Husband/Partner Reactions :)
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Topic: Husband/Partner Reactions :)
Posted By: KiwiAtHeart
Subject: Husband/Partner Reactions :)
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 10:18am
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Hi all,
For all those ladies have had/ are having babies, how did your DP's/DH's react when you told them you were pregnant? Was watching a show called a baby story and this one father had a very funny reaction which just made me think. Both times i told DP he was just speechless with smiles. -------------  
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 10:21am
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Hehe. When pregnant with #1 DP went into shock. Although it was to be expected the relaity of being pregnant scared him lol. He went out to his man cave(garage) for an hour
With this baby he was pretty happy. Still went into shock a bit but got over it alot quicker. I think for him there is a difference in just trying for a baby and then actually knowing you are going to have one is a bit scary. But it is scary so i dont blame him lol  -------------  
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:03am
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I recall mine almost cried with joy the first time .. then almost cried with fear the next time (obviously our first wasnt the most pleasant baby) ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Bee2010
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:08am
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DH was very happy and cried but was also scared as we had a M/C before and couldn't really relax til DS was born.
Can I ask what reaction he had??? -------------   Angel Babe in our  - 07/08
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Posted By: KiwiAtHeart
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:31am
Haha  First time I did the HPT right before bed and I told him to which he said 'really!' dont think he slept very well (just shock we had been trying for about 13 months) and second time i woke him up in the morning and asked if he could see the line or was it just me? He held it to the light and said 'yeah, i see it' then went and made a coffee lol Not a man of many words lol but i know how excited he was both times -------------
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Posted By: k1wimum
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:31am
| with my first i did the home test early in the morning at about half past five as i was up getting ready for work i got a shock as he was unplanned so rung partner to tell him he was up early to as he is a dairy farmer and all he said was oh yep ok, we hung up i went to work and at smoko checked my messages to find 3 different versions of holy s**t was really funny once the penny dropped,with our youngest it was just awsome as he was planned. with this one neither of us could believe it we were using protection as im waiting to get my tubes tied we decided two was good for us so you can imagine the comedy act that folloewd the poor nurses at the dr office must have thought we were crazy as we just couldnt stop laughing from the shock |
Posted By: CrazyCass
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:48am
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DH was great - i greeted him at the window where he parks his ute with a grin asking him to come inside first (he normally lets the dogs out on his way inside). Once inside I asked him to check the bathroom (I'd left the test on the vanity) he knes straight away. All i got was a 'thats good aye!' lol hows that for an understatement.
Though he kept going into the bathroom to check during the evening, at one point he asked what 3 lines meant - twins? Lucky he was only teasing but twins run in my family so its not that funny (I'm quite small, just like our house) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:56am
| Hah, my ex was at work and i rang him telling him to get his butt down to my place - we'd had a raging party the night before where my flatmate had accidentally drunk the cigarette butt beer bottle and had been throwing up since - he thought the flatmate had died or was choking on vomit so came down with another member of staff who was st johns! I was outside holding a cigarette and flicking my lighter knowing i couldnt smoke it but really really wanting to and i thrust the stick at him, he had no idea what it was, i was too wound up to explain and the st johns guy had to interpret! messy and awkward! |
Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 12:18pm
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Hehe, my DP went very quiet and I'm quite glad I told him it was possible I was pregnant the first time while walking into town so he had something to concentrate on doing (very unexpected baby).
And for the 2nd he was cleaning the oven at the time and snapped at me cause I was getting in the way, plus we were both convinced it would take ages and he was hoping it would take longer. ETA: the second time round he wouldn't believe that the test at home was "good enough" so I had to go to the doctors that very day to double check, all they did was give me another test to pee on...... It looked EXACTLY the same as the one I just did at home lol. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Keleho
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 1:11pm
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My DH just said 'oh, well dont get your hopes up until you go to the doctor'...and then went on to be really casual about it all (meanwhile, after only one month of ttc, i was in shock - didnt think it would happen so quick)
Once I had been to my gp and confirmed he was really excited and later told me he was just trying to not get his own hopes up early on  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 1:13pm
haha yep about the same here!! ------------- |
lilfatty wrote:Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 1:14pm
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My poor guy found out through an email! lmfao...I did the test about 5 in the morning when getting ready for work....went in the room and woke him up...told him to go back to sleep...this happened a couple times...went in the bathroom and cried (scared what my mum would think)...went to work and sent an email. I think I'll be more personal next time lol. He was stoked though.....wanted a baby for ages. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 2:12pm
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He pushed me into testing given I was sent home from work for gagging and having to run away and vomit if someone was buying pet food or raw fish (i was a checkout operator)
But when I did the actual test his reaction was exactly one suitable to post on here  but the basis of it was "but your on the depo and we had sex like once cos of all the bleeding you had"
but once that wore off quickly and he got excited. he woke me up out of no-where the night it was confirmed by midwife to tell me baby was going to be called Lukah
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 2:27pm
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Scared, nervous, excitement... Very mixed reaction! Mainly because we were both just shy of turning 19 and he was scared his parents would kill him! But once we told family etc he was very excited! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 2:42pm
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#1 was more or less of an 'oh #$%^, what are we going to do now' (he wasnt ready for baby and at 19 I wasnt either, but due to personal beliefs there wasnt much else I could do!)
#2 DP thought he was 'the man' and sent his mum a text immediately after I rang him with the news (we'd been trying for some time, had 2 early mc's and had been told less than 2 months earlier that we'd need to go on the IVF waiting list) #3 and I quote "You're s#$%ting me!"  after only 8 months TTC neither of us expected to have concieved just yet given how long it took to get DD! He was thrilled and held off all of 3 days before telling everyone (so much for agreeing to wait til after scan! His family weren't too impressed as they were expecting me to return to work)------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: becky
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 3:40pm
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DF reaction for number one when I told him I think Im pregnant was "You better be"
The second time was "serious thats awesome" however the reaction was the funnniest when he found out we were having twins he went into shock and kept saying things like "so that means double presents at birthdays" and "that means double uniforms when they start school" He was so funny the night of the scan but the news has sunk in now!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 3:43pm
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With McKayla: He was sitting at the computer and I told him the test was positive and he said Oh and continued on with his things. Told him again and he said we will have to wait and see first. Tried to tell him it was different. And he said we should wait. (we had a few mc's before this.). He is the one that made an apointment with the Dr for us. But then two days later I start with bleeding and I got negative and he was the one that turned around and as positive and told me that I told him that this time is different. And it was.
With Andrew: I called him at work as McKayla told us that I am pregnant. I took a test to show her that I wasnt and I was shocked to see it was. Grant was laughing that I first of all took a test to prove to our girl that she is wrong and second of all that I had to apologize to our girl. Much happier the second time around. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 4:33pm
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Stunned mullet springs to mind with regards to Dh's reaction. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 4:48pm
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Our first was IVF, so much as you'd expect. Our second, it was actually me that was away with the fairies - he made me buy a test and do it (made me get a 3 pack too - what a waste of money ), I b*ggered around a half a day before doing it (obviously, I wasn't pregnant so no rush ) then I did it upside down and cheerfully announced he was wrong-burger, before realising that there were no lines at all (it was a pee in the cup one, and I stuck the stick in upside down ) ... so I b*ggered around for another day before doing another one that came up with 2 veeery clear lines. It took about another 2 weeks to sink in after that ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 7:18pm
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with our first, it was a bit of a shock, we had only started trying less than 2 weeks before I took test. I was so nervous I got my friend to look at test and tell us. I just sat there in shock and DH got up and went out and bought a 3 pack of tests and made me do another 2 before he was sure. Then he was so excited.
With our second pregnancy he was really happy and giggly. Unfortunately that one ended in m/c So with our third he was really blase, and didn't get excited until we were about 20 weeks. |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 8:45pm
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With Tyler my DH text me back saying "thats awesome babe,thanks for telling me over text tho,not "
With Amelia I again tested and didn't tell him first (first person was actually BabyKatnz from here lol ,we had coffee that day ) but I had promised him that next time I would tell him,so I had to pretend that I thought I was UTD but didn't know for certain. So I told him I thought I was and that I would do a test while he went to the supermarket,he got home and says "sooo have I knocked the b*tch up " in a lame gangster voice. Then he said "ha,im the man,f*ck im good " wasn't sure if his head would fit through the door. Oh and C's dad? he nearly crashed the car,telling him when he was driving,probbbbably not the best idea... ------------- 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 10:13pm
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ROFL Kelly thats hilarious about the driving hehehehe DH brings home a 3 pack of test and says you better take a test since your a week late... 2 mins later I come stomping in the bedroom burst into mad tears and scream this is all your fault while chucking positive test at him... poor guy is over the moon but to scared to get excited cos his wife is having a melt down...meh gotta love the mood swings with early pregnancy ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 11:08pm
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#1 I finished worked and my period has not arrrived was due that day..I was going to wait a couple of days but me being me (impatient lol) I drove to the supermarket to buy a pregnancy test..got home peed on it..line came up about 30 seconds later..thought no it cannot be (it had only been our firstr month ttc).
I then phoned my husband at work and told him I was alittle impatient and took a pregnancy test and it looks like it is positive..cant remember what he said but he soundded happy. #2 for some reason I had to test at 11pm at night (husband was already in bed) so drove to supermarket came back home peed on the stick and there was what I thought was a line but very very faint that you would almost thoughth you were imagaining it....went in and told my husband that I took the test and the line was veyr faint so would test again in a few days he was like ok .which I did ans sure enough a line this time much darker. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 12:10am
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Hrmmm.....the first time was with my ex-ex...there's a thread about it on here somewhere....it didn't go down so well (unplanned). It ended in m/c.
Second time was with the ex - I freaked cos we had only been together for 6 weeks when I found out. He was shocked as, but happy. Another m/c. Third time he was happy but worried, although it was unplanned - another m/c. Fourth time he wasn't even happy, because he was too worried, mainly about me, even though it was planned. Another m/c. FIFTH time.....I peed on the stick at 8am the day my AF was due and didn't arrive (I always got it first thing in the morning) and rung him and said "guess what" and he said "you're pregnant". We were very happy this time, as I was under specialist care so we knew we were doing all we could. Then approx 3 weeks later when we found out it was twins...."you're sh*tting me" were his exact words....followed by "you're having me on". Apparently he nearly fell out of his digger LOL |
Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 7:40am
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Hehe some interesting reactions in here
First time I was pregnant (m/c) I tested at 5am and it was positive, so went and woke DH up and said "I got a positive pregnancy test" and he jumped for joy and made me ring my mum (yes at 5am lol). 2nd time (DD), I was itching to test but knew DH would laugh at me for testing so early (10DPO) so waited till he'd gone to work, and got the shock of my life to have a positive so early!! I tried ringing his cell but he was driving and didn't answer, so I decided to wait till after work. But it accidentally came out in email during the day he was excited at first but then worried because of the previous m/c (as was I!)
This time, he wanted me to test (again 10dpo, but it was night time) because I had sore boobs lol but I didn't want to test yet. But he went out to get dinner and came back with a three pack of first response tests and said "do one now! Then if it's negative you can wait till later in the week" so I did one to shut him up and low and behold there were two lines, clear as anything and he was so excited he went and announced it to his workmates the next day, 5days before AF was due lol ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: _Deb_
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 9:22am
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With our first he had a big smile on his face when i showed him the test and he said "see i told you you would be" or something along those lines.
With our second he was drunk and i tested at like 1am. lol. So he half woke up but it didn't really register and he just went back to sleep. I showed him the test again later on that morning and he was really happy. Can't remember exactly what he said though. Both babies were planned. ------------- 
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Posted By: newmama
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 10:37am
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my husband was away on a sailing trip i texted him and said "hey babe hope your having fun make sure your not drunk when you get home love you " and he texted me back "your pregnant" i have no idea how he knew cause it was a super suprise we werent even trying - i cried all weekend cause i was so scared and scared off his reaction as we were supposed to be going overseas on our OE i picked him up from the marina he was so tired of 2 days of no sleep and he gace me the biggest cuddle and said he cant wait im going to be a great mum safe to say i just cried all that worry about his reaction for nothing - and now he is a little mother hen to our son ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: KiwiAtHeart
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 6:09pm
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Im going to surprise DF next time. Got a while to plan how i wanna do it. Its something you only get to do a few times in life and remember forever! -------------
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Posted By: Alice77
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 6:35pm
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hmmm funnily enough my partner actually told me I was pregnant.... (right after we had done 'it') not something you really want to hear at that time!!! We actually had a bet.... turns out he won!! :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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