the pills for a couple of days ,and he said :"trust me,baby",9 months later we had our"trust-me-baby"

3rd kid:I forgot that pill and antibiotic didn't match.I called an urologist in front of DH and took an appointment for a vasectomy..DH was horrified and was asked why "i would do such a thing,"and then he thought about it and figured it out all by himself...by the way he didn't go thru the surgery...whimp.

but I love all my kids the same and happy we have them....

[Mom2ThreeLovesCVS]

When I found out about our 1st, I had thrown the box away a while before and just had the one test left, it was a 2 pack. So, after feeling funky for a while I get the last test out and take it. 2 lines appear, box is long gone, now what do those 2 lines mean? I'm freaking out at this point, don't 2 lines mean pregnant? So, I'm home alone, I grab the phone book. Look up CVS, get some poor woman to grab that brand of pregnancy test off the shelf and read the back. YES, 2 lines does mean pregnant. At this point I totally freak out, dear fiancee, yup not dear hubby yet is on a trip, I call him and catch him in between flights. I blurt it out, and he says huh? He is of course happy, but just shocked that I call him and tell him in between flights. Can you tell I can't keep secrets very well? We're due to be married in 2 months anyways, but thank god we had already made all the plans and set everything up for the wedding. I was in such a state of shock for so long!

At the beginning of each of our pregnancies I've always freaked out a bit, it's just so hard to imagine how your life is going to work with such a big change. But, in the end it's all worked out okay. Now I just have to work on hubby about becoming "Mom2FourLovesCVS"!

[bargainshopper]

First- I remember almost fainting in the shower and told my teacher in the morning and she told me to take a pregnancy test. I did and it was positive. I cried. I was 18. I also had been broke up with her dad.

Second- was happy also a little scared as my sons father is a loser and I didn't know if we were going to stick together.

Third... waited till we were married (the right way this time) we tried for 6 months then decided to stop trying and one morning I took the day off and just had a feeling. I took the test right before DH left for work and ran outside and jumped on him and told him I was pregnant. I was thrilled he was scared.. ( i want another and he doesn't.. )

[dontbreakme]

Aww I love reading all your stories! I don't have any kids myself. My cousin just had her first baby and she said when the doctor told her she was preg. she was like huh? What does that mean She wasn't expecting to be preg. so soon bc they tell u it'll take a year maybe after you get off from BC.

[kandikid82]

I didn't think I was pregnant. I had been TTC for about 1.5 years, Probably took over 50 pregnancy tests in that time. They always showed on line = negative. So this morning I got up, peed in my cup, dipped the stick in and walked away. about 5 minutes later I walked back in, picked up the test and proceeded to try to figure out how I had broke it since it was showing 2 lines. Took me about a minute to realize that it wasn't broken, but that 2 lines = pregnant. I then took about 5 more tests, jammed then all in the pee and watched them all come up positive. I called DH and told him to go get different brands of pregnancy test and come home because I thought I was pregnant. He speeds home with about 20 different tests in hand. We unwrap them all and shove them in the pee and they all show + or ll or digital "pregnant". We just hugged and kissed for the longest. I almost hyperventalated. Couldn't stop shaking. Thought I was going to pass out. It was wonderful.

Can you tell this baby was VERY wanted?

[BStroh]

I did the same thing kandikid! I took several pregnancy tests in the bathroom at work! My DH and I were trying and I had been soooo tired the past several days and work up that morning feeling nauseous (that feeling would last me about 3 months!!). I just knew I was pregnant. So duing my lunch break I took several pregnancy tests in the bathroom at work. All positive! I couldn't stand being at work the rest of the day, all I wanted to do was run home and tell DH!
My thoughts- excited! But very scared. Parenthood still scares me, most of the time I really have no idea what I'm doing.

[mintman72]

Originally Posted by kandikid82

He speeds home with about 20 different tests in hand.

Now what she doesn't tell you in this sentence is that when she told me to come home, I flew. I think I was driving 80mph down roads where I was only supposed to be going 45. I almost ran into this little old lady that was trying to pull out of her apartment complex. She honked her horn at me, and I think she gave me the finger, but I wasn't paying too much attention to her.

[gagesmommy]

We had been trying for 7 months (so I thought) and finally I was like whatever I give up. So, we stopped trying. Well, I had cramps and was wishing AF would just start already so I could be done with them. Well, AF didn't show and we were going to Sturgis that weekend for the bike rally and I told DH I better take a test just to be sure before I get on the bike. I wasn't wearing my wedding ring because I got a rash under it about 4 wks back and my hair was REALLY oily (MIL and I bought all these different shampoos cuz we couldn't figure out why). So, I had to get up to go pee and I thought might as well take it and see another neg. sign. I kept thinking "Why am I doing this I'm not pregnant anyways" but, I looked at it and thought there was the faintest hint of a plus sign. Woke DH up and was so happy to tell him and he smiled and said "you couldn't wait could you?" Then I got mad cuz he said "Can I go back to sleep now?" UGH! And I spent the rest of the day on the phone. Went to the Dr. that day and sure enough 9 1/2 wks already! Sorry long story!

[newmommy]

I was nervous because I miscarried before. I waited until after my first ultrasound to tell family and told them by giving everyone a personalized ultrasound pic. Then I got very excited.

[AdamsMom]

1st: DH and I got in a huge fight the night before. I had been feeling sick for about a week or so and my period was 4 days late but I was still going to the gym and everything so thought I was just overworking myself. I bought a 2 pack a month earlier because I thought I was preggo but wasn't. When I woke up, I decided to just take the test, since the 5th day late was the earliest it said it could detect. I saw 2 faint lines. I went into the bedroom and woke DH with "do you see one or 2 lines on this thing?" He said, "2" and turned back over and I left the room and went back to the bathroom. He comes running out and says "Wait! What does that mean???" I said "I'm pregnant" then closed the door in his face. Needless to say, our fight was over and we were both very happy. I took about 100 more tests after that to make sure it was right. I was wanting it for a few months but he was hesitant and wanted to wait longer. So, to make us both happy, previously we had decided to wait another 6 months before TTC. We didn't have to, though!

2nd: I had only gotten my period 2ce since I gave birth to Adam. When it didn't come in November, I thought maybe it was just because of breastfeeding. I waited about a month of it not coming before I even took a test. I was nervous. I had a feeling I was pregnant. Sure enough, I was. I hesitated to tell Dh because I was upset a little. When he came from work, I told him. He was so happy and was very upset that I was upset. My hormones were still all over the place so I just told him that was why. In all honesty, I am still scared because Adam is a handful and my family lives 3-4 hours away and it is so hard doing everything by myself. I love Dh and all, I know he tries... but he has no patience and when he's done playing with the kids, he turns and walks away... it wasn't until Adam was 15 months old that he put a diaper on him! And, that was after giving him a bath, not even changing him! I'm due in August and now I'm getting more and more excited to have another little one to love

[irishgirl73]

With DS, I found out I was pregnant on Sept 12, 2001. I had been a mess all day anyway, but when I came home and peed on that stick, I felt sheer terror. I didn't even get my pants up when I saw those little pink lines. I was bordering on pure elation and "WTH have I done?? I can't bring a baby into this world!" That last feeling went away quickly and I was probably the happiest person in the world, despite yakking 5 times a day for 5 months. LOL!

[wannasavemoney]

DD now 4 I was so surprised I was told I would not be able to have kids so huge, happy scarred surprise.

DS now 2 I was so happy, again another huge surprise. I was a little nervous on how am I going to take care of 2 kids but I love it.

This last time I was in such surprise. me and DH said we were done I was breastfeeding and on BC. I had felt really sick and DH made a joke and said maybe i was pregnant took a test and sure enough I was. But I had a miscarriage a few weeks later. It has been a hard few months but things are getting better.

[irishgirl73]

I should have posted about DD, too.

I had a miscarriage in July, 2004. I'd had a D&C and my doc told me that DH and I weren't allowed to even think about trying to get pregnant for 6 months. We weren't even supposed to touch each other for 6 weeks. Well....6 weeks later, I found out I was pregnant AGAIN. LOL! Whoops! So at the 8 week mark, I march into my OB/GYN. I started crying...apologizing for not following orders. He just smiled, gave me a hug and told me that apparently God had a plan and that overrode anything he could tell me. I just melted. I'm not an overly religious person, but that just got me. He was great. So he pulled me into his office to do an ultrasound. I was scared to death...then I saw that itty bitty heart beat and all was right with the world.

We still didn't tell anyone for 3 months. I was afraid we'd jynx it.

[momof7]

Well with # 1(19 ds ) I was 19 so very scared didn't know what to do #2 miscarried very sad #3(14 ds) we were trying very happy #4 (13 dd) I wanted another one a girl this time though very happy and did get my girl #5 miscarried again very sad #6 (8 dd) very happy DH said this is the last one #7(6 ds ) very happy Dh said this is the last one #8 ( 4 dd ) very happy Dh said this is the last one #9 (2 ds) Very happy DH said THIS IS THE LAST ONE! He hasn't gone to the dr yet. Then last week asked me " Do you think we'll have another one before Luke turns 3?" I would love to have another one , just have to wait and see!

[erp0620]

The month before I got pregnant, I had started to resign myself to the possibility that I would never become pregnant. We had been trying for 3.5 years and I don't ovulate. My doctor wanted to try this different drug that had just been started to use for fertility and had a great statistical background. So I went on it and we waited to see what happened. I actually knew for the first time that I did in fact ovulate! I was a mess, LOL. I cried when I knocked a highlighter off my desk at work. I was so happy that I actually ovulated that it didn't even occur to me that it might have also WORKED. We had planned to take 3 months off from TTC after this month, but DD was already on the way from the medications! I know exactly when she was conceived and tested at 14 DPO with SEVERAL positive tests, LOL. And I still have them, LOL.

[NJMom]

Originally Posted by erp0620

I know exactly when she was conceived and tested at 14 DPO with SEVERAL positive tests, LOL. And I still have them, LOL.

I still have mine from my twins-- is that gross?!?

I felt pure elation (although I cried and shook like a leaf) when we found out I was pg with our twins. I was shocked and overwhelmed to find myself pg with this one but SO HAPPY!!

[kimmyann123]

first dd-scared to death..2nd dd..16 yrs later..still scared,freaked out,omg...no way,but yes shes beautiful..both my dd are beautiful..ill post a pic when i can figure it out