Your S.O’s reaction to the news...
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Topic: Your S.O’s reaction to the news...
Posted By: lemongirl
Subject: Your S.O’s reaction to the news...
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 10:27am
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My partner's recation was:
'I TOLD YOU I HAD SUPER SPERM' followed by 'I should text my best mate, at least he got six months of trying before his wife fell pregnant.' This response was a little surprising as the pregnancy was unplanned (I was expecting a swear word or possibly a 'are you sure?') |
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Posted By: Lizze
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 11:14am
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hehe
My DP was the one who suggested we start ttc, when i told him, he said 'Really? oh my god' and started jumping around the car with a huge grin on his face ------------- 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 11:40am
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My DH responded with
"really ? thats great babe ....btw , I can't believe you told me this over text " then when he got home it was "I cant believe you told the girls in the 2ww thread before me "  ------------- 
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Posted By: littlestar
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 11:46am
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Poor DH was still in bed when I shoved the test in front of him harping on about two lines - maybe in hindsight shoving a stick I'd peed on in front of a man just waking up wasn't the most romantic of ways of telling him this time round. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 1:00pm
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Mine too!! -------------  
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caitlynsmygirl wrote:Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 1:35pm
DH just said "cool" (via text....he knew I was testing). Different story when I told him it was twins...."you're shi*ting me" 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 2:16pm
Mine was crook in bed and half asleep. He just said, "I knew you were." He didn't seem properly excited till I had a scan at 11 weeks and he saw the baby waving at him  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 2:47pm
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Well I lined up the 6 positive tests in a row on the bathroom sink and showed him. he was like "cool, thought you were this time around" gave me a hug and a kiss and wandered off. He's only recently started getting excited, especially since baby kicked him last night. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 3:18pm
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When we found out I was pregnant the first word he said was F$#k! (and he NEVER swears) we both cried for a week!
Then once we had started to get excited we found out it was twins he literally didn't speak to anyone for an hour! -------------  
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 3:20pm
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We had been trying for a year with Spencer and his first words were " I told you I wasn't sterile" haha. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 3:49pm
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I can't remember what he said. I know he was a bit stunned though lol. He works night so came home told me he was going to hang out in the lounge, I told him and he came into the room and turned the lounge lights and tv etc off. When I said I thought he was going to hang out the front his response was well I can't do that now can I. He was happy though, as I had made fun of him before I tested saying that if we didn't fall pregnant this time he must be sterile ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 5:00pm
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I had two extremes.
Sam's dad said "I am going to move as far away from you as possible and never ever ever see you again, I don't want anything to do with this and I never want kids" and was generally really angry/upset about it until somebody told him to grow up and be a man. This ones dad said "OMG OMG OMG OMG I AM SO EXCITED, I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED CHILDREN, THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE" and was generally the happiest man in the entire world and hasn't stopped smiling since.
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Posted By: Gardengirl
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 5:16pm
| A bit like Littlestar - DH was barely awake and still in bed when he got a test strip waved in front of his face and me harping on about a second line - and about the faintest line you could imagine. Poor boy. He then spent the next couple of days telling me not to get my hopes up too much as he thought a faint line wasn't really a line. |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 5:18pm
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I had the 2 extremes too Renee
With Caitlyn's dad he freaked out and nearly crashed the car , and started harping on about terminations Tyler's dad was relaxed about it (we'd been trying) and bought a bottle of wine on the way home to celebrate, then decided I couldnt have any (since I was pregnant) so er, drank it himself ( and it was my favourite kind! ) -------------
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 6:57pm
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Lol Kelly at the wine!!
First time I called him at work and he was pretty shocked but when I picked him up had a huge grin on his face and gave me a big hug (this one wasn't planned) Second time (we tried for this one after miscarrying the previous) He was going I can see a line!!! Lol, first test was extremely faint and we were both just saying to each other, is there a line, there is a line there aye! When we worked it out he had a huge smile on his face again and laughed at me for having tears in my eyes, then told me I'd better get on here and let everyone know lol. ------------- 
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Posted By: Roses are Red
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 7:38pm
That was one of the first thing my DH said too haha. I sent him a pix of the test and he said he knew before he saw the test as I never send him pics lol. ------------- 
 Angel March 2011
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 8:07pm
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The first time we had decided not to try anymore and move back to the UK. I told him I thought I might be pg and he said well if you are I guess its a sign we should stay here. A few days later I took the test and he was in the garden and ran out there like a mad woman grining and giggling and waving the test around and he looked at me we a half smile and said "no london then?".
The next time he told me I wasnt allowed to test until 15DPO so at 11 DPO I told him I was positive I was pg again and if my temp was still up tomorrow morning I was going to test. The next morning my temp was still up so I took the test and then got back into bed and snuggled up and whispered in his ear "morning daddy"... he just said really? cool! and went back to sleep!!! He was pretty stoked when he woke up properly though LOL. -------------   
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 9:36pm
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I cant remember what DH said the first time but with this bubs, we were both looking at the POAS at the time and when the line appeared DH said "A line is a line baby, were having a sproglet"! With a sign of relief we could stop having scheduled sex lol ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 9:46pm
| We cried for about a week too, Lisa85 - DH's response was "well, I guess I'd better get a REAL job then" (self-employed, he freaked out a little). |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 9:26am
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i called DH at work, we'd been trying for 9 months and all he said was "cool" he was actually super stoked but he isnt much of a talker or get very emotional. i had a friend ask if i was pg though cos apparently DH was walking round work with a massive grin on his face all day he couldnt wipe off. lol ------------- 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 9:29am
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With the first one my DH said something along the lines of 'Holy Sh*t' - even though we'd been trying for 6 months. It took him about a minute to realise the significance of the 2 lines though.
With the second, DH had just got up to Rowan at 5am and was holding her when I emerged from the loo and asked him if he wanted to 'do it all again?' I'm not sure to this day if he grimaced or smiled (it was planned)-------------  
 
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Posted By: Holstarr
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 11:26am
We had been trying for a while, and I bought a first reponse test from the supermarket this time. It was quite a faint second line that came up and I told him straight away... "I think I'm pregnant!" he said... well don't keep you hopes up, (because we had many "I thinks..." in the past and he knew how disappointed I would be if we weren't again. Then early bleeding led to more doubts, and the first scan didn't even show an embryo. So the real joy set in when we heard the heartbeat for the first time, and we both had tears in our eyes! He's going to be a great dad! 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 4:25pm
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My friend's has an amusing story behind telling her DP .
She told him she thought she was pg , took a test and sure enough , it was, but since she was still getting spotting , she thought she better go to the dr to make sure . Wellll, yep , she was definetly pregnant , and the dr estimated her to be around 31 weeks ! . SO she had to go for a scan , where she was told , yep , 31 weeks, with a baby girl . She (in shock ) text her DP saying "definetly pregnant . 7 months . Its a girl " she heard nothing back from him , then 10 mins later ,his boss called and said "hi , can you come pick your boyfriend up ? he got a text and fainted "  -------------
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 6:26pm
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Bwahahahaha, he fainted? OMG, that is the best story ever lol
Mine was pretty standard, like many TTCers, had a very early morning POAS. 2 very very faint lines so burst into the bedroom, turned on the lights, waking DH up, so he could confirm with his sleepy sleepy eyes lol. He held it under a lamp at all angles and distances then just said (in a gruff, manly voice) "well done lady." The same way a man would say to another man "good on ya mate". Then he asked if he could please go back to sleep now. -------------   
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 8:27pm
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Hahaha, fainting. I'm pretty sure he said something like ok then, then perhaps something like See, i knew my sperm were good! I had been testing for a couple days cos I was late and finally got a positive. ------------- 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 30 July 2009 at 10:57pm
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Both times DH has just got this cute wee grin on his face like he was so proud of himself.
I do remember him telling a mate this time around how he must have super sperm because every time I've ovulated he's got me pregnant straight away 
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Posted By: AzzaNZ
Date Posted: 31 July 2009 at 11:39am
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After confirming with bloods I met DH at a nice restaurant and had them deliver the test stick in a nicely packaged box on a platter.
He started crying (we'd been TTC for 2 years and had given up) He still has the stick. Which I think is weird cause I peed on it but my fault for delivering it to him in a restaurant I guess. |
Posted By: girly_girl
Date Posted: 01 August 2009 at 7:25pm
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DH was asleep when I poas, but when I woke him he was like 'cool, now we just need a blood test aye?' and then promptly rolled over and went back to sleep.
A couple of hours later he was so excited - he wanted to ring the world. Then he calmed down a little and said 'so what happened to all my practise?' ------------- 
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Posted By: Parki
Date Posted: 01 August 2009 at 7:35pm
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Nuaawww AzzaNZ, that is such a sweet story!
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 01 August 2009 at 7:48pm
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Aww Azza I love your story... and Kelly, I'm surprised your friend didn't faint finding out at 31 weeks!!!!!!!! -------------
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