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how did you all tell you dh / dp you were pregnant

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hopefull2424 · 06/10/2014 14:32

Hi all
Just wondering how you all broke the news to your partners?
When the time comes for us I want to do something special but struggling to think of something xx

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Serephim · 06/10/2014 14:39

Nothing really special here but I showed DH the test and said "oh pants" lol. We weren't trying for another, in fact my current 'baby' is nine!

Leviticus · 06/10/2014 14:40

I said 'I'm pregnant'.

fanjobiscuits · 06/10/2014 14:41

We both found out at the same time

eurochick · 06/10/2014 14:43

I said "it's positive; here we go again". I'd miscarried a few months earlier and couldn't get excited about a BFP.

Fevertree · 06/10/2014 14:45

he knew I was taking the test, so he went to check it for me while I hid under the covers..

BitchPeas · 06/10/2014 14:48

We looked at it together. Best way IMO.

butternut22 · 06/10/2014 14:49

He watched me do the test (no boundaries)

AnotherStitchInTime · 06/10/2014 14:54

With dc3 I did a test after DH told me that my tummy was getting bigger (still had periods). I did the test and phoned him at work saying "you know you said my tummy is getting bigger...". He finished the sentence.

With the first two we were trying so he waited outside the toilet while I did the test, but my period was already quite late.

JuniDD · 06/10/2014 14:58

I said "so...I took a pregnancy test this evening...and it was positive".

Had been TTC a while so taking a test was no big deal. I asked if he'd like me to do another one for him and he said no, we'll wait for the morning for the 'good wee'.

wawabear · 06/10/2014 15:08

He knew I was doing the test and we both thought it would be negative.

I checked and double checked the result and then went to show him. He had the look of a rabbit in the headlights but we were both really happy.

magicalmrmistofelees · 06/10/2014 15:18

We were living abroad and had been trying for a year. Told him to meet me at the park by his work where I often walked the dog. We sat down on a bench and I showed him the test. We both sat on the bench and cried!

ohthegoats · 06/10/2014 15:33

I said 'There's something more interesting to talk about... I'm pregnant' - he'd been talking about removal costs for 20 minutes since he'd been in from work. His response was 'What? Really? Wow.... let's go to bed right NOW'.

Weirdo. It had been vaguely planned.

Gudgyx · 06/10/2014 16:11

I only picked up a test to rule out being pregnant cos I was feeling so sh*tty. OH asked if I'd picked one up while I was at tesco, I said yes I'll do it while the bath is running. He said ok I'll order dinner in (phoned a chinese).

So I pee'd in a bowl, dipped the stick in and sat it on bathroom window ledge. Didnt even have time to leave it, it went to positive right away. I shouted 'HOLY FCKIN SHT COME AND SEE THIS!!' He was like 'what? what? what?' think he forgot I was doing it tbh!

He just kept laughing after that. I went back to tesco and bought another 5 tests, all BFP. He still kept laughing.

A week later we went for a private reassurance scan (I hadnt been getting periods for a while, I thought because I'd only stopped getting the jag 6 months months before, so werent sure how far along etc) turns out I was 12 weeks!!

Oh and he did still eat the chinese btw.

cheshirem2b · 06/10/2014 16:24

We had only been TTC for a couple of months. Had friends around the night before for a meal. Friend told me she was 6 weeks pg and we all (apart from her) drank lots of wine and ate lots of food.
Next morning I thought... oh I'm late... did a first response test - BFP! DH was in the shower. He got out of the shower and I was sat on the bed. I said "you know how X&X are expecting their second? Well I'm going to be on leave around the same time by the looks of it" - showed him the test and he replied "so what's that then"!!! Men!

Only1scoop · 06/10/2014 16:26

Burst into terrified tears and the rest just came out....

Thurlow · 06/10/2014 16:29

I was late (not TTCing). I said I'd get a test because that would make my period start, as if it was a bus or something. Peed on stick, left it on the bathroom windowsill to stew - that's how convinced I was that it would be negative. DP was nagging to check it so I let him go in first. Followed him into the bathroom.

He picked up the test and went: "Oh..."

I don't think that's what you had in mind though?!

tomanyanimals · 06/10/2014 16:38

Told him to ring me said I'm pregnant and got oh shit well that's unexpected ( I had the coil) now he's excited and looking forward to it due in december

tuffgingernut · 06/10/2014 19:19

With this pregnancy, dc3, I showed dh the positive test. His exact words were "what does that mean then?" thought he'd have figured it out by the time we got to no.3. Spoilt my moment.

Turquoisetamborine · 06/10/2014 19:26

First time, I took a test randomly to get rid of it as I was sick of it hanging round and had no inkling it would be positive. When it was, I screamed the house down so he came up to see what was wrong!

Second time, I took the test when he was in the shower and when he came back in the bedroom I said Sorry, it's negative. Never mind eh?
Then he looked so sad I put him out of his misery and said that I was lying!

Two best days of my life.

anythingbutinsomnia · 06/10/2014 19:39

With DC2 I came wandering out of bedroom giggling vaguely hysterically as he came up the stairs, then I waved test stick under his nose ... it took a while for it to sink in as it was very unplanned & I hadn't told him I had bought a test

DoYouWannaBuildaSnowman · 06/10/2014 20:00

We'd been ttc for 9 months - I didn't tell him I was going to test as we'd been disappointed before.

Did the test first thing - I had a day off but he was at work, so I had a LOT of time to kill (didn't want to tell him on the phone.)

Decorated a box with the dates we got together, got engaged, got married, and that day's date, and put the digital test inside - I wasn't sure he'd get it from a cheapy one but "pregnant 2-3" is hard to misread!

m33r · 06/10/2014 20:25

I had a big elaborate plan then I was testing early morning one day - 4 days before AF - with no real hope as send been trying for 20 months. He came downstairs while I was squinting at stick (unheard of for him to be up so early) the. I saw a very faint line. Was so excited : hopeful that my plans went out the window I just said 'is that a line? Can you see anything?' We then had to wait til next day to be sure.

Really wish he hadn't got up and I could've planned something!

TinyMonkey · 06/10/2014 20:48

First time, I did the test about 6am and then crept back to bed in shock and told him.

Second time, only realised I was late when I looked at my calendar at work. Bought a test at lunch time, did it at work, texted him a pic of the test. He didn't reply for ages because he was in a meeting.

Halfpastthelegofmyshirt · 06/10/2014 22:39

I got my 14 month old to hand the test to DH but being a toddler, he didn't want to give it up! A slightly undignified tussle ensued.

worserevived · 06/10/2014 23:41

First time I sent him a text. All very awkward. We weren't living together as I was divorcing him, and had in fact just got the decree nisi through. I was as you can imagine quite far along as we'd been separated a while, but had put the symptoms down to stress. He was thrilled, me less so. I did cancel the divorce though, and things did work out.

Second time, I handed him the test and said 'how much more stress can you take?'. He was mid some really big ticket deals at work, and had also just decided to resign and do his own thing. He looked a bit horrified and said 'what's this', apparently thinking 'why the hell has she handed me a shoe horn?'. I had to explain it.

I don't recommend either course of action. In fact if you model yourself on the exact opposite of me you can't go far wrong.

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