How did you tell DH/DP
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Topic: How did you tell DH/DP
Posted By: JD
Subject: How did you tell DH/DP
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 3:12pm
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Just as a way to get my mind off the waiting, I thought I might try and think of a different way to let DH know when we get the BFP.
Did anyone do something different? Or can you think of any fun ways to let your DH know? Since my first one was unplanned and I was young, it was a bit of a scary time, but this time, it will be planned and very exciting so I thought a fun way to let him know would be cool! Any ideas? |
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Posted By: katie1
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:15pm
| A friend of mine wrapped up the positive pregnancy test and gave it to him. |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:27pm
mine was unimaginative...i ran downstairs and went OMG there is a line, is there a line...there is a line eh???
Id go with a wrapping idea or maybe find a card (or make one) that says congrats or i will see you soon etc??? or I love you....Daddy??? I did get DH a photo frame for fathers day last year that said "I Love my Daddy" and put sticker on it TBC ready for him....maybe something like that??? |
Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:32pm
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I was shocking! DH was still asleep so I woke him up by hitting on the head with the test! He was like "ew, that's got your wees on it!" Can laugh about it now! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:32pm
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Put on a nice dinner at home with sparkling grapejuice and wait for him to ask why
btw... I didn't do that. I'm far, far too impatient so DH knew I suspected even before I tested! -------------  |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:35pm
| I walked out of the loo and handed it to him... Kept asking him if there was a definite second line! |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:37pm
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[QUOTE=sparkle] He was like "ew, that's got your wees on it!" QUOTE]
yeah thats the only problem with preggy tests - you have pee'ed on them....LMAO!!! not the most hygenic of things are they...altho having said that i have kept mine...OMG!!! 
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Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:40pm
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I know, I've kept mine too!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:44pm
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mine was all very boring as well, I tested at home alone one night and saw what I thought was a second line, rung hubby to ask when he would be home and he demanded to know why so I told him. I tested early so waited till I was due to go to doctor and get it confirmed, and once confirmed again I was boring, just called him up to say yes we are. ------------- "> 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:47pm
I was really nervous and waited until the weekend to test. Then got dh to come with me so we could look it together  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:52pm
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Both of mine suck a bit!
First time it wasn't planned so he was nervously waiting outside the loo and he knew when I came out and burst into tears. Second time was planned but I tested while he was at work and I told him on msn, lol! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:52pm
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Lol, my wee tests were negative, so I had a blood test done and texted DH when I rang the doctor to have it confirmed.
A friend told her mum in a cool way - they iced a plate with the words along the lines of you are going to be a nana or something like that. Or you could get a t shirt off funky bumps and see how long it takes him to click that it says 'hapu' or one of the others. -------------  
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:53pm
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I hand DH the test after I had pee'd on it to see the BFP. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 4:59pm
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I did think maybe I would send him a card or something like that, but make sure I am there when he opens it . Maybe cook a meal with all baby food as in baby carots, baby potatoes, baby tomatoes!
I will keep thinking... The photoframe idea is a thought to! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 6:34pm
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The first one he was with me as we got it done for free somewhere (so can't remember). The second time after me looking at the calendar and trying to work out dates he started to think. My luck would be I brought a bottle of wine at the shopping and then after working out I was very late I went into town and got a test. After I stuffed up the first (left it too long) and then did the second and it was a BFP I rang him at work. We did the grapejuice thing with his parents they were very happy. With my parents we were at a big family party and so we told them straight away just as my mum was getting me a glass of wine. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 6:55pm
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Hehehe lots of neat ideas. I got tested at the GPs when I was there for something completly different, so DH wasnt waiting for news when I got home. I did go straight from the GPs to the lab to get blood tests, so rang DH to tell him I was running late, but didnt tell him why. When I got home, I was very cool and calm about it all, just casually asking "what are you doing next Weds afternoon?" - he gave me a long winded answer about the things he had on, and appointments that he had etc and when he was finished and asked "why"....I replied by saying " Well, if you arent busy I wondered if you would like to come to my first antenatal appointment?"...he was floored! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 8:52pm
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First time, I thought I had diabetes, not that I was pregnant, and he came home from work at lunchtime to find me in bed (I had bleeding)and he just said, your pregnant, aren't you, and I burst into tears. Second time, I knew I was before I even skipped a period. I tested the day I was due and got a faint BFP, tested againt he next day, drove doewn to his work and told him, but he wouldn't beleive me until I had been to Dr or midwife to confirm... Guess he beleives me now..
2000 Posts, by the way!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 8:52pm
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oh, bugger, only 1900. Man, I have bad nappy brain today! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 9:12pm
| I barged in on DH in the shower frantically waving the test saying OMFG OMFG OMFG ITS POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 9:14pm
LOL Annie
I first "read" that you were going to heat up actual baby food (ie baby food jars) for dinner.. that would be kinda funny but be aware that a lot of them taste disgusting! so just stick with the desserts (apple, fruit salad).... but now that I've read your post properly.... lol ------------- |
JD wrote:Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 9:55pm
| OMG there are a few baby brainers in here today arent there....I am so laughing at some of the mistakes we are making in this thread....LOL Busy mum, Jocobs mum etc.... |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 10:40pm
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You just keep on laughing Bombshell, keep on laughing... (cause guess who's gonna be like this in 7 weeks' time? nyeh heh heh...) ------------- |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:10am
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Mine could guess before I could. We were in Florence eating Pizza and I can normally only manage a couple of slices before I am full and here I was, big smile on my face munching my way through my entire pizza and eyeing up his. he was struggling at halfway. he looked at me and saif "you are pregnant" I said 'no i'm not, I'm drinking wine, I cant be". A couple of days later we stopped at a French chemist and with lots of sign language managed to buy a preg test. We then stopped at an autogrill (restaurant on the motorway) and I went to the loo. He paced outside. I came out saying "I think I did it wrong, it's all purple" Then we looked again and there were 2 little lines. We both sat in the car going "Woah, woah, woah" for about 30 mins. Then I cried and he laughed at me.
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:33am
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I walked outside to where DH was working under the bonnet of my car, and just stuck the test under his nose ...my mouth was hanging open and I couldn't say a word. He looked at it, looked at me, then stood straight up up in shock and whacked his head on the bonnet! Then we both just sat on the step and stared at the double line ... and then just about ran down to the chemist to get more tests!!
(Unfotunately it was the first of 3 chemical pregnancies for those of you who are wondering where the hell the ginger got a BFP from!) ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:50am
| All I did was shove the test under his nose as soon as he got home. I shoved it so close to his face that he didn't know what it was at first! lol |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 06 March 2007 at 10:12am
I wanted to do something big and special like maybe buying a little piece of baby clothing and giving it to him over dinner but after 15 months of trying i got too impatient! lol and shoved the test in his face to which he said " get that out of my damb face man!!!!! you Pissed on it!!!!" lol then i said "shut up and have a look" and he said "yeah and?...I dunno what those things are meant to mean!!" so that did kinda take away a bit of the excitment! lol. With my first son it was a big supprise so when i found out i drove like a maniac over to my sisters where DH was visiting and told him quietly then he cuddled me and would not speak about it until i was well over 5 months!! (he obviously took a bit of getting use to it!!).
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 06 March 2007 at 11:54am
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With Kiya, my boyfriend was in Auckland while I was living in Picton. I rung him up and said "Happy birthday! Sit down..." (yes, it was actually his birthday)
With Josiah, Nat was waiting outside the bathroom for me! Didn't get a chance to say more than "it's positive" With Xavier, I did a test while Nat was at school (he's a science teacher), then I took the positive test to his class (when I knew he had a free period) and showed him! Next time, I'm thinking about taking a picture of the positive test and PXTing him with "Guess what!" ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 06 March 2007 at 3:22pm
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Ha ha Becca, that sounds like a great idea.
Ginger, you really had me going then, I was thinking WHAT HAVE I MISSED??? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 07 March 2007 at 9:21am
Oh ...no! SOrry Jacobsmama 
You're all good! Don't worry!! It was 2 years ago! 
------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |