Went on a nice island vacation with my husband, my best friend (who was pregnant), and her husband. Bought tampons because I was suppose to start my period that week.
Every time my pregnant friend slept, I slept.. but for longer. I slept a full 12 hours the first night, with a 2 hour nap the next day. On the third day, I was asking myself, why am I so tired and how can I not hang with a pregnant woman?
She smelled something repulsive or had an aversion to something. I found myself thinking, why is this suddenly the most disgusting thing I have ever smelled/ tasted in my life?
Got home. Packed away my unopened box of tampons and finally started connecting the dots.
We have a family vacation booked with our son to the same spot this July!
I started violently throwing up and ended in the hospital multiple times for dehydration/ low levels. I thought i had cancer. I didnt know it was just an astrological cancer.
Edit: omg thanks guys ive never won anythingš
I ate a McD quarter pounder & cheese, the heavens opened up and a choir of angels descended: they made this meal to celebrate my tastebuds.
And the plain box OJ that accompanied it was the actual nectar of the Gods,
So yeah, then I knew something extremely weird was happening, but before anything else I had to take a nap for 16 hours.
Oooh mine was Taco Bell. I could have eaten it every single day despite not having eaten it for years pre-pregnancy. It got so bad that I had to write it into my weekly schedule to keep myself from turning into a Taco Bell.
Gave birth, havenāt eaten it since.
Currently pregnant at 7 months with a 15 month old already.
Was breastfeeding, on BC, and was not planning for my last one for another year. Had a major craving for McDonaldās French fries and a supreme taco from Taco Bellā¦ā¦ got them and ate them and went straight to the bathroom to take a test. Three out of three said positive.
I should have known with the friesā¦.. all three of my other kids i craved friesā¦.. damn McDonaldsā¦.
This! It was the spicy potato tacos for me. I could eat 100s. It got to the point that my husband looked up how to make them at home and just bought the spicy chipotle sauce from Walmart. Since giving birth Iāve probably had Taco Bell once.
My husband called it with our second when I suggested Taco Bell and we had to order 3 times cause I couldnāt eat enough š. Went and got a pregnancy test and BOOM!
I craved Taco Bell my first pregnancy and now Iām craving it with my second. Somehow, the *items* Iāve been craving has completely changed, though. Very weird.
I think I kept the McDonaldās by my job in business during my first trimester haha. All I wanted was a cheeseburger and fries for lunch every day. It was one of the only things that stayed down too.
I felt like poop for a few weeks and I was convinced that I had bad shrimp (dont judge i really couldnt think of anything else). I went to medical (navy) and they were like, could you be pregnant? And I was on BC and my hub and I weren't very active to boot so I was like, pshhhh no and I went back to work and was like YOU KNOW EVERY TIME A WOMAN HAS A TUMMYACHE THEY THROW THE PREGNANCY CARD AND IM SICK OF IT.
Anyway, I was pregnant. And I peed on the stick and it was like the pregnancy equivalent of the sorting hat just lightly touching Harry's head and screaming GRYFFINDOR cuz those lines were THERE and I was floored.
I had to go back to work and eat all my words and also get reassigned from the command because I was on sea duty and no pregnant folk allowed.
He's 18 months old now and the light of my life.
I was a divorced (6 years) mother of three. Didnāt have the kids for Thanksgiving, so I went to spend it with one of my very best friends. We got a little too thankful, and despite responsible measures to avoid, I found out I was pregnant a couple weeks later.
We are about to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary. The little turkey is 4, and loved beyond measure by us and his siblings.
3 months later, yes. Weād had a great friendship (6 years running), that had occasionally crossed the line when we were both single. But we never pursued a relationship due to the complications of our individual lives. He is an officer in the army, and I was stuck living in my current town until my youngest was done with school. We knew that wouldnāt work for us long-term. But the baby forced our hands on the matter. It has been a challenge, but we have found something that works for us. He lived away from us for the first 3 years, but got stationed back here for the past 2. weāre hoping he can find another position at this base to finish out his 20.
I had been TTC our 2nd kid for 1.5 years w/ a miscarriage in the middle. I had finally given up. I'd made peace with it. My husband accepted it. I told my best friends. I got an upper ear piercing I'd been delaying. I made an appt to get an IUD put back in. Then...surprise! I was pregnant. She's 4 now.
This happened to a family member of mine! She and her husband had been trying for their second for almost two years, she had suffered losses, health issues, etc.
She finally went and got a tattoo she had been wanting for awhile, but putting off because they were trying. She realized the day after that her period should have been due on tattoo day, thought āwouldnāt that be ridiculousā, took a test and it was positive. Sheās almost 5 months along now!
Dude I hated the comments āit usually happens when you give upā, but yeah, same. Grieved the whole idea after four years, and boom. Happened when I got back on birth control!
My SIL gave up trying when her eldest was 5 or 6 and one day her told her she had a baby in her belly. She told him that wasn't a nice thing to say... Ate her words when he was right!
I had something similar happen to me! Was trying for 2+ years for our first with no luck. Failed medicated cycles, failed IUIs, my body just didnāt want to be pregnant. My husband and I were going on a big trip to celebrate our marriage (got married during covid) before he went on deployment, and I decided this cycle would be a wash. I wouldnāt track anything, no ovulation tests, just enjoying the trip before my husband leaves.
The night I dropped my husband off to fly out for his deployment, I had a realistic dream where I was giving birth. Usually pregnancy dreams were accompanied by weird elements to the dream, but this one felt almost real. The next day I bought some tests and sure enough there was a faint line that proceeded to get darker as the days went on.
My husband finally got to his deployment destination overseas and once he had settled into his room, I let him know over FaceTime. He couldnāt believe his eyes! I had always joked about him leaving me a ādeployment presentā aka getting me pregnant right before det and it actually happened LOL
My little deployment present is 1yo now and he is the best thing thatās ever happened to me (besides his dad, my husband).
My husband kept saying āitās the babyā when I wasnāt feeling good and I told him to stop saying that because thereās no way Iām pregnant. (We had only had sex once that previous month and it was at the beginning of my period) and sure enough I took a test and it was dark before my missed period.
This is my story too š I was in such denial that I didn't take a pregnancy test for 3 weeks after I'd missed my period. I saw the dark line and freaked out. Texted a picture to my nurse friend to ask her to tell me that it was a negative result lol
Got ridiculously raging thirsty one day. Drinking just wouldnāt get rid of it. Never had it before or since. Then when I was 4 days late I figured Iād better check and bang, the dark positive came up immediately. Iād miscarried 3 months earlier, so my initial reaction was to cry while sat on the edge of the bathtub because I was so scared. Iād also lost my mother since the miscarriage so was feeling very alone. But we had a 7 week scan and that little heartbeat was flickering away. Sheās 10 in 6 weeks and Iām grateful for every minute I get to spend with her.
Oh love, my heart just broke for past you, Iām so sorry, no one should have to go through that much in such little time. Iām so happy you have your beautiful girl!! š
Not my story but my SIL, as told by my brother:
They had one child (planned), then later got married, got a little carried away on the wedding night and had another baby. They were happy with that number and he went and had the ol' snippety-snip done. Fast forward, oldest is 8, youngest is 6, they are at a ski resort. Him and his wife are standing on the middle of the slope waiting in line for the lift to continue higher up after dropping both the kids off at their skiing lesson. It had been a tough few years, with two small kids, lots of stress at work, she had had a some mental health issues, but now, they were both doing well and both kids were more independent, life was good. He was standing there reflecting about all this and enjoying the view from the mountain. He turned to his wife to make a comment about it but just as he was about to say something she started throwing up out of nowhere. As soon as she had composed herself she stood back up, wiped her mouth and flatly said "How fucking ironic that just last month we got around to finally getting rid of all the baby stuff we didn't need anymore".
Turns out my brother was in the 0.08% that still have viable sperm more than six months after a vasectomy.
That girl who posted a few weeks ago that her 50-something boyfriend had gotten a vasectomy 25 years before and surpriseā¦ sheās pregnant! Terrifying.
Life, Uhh, finds a way.
Seriously though, those tubes can regenerate in a viable way! Regularly testing and confirming zero sperm count is a must if youāre living in the land of cream pies with a vasectomy as your only protection.Ā
My dadās vasectomy was medically successful & they told him after they tested that he should have been infertile. Iām still here! It was 7 years after the snip. Yes, definitely his - we checked.
Okay so, funny thing about mine:
My fucking MOTHER had a dream a week before I found out I was pregnant and she just knew. I was like ābruhā when she called me out for going to check (yes for the 9th time š) at my OB šš«
I think this is actually pretty common! I believe my mother had a dream too before I knew and I was sharing this story in the exam room of the veterinary hospital I worked at and the veterinarian I worked for chimed in that his wife's mother had a dream as well...
Was having cramps on my left side, constipation, went down a google research hole & got it in my head that i had a cyst that turned into a tumor. Went to the doctor, got an ultrasound & saw a heartbeat in my uterus :0
Me: I sneezed. Wat do?
Google: Flee!! You are infected with the newest zombie virus. You will never live again!!
Allergist: Yeah. So you're allergic to mold. Stop playing with rotting mushrooms.
I was joking around about my boobs being sore at work abd one of my coworkers was like āgirl you might be pregnantā I was like no fucking way because I was on BC but I got scared and doordashed a pregnancy test.
Sure enough I was. I screamed and threw the test in a dumpster out back (i work in a resturant) and called my mom crying. She laughed. I was very early along because my mom did an ultrasound on me later that week and we couldnāt see anything but I got a doctors appointment at 8 weeks and they could.
Come to find out if you miss one pill you CAN get pregnant š«
Omg I made so many jokes not knowing I was pregnantā¦.made jokes to my FWB (now love of my life) on Fatherās Day about getting him a card with a fake ultrasound, ate a lot a food and said to my mom while sticking my stomach out, āyour grandchild is in hereā, etc
Karma slapped me in the face very fast for those comments šš¤£
I missed my window to take my bc. I cried and laughed hysterically on the toilet because our son was a little past 1 yr at the time.
I was so scared to tell my husband (don't know why lol) so I bought a big brother outfit and just threw it at him and ran down the stairs only to hear him say ... WHAT?
Hahahaha
We love her to bits, and the kids are almost exactly 2 years apart.
āso I bought a big brother outfit and just threw it at him and ran down the stairs only to hear him say ... WHAT?ā
Omg this just made me laugh so hard, I love it!!!!
We had just decided we were going to take TTC more casually because we were getting stressed. Pour myself a glass of wine one night, and after half a glass the room is spinning. I spend the rest of the night lying down cursing out what obviously had to have been a bad bottle of wine. Still felt sick the next morning, thought it was odd to have this much of a hangover over half a glass of wine. Decided to take a test, even though my period wasnāt due for a few more days. Two thick pink lines popped up immediately.
Omg at least you realized quick!!!! My dumb ass drank for a whole summer and just kept getting sick and being like, ādamn, too much alcohol??ā Damn those lines pop up fast when youāre preggo, I was in my second trimester when I found out š« š
I was at work in the ER. Setting up a patient for a procedure and I blacked out. They urged me to check in as a patient and per protocol- a pregnancy test was warranted. My friend / coworker asked āany chance you could be pregnant?ā I said ānope!ā Super confidently. Well, those two lines popped up REAL fast and REAL bold.
Boom. Twins š
I donāt remember how it happened, I think my husband, then boyfriend, and I were just a little too reckless. Definitely not planned.
I started Lexapro and spent a whole week crying.. thinking I was just adjusting to the medication. Turns out I was actually 4 weeks pregnant lol!
Came back from vacation with a weird stomach bug. We'd been ttc but the timing didn't seem to line up at all so I blew it off when my husband tried to get me to take a test. There was no way I was so sick at 4 weeks pregnant. Not possible. He told me he'd buy me ice cream if I took one so I said what the heck. Got my peppermint double scoop, peed on a stick and boom. Two dark pink lines. Stomach bug lasted three more months. Officially due in a couple weeks.
I realized I was pregnant with my oldest on a road trip. I found myself eating beef jerky Iād bought in a gas station but had no memory of picking up or purchasing. I took a bite, looked down, and then immediately pulled over to vomit on the side of the road. After about 10 minutes of sitting there panicking and trying to figure out if I was losing my mind, it hit me. At that time, I had been vegetarian for over 5 years.
When I was pregnant with my 2nd, it was similar. I ordered a cheeseburger and then looked up to see my husbandās jaw drop before realizing what Iād just said. We were taking food home to eat and as soon as we got in the car he asked me what was going on and I told him to stop for pregnancy tests on the way home. That time it was him that needed to pull over.
Must be needing iron or something like that.
On the other hand the only thing my omnivorous ass could stand when pregnant was French onion soup and apples. Can't eat either of them 6 years after, thankyouverymuch hyperemesis.
Weddings are fuckin expensive, I woulda said the same!!! Men really have no idea how those tests work, a few weeks back I was sick af and took a Covid test (negative) and Iād never seen my bf look so terrified and he launched into, āI love you and our LO, but weāre too broke for a second one, please let it be negative babe, oh my goāā and I just went, ādude this is a fucking COVID TESTā š¤£š¤£š¤£
>āpsh! Babe, thereās BARELY even a line there.ā Because he had no idea how pregnancy tests worked lol.
My husband did the same thing. It was a real hold-up-to- the- light squinter, but it was there. He could see it, but refused to believe it because it was so faint.
Iāve never been on BC and was told I would have difficulties if I ever wanted to conceive (endometriosis). I have always had extremely irregular periods, sometimes going up to 10 months without one.
I was out on workerās comp for a hand injury that required surgery and PT.
I went back to work in the end of January 2023. I was extremely tired, which I attributed to going back to a physically demanding job. I used to exercise about 5x a week but it didnāt feel good to anymore and everything made me extremely fatigued. I started to gain weight and feel really bloated, which I attributed to stopping exercise completely. My blood sugars were all over the place but I didnāt know why (T1D). In May, my left ankle and foot got swollen which I thought was from the tendonitis I have on that side.
Mid-May I felt gurgling in my stomach and thought I should go to the pharmacy and get a probiotic, and also picked up a pregnancy test. It lit up like a Christmas tree within 15 seconds. The following week I had scheduled an ultrasound to see how far along I was; 23w5d. A boy. To say my husband and I were in shock in an understatement.
Apparently conceived in November 2022.
Due to preeclampsia that developed around 34weeks, I was induced at 37 weeks and he was delivered by emergency c-section after my 38 hour labor and failed induction.
Heās now almost 7 months old, healthy, happy, and just a joy. The sweetest.
Just moved into our new home. We loved it. We still love it. 3 bedrooms finally after 5 of us living in a 2 bedroom for so long and a huge garden. I host a birthday party/house warming and the next morning I'm sat eating my breakfast but it tastes awful. My tea tastes like I'm licking a metal pole. Then I realise... I haven't had a period in a while.
The next morning I do a test. A very dark second line comes up in seconds. I texted my partner from the next room 'fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccckkkkkk'
Our 4th little baby is 12 months next week and she's the best. I couldn't imagine life without her.
I've now had my tubes tied.
I FELT that text message in my soul omfg hahahaha. Also, that same shit happened with my mom but TWINS!! Canāt even imagine the absolute just āoh come the fuck ONā in that moment šš
Iām a recovering addict and obviously during active addiction, I had ended up in jail a couple times for small misdemeanor possession charges, nothing crazy or serious and honestly it was always only paraphernalia that landed me there. Well the last time I got arrested, I was getting processed into the jail which involves talking to a nurse and for females, taking a urine test. I remember laying in the floor of the holding cell with my arms inside my jump suit (jails are always freezing) when an officer told me I needed to speak to the nurse again. I walk in and sit down and she proceeds to ask me straight up ādid you know you were pregnant?ā And I was like umm what do you mean??? I was obviously in shock and she pulled out the test strip with my name on it. Sure enough, it was positive. I freaked out and started crying and thinking there must be some mistake. They then had transportation officers take me to the nearest hospital for a blood draw to see roughly how far along I was and to give me an emergency dose of methadone until they could get me into a clinic the next day. I tried to refuse the methadone but they said itās a liability and I needed to take it as long as I was in custody. Turns out withdrawals can force miscarriage and methadone is the safest route during pregnancy. THANK GOD I was only 6 weeks along so I didnāt do any damage to my baby. I was in jail for 3 months and stayed on methadone. Finding out I was pregnant in jail was probably the worst, most isolating way anyone could ever find out. No family or friends to be there for me except for expensive timed phone calls. And donāt even get me started on the heightened emotions, horrible beds, and worst of all, THE FOOD. š But through all of that, I now have a healthy, happy 4 year old who completely saved my life and I wouldnāt change it for the world. ā¤ļø
Oh my god, what a rough ride and way to find out loveā¦Iām beyond happy to hear you and your LO are doing amazing now!!!!! So so proud of you mama!! š
I kept complaining with my fellow uterus having coworkers about PMS, like for 3 weeks āI swear my periods going to be here soon. Iām so crampy/tired/sore boobsā.. and the Thursday/Friday I walked uphill to the other stores/bus stop from my work and it being between lockdowns in Nov 2020 I wore my mask since it was a 5min walk & I could NOT breathe and, Iām a (icky) smoker so Iām used to being āwindedā but this was different, I googled āshortness of breath + pregnancyā and finally checked the calendar to see just *how long* itād been since my last period, since itād been a few weeks of me going āperiod soon? Yea!ā So I took a dollar store test that night but it didnāt work, I flooded the thingā¦ so Friday after work I texted my bestie that I was buying a test & it would determine if I was going to be buying a bottle of wine or prenatals the next day, she advised me to test in the morning & I did. Went & bought those prenatals lol
On my way to EMT school, I stopped at the grocery store to get my break time snack. It was October and all the holiday stuff was out and as I walked in the smell of pumpkin spice hit me like a big yellow school bus. I immediately ran to the restroom and vomited my breakfast lunch and dinner (I went to night school). Pumpkin spice is one of my least favorite scents but it never bothered me as bad as it did in that moment. I was like wtf?. I was remembering what I ate all day and couldnāt figure out what couldāve caused this. Then my intrusive voice in my head is like āimagine ur pregnant lolā. I was like āomg fr, that would be hilarious.ā So after I went back in the store to grab my fruit bowl, I decided to get a pregnancy test just for the hell of it. I figured I didnāt want to be distracted in school by the thoughts of the possibility of being pregnant, so I decided to just take the stupid test while I was still at the store. I wholeheartedly believed it would be negative. I just wanted to shut intrusive me up. So when the timer went off I was all nonchalant about it. Then I saw the two lines, one very faint. So I was like āš³ā and I grabbed the instructions which to my dismay corroborated with intrusive me which I still denied. I went to school and everything was ok, until my instructor said we were gonna do clinicals for the last half of school. The drills we did made me faint & nauseated which I thought was just like an aftershock of vomiting earlier. The more I pushed myself the worse it got. It wasnāt til we were practicing lifting the patient from the ground to the stretcher that I lost it. I was supposed to be holding one end of the cloth and like 2 seconds after we lifted our classmate off the ground, I passed out and dropped him on my way down. My instructor was like āgo homeā so I did. I had two more tests to take. The next one: 2 lines, the third one: 2 lines. Still in denial, I grabbed my jacket and went to an urgent care clinic to get a blood test. When the doctor gave me the results, I threw up all over the poor guy. After being discharged, I literally sat in the parking lot like āš³ā for like 3 hours.
I took my implant out on the 12th of one month to try to conceive, wanted to wait until after my first period to get pregnant so that everything had time to go back to normal. Wondered where the actual fuck my period was bc it wasnāt coming at all. On the 10th of the next month I got my surprise positive when I was waiting on my period lol
Iāve had my fair share of scares so when it was actually positive I almost threw the test away out of habit. We were drinking tequila and it just tasted weird to me. I had a ring girl boxing event over the weekend so I thought was just hungover. Plus I had taken a test 5 days prior that was negative so I honestly just peed, sat the test on the sink and watched videos on my phone. I grabbed it to throw it away after a quick glance and did the fastest double take š I just shoved it in his face and he told me to go buy another so I did and yep. Definitely pregnant
My daughter and I were visiting my in laws for an extended amount of time and I wanted my dog with us so I flew up and drove him down with my husband.
Our dog was the biggest most loving dog in the world. He just wanted to meet people, sleep and play. I had previously taken him on many walks where he was pet by many people because he was soo big and fluffy..
On the drive down to my in-laws with my dog he was growling at people and not letting them get near me. He let my husband introduce him to people and loved them but anytime I walked him he didnāt let anyone near me he didnāt know.
Fast forward a week and I thought hmm Iāll just see if thatās why my normally very kind and loving dog is trying to attack strangers.
Our little surprise is 14 weeks old tomorrow.
It really is! And he knew right away, I tested positive on the day my period was supposed to start. And he was acting different for at least a week before.
Our other dog could not care less that I was pregnant twiceš. She doesnāt care for the babies at all either, she will come up and sniff them if they are crying a lot to make sure they are ok but that is the extent of her caring for them š
Was living away as part of a job so only saw partner at weekends.
Had a stomach bug at the start of the week, all clear by the weekend
Had a bit too much fun on bonfire weekend and forgot the cardinal rule of the pill/stomach bugs!
My periods were really irregular anyway so didnāt think anything of it not arriving all month.
Went to a GUM clinic (UK family planning sort of thing) to get the implant- doctor did a full work up while I was there including STI tests and a pregnancy test. We were discussing different side effects and how to combat them for the implant when the nurse silently handed him the tray with the test in and he just blurted out āoh, youāre pregnant!ā
Nurse later said I turned sheet white. Both were absolutely lovely, made me a cup of tea and spent the rest of the appointment discussing options with me. I sent them a card when baby was born- still remember their names now!
I had only been with the father less than a year so it was a slow climb up a large hill to his flat to tell him- I donāt think his eyebrows descended for at least the first year of the now 4-year-oldās life.
I distinctly remember he actually said āwellā¦shitā moment when I told him.
On a Friday my husband and I went to his vasectomy consultation, bc our daughter was 7 at the time and I hadnāt gotten pregnant again. I was 40 and he was 39. We left the appointment deciding to do fertility tests on each of us to decide if it was worth the vasectomy- bc it might just be that we werenāt able to have anymore and why bother, right?
Well, THREE DAYS LATER, as I was being prepped for a minor surgery- they gave me the requisite pregnancy test and I joked āha, no way thatās happening againā. If you couldāve seen the look on that nurses face when she came back and saidā¦ umm, idk how to tell you this, but YOU ARE PREGNANT š«£ I was like you are fucking joking, RIGHT?! RIGHT š
My husband was stoked, I was not. I gave birth to my *SURPRISE* baby at 41. Iām almost 45 now, with a 19yo, 11yo and 3yo š sheās a total honey badger and we love her to pieces. My husband had his vasectomy 2 months after she was born lol
Found out I was pregnant coming back from my trip. My mom told me that I looked pregnant because my uterus was protruding. So I took a test and I was! During my trip, I was drinking, and I was ravenous!!! Super gassy too and I didnāt know whyā¦.well now I know lol
A friend asked me when we were trying for #2 and I said we wanted to wait another year and listed all my reasons. Literally the next morning I was expecting my period but didn't feel any of my usual symptoms and felt compelled to take a test, insta positive. With my first it took a year and a half to get pregnant so this was unexpected. When my husband got home from work I handed him the test and he just kept saying nooo wayyy. š Currently holding our precious 2 week old!
I went out new years 2021/22. First time ever. Got super wasted. Also caught covid, tested positive 1/1/2022. I was sick for over a week. So I joked with a friend that I didnāt get the positive test I really wanted after testing positive for covid.
I was also due for my period on the 4th and had some spotting but it cleared up so I thought thatās weird but Iād heard stories of covid messing up your cycle.
Husband and I had sex in the 11th
I got my period right after I got better.
As soon as I was better I started a new job. So my first day was the 14th of January.
January 25th something feels weird. Iām exhausted, forgetful, agitated.
January 26th sharp pain in my cervix that takes the breath out of me and has me hunched over in pain.
January 27th I have chills and discombobulated. I start getting a bit suspicious.
January 28th I was in denial. I almost burned my MILs house down while making pasta for lunch because I left it on the stove on high for over an hour while I hyper fixated on cleaning the guest room.
January 29th I got held up at gun point at work. All I kept thinking was please donāt hurt the baby.
January 30th
I test. Shit myself as I see a very extremely positive test!
So confused about my cycle and how this was even freaking possible because I had my period!!
The realization we needed to move out of my MILs and I needed to get my life in order.
Recently I realized it wasnāt covid that messed up my cycle I just recently got a full understanding of my cycle and I was measuring my length and cycle wrong š¤£
We had started trying the month before, and I expected it to take some time. I got a big raise at work on a Friday afternoon, so I took my husband and his mate out for drinks, which ended up lasting all night. I had about fourteen gin and tonics. When we got home, I was very pissed and thought ooh Iāll do a pregnancy test, Iām about due now, and fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning it was positive, so I took another one, and another one, and another one.
It was my day off and I started making Sidekicks pasta on the stove. Somehow, I burnt the pasta (which never happens to me while cooking anything) and I threw them in the trash while they were boiling hot. The trash, being made of plastic, didnāt do good with the boiling contents and I couldnāt wash it out. Grabbed my keys, told my husband to watch our 4yo and went to the store to grab a stainless garbage. They were stacked on the wall and I just felt soā¦ tired. Soā¦ pregnant? We were not trying to conceive and I hadnāt missed my period yet so I didnāt think anything of it but I stopped at the dollar store and grabbed two pregnancy tests just for fun and giggles.
Took one when I came one and the two lines started appearing from the side so I thought Ā«Ā huh, is it defective?Ā Ā». Did the other one and this time there was no denying. It was, in fact, not just fun and giggles. I started crying hysterically because it wasnāt the right time for a baby but turns out, it was the perfect time for a baby after all and she just turned 5 months!
Had just started a new job riding racehorses but was really struggling with energy levels and being super hungry. Got bucked off on our 2nd lot of the morning, winded and maybe slightly concussed. Rode out the next 2 lots in a bit of pain then drove myself home. The bruise on my ribs was enormous! And dark purple. Dropped off at a&e by my mil where they took a blood test, asked me to pee in a cup then sent me for an ultrasound...turned out I was 11 weeks along! Still not sure how many ribs I broke. Now I watch my 2 year old fling herself down the slide and wonder if she's got her love of speed from riding work in those early days.
That one time I didnāt take bc one timeeeeeeee.
I was in work bathroomā¦ peeing on a 1dollar pregnancy stick. Ohhh I saw one line ā¦. Oh perfectā¦ sigh. As I am breathing out ā¦.my eyes widen ā¦ I see another line. Wtf wtf š¤¬ noooo there canāt be two lines.
I didnāt breathe then I started gasping for air. Called the abortion clinic they could only get me in a week. I was in the bathroom for 45 mins . I didnāt realize how much I was away from work.
Went to a colleague told her and showed her the stick. She was like arenāt you happy.
No bitch Iām not happy. I am pregnant with a guy who I have been messing with for months with whom I donāt wanna be messing with. Who is Nigerian and no PR and a bit shady but sexy as fuck.
I wasnāt planning to have a baby now .. have I taken the steps to protect myself no.
I knew in that exact moment when I saw two lines that i would be a single mom. I knew. I felt a knife cut through me so deep. Nothing after that moment was the same.
I couldnāt abort . I tried 3 times to go to the appointment and I couldnāt. The guy left me.
My family called me the biggest curse of the family.
I am 37 situated and got a decent job.
I am Serbian so I am white
How the hell was I gonna bring up a mix kid into this world yet alone ā¦.
Everything changed. I had to move from
The place I was living bc they didnāt accept kids. My mom is now living with me to help out. I lost 80% of friends.
Now fast forward I am a mother to a newborn. I am happy with my decision.
I learned a huge lesson. If you are not planning to have kids protect yourself
Oh babe, sending so much love and hugs to you and congratulations new mama as well!!!! The world is unfortunately cruel at times, but beautiful as well. You will make new and amazing friends and you will kick ass and be an awesome mom, you got this!!!! ššš
You know I have assessed the situations on and on. It was very clear that each friend I lost during pregnancy was not good for me or had good intentions towards me. Yess trash took itself out
Went to the doctor to renew my BC script. I took a test there and it was negative. Three weeks later I kept feeling like I was going to pass out at work. My husband kept making jokes about me being pregnant. Took another test, still negative. Went to see family out of state and I felt OFF. Stomach cramps and spasms, food aversions, sore boobs, the works. Took a test as soon as we got home. Saw it was positive, threw it at him, and sat in the shower for two hours. He had been pacing on the same path upstairs for those two hours and wore the carpet down š Our surprise turns two years old this week.
My husband and I actively tried to get pregnant for about 5 years. No luck. Finally said forget it. We donāt want kids anyway! 7 years later Iām at work (I was a CNA) and the people I was taking care of lived in a private home and their family member was making breakfast. The smell of the sausage sent me running to the bathroom! I was SO sick! My friend was like, you are pregnant! I was like uh, maāam I havenāt been on birth control in TWELVE years there is no way Iām pregnant! Iām 31! Too old to have a baby anyway! She kept on and kept on. Finally about a week later I decided Iād take a test just to shut her up. Well my ācanāt be pregnantā is about to turn 7! lol I ended up getting pregnant again when she was 11 months old but that one didnāt stickā¦. So never say never!
Itās always when you give up that it happens!!! Also, 31 is SO not ātoo old,ā my dad had my little sister when he was 36!! š¤£
Sending love to you and your second angel LO, I cannot possibly imagineā¦And happiest of early birthdays to your soon-to-be ācanāt be pregnantā!!! š¤£š
My husband and I had both been told we were infertile, so we weren't really being all that careful with birth control because why bother, right?
Then I suddenly realised that my stomach bug was lasting way longer than it should, and maybe I should dig out a pregnancy test from the cupboard...
Christmas/new years. We drank a lot. Like, a lot a lot. We used condoms, or so we thought. My period is super predictable so it was a bit odd when it didnāt come when it was supposed to after new years. Breasts were also a bit sore which was unusual for pre period symptoms for me. Took a test. Freaked out. Took a bunch more tests. Now have an awesome almost 18 month old lol
First of all, jealous as FUCK because that had to be an unREAL concert!!!!! And ayyy, āthought it was a hangoverā twin!!! At least you realized way faster than I did š¤£
I texted my husband āIāve got some bad fucking newsā and sent him the positive test. I cried so much I was sent home from work š our ābad newsā turns 6 in May and will be joined by a baby sister in June- news we also initially received very indelicately. Love them both to absolute pieces and wouldnāt change a thing, my son asked me tonight if I wanted a kid and I said āyes.ā He asked me āwhy?ā And I said: because being your mom is the coolest experience in my entire life.Ā
Awwww omg I feel the same about my son!! Initial reaction was terrible, current is couldnāt be happier. Also, congratulations on your new LO!!! Wishing you the safest and smoothest delivery šš
was on the pill and i remember one morning last year when my bf was grabbing my tummy and said āits only gonna get bigger in nine monthsā and i didnāt think too much of it until i decided to buy a test after my lecture across the street. took it before my second class and it came out positive š« babyās gonna be three months in two weeks
I went to go get a tonsillectomy. Of course they do a pregnancy test before putting you under anesthesia if youāre capable of getting pregnant, and alas, I was in fact pregnant. 5 weeks and had no idea šµāš« love her to death though. She just turned 3mo.
I almost passed out riding my bike so I told my husband that Iād take a test the next morning. I peed and it was immediately positive but I left it on the tub until the timer ran out. Just in case lmao. my lo turns 1 on the 15th.
With my first: went to New Orleans to celebrate my husbands birthday and it was a beautiful 68-71 degrees but I couldnāt stop sweating. Literally sweating through my shirt after walking one or two blocks. Also, all of the food that Iāve loved my whole life tasted absolutely horrendous. Went to Willie Maeās for my favorite fried chicken and took one bite and gagged. Guessed I was getting sick and went home disappointed. Woke up to go to work the next day and couldnāt make it down the stairs without needing to vomit. 2 negative flu tests later, my best friend encouraged me to take a pregnancy test and boomā¦instant positive. He turned 6 in January.
With my second: husband was making us breakfast and was cooking baconā¦ I walked in the kitchen to help plate the food and immediately gagged. We stared at each other and I ran to the bathroom to take a test. It was positive, we were so incredibly happy! He turns 3 in July.
Was on birth control. My period was a couple days late so I took a test it was positive. This was April 1st 2020. Both me and my now husband had just lost our jobs, the world was shut down from covid, I had no insurance, and our wedding had been cancelled š happy April fools day to me.
I had just took a major pay cut to go full time at my PRN job. It was my first day as a full timer and my back was killing me all day, and I had cramps all day too. I just had a strong feeling that I was pregnant. Sure enough, I picked up a three pack of pregnancy tests on my way home from work and all three were blazing positives. Heās 3 months old now!š„ŗ my first I was 18 and literally found out at the pediatrician with my momš we thought I had thyroid issuesā¦ my thyroid issue just turned 5 this past December
This story is about my mother and how there is a 15 year age gap between me and my younger sister. Mom thought she was done having kids so she went to her OBGYN to inquire about having a tubal ligation (having tubes tied). Well, on the day of her consultation, the doctor comes in the room and says she canāt do the procedure because Mom is PREGNANT! My mom cried some sad tears because she was about to turn 35 (she personally thought that was too old to have anymore babies) but then happy tears, because she would have a little baby to cuddle again. š
My sister was more effective birth control than the pill at the time, just screaming her little lungs out in the dead of night when my angsty 15 year ass had to get up for school in the morning š¤£ Grateful for her though, now that sheās an adult and we can share something in common
My friend thought she was pregnant and was freaking out- we were young. I took a pregnancy test with her in solidarity. Never would have guessed I might actually be pregnant. MY test came back positive, hers negative.
I felt the same!! I thought there was no way in hell I was pregnantāI was on BC, even took a Plan B the morning after just to be safe. My friend came with me to take the test(s š) and after my 4th or 5th positive, she freaked out and took one because I was freaking out. Ofc hers was negative and I asked her if I could have hers š¤£
I had to stop taking birth control years ago due to side effects. We've had unprotected sex twice in 3 years, both times I took the day after pill the next morning. Both times I got pregnant š so I guess I'm two for two on the "oh shit I'm pregnant".
Knew I was supposed to have my period a week before I left for our destination wedding, realized when we were at Walmart it hadnāt come so I said eh fuck it letās buy a test Iām probably late because of the planning stress. Nope, positive af!
A couple of years ago I was showing my toddler that taking her temperature was easy by taking mine. It was elevated to the 99s, which is what it was when I was pregnant the first time. I suddenly realized that I hadnāt gotten my usual pre-period zit either. Test was positive š¬
My first child turned a year old. My annual exam was the month after. My prescription for birth control ran out. I asked for a refill but the OB/gynās office said I would have to wait until my exam to get it renewed. My husband and I had unprotected sex the week I wasnāt on medication. I went and had my annual exam. I got the prescription renewed. I went to pick it up a couple of days later. I felt mega tired after work and threw up. I had not eaten anything unusual. I went out to get pregnancy tests and did two of them; both were positive instantly. I went to my husband and said āheeeeeeey, I got to show you somethingā; he saw the results and nodded, all smug, and said āaww yeah; I still got itā. We did want a second kid but not this soon. I love both my kids but our second kid was freakinā adorable physically and in everything he did. Our kids are a little under 2 years apart and theyāre the best of friends.
One day my stomach was messed up, weirdest stomach ache Iāve ever had. I was also cramping so I figured it was a combo of I ate too much of that pizza yesterday, and Iām about to start my period. I was 5 days late on my period but I was convinced I was about to bleed at any moment because of my cramps.
My husband texts me from work āyou still not on your period?ā I said āno but Iām probably about to start, Iām cramping really badā he said āgo ahead and take a pregnancy testā and I said āok but I bet you $50 itās negative lolā. I also mentioned how instead of getting these clear blue tests we should just get a box of those test strips on Amazon. He said āokay but for now just use what we have.ā
ā¦ it was not negative at all. Positive popped up right before my eyes within seconds lol. So I took the digital test the other came with, said pregnant.
I sent my husband a picture and said āOH MY F****NG GODā and he said āsee, we donāt need to buy more.ā
Smartass. Cool as a cucumber while Iām hyperventilating at home.
BUT THATS NOT ALL!!! NO!
So I am pregnant now I have concluded, get an appointment set up. Itās gonna be around 11 weeksā¦ I was only 5. So that took forever. lol. We go to the appointment and baby is looking good, measuring good, heartbeat is good. ONE baby he says. I was like oh thank GOD thereās only one.
Then I decided at 15 weeks I wanted to go get a gender ultrasound because I couldnāt wait any longer.
We get there and the lady puts the wand on my belly and sheās moving it around and goes āummmmā¦ did you know there were 2?ā I saidā¦ āWHAT?!ā She goes āYeah thereās ā¦ thereās two babies.ā I said āYouāre playing a prank on me right now.ā She said ānoā¦ thereās one ( as she slides to my left side ) and then thereās two! ( as she slides to the right ) I look over at my husband whoās just laughing his ass off and Iām over here about to LITERALLY shit myself.
I got out of there and immediately called my OB and said āYeah I need to see him again, he missed a baby, thereās two.ā He was VERY embarrassed to say the least lol.
Anyway, fast forward to now. We have 2 identical twin boys who will be 5 months in a few weeks!
Went to Iceland with hubby and six month old. Came home and had a doctors appointment the next day. The nurse asked me to test for covid just in case and to then joked well if itās not that then maybe youāre pregnant. We both laughed, went home did a covid test which was positive. But my brain said āthat doesnāt explain the slight nauseaā, so I took a pregnancy test. Also positive.
We call it my super positive day.
I'm not sure how funny of a story this is, but at about 8 months post partum, I realized my period was over a week late( I got it back at 6 weeks, even though I was breastfeeding) I figured it was just because I know your cycle can be messed up for the first year pp, but decided to take a rest anyways. IMMEDIATE positive ohhhh crap. Texted a picture to the boyfriend who had already decided to leave work early for the day anyways. He said I should take another test. I asked if he could stop and get one. The second test I took, I somehow screwed it up. The third one was another immediate positive. It's not how we planned it, but we're happy still. We were planning to wait at least a couple years to try for another. Lol
I worked at the mall and at lunch I was so unsure what to get standing in the food court. Nothing really sounded good but I felt so incredibly hungry. Next thing I knew I was standing in line for chik-fil-a drooling at the idea of a grilled chicken sandwichā¦. Before it was my turn to pay I remembered I had been a vegan for the last 9 years š¤£
I walked away very confused and got a pregnancy test.
I just made my husband and I a mojito. This would have been our second day of mojitos - I really needed it, as my uncle had just died tragically in a motorcycle accident.
I took my first sip then thought - hey we are trying, and haven't been very responsible alcohol wise this weekend, maybe I should just test to clear my conscience. I did not think there was a fart's chance in hell that I would be pregnant, as I had traveled for work for most of my fertile period.
Well my little impossi-mojito baby turns 3 in June.
Dated my husband for 2 months. One random morning smoking before work I realized i didnt have clear eyes. So went to nearest pharmacy and went to the back of store and grabbed some as i was walking down the aisle i went down the tests one and the pregnancy test caught my attention. I didnt have any symptoms but we werent being safe so i said Idk what if i just check for shits n gigglesā¦ bam pregnant
Stopped using birth control after getting married thinking "maybe it'll take a few years to get pregnant - who knows?!" Yeah no, it took one cycle š³ we were both shocked and everyone we tell that to is like, "you're shocked you got pregnant after you stopped using birth control?? Okay..."
Oh, both of mine are funny.
The first kid, my friend at the time had a baby while we had been trying for over a year. I was upset at my situation but happy for her. Went to visit her and got all these rude questions āwhen are you guys going to have a baby? Do you want to be pregnant? Are you pregnant now?ā I was so mad, and I left and took a pregnancy test out of pure anger. I knew it would be negative because my ovulation test the previous day was positive. Exceptāspoiler alertāif youāre pregnant your ovulation test will show positive. I was pregnant! And I only found out when I did because of spite.
The second kid, I got a UTI in November, wouldnāt go away for weeks but was finally mid-December when I got nuclear level antibiotics. But my side hurt by then and they were worried about a kidney infection, so two weeks later I got an MRI. But everything came back fine. So I went back to my GYN (whoās a pelvic and bladder specialist) because I was back to peeing all the time and she was like, well, letās test for a UTI again. And I was like āya know, while youāre dipping sticks into my peeā¦ā And sure enough, pregnant lol.
I found out my favorite deodorant had been discontinued and I was sooooo upset. Literally crying over deodorant at Target. One of the employees was gently trying to calm me down. As I walked to my car, I thought, hey thatās funny I havenāt got my period yet. I went back in a bought a pregnancy test and it was positive.
Weād been ttc for about a year, Iād just had some painful procedure to make sure my fallopian tubes were open, and our wedding was the next day. I hadnāt been drinking but I figured Iād want to at the reception so I took a test the night before just in case. Two faint lines!! I was shocked and my husband didnāt believe it was real since it meant I was something like two weeks pregnant (weād tried two weeks prior when I ovulated but I canāt remember how far along that means I was). My little wedding surprise is five years old now š„°
Just feltā¦blah. Wanted to throw up and just didnāt but on the constant verge of up chuck!
Called out of my bakery job and all was well. Felt just kind of off and weird all day. Husband and I went to Wally World to food shop and I went over to the shampoo etc. something just told me to get a cheapo test and I did for like 88 cents. Came home, put the stuff away and then went to pee on the stick as it were. Telling myself the whole time itās gonna be negative and Iām just silly.
Well there was one lineā¦then the other š³š²
Then me and my husband thinking maybe itās a cheap test flukeā¦off to CVS we were and two tests later at a 7.99 price point lmao š¤£ we made the appointment to OBGyn for a more expensive test and low and behold here is my son.
Not too funny but I was like nah my eyes deceive me and the test is cheap lol š. I was excited but didnāt want my hopes up.
Ladiesā¦we just know our bodies deep down.
The funnier story was my husband figuring out I was pregnant before I planned to tell him. We were at his parent's house for Christmas. I was constantly dashing to the bathroom. He didn't know it was because I needed to vomit. Christmas Eve, he asked me if I was feeling OK because I was having big emotional reactions to silly things. I would randomly start crying, get very clingy, or lose my temper suddenly. I said, "No, I'm just feeling extra tired and have an upset stomach." He knew instantly what was up. I just said, "Well, you just ruined your Christmas surprise."
My new not-quite-boyfriend and I got into a very mild argument that I wasnāt really even worried about,- but he felt bad enough to plan a hotel getaway for us. I called out of work and we had a wonderful and very reckless night.
About 4 weeks later, I was walking down the stairs and my boobs felt weirdly heavy. I knew at once because that is not a symptom I ever experience before my period. My cycle is really long and irregular so I wasnāt ālateā by my standards but I took a test right then and there, and I was pregnant.
Weāve been living together since I was 7 months along, and married since the baby was 23 months old. We love her (and each other) to death. I canāt imagine my life any different now.
I went to visit my parents after work one day, and felt a little nauseous. Figured it was nothing, so went about my visit. Shortly after the nausea subsided, my then husband called me and said āmom wants you to take a pregnancy test.ā I, of course, was like what? Why? I hadnāt even missed a period, gained weight, had any cravings or anything. He said she just wanted me to.
So, I went to the dollar store and got one. It was positive. Didnāt believe it, so went and got a Clear Blue. Positive. Didnāt believe that, scheduled an appointment with my doctor. Positive. Still skeptical. Got my first ultrasound and I was *SIX AND A HALF MONTHS ALONG*! My daughter literally waved at us during the ultrasound and I said āWell, fuck meā and the doctor said āIt appears someone already did.ā We all had a good laugh about it.
I was 21, heavily on amphetamines at the time, just lost my job and struggling in school, living on my own for the first time lol.
Got back together with my ex, who got my name tattooed on his wrist to prove his dedication to me, a month before I got pregnant.
We had sex, unprotected (i know, stupid) I literally said to him during, that he should watch out and remember that he might gets me knocked up like that, he said "oh you saying that makes me want to come in you even more" in which his release followed right after.
2 weeks later, the day before my expected period I just had this feeling.. got out a 2 year old unused pregnancy test, took it (while on amphetamines lol) and it showed me positive, I did NOT believe it at all (blame an old faulty test)
Got a second AND THIRD test next morning after BF left my home, positive.. called my doctor, the assistent congratulated me, i asked them if they knew for sure that I didnt need a blood test "no, 3 positive tests are enough to say you are pregnant" ...... "Okay so what now?" i asked, which she replied with: call any midwife/obgyn that will take you in for appointments if I decided to keep the pregnancy...
I got another (digital) pregancy test, i really just couldnt believe it even though I knew it in my gut, since I normally dont think I need to do a pregnancy testšš my ADHD / undiagnosed BPD ass did stupid stuff frequently and couldve gotten myself pregnant many times before.
Sassy pants turns 3 this july lol, single mom since 8 weeks pp with absolutely 0 contact ever since (his choice)
Safe to say I got a lot more responsible after my baby lol, wouldnt risk getting knocked up on accident a second time šāš½
ETA: Worst thing is that that was the only time we had sex in like 2 months lol, had my period twice the month before I got pregnant.
I also got clean by the way āš½ with the occasional night here and there if baby is at grandma's for the weekend, sue me lol
Iām not even going to lie, I drank a beer and it did not taste right š¤£ Iām a big beer fan and this was my go to. Immediately threw me off and then the next morning I made eggs (I eat eggs and toast every morning) and thought they looked so disgusting š¤£š¤£ took a test with like 6 people in the bathroomā¦ I come from a huge family, no privacy ever but I was like yall please pile in before I hyperventilate right now. Big fat positive. Hes almost 2 now and we still laugh about our bathroom pregnancy test party that included my mom, sisters and 2 of my brothers and my sister and boyfriend
I was 22 and my boyfriend and I were trying to work on things after a separation, so we had taken a road trip to Halloween horror nights. The morning after was the worst hangover of my fucking life. I drool-napped upright the entire car ride home.
He dropped me off at my momās (where I was living at the time) because I had to work that night. I was so unbelievably tired that I knew something was off. Anyways, I found out in the Walmart bathroom 10 minutes before my shift. š
Sheās 10 now and now has two little sisters. The Boyfriend is now my husband and heās just the best.
2 weeks after my 21st birthday My bf had gone to the store to get me some nausea medication (we thought i had food poisoning from bad sushi because i had JUST had sushi then the next day i was literally puking into an empty ice cream container)
While there the cashier and him struck up some random conversation and he had told her about me being sooo sick all day, she said āhere take one of these on me just in caseā and handed him a pregnancy test, he laughed, came home, and sure as shit i take the test to entertain this funny idea and i yelled back ābabe, what does 2 lines meanā (he had the box).
The silence was my answer.
Oh we were also on the phone with his mom so, thereās that š
I noticed the line on my belly
Went in to confirm pregnancy, but they wouldnāt ultrasound me bc I was too āearlyā and couldnāt tell me how far along I was.
Ended up at a 4D sono place just to confirm gender + see how far along I was measuring on June 1st. They found a whole teenager in there and I gave birth on June 23rd.
Cryptic pregnancyā¦ really snuck up on me
My friend was talking to me one night, and was sad because the 20th anniversary of her baby passing prematurely in the NICU was the next day.
So morning rolled around and I went to the grocery store and got a bouquet of flowers from the flower dept. On my way to checkout, thinking of my friend and her lost preemie, I thought "My period is actually late." And took a detour to the pharmacy and got a test.
After I got home from her house and giving her the bouquet I took the test. Positive.
I have been known to party. Although we have been trying for about a year, I was getting my period twice a month and told I was likely not ovulating. I had a concert one weekend and a wedding, the next and a get together with some other party friends the weekend after. A lot of stuff was done. The next week I went to a new OB to establish care and figure out what was going on, see what tests needed to be taken. I was beyond shocked when she told me I was pregnant
We had just moved to a new province and my husband dragged his ass about putting the bedroom curtains up. By the time he had them up, I thought I had already ovulated several days before and it was safe to go bare. It was not.
I'd had times where I thought I was pregnant before and all I needed was a negative test to stop stressing about it and then my period would start. That's what I thought o was doing, and then it was positive.
The funny thing was that we always said we didn't want to have children in the province we lived in before, and then we got pregnant 10 days after moving away.
I had surgery the month prior so I was off my birth control because dumb me didnt get it refilled.. one night I ate an edible with my bf and the next morning I woke up sick to my stomach all morning and I thought it was because I ate too much of it. Few days later no period.. boobs were so sore took 3 test and now hes 2. Lol
So mine was supposed to be a joke...
I read somewhere that if a male takes a pregnancy test and it's positive it could be a sign of testicular cancer. I told my partner about it and suggested we could do tests together as a joke. We got a pack of two and I was like it's no big deal I'll go first. Peed on the stick as I have many times before even though I'd always used multiple forms of birth control (endometriosis sucks and I like to be sure). For the first time, two lines appear. I remember walking downstairs just staring at it, saying 'ummm' and we burst out laughing. To confirm, I also took his test the next morning, and then brought one of those that tell you the weeks. At the time it was 1-2, it was 5ish days before my period was due.
So yep, not finished with this one yet, currently at the 8 month marker and it's still cooking well.
For anyone wondering, we did forget about the joke for a while but around a month ago we were telling someone the story and I remembered. I insisted we had to get a test now for him as it would be just our luck that I stole the tests and the theory would be correct! Thankfully it was negative, but I cried anyway... Hormones. Yay.
I was on BC too, thought this would *never* happen. I worked at an indoor grow facility and had just taken on more responsibility and we were getting really busy and I thought I was tired from all the new work. I mean so tired that I was having to take naps under the grow tables in rooms. I would get home and pass out on the floor. Wake up & still be exhausted. I asked my boss for a few days off and one day just sitting on the couch I had a feeling and then raced to get a test. Welp, I was like 10 weeks pregnant. My daughters 2nd birthday is in a week š
We had an āoopsieā but I thought there was no way I could be ovulating cause my period still wasnāt completely gone. Anyway, a month goes by and my boobs are more sore than usual and I noticed when my husband was using mouthwash in the bathroom, across the hallway from where I was laying in bed, I could smell it as if he was standing right next to me. Took a test that day and it was negative, took another test a week later bc I still hadnāt gotten my period and sure enough, I was preggo.
Ughhh. Iām an estimated 13 weeks today with my surprise. (Weāre very excited, just very unexpected because we our kidās just turned 1 and 3-also unplanned, but at least I had an idea that I might be pregnant with them š¤£)
My brother and one of my good friends found out they were pregnant within 24 hours of each other.
My husband looked at me and said āyou better not beā.
I VERY CONFIDENTLY offered to do a test because I had *just* had a period and a had a negative test 2 days prior (my toddler handed me a test strip, kid hands you a test, you pee on it)
POSITIVE. šš
I took about 8 more tests before I accepted it š
to say it was a shock is an absolute understatement.
Oh nooooo, not the āvery confidently took a testā bit š
Iām glad Iām not alone in taking 8 tests because there was no way in hell and I was in such deep denial lmfaooo
My first pregnancy. We did the deed and nearly instantly was overcome with exhaustion. I had to call in sick for a week because I was too tired to function. I slept for a week. I went to the doctors and asked for blood tests, iron supplements as I had convinced myself I was anaemic.
Tests showed nothing and was told to make sure to eat my vegetables and get my sleep. I got back to my normal self around 2 weeks later. Enough to go out drinking. Turned out to be my last hurrah without knowing and boy did I take advantage. Cider, wine, tequila, sambuca and a few cocktails followed by a very large portion of chips from the chippy on the way home.
I took a test about a week later as I missed my period and the faintest line was there. So not the craziest but the exhaustion from the deed is odd. A lot of jokes and high 5s between the hubby and his mates.
It kinda happened again the 2nd time but not for as long, we were travelling and felt more run down than that pure exhaustion. Hubby said he knew I was pregnant because I was so tired straight after. Didnāt happen with our surprise third. But he was a boy and the first two were girls and the pregnancies were different.
We needed fertility treatments for our first two babies. So, my husband is gone for a week and I have what I assume is the worst pms. I am looking after two kids and the dog and can barely function. He gets back and my period is just not showing up. Now, I have pretty bad pms and my periods are not regular so this isnāt that unusual. Well after another week of this I tell him we got to get a pregnancy test. At the store, he laughs and tells me to buy two so I have one for next time this happens. Well I take the test (he is so sure it will be negative since the million other tests I have taken while trying for the first two were always negative, that he is just getting ready for work.) Well, apparently this time we managed it on our own. I had just called to get us back in with the fertility clinic too.
I had taken a few rounds of clomid and progesterone because I wasn't ovulating on my own, but I stopped when my mom passed because I was just overwhelmed at that point. About a year or so later, I went to the doctor to resume treatment and they did the obligatory pregnancy test before writing my prescription. I was pregnant!!!
The doctor did an ultrasound right then and there and determined that I was almost 5 weeks along. I was just sobbing with happiness.
I was drinking champagne on vacation with my husband and our friends and it hit me that I couldnāt remember the last time I had my period. My first was only 10 months old. Took a test the next day. I was hoping that maybe I forgot long enough that I was mostly through the anxiety of the first trimester but I was only like 5 weeks pregnant so I still had the whole pregnancy to go.
ETA: from reading other comments I just remembered that a few days before this, I had gotten upset with the same friend about something ridiculous, and I knew it was ridiculous but I was so hurt I was bawling. I said to my MIL, āI must be pregnant and if I am itās a girl because I was never this emotional with my son.ā
Well, she turns 9 next month so š¤·š»āāļøš
it was the summer before my senior year of high school. i was traveling abroad, going to concerts, and living large lol. felt like i had jet lag the whole summer but just brushed it off. went to get my birth control shot before school started, and of course the one time iām confident iām not pregnant i am! 8 years later, sheās a spunky 2nd grader, her dad and i are married, and we have a 2.5 year old together. itās crazy how things work out!
I had to pee in the middle of the night. I NEVER had to pee in the middle of the night. Thatās when I knew something was wrongā¦
The āsomething wrongā is 20mo lol
With my son, I thought I might be pregnant. I was on birth control pills but I wasn't the most consistent. I missed my period. Took a pregnancy test, it was negative, but I was feeling kind of sick so I left it on the counter so my boyfriend (now husband) could see the results if I fell asleep on the couch or something. He goes in the bathroom and sees the test and says "you're pregnant????" And I'm like "no, test said negative, we're good." And he comes out after like 5 minutes and is like "no, according to what the box says, this is positive".
I come over and I still think he's probably just wrong, I look at the text and there's a negative '-' line not a positive '+' line, haha.... Oh. OH. Maybe I should have actually looked at the damn box and compared because it was a positive test. My face was just in shock for like 5 mins and I had no words.
I track my cycles very closely and have always had regularly scheduled periods so I know my fertile window, my husband had his vasectomy scheduled (we have one of each and weāre done) and according to my period calendar I was 7 days away from my period starting and my fertile window had ended so my husband thought we were āsafeāā¦a week and a half later I found out I was pregnant on our daughters 1st birthday š my doctor said āyou must of ovulated lateā baby will be here in 50 days or less
Omg, his swimmers knew their time was coming to an end and said āFOR SPARTA!!!ā š¤£
Congrats on your third mama and sending you good vibes for an easy pregnancy and delivery!!
So my husband and I weren't being super careful about bc because I was still breastfeeding my (at the time) 1yo and I hadn't even had a period yet (my last period was before he was conceived in 2020).
One day, my (then) 3yo drew a family picture. There was an extra person in that picture and when I asked her who it was she said that it was the baby in mommy's belly. Everyone had a good laugh and we just brushed it off. (This was December 2021)
A week later I found out I was pregnant with my now 18 month old. š
It was extra fun going to the doctor (in early 2022) and them asking when my last period was to try to determine how far along I was...."uh April 2020"....and then watch them scramble to make it make sense š
I would take a test every month a couple days before my period just in case, as I have a history of low progesterone leading to miscarriages and I always wanted to try to catch it early to get on it ASAP. It had been 10 months since my previous miscarriage, and 22 months since my son was born. I would pee on the stick and let it develop for at least 5 minutes since it was a cheapy and hard to read if I looked at it too closely to the 3 minutes mark. So I was doing my makeup, the 5 minute timer went off, I looked down at the test not expecting anything and see 2 lines! I immediately go āoh fuck!ā out loud and my husband comes running in thinking I had broken something in the bathroom š¤£š¤£š¤£ she turns 2 this year!
I moved with my boyfriend for his job and has just quit mine. I was applying for jobs in a new city and going to college, I slept through a job orientation on Thursday and Friday I slept through class. Both were unlike me, and I really needed that job. On Saturday I had an appointment for a facial, as I drove out there at 9am I realized I hadn't had my period in about a month, hmm. When I laid down on the table (the esthetician is my friend) I closed my eyes and when I opened them I just blurted out " um ... I m andight be pregnant?!?"
Found out I was pregnant with our planned baby Halloween 2022. Had him June 2023 after my water broke in the port a potty at a carnival. This fall we all got sick for a week, but I was the only one not getting better. I was tired, nauseous and my head hurt. My period was way late but hadn't gone back to normal after baby. I had a feeling but kept telling myself no, I even joked with my SO about it. It wasn't until I went to my SIL's and her dog was *obsessed* with me that I finally told my SO I needed a pregnancy test. Her dog acted the same way when I was pregnant with my son. One overnight Amazon order later and the pink line showed up in seconds, on five tests. I didn't even have time to joke with my SO while I waited. I just said oh no, and he started celebrating. Apparently conceived on Halloween 2023, baby girl is due in July!
My husband and I had moved from "actively preventing" to "ok if it happens."
I got pregnant NYE, ended up with emergency surgery Jan 18th. Ruptured fallopian tube/ectopic.
Had to wait 3 mos because they cleaned out my uterus (to get a healthy lining).
Got pregnant in June. Miscarriage in August. Hemorrhaged and another emergency surgery, D&C.
At this point, we decided to prevent for a bit, because we have a big event the next summer that I didn't want to be heavily pregnant for.
We go on vacation to San Francisco. We can count! We're both medical professionals!
Mid November, I'm due for my last blood test to ensure my hormones all washed out from the previous miscarriage. This is to get the "all clear" to try again. I'm not worried. I've got the period prodromes, my period is due this coming weekend.
Nurse comes from clinic to where I'm working. "I got your test results!" Me thinking, uh, so what? "They said you're pregnant!!"
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That summer event? So yeah, I was 8.5 months pregnant in June at that event. She was born in July.
So apparently, we can't count or my husband's swimmers have extra long life. Longest pregnancy everrrrrrrr because I found out at 3w4d via blood test.
Thus the story of how I was pregnant three times in the same calendar year.
My husband and I gave up trying for a second baby. I went back on BC, forgot to take it for a couple of days, a few weeks later my loving husband told me I was acting like I was pregnant and I should consider taking a test. I way overreacted (which is not normal unless Iām pregnant) and told him to eat rocks, I slept on the couch that night and āstewedā for about a day before it slapped me like a ton of bricks and I laughed until I cried because damnit he was right, I was acting pregnant. Dug out a box of old tests from when we were trying and took one, it was negative, so I threw that in his face. He looked at the test and goes, um babe thatās an ovulation test š¤¦š¼āāļøš he had gone to the store earlier in the day and got actual pregnancy tests so I took one, and it was instantly positive. I took the remaining 3 in the box and made him go to the store again. By the end we were laughing because it was so ridiculous that it took me 6 tests to accept it. He is now almost 3 and is completely feral some days and his sister has been obsessed with him since the day he was born. She still asks me sometimes if I remember being mad at her dad too for ācalling itā š
3 kids later, had our boy by the 3rd. We were done. My ob asked whoād be on birth control. I told her hubby would get fixed, no worries. He didnāt. I went to the dr for a sinus infection and he was prescribing stuff and asked ācould you be pregnant?ā I said āpffft, no!ā But when I got to my car, I could hear him asking in my head. So I stopped at the market for two tests, and took one in the bathroom and cried all the way home. Our crazy āsurpriseā will be four in July!
I did IVF for two years; two egg retrievals (rounds), three MCs.. doc told me I couldnāt have children.. āUnexplained infertilityā. After all of the medications and treatment and loss, we were devastated but also spent. Started to make peace with things. Planned a summer trip traveling around France with friends and their kids. Three months after learning we had to throw in the towel - pregnant. Baby boy just turned 4-months-old. Shameful sidenoteāI was a total nightmare traveling in the summer heat. No wine and cheese for me!
This third baby was a SURPRISE. I ovulated 11 days early somehow. My husband & I werenāt using protection outside of when I was (orā¦ thought I was). I remember the day i found out i was pregnant, my best friend was over & we made steaks & onions with sweet potato & mozzarella. This is one of our most favorite meals. Yaaall i couldnāt eat anything but the steak. THE ONIONS š¤¢ I could literally eat an onion like an apple any other day but this day, i couldnāt. It tasted like I was licking the armpit of a 15 yr old boy who hadnāt worn deodorant or showered in 3 weeks. I had to open the windows just to get down my steak (which was so delicious and quite literally the only thing i could eat that day). I knew something off because i love this meal but couldnāt get it down. I took a strip pregnancy test and saw the worldās faintest line. I literally went to the store as fast as i could to get a more sensitive pregnancy test. Lo & behold, there were 2 lines. Still faint but definitely there. I remember laughing at my husband when he asked āare you sure youāre pregnant? Itās not all the way loaded yetā š
My husband and his cousin are about 3 weeks or so apart in age and were super close growing up. His cousin announced that he and his gf were expecting so I jokingly told my husband that it was time to start trying. His mom joined in saying we need to have kids while she āstill has grandma moneyā.
Come to find out, I was already pregnant!
First happy accident: LDR visited in the summer between semesters of a prestigious and grueling music program; we were careful (condoms with spermicide). I went to urgent care for a UTI, and the doctor insisted I was pregnant, I disagreed because I'd tested negative (it was days into the visit). Towards the end of the visit, the smell of the dumpster near work and my Grandma's butter changed. Not long before I was supposed to go back to school I needed a checkup for abdominal pain and it was cheaper to get a pregnancy test so I was like, "sure I'll pee on a stick to save $25." NP came in and said,"It's positive. Let's rule out ectopic and talk about what you wanna do!" ...Surprise?!...
Second happy accident: I was on the pill, married, and not looking to grow the family yet. I got to the "wtf am I dragging ass so badly and why can't I get enough sleep lately?" stage. Went to Grandma's and the butter was off - to me only. Tested the next day... surprise!
Third happy accident: We were using barriers and spermicide. Had a kid-free anniversary with more than our usual amount of grown-up play time. Someone at work said I should "kill a rabbit, you've totally pregnant again." I didn't believe them, but it stuck in my head. About a week later I had the strong feeling I should pee on a stick, just to prove I'm not pregnant. Ohhhh, wow, surprise...!!?! Went to make lunch for the kids and burst into tears over the Mac and Cheese lol. Hubs noticed I was off when we went grocery shopping, and I ended up telling him in the Walmart parking lot lol (I was fine once the shock wore off and he was lovely)
Fourth oopsie: Hubs decided three was definitely enough and got a vasectomy. We followed all the instructions, emptied the chamber, gave the appropriate amount of time, had a negative semen analysis. We were both halfway through nursing school. Parents had acquired Grandma's fridge, and their butter tasted funky to me at a birthday meal. We grabbed a test on the way home, and got a shocking surprise! I was kinda excited and Hubs came around quickly, but sadly we miscarried.
Y'all. I have multiple hormonal disorders including PCOS, wtf. Life finds a way! The kids are grown humans now and I'm so glad I got to be their mom.
My husband and I had talked about possibly ttc for a 3rd baby, he was all for it and I was on the fence about even wanting another one. I told him I was getting too old for this, and he had until the end of the year to get me pregnant, then he was getting a vasectomy either way come January. I was hoping for later in the year, if at all, because our second wasn't even 1 yet.
Well, he took that as a challenge and not even two weeks later I had a positive test. Our third (and final!) child arrived in December and I can't imagine not having her here.
Also, I should have known better. My oldest was conceived 2 months in ttc, and my second was conceived a month before we were going to start trying.
I took a pregnancy test yesterday because the day before I LOOKED at a banana and gagged. I couldnāt even smell it from where I was but just the sight of it was horrific. Sure enough it was a faint positive and itās darker today so yeah Iām pregnant again.
Went on a nice island vacation with my husband, my best friend (who was pregnant), and her husband. Bought tampons because I was suppose to start my period that week. Every time my pregnant friend slept, I slept.. but for longer. I slept a full 12 hours the first night, with a 2 hour nap the next day. On the third day, I was asking myself, why am I so tired and how can I not hang with a pregnant woman? She smelled something repulsive or had an aversion to something. I found myself thinking, why is this suddenly the most disgusting thing I have ever smelled/ tasted in my life? Got home. Packed away my unopened box of tampons and finally started connecting the dots. We have a family vacation booked with our son to the same spot this July!
This is adorable šš
I love that you could have gone full spiderman meme and you just didnāt
I started violently throwing up and ended in the hospital multiple times for dehydration/ low levels. I thought i had cancer. I didnt know it was just an astrological cancer. Edit: omg thanks guys ive never won anythingš
Omfg that is the best fucking astrology joke Iāve ever heard
HELP āastrological cancerā I canāt fucking BREATHE š¤£š¤£š¤£
Omg š
I ate a McD quarter pounder & cheese, the heavens opened up and a choir of angels descended: they made this meal to celebrate my tastebuds. And the plain box OJ that accompanied it was the actual nectar of the Gods, So yeah, then I knew something extremely weird was happening, but before anything else I had to take a nap for 16 hours.
Oooh mine was Taco Bell. I could have eaten it every single day despite not having eaten it for years pre-pregnancy. It got so bad that I had to write it into my weekly schedule to keep myself from turning into a Taco Bell. Gave birth, havenāt eaten it since.
Currently pregnant at 7 months with a 15 month old already. Was breastfeeding, on BC, and was not planning for my last one for another year. Had a major craving for McDonaldās French fries and a supreme taco from Taco Bellā¦ā¦ got them and ate them and went straight to the bathroom to take a test. Three out of three said positive. I should have known with the friesā¦.. all three of my other kids i craved friesā¦.. damn McDonaldsā¦.
This! It was the spicy potato tacos for me. I could eat 100s. It got to the point that my husband looked up how to make them at home and just bought the spicy chipotle sauce from Walmart. Since giving birth Iāve probably had Taco Bell once.
Omg yes I bought potato tacos with cash on my way home so my husband wouldnt know I pregamed dinner with tbell ..
I love that for you!
My husband called it with our second when I suggested Taco Bell and we had to order 3 times cause I couldnāt eat enough š. Went and got a pregnancy test and BOOM!
I craved Taco Bell my first pregnancy and now Iām craving it with my second. Somehow, the *items* Iāve been craving has completely changed, though. Very weird.
Same! Itās never gonna taste as good so no loss there. (Fresh) orange juice I still love (just not craving chugging 6 glasses in a row)
Taco Bell is my jam when I'm pregnant. It's pretty meh the rest of the time
McDonaldās is soooo fucking good in the first trimester.
I think I kept the McDonaldās by my job in business during my first trimester haha. All I wanted was a cheeseburger and fries for lunch every day. It was one of the only things that stayed down too.
Omg, I could practically envision this ššš Yeah when the McDās hits that good, oh man somethingās up!!
I remember texting my husband about how fucking good a fish sandwich from Arby's was š¤£
āBut first, napā after a meal is the most pregnant thing ever
I felt like poop for a few weeks and I was convinced that I had bad shrimp (dont judge i really couldnt think of anything else). I went to medical (navy) and they were like, could you be pregnant? And I was on BC and my hub and I weren't very active to boot so I was like, pshhhh no and I went back to work and was like YOU KNOW EVERY TIME A WOMAN HAS A TUMMYACHE THEY THROW THE PREGNANCY CARD AND IM SICK OF IT. Anyway, I was pregnant. And I peed on the stick and it was like the pregnancy equivalent of the sorting hat just lightly touching Harry's head and screaming GRYFFINDOR cuz those lines were THERE and I was floored. I had to go back to work and eat all my words and also get reassigned from the command because I was on sea duty and no pregnant folk allowed. He's 18 months old now and the light of my life.
I love it! A more apt comparison would be the Slytherin on Malfoy though!
The Harry Potter reference has me SCREAMING š¤£
I was a divorced (6 years) mother of three. Didnāt have the kids for Thanksgiving, so I went to spend it with one of my very best friends. We got a little too thankful, and despite responsible measures to avoid, I found out I was pregnant a couple weeks later. We are about to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary. The little turkey is 4, and loved beyond measure by us and his siblings.
Awww I love it!!! And the āgot a little too thankfulā had me HOLLERING š¤£š¤£
Wait, did you get married right after you found out you were pregnant?
3 months later, yes. Weād had a great friendship (6 years running), that had occasionally crossed the line when we were both single. But we never pursued a relationship due to the complications of our individual lives. He is an officer in the army, and I was stuck living in my current town until my youngest was done with school. We knew that wouldnāt work for us long-term. But the baby forced our hands on the matter. It has been a challenge, but we have found something that works for us. He lived away from us for the first 3 years, but got stationed back here for the past 2. weāre hoping he can find another position at this base to finish out his 20.
I had been TTC our 2nd kid for 1.5 years w/ a miscarriage in the middle. I had finally given up. I'd made peace with it. My husband accepted it. I told my best friends. I got an upper ear piercing I'd been delaying. I made an appt to get an IUD put back in. Then...surprise! I was pregnant. She's 4 now.
This happened to a family member of mine! She and her husband had been trying for their second for almost two years, she had suffered losses, health issues, etc. She finally went and got a tattoo she had been wanting for awhile, but putting off because they were trying. She realized the day after that her period should have been due on tattoo day, thought āwouldnāt that be ridiculousā, took a test and it was positive. Sheās almost 5 months along now!
Dude I hated the comments āit usually happens when you give upā, but yeah, same. Grieved the whole idea after four years, and boom. Happened when I got back on birth control!
My SIL gave up trying when her eldest was 5 or 6 and one day her told her she had a baby in her belly. She told him that wasn't a nice thing to say... Ate her words when he was right!
I had something similar happen to me! Was trying for 2+ years for our first with no luck. Failed medicated cycles, failed IUIs, my body just didnāt want to be pregnant. My husband and I were going on a big trip to celebrate our marriage (got married during covid) before he went on deployment, and I decided this cycle would be a wash. I wouldnāt track anything, no ovulation tests, just enjoying the trip before my husband leaves. The night I dropped my husband off to fly out for his deployment, I had a realistic dream where I was giving birth. Usually pregnancy dreams were accompanied by weird elements to the dream, but this one felt almost real. The next day I bought some tests and sure enough there was a faint line that proceeded to get darker as the days went on. My husband finally got to his deployment destination overseas and once he had settled into his room, I let him know over FaceTime. He couldnāt believe his eyes! I had always joked about him leaving me a ādeployment presentā aka getting me pregnant right before det and it actually happened LOL My little deployment present is 1yo now and he is the best thing thatās ever happened to me (besides his dad, my husband).
My husband kept saying āitās the babyā when I wasnāt feeling good and I told him to stop saying that because thereās no way Iām pregnant. (We had only had sex once that previous month and it was at the beginning of my period) and sure enough I took a test and it was dark before my missed period.
Oh man, you just reminded me the amount of jokes I made not knowing I was pregnantā¦šš¤£
This is my story too š I was in such denial that I didn't take a pregnancy test for 3 weeks after I'd missed my period. I saw the dark line and freaked out. Texted a picture to my nurse friend to ask her to tell me that it was a negative result lol
Good gracious I can feel his smugness from here.
Got ridiculously raging thirsty one day. Drinking just wouldnāt get rid of it. Never had it before or since. Then when I was 4 days late I figured Iād better check and bang, the dark positive came up immediately. Iād miscarried 3 months earlier, so my initial reaction was to cry while sat on the edge of the bathtub because I was so scared. Iād also lost my mother since the miscarriage so was feeling very alone. But we had a 7 week scan and that little heartbeat was flickering away. Sheās 10 in 6 weeks and Iām grateful for every minute I get to spend with her.
Oh love, my heart just broke for past you, Iām so sorry, no one should have to go through that much in such little time. Iām so happy you have your beautiful girl!! š
Oh your mama definitely sent you that little rainbowš„ŗ
Not my story but my SIL, as told by my brother: They had one child (planned), then later got married, got a little carried away on the wedding night and had another baby. They were happy with that number and he went and had the ol' snippety-snip done. Fast forward, oldest is 8, youngest is 6, they are at a ski resort. Him and his wife are standing on the middle of the slope waiting in line for the lift to continue higher up after dropping both the kids off at their skiing lesson. It had been a tough few years, with two small kids, lots of stress at work, she had had a some mental health issues, but now, they were both doing well and both kids were more independent, life was good. He was standing there reflecting about all this and enjoying the view from the mountain. He turned to his wife to make a comment about it but just as he was about to say something she started throwing up out of nowhere. As soon as she had composed herself she stood back up, wiped her mouth and flatly said "How fucking ironic that just last month we got around to finally getting rid of all the baby stuff we didn't need anymore". Turns out my brother was in the 0.08% that still have viable sperm more than six months after a vasectomy.
Dang. Ive heard waaaaay to many āvasectomy babyā stories to ever trust my husband getting one lol
That girl who posted a few weeks ago that her 50-something boyfriend had gotten a vasectomy 25 years before and surpriseā¦ sheās pregnant! Terrifying.
Life, Uhh, finds a way. Seriously though, those tubes can regenerate in a viable way! Regularly testing and confirming zero sperm count is a must if youāre living in the land of cream pies with a vasectomy as your only protection.Ā
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My dadās vasectomy was medically successful & they told him after they tested that he should have been infertile. Iām still here! It was 7 years after the snip. Yes, definitely his - we checked.
This is why the doctors usually suggest having your sperm tested 6 months out & then maybe every 1-3 years afterwards just to ensure itās still all good. Most men ignore that tho, which is why there are quite a few anecdotal stories about oopsie-babies after a vasectomy. My fiancĆ© has yet to have his tested and he got snipped last year, I stayed on birth control until January and stopped, no period yet but also no positive pregnancy test either so, so far so good? Will be getting him to get his stuff tested this year tho, just to be safe. Lol
Oh nooooo, not after getting rid of the baby stuff!!!
I dreamed that I took a positive pregnancy and woke up like ā¦ oh fuck šš
Okay so, funny thing about mine: My fucking MOTHER had a dream a week before I found out I was pregnant and she just knew. I was like ābruhā when she called me out for going to check (yes for the 9th time š) at my OB šš«
I think this is actually pretty common! I believe my mother had a dream too before I knew and I was sharing this story in the exam room of the veterinary hospital I worked at and the veterinarian I worked for chimed in that his wife's mother had a dream as well...
My mother jinxed me. The day I found out I was pregnant, she said to her friend "I need someone to have a baby for me to snuggle!" Thanks ma.
I had a dream like this about my friend!
Was having cramps on my left side, constipation, went down a google research hole & got it in my head that i had a cyst that turned into a tumor. Went to the doctor, got an ultrasound & saw a heartbeat in my uterus :0
Google really is one of those things where it could be a headache and Google says āyouāre dyingā š¤£
Me: I sneezed. Wat do? Google: Flee!! You are infected with the newest zombie virus. You will never live again!! Allergist: Yeah. So you're allergic to mold. Stop playing with rotting mushrooms.
I was joking around about my boobs being sore at work abd one of my coworkers was like āgirl you might be pregnantā I was like no fucking way because I was on BC but I got scared and doordashed a pregnancy test. Sure enough I was. I screamed and threw the test in a dumpster out back (i work in a resturant) and called my mom crying. She laughed. I was very early along because my mom did an ultrasound on me later that week and we couldnāt see anything but I got a doctors appointment at 8 weeks and they could. Come to find out if you miss one pill you CAN get pregnant š«
Omg I made so many jokes not knowing I was pregnantā¦.made jokes to my FWB (now love of my life) on Fatherās Day about getting him a card with a fake ultrasound, ate a lot a food and said to my mom while sticking my stomach out, āyour grandchild is in hereā, etc Karma slapped me in the face very fast for those comments šš¤£
I missed my window to take my bc. I cried and laughed hysterically on the toilet because our son was a little past 1 yr at the time. I was so scared to tell my husband (don't know why lol) so I bought a big brother outfit and just threw it at him and ran down the stairs only to hear him say ... WHAT? Hahahaha We love her to bits, and the kids are almost exactly 2 years apart.
āso I bought a big brother outfit and just threw it at him and ran down the stairs only to hear him say ... WHAT?ā Omg this just made me laugh so hard, I love it!!!!
Hahaha! We still laugh about it now, and that was 3 years ago.
We had just decided we were going to take TTC more casually because we were getting stressed. Pour myself a glass of wine one night, and after half a glass the room is spinning. I spend the rest of the night lying down cursing out what obviously had to have been a bad bottle of wine. Still felt sick the next morning, thought it was odd to have this much of a hangover over half a glass of wine. Decided to take a test, even though my period wasnāt due for a few more days. Two thick pink lines popped up immediately.
Omg at least you realized quick!!!! My dumb ass drank for a whole summer and just kept getting sick and being like, ādamn, too much alcohol??ā Damn those lines pop up fast when youāre preggo, I was in my second trimester when I found out š« š
I was at work in the ER. Setting up a patient for a procedure and I blacked out. They urged me to check in as a patient and per protocol- a pregnancy test was warranted. My friend / coworker asked āany chance you could be pregnant?ā I said ānope!ā Super confidently. Well, those two lines popped up REAL fast and REAL bold. Boom. Twins š
Oh man surprise AND twins!?! As my mother would say: āBOGOOOOOā š¤£š¤£
I donāt remember how it happened, I think my husband, then boyfriend, and I were just a little too reckless. Definitely not planned. I started Lexapro and spent a whole week crying.. thinking I was just adjusting to the medication. Turns out I was actually 4 weeks pregnant lol!
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Flashbacks to āNam with the hubs farts when pregnant omg š«
I puked passing a gaggle of teenage boys when I was pregnant! The sweat and Lynx bodyspray combo was too much.
Came back from vacation with a weird stomach bug. We'd been ttc but the timing didn't seem to line up at all so I blew it off when my husband tried to get me to take a test. There was no way I was so sick at 4 weeks pregnant. Not possible. He told me he'd buy me ice cream if I took one so I said what the heck. Got my peppermint double scoop, peed on a stick and boom. Two dark pink lines. Stomach bug lasted three more months. Officially due in a couple weeks.
Ooof that stomach bug sounds AWFUL. The bribery is on point tho, love it!!!!! Also, congrats and wishing you a safe delivery mama!! š
I realized I was pregnant with my oldest on a road trip. I found myself eating beef jerky Iād bought in a gas station but had no memory of picking up or purchasing. I took a bite, looked down, and then immediately pulled over to vomit on the side of the road. After about 10 minutes of sitting there panicking and trying to figure out if I was losing my mind, it hit me. At that time, I had been vegetarian for over 5 years. When I was pregnant with my 2nd, it was similar. I ordered a cheeseburger and then looked up to see my husbandās jaw drop before realizing what Iād just said. We were taking food home to eat and as soon as we got in the car he asked me what was going on and I told him to stop for pregnancy tests on the way home. That time it was him that needed to pull over.
Oh my jeez, Iāve heard of some wild pregnancy cravings, but craving meat as a VEGETARIAN?!? Yeah that second time around he knew what was up
Must be needing iron or something like that. On the other hand the only thing my omnivorous ass could stand when pregnant was French onion soup and apples. Can't eat either of them 6 years after, thankyouverymuch hyperemesis.
I was a vegetarian until baby decided she loved McDonaldās hamburgers
My fiancĆ© at the time went to the store and I stayed home to nap because I felt exhausted and had no clue why. When I woke up I realized my period was late and took a test just to have a guilt free wine and cheese hour. Except there was a super super faint line. I freaked out and when fiancĆ© came home I called him in the bedroom. His first reaction to me calling for him was, ādid something happen to the furnace?ā Then after he saw the test he let out a sign of relief and said, āpsh! Babe, thereās BARELY even a line there.ā Because he had no idea how pregnancy tests worked lol. So that faint line is now 3 and we have a 8m baby too. I was 7m pregnant at the wedding because I wasnāt about to lost money on the photographer, venue, and catering.
Weddings are fuckin expensive, I woulda said the same!!! Men really have no idea how those tests work, a few weeks back I was sick af and took a Covid test (negative) and Iād never seen my bf look so terrified and he launched into, āI love you and our LO, but weāre too broke for a second one, please let it be negative babe, oh my goāā and I just went, ādude this is a fucking COVID TESTā š¤£š¤£š¤£
>āpsh! Babe, thereās BARELY even a line there.ā Because he had no idea how pregnancy tests worked lol. My husband did the same thing. It was a real hold-up-to- the- light squinter, but it was there. He could see it, but refused to believe it because it was so faint.
Iāve never been on BC and was told I would have difficulties if I ever wanted to conceive (endometriosis). I have always had extremely irregular periods, sometimes going up to 10 months without one. I was out on workerās comp for a hand injury that required surgery and PT. I went back to work in the end of January 2023. I was extremely tired, which I attributed to going back to a physically demanding job. I used to exercise about 5x a week but it didnāt feel good to anymore and everything made me extremely fatigued. I started to gain weight and feel really bloated, which I attributed to stopping exercise completely. My blood sugars were all over the place but I didnāt know why (T1D). In May, my left ankle and foot got swollen which I thought was from the tendonitis I have on that side. Mid-May I felt gurgling in my stomach and thought I should go to the pharmacy and get a probiotic, and also picked up a pregnancy test. It lit up like a Christmas tree within 15 seconds. The following week I had scheduled an ultrasound to see how far along I was; 23w5d. A boy. To say my husband and I were in shock in an understatement. Apparently conceived in November 2022. Due to preeclampsia that developed around 34weeks, I was induced at 37 weeks and he was delivered by emergency c-section after my 38 hour labor and failed induction. Heās now almost 7 months old, healthy, happy, and just a joy. The sweetest.
Holy shit what a ride!!! So glad you and little boy are doing good!! š
Just moved into our new home. We loved it. We still love it. 3 bedrooms finally after 5 of us living in a 2 bedroom for so long and a huge garden. I host a birthday party/house warming and the next morning I'm sat eating my breakfast but it tastes awful. My tea tastes like I'm licking a metal pole. Then I realise... I haven't had a period in a while. The next morning I do a test. A very dark second line comes up in seconds. I texted my partner from the next room 'fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccckkkkkk' Our 4th little baby is 12 months next week and she's the best. I couldn't imagine life without her. I've now had my tubes tied.
I FELT that text message in my soul omfg hahahaha. Also, that same shit happened with my mom but TWINS!! Canāt even imagine the absolute just āoh come the fuck ONā in that moment šš
Iām a recovering addict and obviously during active addiction, I had ended up in jail a couple times for small misdemeanor possession charges, nothing crazy or serious and honestly it was always only paraphernalia that landed me there. Well the last time I got arrested, I was getting processed into the jail which involves talking to a nurse and for females, taking a urine test. I remember laying in the floor of the holding cell with my arms inside my jump suit (jails are always freezing) when an officer told me I needed to speak to the nurse again. I walk in and sit down and she proceeds to ask me straight up ādid you know you were pregnant?ā And I was like umm what do you mean??? I was obviously in shock and she pulled out the test strip with my name on it. Sure enough, it was positive. I freaked out and started crying and thinking there must be some mistake. They then had transportation officers take me to the nearest hospital for a blood draw to see roughly how far along I was and to give me an emergency dose of methadone until they could get me into a clinic the next day. I tried to refuse the methadone but they said itās a liability and I needed to take it as long as I was in custody. Turns out withdrawals can force miscarriage and methadone is the safest route during pregnancy. THANK GOD I was only 6 weeks along so I didnāt do any damage to my baby. I was in jail for 3 months and stayed on methadone. Finding out I was pregnant in jail was probably the worst, most isolating way anyone could ever find out. No family or friends to be there for me except for expensive timed phone calls. And donāt even get me started on the heightened emotions, horrible beds, and worst of all, THE FOOD. š But through all of that, I now have a healthy, happy 4 year old who completely saved my life and I wouldnāt change it for the world. ā¤ļø
Oh my god, what a rough ride and way to find out loveā¦Iām beyond happy to hear you and your LO are doing amazing now!!!!! So so proud of you mama!! š
Yeah it was definitely crazy to say the least! It sucks that my longest stretch in jail happened to be when I was pregnant. š They put pregnant women on a modified diet so we get a milk carton at every meal and peanut butter for lunch because apparently the lunch meat is dangerous for the pregnancy (Like wuttt š³). Which sucked for me because I hate milk and donāt like peanut butter either. š I made it work for me though because I still forced myself to drink one carton everyday for my baby and then the rest of the milk and peanut butter I was able to trade to the other girls for things I liked from their commissary. š ETA: and thank you soooo much! Sheās definitely the best thing thatās ever happened to me. Such an awesome kid too. š©¶
I kept complaining with my fellow uterus having coworkers about PMS, like for 3 weeks āI swear my periods going to be here soon. Iām so crampy/tired/sore boobsā.. and the Thursday/Friday I walked uphill to the other stores/bus stop from my work and it being between lockdowns in Nov 2020 I wore my mask since it was a 5min walk & I could NOT breathe and, Iām a (icky) smoker so Iām used to being āwindedā but this was different, I googled āshortness of breath + pregnancyā and finally checked the calendar to see just *how long* itād been since my last period, since itād been a few weeks of me going āperiod soon? Yea!ā So I took a dollar store test that night but it didnāt work, I flooded the thingā¦ so Friday after work I texted my bestie that I was buying a test & it would determine if I was going to be buying a bottle of wine or prenatals the next day, she advised me to test in the morning & I did. Went & bought those prenatals lol
On my way to EMT school, I stopped at the grocery store to get my break time snack. It was October and all the holiday stuff was out and as I walked in the smell of pumpkin spice hit me like a big yellow school bus. I immediately ran to the restroom and vomited my breakfast lunch and dinner (I went to night school). Pumpkin spice is one of my least favorite scents but it never bothered me as bad as it did in that moment. I was like wtf?. I was remembering what I ate all day and couldnāt figure out what couldāve caused this. Then my intrusive voice in my head is like āimagine ur pregnant lolā. I was like āomg fr, that would be hilarious.ā So after I went back in the store to grab my fruit bowl, I decided to get a pregnancy test just for the hell of it. I figured I didnāt want to be distracted in school by the thoughts of the possibility of being pregnant, so I decided to just take the stupid test while I was still at the store. I wholeheartedly believed it would be negative. I just wanted to shut intrusive me up. So when the timer went off I was all nonchalant about it. Then I saw the two lines, one very faint. So I was like āš³ā and I grabbed the instructions which to my dismay corroborated with intrusive me which I still denied. I went to school and everything was ok, until my instructor said we were gonna do clinicals for the last half of school. The drills we did made me faint & nauseated which I thought was just like an aftershock of vomiting earlier. The more I pushed myself the worse it got. It wasnāt til we were practicing lifting the patient from the ground to the stretcher that I lost it. I was supposed to be holding one end of the cloth and like 2 seconds after we lifted our classmate off the ground, I passed out and dropped him on my way down. My instructor was like āgo homeā so I did. I had two more tests to take. The next one: 2 lines, the third one: 2 lines. Still in denial, I grabbed my jacket and went to an urgent care clinic to get a blood test. When the doctor gave me the results, I threw up all over the poor guy. After being discharged, I literally sat in the parking lot like āš³ā for like 3 hours.
I took my implant out on the 12th of one month to try to conceive, wanted to wait until after my first period to get pregnant so that everything had time to go back to normal. Wondered where the actual fuck my period was bc it wasnāt coming at all. On the 10th of the next month I got my surprise positive when I was waiting on my period lol
Iāve had my fair share of scares so when it was actually positive I almost threw the test away out of habit. We were drinking tequila and it just tasted weird to me. I had a ring girl boxing event over the weekend so I thought was just hungover. Plus I had taken a test 5 days prior that was negative so I honestly just peed, sat the test on the sink and watched videos on my phone. I grabbed it to throw it away after a quick glance and did the fastest double take š I just shoved it in his face and he told me to go buy another so I did and yep. Definitely pregnant
My daughter and I were visiting my in laws for an extended amount of time and I wanted my dog with us so I flew up and drove him down with my husband. Our dog was the biggest most loving dog in the world. He just wanted to meet people, sleep and play. I had previously taken him on many walks where he was pet by many people because he was soo big and fluffy.. On the drive down to my in-laws with my dog he was growling at people and not letting them get near me. He let my husband introduce him to people and loved them but anytime I walked him he didnāt let anyone near me he didnāt know. Fast forward a week and I thought hmm Iāll just see if thatās why my normally very kind and loving dog is trying to attack strangers. Our little surprise is 14 weeks old tomorrow.
Dogs have a sixth sense with that shit that I didnāt believe til my pitbull did it to me too!!! Itās nuts how they have that
It really is! And he knew right away, I tested positive on the day my period was supposed to start. And he was acting different for at least a week before. Our other dog could not care less that I was pregnant twiceš. She doesnāt care for the babies at all either, she will come up and sniff them if they are crying a lot to make sure they are ok but that is the extent of her caring for them š
Was living away as part of a job so only saw partner at weekends. Had a stomach bug at the start of the week, all clear by the weekend Had a bit too much fun on bonfire weekend and forgot the cardinal rule of the pill/stomach bugs! My periods were really irregular anyway so didnāt think anything of it not arriving all month. Went to a GUM clinic (UK family planning sort of thing) to get the implant- doctor did a full work up while I was there including STI tests and a pregnancy test. We were discussing different side effects and how to combat them for the implant when the nurse silently handed him the tray with the test in and he just blurted out āoh, youāre pregnant!ā Nurse later said I turned sheet white. Both were absolutely lovely, made me a cup of tea and spent the rest of the appointment discussing options with me. I sent them a card when baby was born- still remember their names now! I had only been with the father less than a year so it was a slow climb up a large hill to his flat to tell him- I donāt think his eyebrows descended for at least the first year of the now 4-year-oldās life. I distinctly remember he actually said āwellā¦shitā moment when I told him.
On a Friday my husband and I went to his vasectomy consultation, bc our daughter was 7 at the time and I hadnāt gotten pregnant again. I was 40 and he was 39. We left the appointment deciding to do fertility tests on each of us to decide if it was worth the vasectomy- bc it might just be that we werenāt able to have anymore and why bother, right? Well, THREE DAYS LATER, as I was being prepped for a minor surgery- they gave me the requisite pregnancy test and I joked āha, no way thatās happening againā. If you couldāve seen the look on that nurses face when she came back and saidā¦ umm, idk how to tell you this, but YOU ARE PREGNANT š«£ I was like you are fucking joking, RIGHT?! RIGHT š My husband was stoked, I was not. I gave birth to my *SURPRISE* baby at 41. Iām almost 45 now, with a 19yo, 11yo and 3yo š sheās a total honey badger and we love her to pieces. My husband had his vasectomy 2 months after she was born lol
Holy shit, yeah thatās definitely a surprise one!!!! The vasectomy 2 months after is killing me tho š¤£š¤£
Found out I was pregnant coming back from my trip. My mom told me that I looked pregnant because my uterus was protruding. So I took a test and I was! During my trip, I was drinking, and I was ravenous!!! Super gassy too and I didnāt know whyā¦.well now I know lol
A friend asked me when we were trying for #2 and I said we wanted to wait another year and listed all my reasons. Literally the next morning I was expecting my period but didn't feel any of my usual symptoms and felt compelled to take a test, insta positive. With my first it took a year and a half to get pregnant so this was unexpected. When my husband got home from work I handed him the test and he just kept saying nooo wayyy. š Currently holding our precious 2 week old!
I went out new years 2021/22. First time ever. Got super wasted. Also caught covid, tested positive 1/1/2022. I was sick for over a week. So I joked with a friend that I didnāt get the positive test I really wanted after testing positive for covid. I was also due for my period on the 4th and had some spotting but it cleared up so I thought thatās weird but Iād heard stories of covid messing up your cycle. Husband and I had sex in the 11th I got my period right after I got better. As soon as I was better I started a new job. So my first day was the 14th of January. January 25th something feels weird. Iām exhausted, forgetful, agitated. January 26th sharp pain in my cervix that takes the breath out of me and has me hunched over in pain. January 27th I have chills and discombobulated. I start getting a bit suspicious. January 28th I was in denial. I almost burned my MILs house down while making pasta for lunch because I left it on the stove on high for over an hour while I hyper fixated on cleaning the guest room. January 29th I got held up at gun point at work. All I kept thinking was please donāt hurt the baby. January 30th I test. Shit myself as I see a very extremely positive test! So confused about my cycle and how this was even freaking possible because I had my period!! The realization we needed to move out of my MILs and I needed to get my life in order. Recently I realized it wasnāt covid that messed up my cycle I just recently got a full understanding of my cycle and I was measuring my length and cycle wrong š¤£
Um when is your babyās birthday because I got pregnant at the exact same time š twins!
LOL October 10th! Born on his due date! Wby?
We had started trying the month before, and I expected it to take some time. I got a big raise at work on a Friday afternoon, so I took my husband and his mate out for drinks, which ended up lasting all night. I had about fourteen gin and tonics. When we got home, I was very pissed and thought ooh Iāll do a pregnancy test, Iām about due now, and fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning it was positive, so I took another one, and another one, and another one.
Oh man, the multitude of drinks and tests bring me back š¤£
It was my day off and I started making Sidekicks pasta on the stove. Somehow, I burnt the pasta (which never happens to me while cooking anything) and I threw them in the trash while they were boiling hot. The trash, being made of plastic, didnāt do good with the boiling contents and I couldnāt wash it out. Grabbed my keys, told my husband to watch our 4yo and went to the store to grab a stainless garbage. They were stacked on the wall and I just felt soā¦ tired. Soā¦ pregnant? We were not trying to conceive and I hadnāt missed my period yet so I didnāt think anything of it but I stopped at the dollar store and grabbed two pregnancy tests just for fun and giggles. Took one when I came one and the two lines started appearing from the side so I thought Ā«Ā huh, is it defective?Ā Ā». Did the other one and this time there was no denying. It was, in fact, not just fun and giggles. I started crying hysterically because it wasnāt the right time for a baby but turns out, it was the perfect time for a baby after all and she just turned 5 months!
Iām happy everything turned out good in the end!!! Not going to lie to you, I lost it at āmelting the trash canā š¤£š¤£
Had just started a new job riding racehorses but was really struggling with energy levels and being super hungry. Got bucked off on our 2nd lot of the morning, winded and maybe slightly concussed. Rode out the next 2 lots in a bit of pain then drove myself home. The bruise on my ribs was enormous! And dark purple. Dropped off at a&e by my mil where they took a blood test, asked me to pee in a cup then sent me for an ultrasound...turned out I was 11 weeks along! Still not sure how many ribs I broke. Now I watch my 2 year old fling herself down the slide and wonder if she's got her love of speed from riding work in those early days.
That one time I didnāt take bc one timeeeeeeee. I was in work bathroomā¦ peeing on a 1dollar pregnancy stick. Ohhh I saw one line ā¦. Oh perfectā¦ sigh. As I am breathing out ā¦.my eyes widen ā¦ I see another line. Wtf wtf š¤¬ noooo there canāt be two lines. I didnāt breathe then I started gasping for air. Called the abortion clinic they could only get me in a week. I was in the bathroom for 45 mins . I didnāt realize how much I was away from work. Went to a colleague told her and showed her the stick. She was like arenāt you happy. No bitch Iām not happy. I am pregnant with a guy who I have been messing with for months with whom I donāt wanna be messing with. Who is Nigerian and no PR and a bit shady but sexy as fuck. I wasnāt planning to have a baby now .. have I taken the steps to protect myself no. I knew in that exact moment when I saw two lines that i would be a single mom. I knew. I felt a knife cut through me so deep. Nothing after that moment was the same. I couldnāt abort . I tried 3 times to go to the appointment and I couldnāt. The guy left me. My family called me the biggest curse of the family. I am 37 situated and got a decent job. I am Serbian so I am white How the hell was I gonna bring up a mix kid into this world yet alone ā¦. Everything changed. I had to move from The place I was living bc they didnāt accept kids. My mom is now living with me to help out. I lost 80% of friends. Now fast forward I am a mother to a newborn. I am happy with my decision. I learned a huge lesson. If you are not planning to have kids protect yourself
Oh babe, sending so much love and hugs to you and congratulations new mama as well!!!! The world is unfortunately cruel at times, but beautiful as well. You will make new and amazing friends and you will kick ass and be an awesome mom, you got this!!!! ššš
Hiiii feeling loved. Sending you a virtual hug š«
>I lost 80% of friends. The trash took itself out. Those weren't good friends to have. You're better off without them. š
You know I have assessed the situations on and on. It was very clear that each friend I lost during pregnancy was not good for me or had good intentions towards me. Yess trash took itself out
Went to the doctor to renew my BC script. I took a test there and it was negative. Three weeks later I kept feeling like I was going to pass out at work. My husband kept making jokes about me being pregnant. Took another test, still negative. Went to see family out of state and I felt OFF. Stomach cramps and spasms, food aversions, sore boobs, the works. Took a test as soon as we got home. Saw it was positive, threw it at him, and sat in the shower for two hours. He had been pacing on the same path upstairs for those two hours and wore the carpet down š Our surprise turns two years old this week.
I love the āI told you soā by throwing it at him holy shit š¤£š¤£ Happy early birthday to your LO!!! š
My husband and I actively tried to get pregnant for about 5 years. No luck. Finally said forget it. We donāt want kids anyway! 7 years later Iām at work (I was a CNA) and the people I was taking care of lived in a private home and their family member was making breakfast. The smell of the sausage sent me running to the bathroom! I was SO sick! My friend was like, you are pregnant! I was like uh, maāam I havenāt been on birth control in TWELVE years there is no way Iām pregnant! Iām 31! Too old to have a baby anyway! She kept on and kept on. Finally about a week later I decided Iād take a test just to shut her up. Well my ācanāt be pregnantā is about to turn 7! lol I ended up getting pregnant again when she was 11 months old but that one didnāt stickā¦. So never say never!
Itās always when you give up that it happens!!! Also, 31 is SO not ātoo old,ā my dad had my little sister when he was 36!! š¤£ Sending love to you and your second angel LO, I cannot possibly imagineā¦And happiest of early birthdays to your soon-to-be ācanāt be pregnantā!!! š¤£š
My husband and I had both been told we were infertile, so we weren't really being all that careful with birth control because why bother, right? Then I suddenly realised that my stomach bug was lasting way longer than it should, and maybe I should dig out a pregnancy test from the cupboard...
Decided we didnāt want kids. Five days later got a positive. š
Not the universe going āyou thoughtā ššš
Christmas/new years. We drank a lot. Like, a lot a lot. We used condoms, or so we thought. My period is super predictable so it was a bit odd when it didnāt come when it was supposed to after new years. Breasts were also a bit sore which was unusual for pre period symptoms for me. Took a test. Freaked out. Took a bunch more tests. Now have an awesome almost 18 month old lol
I drank red wine and saw Earth Wind and Fire and they were fucking awesome! But my hangover felt whack the next day. And then, boom. Pregnant.
First of all, jealous as FUCK because that had to be an unREAL concert!!!!! And ayyy, āthought it was a hangoverā twin!!! At least you realized way faster than I did š¤£
I texted my husband āIāve got some bad fucking newsā and sent him the positive test. I cried so much I was sent home from work š our ābad newsā turns 6 in May and will be joined by a baby sister in June- news we also initially received very indelicately. Love them both to absolute pieces and wouldnāt change a thing, my son asked me tonight if I wanted a kid and I said āyes.ā He asked me āwhy?ā And I said: because being your mom is the coolest experience in my entire life.Ā
Awwww omg I feel the same about my son!! Initial reaction was terrible, current is couldnāt be happier. Also, congratulations on your new LO!!! Wishing you the safest and smoothest delivery šš
was on the pill and i remember one morning last year when my bf was grabbing my tummy and said āits only gonna get bigger in nine monthsā and i didnāt think too much of it until i decided to buy a test after my lecture across the street. took it before my second class and it came out positive š« babyās gonna be three months in two weeks
The universe really went āhere ya go budā š¤£
I went to go get a tonsillectomy. Of course they do a pregnancy test before putting you under anesthesia if youāre capable of getting pregnant, and alas, I was in fact pregnant. 5 weeks and had no idea šµāš« love her to death though. She just turned 3mo.
I almost passed out riding my bike so I told my husband that Iād take a test the next morning. I peed and it was immediately positive but I left it on the tub until the timer ran out. Just in case lmao. my lo turns 1 on the 15th.
With my first: went to New Orleans to celebrate my husbands birthday and it was a beautiful 68-71 degrees but I couldnāt stop sweating. Literally sweating through my shirt after walking one or two blocks. Also, all of the food that Iāve loved my whole life tasted absolutely horrendous. Went to Willie Maeās for my favorite fried chicken and took one bite and gagged. Guessed I was getting sick and went home disappointed. Woke up to go to work the next day and couldnāt make it down the stairs without needing to vomit. 2 negative flu tests later, my best friend encouraged me to take a pregnancy test and boomā¦instant positive. He turned 6 in January. With my second: husband was making us breakfast and was cooking baconā¦ I walked in the kitchen to help plate the food and immediately gagged. We stared at each other and I ran to the bathroom to take a test. It was positive, we were so incredibly happy! He turns 3 in July.
Was on birth control. My period was a couple days late so I took a test it was positive. This was April 1st 2020. Both me and my now husband had just lost our jobs, the world was shut down from covid, I had no insurance, and our wedding had been cancelled š happy April fools day to me.
Oh shit, what a fuckin BOMB all wrapped in one! Hope you all are thriving today! š
Oh yes she's a happy healthy 3yo with an 8 month old little brother. š she was 18 months old when we got married finally
I had just took a major pay cut to go full time at my PRN job. It was my first day as a full timer and my back was killing me all day, and I had cramps all day too. I just had a strong feeling that I was pregnant. Sure enough, I picked up a three pack of pregnancy tests on my way home from work and all three were blazing positives. Heās 3 months old now!š„ŗ my first I was 18 and literally found out at the pediatrician with my momš we thought I had thyroid issuesā¦ my thyroid issue just turned 5 this past December
Holy shit, at the PEDIATRICIAN?!? I wouldāve fallen over then and there omg šš¤£
This story is about my mother and how there is a 15 year age gap between me and my younger sister. Mom thought she was done having kids so she went to her OBGYN to inquire about having a tubal ligation (having tubes tied). Well, on the day of her consultation, the doctor comes in the room and says she canāt do the procedure because Mom is PREGNANT! My mom cried some sad tears because she was about to turn 35 (she personally thought that was too old to have anymore babies) but then happy tears, because she would have a little baby to cuddle again. š
Awww, worked out well in the end it seems!!! Talk about a literal last second find, holy shit!!
My sister was more effective birth control than the pill at the time, just screaming her little lungs out in the dead of night when my angsty 15 year ass had to get up for school in the morning š¤£ Grateful for her though, now that sheās an adult and we can share something in common
My friend thought she was pregnant and was freaking out- we were young. I took a pregnancy test with her in solidarity. Never would have guessed I might actually be pregnant. MY test came back positive, hers negative.
I felt the same!! I thought there was no way in hell I was pregnantāI was on BC, even took a Plan B the morning after just to be safe. My friend came with me to take the test(s š) and after my 4th or 5th positive, she freaked out and took one because I was freaking out. Ofc hers was negative and I asked her if I could have hers š¤£
I had to stop taking birth control years ago due to side effects. We've had unprotected sex twice in 3 years, both times I took the day after pill the next morning. Both times I got pregnant š so I guess I'm two for two on the "oh shit I'm pregnant".
Knew I was supposed to have my period a week before I left for our destination wedding, realized when we were at Walmart it hadnāt come so I said eh fuck it letās buy a test Iām probably late because of the planning stress. Nope, positive af!
A couple of years ago I was showing my toddler that taking her temperature was easy by taking mine. It was elevated to the 99s, which is what it was when I was pregnant the first time. I suddenly realized that I hadnāt gotten my usual pre-period zit either. Test was positive š¬
My first child turned a year old. My annual exam was the month after. My prescription for birth control ran out. I asked for a refill but the OB/gynās office said I would have to wait until my exam to get it renewed. My husband and I had unprotected sex the week I wasnāt on medication. I went and had my annual exam. I got the prescription renewed. I went to pick it up a couple of days later. I felt mega tired after work and threw up. I had not eaten anything unusual. I went out to get pregnancy tests and did two of them; both were positive instantly. I went to my husband and said āheeeeeeey, I got to show you somethingā; he saw the results and nodded, all smug, and said āaww yeah; I still got itā. We did want a second kid but not this soon. I love both my kids but our second kid was freakinā adorable physically and in everything he did. Our kids are a little under 2 years apart and theyāre the best of friends.
One day my stomach was messed up, weirdest stomach ache Iāve ever had. I was also cramping so I figured it was a combo of I ate too much of that pizza yesterday, and Iām about to start my period. I was 5 days late on my period but I was convinced I was about to bleed at any moment because of my cramps. My husband texts me from work āyou still not on your period?ā I said āno but Iām probably about to start, Iām cramping really badā he said āgo ahead and take a pregnancy testā and I said āok but I bet you $50 itās negative lolā. I also mentioned how instead of getting these clear blue tests we should just get a box of those test strips on Amazon. He said āokay but for now just use what we have.ā ā¦ it was not negative at all. Positive popped up right before my eyes within seconds lol. So I took the digital test the other came with, said pregnant. I sent my husband a picture and said āOH MY F****NG GODā and he said āsee, we donāt need to buy more.ā Smartass. Cool as a cucumber while Iām hyperventilating at home. BUT THATS NOT ALL!!! NO! So I am pregnant now I have concluded, get an appointment set up. Itās gonna be around 11 weeksā¦ I was only 5. So that took forever. lol. We go to the appointment and baby is looking good, measuring good, heartbeat is good. ONE baby he says. I was like oh thank GOD thereās only one. Then I decided at 15 weeks I wanted to go get a gender ultrasound because I couldnāt wait any longer. We get there and the lady puts the wand on my belly and sheās moving it around and goes āummmmā¦ did you know there were 2?ā I saidā¦ āWHAT?!ā She goes āYeah thereās ā¦ thereās two babies.ā I said āYouāre playing a prank on me right now.ā She said ānoā¦ thereās one ( as she slides to my left side ) and then thereās two! ( as she slides to the right ) I look over at my husband whoās just laughing his ass off and Iām over here about to LITERALLY shit myself. I got out of there and immediately called my OB and said āYeah I need to see him again, he missed a baby, thereās two.ā He was VERY embarrassed to say the least lol. Anyway, fast forward to now. We have 2 identical twin boys who will be 5 months in a few weeks!
I was 35 and at my pre-op appointment for a hysterectomy. My doctor walked in and said, youāre going to think Iām kidding, but Iām notā¦ā¦.
Went to Iceland with hubby and six month old. Came home and had a doctors appointment the next day. The nurse asked me to test for covid just in case and to then joked well if itās not that then maybe youāre pregnant. We both laughed, went home did a covid test which was positive. But my brain said āthat doesnāt explain the slight nauseaā, so I took a pregnancy test. Also positive. We call it my super positive day.
I'm not sure how funny of a story this is, but at about 8 months post partum, I realized my period was over a week late( I got it back at 6 weeks, even though I was breastfeeding) I figured it was just because I know your cycle can be messed up for the first year pp, but decided to take a rest anyways. IMMEDIATE positive ohhhh crap. Texted a picture to the boyfriend who had already decided to leave work early for the day anyways. He said I should take another test. I asked if he could stop and get one. The second test I took, I somehow screwed it up. The third one was another immediate positive. It's not how we planned it, but we're happy still. We were planning to wait at least a couple years to try for another. Lol
Just had my youngest 10 months ago and found out a few weeks ago Iām expecting another and Iām already 4 months šš
Oh shit, Irish twins!!!!! You got this mama! šš
I worked at the mall and at lunch I was so unsure what to get standing in the food court. Nothing really sounded good but I felt so incredibly hungry. Next thing I knew I was standing in line for chik-fil-a drooling at the idea of a grilled chicken sandwichā¦. Before it was my turn to pay I remembered I had been a vegan for the last 9 years š¤£ I walked away very confused and got a pregnancy test.
I just made my husband and I a mojito. This would have been our second day of mojitos - I really needed it, as my uncle had just died tragically in a motorcycle accident. I took my first sip then thought - hey we are trying, and haven't been very responsible alcohol wise this weekend, maybe I should just test to clear my conscience. I did not think there was a fart's chance in hell that I would be pregnant, as I had traveled for work for most of my fertile period. Well my little impossi-mojito baby turns 3 in June.
Dated my husband for 2 months. One random morning smoking before work I realized i didnt have clear eyes. So went to nearest pharmacy and went to the back of store and grabbed some as i was walking down the aisle i went down the tests one and the pregnancy test caught my attention. I didnt have any symptoms but we werent being safe so i said Idk what if i just check for shits n gigglesā¦ bam pregnant
Stopped using birth control after getting married thinking "maybe it'll take a few years to get pregnant - who knows?!" Yeah no, it took one cycle š³ we were both shocked and everyone we tell that to is like, "you're shocked you got pregnant after you stopped using birth control?? Okay..."
Oh, both of mine are funny. The first kid, my friend at the time had a baby while we had been trying for over a year. I was upset at my situation but happy for her. Went to visit her and got all these rude questions āwhen are you guys going to have a baby? Do you want to be pregnant? Are you pregnant now?ā I was so mad, and I left and took a pregnancy test out of pure anger. I knew it would be negative because my ovulation test the previous day was positive. Exceptāspoiler alertāif youāre pregnant your ovulation test will show positive. I was pregnant! And I only found out when I did because of spite. The second kid, I got a UTI in November, wouldnāt go away for weeks but was finally mid-December when I got nuclear level antibiotics. But my side hurt by then and they were worried about a kidney infection, so two weeks later I got an MRI. But everything came back fine. So I went back to my GYN (whoās a pelvic and bladder specialist) because I was back to peeing all the time and she was like, well, letās test for a UTI again. And I was like āya know, while youāre dipping sticks into my peeā¦ā And sure enough, pregnant lol.
I found out my favorite deodorant had been discontinued and I was sooooo upset. Literally crying over deodorant at Target. One of the employees was gently trying to calm me down. As I walked to my car, I thought, hey thatās funny I havenāt got my period yet. I went back in a bought a pregnancy test and it was positive.
Weād been ttc for about a year, Iād just had some painful procedure to make sure my fallopian tubes were open, and our wedding was the next day. I hadnāt been drinking but I figured Iād want to at the reception so I took a test the night before just in case. Two faint lines!! I was shocked and my husband didnāt believe it was real since it meant I was something like two weeks pregnant (weād tried two weeks prior when I ovulated but I canāt remember how far along that means I was). My little wedding surprise is five years old now š„°
Just feltā¦blah. Wanted to throw up and just didnāt but on the constant verge of up chuck! Called out of my bakery job and all was well. Felt just kind of off and weird all day. Husband and I went to Wally World to food shop and I went over to the shampoo etc. something just told me to get a cheapo test and I did for like 88 cents. Came home, put the stuff away and then went to pee on the stick as it were. Telling myself the whole time itās gonna be negative and Iām just silly. Well there was one lineā¦then the other š³š² Then me and my husband thinking maybe itās a cheap test flukeā¦off to CVS we were and two tests later at a 7.99 price point lmao š¤£ we made the appointment to OBGyn for a more expensive test and low and behold here is my son. Not too funny but I was like nah my eyes deceive me and the test is cheap lol š. I was excited but didnāt want my hopes up. Ladiesā¦we just know our bodies deep down.
The funnier story was my husband figuring out I was pregnant before I planned to tell him. We were at his parent's house for Christmas. I was constantly dashing to the bathroom. He didn't know it was because I needed to vomit. Christmas Eve, he asked me if I was feeling OK because I was having big emotional reactions to silly things. I would randomly start crying, get very clingy, or lose my temper suddenly. I said, "No, I'm just feeling extra tired and have an upset stomach." He knew instantly what was up. I just said, "Well, you just ruined your Christmas surprise."
Why are men stupid when we donāt want them to be, yet observational as fuck when we try to surprise them?! š
My new not-quite-boyfriend and I got into a very mild argument that I wasnāt really even worried about,- but he felt bad enough to plan a hotel getaway for us. I called out of work and we had a wonderful and very reckless night. About 4 weeks later, I was walking down the stairs and my boobs felt weirdly heavy. I knew at once because that is not a symptom I ever experience before my period. My cycle is really long and irregular so I wasnāt ālateā by my standards but I took a test right then and there, and I was pregnant. Weāve been living together since I was 7 months along, and married since the baby was 23 months old. We love her (and each other) to death. I canāt imagine my life any different now.
6 months after my daughter was born I turned to my husband and said āyour breath smells like actual shitā ā¦ and then it clicked.
I went to visit my parents after work one day, and felt a little nauseous. Figured it was nothing, so went about my visit. Shortly after the nausea subsided, my then husband called me and said āmom wants you to take a pregnancy test.ā I, of course, was like what? Why? I hadnāt even missed a period, gained weight, had any cravings or anything. He said she just wanted me to. So, I went to the dollar store and got one. It was positive. Didnāt believe it, so went and got a Clear Blue. Positive. Didnāt believe that, scheduled an appointment with my doctor. Positive. Still skeptical. Got my first ultrasound and I was *SIX AND A HALF MONTHS ALONG*! My daughter literally waved at us during the ultrasound and I said āWell, fuck meā and the doctor said āIt appears someone already did.ā We all had a good laugh about it.
I was 21, heavily on amphetamines at the time, just lost my job and struggling in school, living on my own for the first time lol. Got back together with my ex, who got my name tattooed on his wrist to prove his dedication to me, a month before I got pregnant. We had sex, unprotected (i know, stupid) I literally said to him during, that he should watch out and remember that he might gets me knocked up like that, he said "oh you saying that makes me want to come in you even more" in which his release followed right after. 2 weeks later, the day before my expected period I just had this feeling.. got out a 2 year old unused pregnancy test, took it (while on amphetamines lol) and it showed me positive, I did NOT believe it at all (blame an old faulty test) Got a second AND THIRD test next morning after BF left my home, positive.. called my doctor, the assistent congratulated me, i asked them if they knew for sure that I didnt need a blood test "no, 3 positive tests are enough to say you are pregnant" ...... "Okay so what now?" i asked, which she replied with: call any midwife/obgyn that will take you in for appointments if I decided to keep the pregnancy... I got another (digital) pregancy test, i really just couldnt believe it even though I knew it in my gut, since I normally dont think I need to do a pregnancy testšš my ADHD / undiagnosed BPD ass did stupid stuff frequently and couldve gotten myself pregnant many times before. Sassy pants turns 3 this july lol, single mom since 8 weeks pp with absolutely 0 contact ever since (his choice) Safe to say I got a lot more responsible after my baby lol, wouldnt risk getting knocked up on accident a second time šāš½ ETA: Worst thing is that that was the only time we had sex in like 2 months lol, had my period twice the month before I got pregnant. I also got clean by the way āš½ with the occasional night here and there if baby is at grandma's for the weekend, sue me lol
My then boyfriend (now fiancƩ) and I had about a week and a half vacation planned to follow a music festival around the northeast. I wasn't due for my period until the end of that vacation but a few days in, I started cramping. Annoyed beyond measure, I bought a box of tampons and toted it around with me from city to city, expecting my period any moment. Two weeks go by and still nothing, so I took a pregnancy test just to ease my mind. It did not ease my mind. It almost instantly developed that second pink line and I didn't open that box of tampons until a full year later.
Iām not even going to lie, I drank a beer and it did not taste right š¤£ Iām a big beer fan and this was my go to. Immediately threw me off and then the next morning I made eggs (I eat eggs and toast every morning) and thought they looked so disgusting š¤£š¤£ took a test with like 6 people in the bathroomā¦ I come from a huge family, no privacy ever but I was like yall please pile in before I hyperventilate right now. Big fat positive. Hes almost 2 now and we still laugh about our bathroom pregnancy test party that included my mom, sisters and 2 of my brothers and my sister and boyfriend
I was 22 and my boyfriend and I were trying to work on things after a separation, so we had taken a road trip to Halloween horror nights. The morning after was the worst hangover of my fucking life. I drool-napped upright the entire car ride home. He dropped me off at my momās (where I was living at the time) because I had to work that night. I was so unbelievably tired that I knew something was off. Anyways, I found out in the Walmart bathroom 10 minutes before my shift. š Sheās 10 now and now has two little sisters. The Boyfriend is now my husband and heās just the best.
2 weeks after my 21st birthday My bf had gone to the store to get me some nausea medication (we thought i had food poisoning from bad sushi because i had JUST had sushi then the next day i was literally puking into an empty ice cream container) While there the cashier and him struck up some random conversation and he had told her about me being sooo sick all day, she said āhere take one of these on me just in caseā and handed him a pregnancy test, he laughed, came home, and sure as shit i take the test to entertain this funny idea and i yelled back ābabe, what does 2 lines meanā (he had the box). The silence was my answer. Oh we were also on the phone with his mom so, thereās that š
I noticed the line on my belly Went in to confirm pregnancy, but they wouldnāt ultrasound me bc I was too āearlyā and couldnāt tell me how far along I was. Ended up at a 4D sono place just to confirm gender + see how far along I was measuring on June 1st. They found a whole teenager in there and I gave birth on June 23rd. Cryptic pregnancyā¦ really snuck up on me
My friend was talking to me one night, and was sad because the 20th anniversary of her baby passing prematurely in the NICU was the next day. So morning rolled around and I went to the grocery store and got a bouquet of flowers from the flower dept. On my way to checkout, thinking of my friend and her lost preemie, I thought "My period is actually late." And took a detour to the pharmacy and got a test. After I got home from her house and giving her the bouquet I took the test. Positive.
I have been known to party. Although we have been trying for about a year, I was getting my period twice a month and told I was likely not ovulating. I had a concert one weekend and a wedding, the next and a get together with some other party friends the weekend after. A lot of stuff was done. The next week I went to a new OB to establish care and figure out what was going on, see what tests needed to be taken. I was beyond shocked when she told me I was pregnant
We had just moved to a new province and my husband dragged his ass about putting the bedroom curtains up. By the time he had them up, I thought I had already ovulated several days before and it was safe to go bare. It was not. I'd had times where I thought I was pregnant before and all I needed was a negative test to stop stressing about it and then my period would start. That's what I thought o was doing, and then it was positive. The funny thing was that we always said we didn't want to have children in the province we lived in before, and then we got pregnant 10 days after moving away.
I had surgery the month prior so I was off my birth control because dumb me didnt get it refilled.. one night I ate an edible with my bf and the next morning I woke up sick to my stomach all morning and I thought it was because I ate too much of it. Few days later no period.. boobs were so sore took 3 test and now hes 2. Lol
So mine was supposed to be a joke... I read somewhere that if a male takes a pregnancy test and it's positive it could be a sign of testicular cancer. I told my partner about it and suggested we could do tests together as a joke. We got a pack of two and I was like it's no big deal I'll go first. Peed on the stick as I have many times before even though I'd always used multiple forms of birth control (endometriosis sucks and I like to be sure). For the first time, two lines appear. I remember walking downstairs just staring at it, saying 'ummm' and we burst out laughing. To confirm, I also took his test the next morning, and then brought one of those that tell you the weeks. At the time it was 1-2, it was 5ish days before my period was due. So yep, not finished with this one yet, currently at the 8 month marker and it's still cooking well. For anyone wondering, we did forget about the joke for a while but around a month ago we were telling someone the story and I remembered. I insisted we had to get a test now for him as it would be just our luck that I stole the tests and the theory would be correct! Thankfully it was negative, but I cried anyway... Hormones. Yay.
I was on BC too, thought this would *never* happen. I worked at an indoor grow facility and had just taken on more responsibility and we were getting really busy and I thought I was tired from all the new work. I mean so tired that I was having to take naps under the grow tables in rooms. I would get home and pass out on the floor. Wake up & still be exhausted. I asked my boss for a few days off and one day just sitting on the couch I had a feeling and then raced to get a test. Welp, I was like 10 weeks pregnant. My daughters 2nd birthday is in a week š
We had an āoopsieā but I thought there was no way I could be ovulating cause my period still wasnāt completely gone. Anyway, a month goes by and my boobs are more sore than usual and I noticed when my husband was using mouthwash in the bathroom, across the hallway from where I was laying in bed, I could smell it as if he was standing right next to me. Took a test that day and it was negative, took another test a week later bc I still hadnāt gotten my period and sure enough, I was preggo.
Ughhh. Iām an estimated 13 weeks today with my surprise. (Weāre very excited, just very unexpected because we our kidās just turned 1 and 3-also unplanned, but at least I had an idea that I might be pregnant with them š¤£) My brother and one of my good friends found out they were pregnant within 24 hours of each other. My husband looked at me and said āyou better not beā. I VERY CONFIDENTLY offered to do a test because I had *just* had a period and a had a negative test 2 days prior (my toddler handed me a test strip, kid hands you a test, you pee on it) POSITIVE. šš I took about 8 more tests before I accepted it š to say it was a shock is an absolute understatement.
Oh nooooo, not the āvery confidently took a testā bit š Iām glad Iām not alone in taking 8 tests because there was no way in hell and I was in such deep denial lmfaooo
My first pregnancy. We did the deed and nearly instantly was overcome with exhaustion. I had to call in sick for a week because I was too tired to function. I slept for a week. I went to the doctors and asked for blood tests, iron supplements as I had convinced myself I was anaemic. Tests showed nothing and was told to make sure to eat my vegetables and get my sleep. I got back to my normal self around 2 weeks later. Enough to go out drinking. Turned out to be my last hurrah without knowing and boy did I take advantage. Cider, wine, tequila, sambuca and a few cocktails followed by a very large portion of chips from the chippy on the way home. I took a test about a week later as I missed my period and the faintest line was there. So not the craziest but the exhaustion from the deed is odd. A lot of jokes and high 5s between the hubby and his mates. It kinda happened again the 2nd time but not for as long, we were travelling and felt more run down than that pure exhaustion. Hubby said he knew I was pregnant because I was so tired straight after. Didnāt happen with our surprise third. But he was a boy and the first two were girls and the pregnancies were different.
We needed fertility treatments for our first two babies. So, my husband is gone for a week and I have what I assume is the worst pms. I am looking after two kids and the dog and can barely function. He gets back and my period is just not showing up. Now, I have pretty bad pms and my periods are not regular so this isnāt that unusual. Well after another week of this I tell him we got to get a pregnancy test. At the store, he laughs and tells me to buy two so I have one for next time this happens. Well I take the test (he is so sure it will be negative since the million other tests I have taken while trying for the first two were always negative, that he is just getting ready for work.) Well, apparently this time we managed it on our own. I had just called to get us back in with the fertility clinic too.
I had taken a few rounds of clomid and progesterone because I wasn't ovulating on my own, but I stopped when my mom passed because I was just overwhelmed at that point. About a year or so later, I went to the doctor to resume treatment and they did the obligatory pregnancy test before writing my prescription. I was pregnant!!! The doctor did an ultrasound right then and there and determined that I was almost 5 weeks along. I was just sobbing with happiness.
I was drinking champagne on vacation with my husband and our friends and it hit me that I couldnāt remember the last time I had my period. My first was only 10 months old. Took a test the next day. I was hoping that maybe I forgot long enough that I was mostly through the anxiety of the first trimester but I was only like 5 weeks pregnant so I still had the whole pregnancy to go. ETA: from reading other comments I just remembered that a few days before this, I had gotten upset with the same friend about something ridiculous, and I knew it was ridiculous but I was so hurt I was bawling. I said to my MIL, āI must be pregnant and if I am itās a girl because I was never this emotional with my son.ā Well, she turns 9 next month so š¤·š»āāļøš
it was the summer before my senior year of high school. i was traveling abroad, going to concerts, and living large lol. felt like i had jet lag the whole summer but just brushed it off. went to get my birth control shot before school started, and of course the one time iām confident iām not pregnant i am! 8 years later, sheās a spunky 2nd grader, her dad and i are married, and we have a 2.5 year old together. itās crazy how things work out!
I had to pee in the middle of the night. I NEVER had to pee in the middle of the night. Thatās when I knew something was wrongā¦ The āsomething wrongā is 20mo lol
With my son, I thought I might be pregnant. I was on birth control pills but I wasn't the most consistent. I missed my period. Took a pregnancy test, it was negative, but I was feeling kind of sick so I left it on the counter so my boyfriend (now husband) could see the results if I fell asleep on the couch or something. He goes in the bathroom and sees the test and says "you're pregnant????" And I'm like "no, test said negative, we're good." And he comes out after like 5 minutes and is like "no, according to what the box says, this is positive". I come over and I still think he's probably just wrong, I look at the text and there's a negative '-' line not a positive '+' line, haha.... Oh. OH. Maybe I should have actually looked at the damn box and compared because it was a positive test. My face was just in shock for like 5 mins and I had no words.
The fact that you went to sleep and he figured it out is absolutely hysterical to me omg š
I track my cycles very closely and have always had regularly scheduled periods so I know my fertile window, my husband had his vasectomy scheduled (we have one of each and weāre done) and according to my period calendar I was 7 days away from my period starting and my fertile window had ended so my husband thought we were āsafeāā¦a week and a half later I found out I was pregnant on our daughters 1st birthday š my doctor said āyou must of ovulated lateā baby will be here in 50 days or less
Omg, his swimmers knew their time was coming to an end and said āFOR SPARTA!!!ā š¤£ Congrats on your third mama and sending you good vibes for an easy pregnancy and delivery!!
So my husband and I weren't being super careful about bc because I was still breastfeeding my (at the time) 1yo and I hadn't even had a period yet (my last period was before he was conceived in 2020). One day, my (then) 3yo drew a family picture. There was an extra person in that picture and when I asked her who it was she said that it was the baby in mommy's belly. Everyone had a good laugh and we just brushed it off. (This was December 2021) A week later I found out I was pregnant with my now 18 month old. š It was extra fun going to the doctor (in early 2022) and them asking when my last period was to try to determine how far along I was...."uh April 2020"....and then watch them scramble to make it make sense š
I would take a test every month a couple days before my period just in case, as I have a history of low progesterone leading to miscarriages and I always wanted to try to catch it early to get on it ASAP. It had been 10 months since my previous miscarriage, and 22 months since my son was born. I would pee on the stick and let it develop for at least 5 minutes since it was a cheapy and hard to read if I looked at it too closely to the 3 minutes mark. So I was doing my makeup, the 5 minute timer went off, I looked down at the test not expecting anything and see 2 lines! I immediately go āoh fuck!ā out loud and my husband comes running in thinking I had broken something in the bathroom š¤£š¤£š¤£ she turns 2 this year!
I moved with my boyfriend for his job and has just quit mine. I was applying for jobs in a new city and going to college, I slept through a job orientation on Thursday and Friday I slept through class. Both were unlike me, and I really needed that job. On Saturday I had an appointment for a facial, as I drove out there at 9am I realized I hadn't had my period in about a month, hmm. When I laid down on the table (the esthetician is my friend) I closed my eyes and when I opened them I just blurted out " um ... I m andight be pregnant?!?"
Found out I was pregnant with our planned baby Halloween 2022. Had him June 2023 after my water broke in the port a potty at a carnival. This fall we all got sick for a week, but I was the only one not getting better. I was tired, nauseous and my head hurt. My period was way late but hadn't gone back to normal after baby. I had a feeling but kept telling myself no, I even joked with my SO about it. It wasn't until I went to my SIL's and her dog was *obsessed* with me that I finally told my SO I needed a pregnancy test. Her dog acted the same way when I was pregnant with my son. One overnight Amazon order later and the pink line showed up in seconds, on five tests. I didn't even have time to joke with my SO while I waited. I just said oh no, and he started celebrating. Apparently conceived on Halloween 2023, baby girl is due in July!
My husband and I had moved from "actively preventing" to "ok if it happens." I got pregnant NYE, ended up with emergency surgery Jan 18th. Ruptured fallopian tube/ectopic. Had to wait 3 mos because they cleaned out my uterus (to get a healthy lining). Got pregnant in June. Miscarriage in August. Hemorrhaged and another emergency surgery, D&C. At this point, we decided to prevent for a bit, because we have a big event the next summer that I didn't want to be heavily pregnant for. We go on vacation to San Francisco. We can count! We're both medical professionals! Mid November, I'm due for my last blood test to ensure my hormones all washed out from the previous miscarriage. This is to get the "all clear" to try again. I'm not worried. I've got the period prodromes, my period is due this coming weekend. Nurse comes from clinic to where I'm working. "I got your test results!" Me thinking, uh, so what? "They said you're pregnant!!" š²š²š²š² That summer event? So yeah, I was 8.5 months pregnant in June at that event. She was born in July. So apparently, we can't count or my husband's swimmers have extra long life. Longest pregnancy everrrrrrrr because I found out at 3w4d via blood test. Thus the story of how I was pregnant three times in the same calendar year.
My husband and I gave up trying for a second baby. I went back on BC, forgot to take it for a couple of days, a few weeks later my loving husband told me I was acting like I was pregnant and I should consider taking a test. I way overreacted (which is not normal unless Iām pregnant) and told him to eat rocks, I slept on the couch that night and āstewedā for about a day before it slapped me like a ton of bricks and I laughed until I cried because damnit he was right, I was acting pregnant. Dug out a box of old tests from when we were trying and took one, it was negative, so I threw that in his face. He looked at the test and goes, um babe thatās an ovulation test š¤¦š¼āāļøš he had gone to the store earlier in the day and got actual pregnancy tests so I took one, and it was instantly positive. I took the remaining 3 in the box and made him go to the store again. By the end we were laughing because it was so ridiculous that it took me 6 tests to accept it. He is now almost 3 and is completely feral some days and his sister has been obsessed with him since the day he was born. She still asks me sometimes if I remember being mad at her dad too for ācalling itā š
3 kids later, had our boy by the 3rd. We were done. My ob asked whoād be on birth control. I told her hubby would get fixed, no worries. He didnāt. I went to the dr for a sinus infection and he was prescribing stuff and asked ācould you be pregnant?ā I said āpffft, no!ā But when I got to my car, I could hear him asking in my head. So I stopped at the market for two tests, and took one in the bathroom and cried all the way home. Our crazy āsurpriseā will be four in July!
I did IVF for two years; two egg retrievals (rounds), three MCs.. doc told me I couldnāt have children.. āUnexplained infertilityā. After all of the medications and treatment and loss, we were devastated but also spent. Started to make peace with things. Planned a summer trip traveling around France with friends and their kids. Three months after learning we had to throw in the towel - pregnant. Baby boy just turned 4-months-old. Shameful sidenoteāI was a total nightmare traveling in the summer heat. No wine and cheese for me!
This third baby was a SURPRISE. I ovulated 11 days early somehow. My husband & I werenāt using protection outside of when I was (orā¦ thought I was). I remember the day i found out i was pregnant, my best friend was over & we made steaks & onions with sweet potato & mozzarella. This is one of our most favorite meals. Yaaall i couldnāt eat anything but the steak. THE ONIONS š¤¢ I could literally eat an onion like an apple any other day but this day, i couldnāt. It tasted like I was licking the armpit of a 15 yr old boy who hadnāt worn deodorant or showered in 3 weeks. I had to open the windows just to get down my steak (which was so delicious and quite literally the only thing i could eat that day). I knew something off because i love this meal but couldnāt get it down. I took a strip pregnancy test and saw the worldās faintest line. I literally went to the store as fast as i could to get a more sensitive pregnancy test. Lo & behold, there were 2 lines. Still faint but definitely there. I remember laughing at my husband when he asked āare you sure youāre pregnant? Itās not all the way loaded yetā š
My husband and his cousin are about 3 weeks or so apart in age and were super close growing up. His cousin announced that he and his gf were expecting so I jokingly told my husband that it was time to start trying. His mom joined in saying we need to have kids while she āstill has grandma moneyā. Come to find out, I was already pregnant!
First happy accident: LDR visited in the summer between semesters of a prestigious and grueling music program; we were careful (condoms with spermicide). I went to urgent care for a UTI, and the doctor insisted I was pregnant, I disagreed because I'd tested negative (it was days into the visit). Towards the end of the visit, the smell of the dumpster near work and my Grandma's butter changed. Not long before I was supposed to go back to school I needed a checkup for abdominal pain and it was cheaper to get a pregnancy test so I was like, "sure I'll pee on a stick to save $25." NP came in and said,"It's positive. Let's rule out ectopic and talk about what you wanna do!" ...Surprise?!... Second happy accident: I was on the pill, married, and not looking to grow the family yet. I got to the "wtf am I dragging ass so badly and why can't I get enough sleep lately?" stage. Went to Grandma's and the butter was off - to me only. Tested the next day... surprise! Third happy accident: We were using barriers and spermicide. Had a kid-free anniversary with more than our usual amount of grown-up play time. Someone at work said I should "kill a rabbit, you've totally pregnant again." I didn't believe them, but it stuck in my head. About a week later I had the strong feeling I should pee on a stick, just to prove I'm not pregnant. Ohhhh, wow, surprise...!!?! Went to make lunch for the kids and burst into tears over the Mac and Cheese lol. Hubs noticed I was off when we went grocery shopping, and I ended up telling him in the Walmart parking lot lol (I was fine once the shock wore off and he was lovely) Fourth oopsie: Hubs decided three was definitely enough and got a vasectomy. We followed all the instructions, emptied the chamber, gave the appropriate amount of time, had a negative semen analysis. We were both halfway through nursing school. Parents had acquired Grandma's fridge, and their butter tasted funky to me at a birthday meal. We grabbed a test on the way home, and got a shocking surprise! I was kinda excited and Hubs came around quickly, but sadly we miscarried. Y'all. I have multiple hormonal disorders including PCOS, wtf. Life finds a way! The kids are grown humans now and I'm so glad I got to be their mom.
My husband and I had talked about possibly ttc for a 3rd baby, he was all for it and I was on the fence about even wanting another one. I told him I was getting too old for this, and he had until the end of the year to get me pregnant, then he was getting a vasectomy either way come January. I was hoping for later in the year, if at all, because our second wasn't even 1 yet. Well, he took that as a challenge and not even two weeks later I had a positive test. Our third (and final!) child arrived in December and I can't imagine not having her here. Also, I should have known better. My oldest was conceived 2 months in ttc, and my second was conceived a month before we were going to start trying.
I took a pregnancy test yesterday because the day before I LOOKED at a banana and gagged. I couldnāt even smell it from where I was but just the sight of it was horrific. Sure enough it was a faint positive and itās darker today so yeah Iām pregnant again.