Share The Moment You Knew- Contest
This Week’s PAM initiative is Nurture. How do you Nurture yourself? A different type of Facebook contest this week, sponsored by e.p.t:
Before and during pregnancy, we must nourish and care for our bodies to create a healthy and safe haven for our baby(ies). As mothers, we are always on call, but it is important that we continue to care for ourselves so that we can best care for others.
This week, we are doing something a little different. We are asking you to share your unique stories in exchange for a donation that will help Nurture and assist women who are unable to financially care for their families. Moms and Moms-To-Be are encouraged to share their story of “The Moment They Knew” they were pregnant. Where were you? Who did you tell first? How did you tell your partner? Did you save your pregnancy test?
For every story submitted, e.p.t.® will donate $1 to Room to Grow, an organization that is dedicated to enriching the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their critical first three years of development. Comment and share your story, and help us Nurture other families this week. Our goal is to raise $1,000. Your comment counts.
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With my current pregnancy I really had no clue I was pregnant until the day I took the test. I had just started my first semester of collage about a month before and I was so caught up in everything that I didn’t even realize I was late. Then one morning I woke up and it hit me, I just knew. I sent my husband to the dollar store to get a pregnancy test and what do ya know I I’M PREGNANT(with my second)! I told my husband first then my mother both were very excited! My husband instantly looked at our little girl and said “Your going to be our little big sister!” AT first I was in shock and then at the flip of a coin I was devastated thinking that I was taking something(attention mostly) away from our little girl who is almost two. but after a few days reality hit me and I got excited and realized what a gift I was giving my little girl!
I knew almost the moment I was pregnant when my brother called the week after Thanksgiving to tell me that his girlfriend (now wife) was pregnant. I joked and told him “uh-oh, I’d better be careful or we might end up with another repeat of last time” (my newphew, his first and only until this pregnancy and my daughter, my first and only until this pregnancy are only 20 days apart). After the call I got to thinking about when my last period was and I couldn’t remember But I knew it was before Halloween. I bought a Home test which came up with an invalid result and then proceeded to go to a clinic to get tested. Low and behold, when tested I was just about 6 weeks pregnant. Somehow, deep down, I knew that I was pregnant when my brother called to let me know about theirs.
Well lets see I will use my 4th pregnancy because this one is so fresh in my mind. I found out a few days before my missed period at home actually using an ept test. I just knew I was pg and was praying very hard I was. I wanted to have another baby for about 2yrs but hubby kept on saying not now. But I knew God had other plans and that november would be my month for a positive pregnancy text and sure enough it was. If you rewind back about a week I was in the grocery store and they had the 3 pck ept on sale buy one get one free so that is how I knew that I was goingt o get my positive that month. I usually just buy the dollar store ones. The family is very excited and this baby, a girl evens it out. I will have 2 boys and 2 girls. I can not wait to meet this little one in a few months. I am so glad ept is doing this to help moms not as fortunate as myself and others. God Bless.
I had a feeling that I had finally gotten pregnant but I didn’t tell my husband. I got home early on Friday and took the test in secret. I didn’t want to get his hopes up until I knew for sure. I took the test and it was positive. Right then I kinda wished I had waited so we could look together. I wrapped the test up as a gift and after a hard day at work, my husband finally came in and I handed him his gift. We just hugged each other. He then went and bought another test! He made me take 3 before he finally took it in that we were going to have a baby!
I found out a day after my period was late by taking a test. It was a surprise that was very emotional to handle at first. I am 34 about to be 35 and always hoped I would get the chance to be a mom, but had kind of given up on that dream until this sweet surprise. I have grown to love surprises even more now and can’t wait to meet the most amazing one of my life when he arrives in Oct:)
I had NO clue! But I was really early on…
I had gone into the OB for my yearly exam, all the while telling her how we’d been trying for 2 years and how I think it was time to go back on birthcontrol to regulate my periods again. All was said and done, when my Doctor knocked on the door. “You’re test wasn’t negative, but it wasn’t 100% positive…” There was a very very faint line. I went in for blood tests and said a little prayer on the way home “little baby, if you stick around, I’ll be the best mommy you’ll ever have”. I got the call about 4-5 days later that I was only 3.5 weeks along!
I seriously tested at home once a week until my ultrasound around 6 weeks (and even a few times after that!) to make sure I was still pregnant!
I knew right away.. the first week my whole body had changed so I took a test before my missed period and it was positive. It was the best day ever!
We were in Alaska visiting family and had been married for all of 3 months at the time. My wife felt strongly that something was different with her body. So she took the EPT test and confirmed she was indeed preganant. As a result, we were able to share the great, unexpected, news in real time with friends and family.
I knew I was pregnant when my best friend from high school, who I had hardly spoken too since I was 21 (now 35), showed up on my front porch, despite my 3 address changes in the past 14 years, saying, “I just had this feeling you were pregnant so I wanted to be here for you”. I was only about 3 days pregnant at the time.
I knew I was pregnant the day after I tried to conceive. We were doing an insemination at home and this was our first try. We thought that we had messed it up after the fact and then my temp didn’t spike as expected the next morning anyway so we really didn’t think it had worked. We were scheduled to try again the day after. I was at work not even thinking about it at all when a strange feeling came over me. I felt euphoric. My arms were tingly and my skin was extra sensitive. I felt a little “high” and just ecstatic all over. At first I thought something was wrong with me and I tried to shake it off and think what I might have eaten to make me feel this way and then I realized OMG I just conceived this very moment! I tried to enjoy the rest of the sensations but it didn’t last very long. I called my wife to tell her the good new and that though it seemed crazy, that I was sure I felt the conception. We canceled the second insemination and when I took the pregnancy test 2 weeks later…Pregnant!
We had been trying with continued negative results. So in July 5 days before my period was supposed to start I took the test. At first I thought it said negative but then I looked again and saw the faintest line! I couldn’t believe it, yelled at my husband to come look and see to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing. Then next day I could tell a difference in my body! Amazing!
I was in a hotel in Aspen walking to my room after breakfast. I smelled an odd smell and I gagged. I knew I was pregnant when a smell made me gag!
I knew i was pregnant .. i just knew i took two tests a day and each day they got darker and darker, on the fourth day it came in clear… PREGNANT- i was so happy i cryed.my fiance was shocked :]
When I got pregnant this time around, I had no idea. I felt off, and decided to test. I figured it would be negative. We’d tried for over a year with no luck. I have health issues and a bad ovary. We decided that our two are enough. I was beyond shocked when the test read “pregnant” and took 4 more tests. I woke my husband by waving my sticks in his face, just in shock. It wasn’t planned, but it’s still an amazing miracle. It’s been a bumpy road due to my health, but I am enjoying every moment.
With my first child…we were trying and trying and finally ended up using a fertility treatment. I had so many false tests that I gave up really thinking I may be pregnant. I took the test and just went about calling a friend and chatting for awhile. I went back to look at the test expecting a big fat – and was surprised to see a +!! I was so thrilled! I told my husband by showing him the test. He was half asleep in our bedroom and asked, “Who? You?” Uh…no, just wondered if it was his… LOL
With my second child, I again didn’t really have a clue. We decided to start trying again after we found out I had polycystic ovaries, expecting the same tedious wait. I had a migraine with nausea for a few days and a friend of mine asked me if I could be pregnant. We hadn’t used any fertility drugs at all, so I didn’t think it was possible. I took the test and within seconds it was positive! I grabbed our daughter and asked her if she was ready to be a big sister! We were all so thrilled!
We are currently pregnant with our 5th child. I am almost 3 months along. I didn’t Ind out until I was 2 months along! I was so weepy and thought it was due to stress and I couldn’t eat or sleep. Again I thought it was stress. But after two months of it I finally broke down and bought a test. About a minute later I was freaking out in My bathroom. My husband works over the road so it took eight hours until I could tell him the news. It was the longest eight ours of my lfe! LOL. We are on another journey again and what a wild rude its going to be. In our house there is already a gender war between my two eldest children. So we are all excited! LOL.
I was on the patch and wasn’t feeling so well, my period was a day late so I bought a 2 pack of tests and took one and it was negative, I was relieved bc my husband and I are a young married couple and already had 2 kids. A few days later I still hadn’t gotten my period and I started to have some pregnancy symptoms, so I took the other test and it was positive! I was feeling every emotion all at once and knew I was going to have the baby but didn’t know how my husband was going to react so I waited til I got to work and called him and I guess he already had a feeling and he pretty much knew before I told him. Needless to say, my son is now 5 months old and we couldn’t imagine life without him!
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I haven’t been feeling well for a week or so and was really tired. I didn’t think I was pregant because it had been 8yrs since my last baby and I had went to a fertilty doc and took treatments and still nothing. So i decided to be on the safe side and take a test. When noone was home I took the test and it came out postive! I still didn’t belive it so I went to the doc’s to have another one done before I told anyone. My son is almost 4yrs old and was the biggest surprise in my life. lol
The moment I first knew was when I felt butterflies in my tummy. I just knew. I tested with an EPT and confirmed my feelings. We told my mother and sister first. It has been a pleasant adventure since then!
I knew I was probably pregnant when I fainted–completely blacked out–on the downtown 5 train in NYC. I was taken to the hospital via ambulance from Union Square. They did take a pregnancy test; however, it was too soon. But I knew it was a good possibility. Turns out, we had just conceived two days before that.
I had a feeling that whole first month! And then I skipped my period and I was pretty sure but the pregnancy test didn’t work! After I missed my second period, we were pretty certain. At first, we were shocked but have gotten more and more excited as time has gone by! It’ll be our very first.
The first time it was “The best hamburger I have ever eaten in my entire life.”
The second time it was “The best meatloaf I have ever eaten in my entire life.”
I’m not a ground beef fan. : )
My husband and I were on the east coast visiting his family. During our stay I just felt strange. I really didn’t think about being pregnant, I just figured it was from traveling. Finally while there I said to my husband, I could be pregnant. We were both pretty freaked and decided to wait until we got home, I was only several days t a week late. When we landed we got in the car and went straight to a drug store. When we got home I just remmember the pregnancy test did not need even 30 seconds to show a clear positive. We were shocked but happy. I’m glad he was with me from suspicion to validation.
I was eating a bowl of goat milk yogurt with bananas, honey and almond butter. Yes, I know weird combo. I had already taken 8 tests that were all negative. I thought this one would be too. I walked away with bowl in hand and forgot about the test. Minutes later I looked at the test and it was positive. I burst into laughter and then tears of joy. Later when my husband came home I handed him the test.
It was the end of April and I had all the symptoms for my period but no period… I am never late so I went to my calendar and couldn’t find an entry for April. I knew it right then. I thought maybe my cycle was changing or that I must’ve forgot to write it down. My husband was off that Friday so we went to Target to get a pregnancy test so I went to the bathroom and the test came out positive. When I told him yes he hugged me right in the store…
I remember it like it was yesterday. I had gone off the pill to try on concieve. My periods always came on a wednesday. The second moth off the pill, it didnt come so the next day I took two tests which both came back positive. It just didnt feel real. Th very next day I was at the docter. After I took the doctors test the nurse came in and started filling out a paper “so Im pregnant?” I asked her and she replied “Yup! Congradulations!” That was when it sank in. My daughter is now 16 months old and that little girl is my entire world! <3
My husband and I had been trying to conceive for 3 months. I missed my period and thought…could it be? I checked it 3x at home with pregnancy tests and sure enough, 3x positive!!! Then I went into the doctor who confirmed it with a blood test. Our baby girl will be turning 6 years old next month!!! =)
I was working for Walmart at the time and I felt really sick and thought I had contracted an infection in my bladder. There was some pain, and my worst fear was bladder cancer as I have one aunt who has dealt with just that. My husband came to pick me up and took me to the hospital. I was throwing up, my throat feeling raw and just felt really awful. I was told I couldn’t get pregnant without the use of fertility drugs because of my PCOS, though we still wanted to try conventional methods, like dieting and exercising. When they took my blood, I told them it was a waste of time that I couldn’t be pregnant, but I knew they had to check anyway.
“Well, I have some good news for you. You don’t have an infection.”
I was relieved beyond anything. That made feel better. “So what’s the bad news?”
“There is no bad news. Congratulations. You’re pregnant.”
We both looked at the doctor like he was crazy. There was no way possible. They took us to radiology and I saw the little blimp on the screen. I couldn’t believe it! We were pregnant! After nearly three years of actively trying and almost giving up hope! We were finally pregnant!
As soon as I was discharged, I called my grandmother. John and I talked about who would know first and since we live more than 2,000 miles from my family ha said to call her first. She was thrilled and so excited! We told everyone I had a bladder infection until we could get everyone else together. His dad and step mom were next and were very excited. We took his mom and brother out to breakfast.
“Alex (John’s brother) told me you had to go to the hospital.”
“Yah, about that. They ran some tests on me,” John said as Alex looked at him weird knowing I was the one that was admitted. “They ran some tests and told me I was going to die.”
She busted out laughing, knowing he was always a jokester. She started to take a bite of food and wash it down.
“But seriously, I’m six weeks pregnant.”
I thought they were going to have to come tell her to be quiet. First grandbaby and all.
We figured we were pregnant when I got home from work and asked my husband if he was eating chips and he said yeah, six hours ago.
We knew we were pregnant after we did the test.
We still have the picture of us, holding up the result!
We wanted a baby so badly and I had been having some problems with my period, so my doctor suggested that we try using ovulation tests. After hundreds of dollars worth of tests he finally gave me some clomid. I continued taking the ovulation tests so we could be sure to conceive. I decided to switch tests that month to save some money and never really got a clear read that I was ovulating. We just decided that we would try everyday since my cycle was a little funky (sounds fun, but it was exhausting). A few weeks later I was sick with “the flu” and had horrible heart burn (I never got heartburn before). So I decided that I would take a pregnancy test. As soon as the test turned up positive I started sobbing and called my husband into the bathroom. All he said was “I told you.” I actally took a picture of the test and emailed it to my mom. We were so happy!
It was the first day of June. I had an overwhleming desire to dress up in my cutiest dress. I walked around the yard barefoot and sat down in the freshly cut grass. A kitten came out from under the shed and I knew I had a life growing inside me. I began to cry as I watched that little kitten play. I knew my daughter would be here soon.
DH figured out i was pregnant with our daughter (2nd child) when I asked for pickles and pistachio icecream (the only really weird craving I’ve ever had).
This time with our 3rd, we had a feeling, but weren’t sure until we took a test and saw the positive. The funny thing about it was that I took the test and told dh just before he went to work, and he was so out of it the entire day because he also found out that he was getting a promotion and basically starting a whole new department at work that day. He ended up leaving work early because he couldn’t focus on anything from all the excitement lol
So often we think that we have to do something big to nurture ourselves. I frequently hear things like get a massage or go to the spa. However, you can nurture yourself daily with just a little time. I do something I can “take 10″. Every day, I take ten minutes to either read, meditate or just lay down. I literally put a timer on. Giving myself 10 minutes to recharge is surprisingly effective and something I really look forward to!
I was trying to get prego. I looked up online and tracked my cycles and waited until my ovulation. and after I waited until the first day of my nxt period and took a test and it was positive. I was 3 weeks prego
I woke up and sat straight up in bed at 4am stating outloud, “I’m late!” It woke up my husband who looked at me in a confused state as I ran to look at the calendar. “I’m 14 days late Ron! We need to get a pregnancy test.” I am as regular as a clock, and the fact that I had not noticed my tardiness in cycle was actually, I learned later, part of the memory/mind impact of being pregnant. And I was so tired lately, thought I had mono, and hungry, wow. Had gotten into some arguments with my spouse about mealtimes. So we waited until 6am to run to the store to buy a test. I was on the telephone with my BFF in Chicago the entire time at the store, and in the car (pre-no cell phone laws) and was just astonished in the bathroom when I saw that positive result. I ran down the hall and told him, “We’re pregnant!” He was washing dishes at the sink, and was so astonished. Just like that, we were a family, in a different way. I felt strong and the recipient of a miracle. I will never forget that moment.
This is my 3rd pregnancy and I woke up one morning around 4 a.m. and decided to take a test, it was negative. Well I went to the grocery store with my 1 year old and as we were walking by the pregnancy tests I started feeling lightheaded and nauseous, so I decided to go ahead a pick up a pack of EPT digital pregnancy tests. When I got home I took the test, and thought for sure it was going to be negative again, I mean I had just taken one earlier that morning, well to my supriise when I looked down at the test it read PREGNANT!! I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I took another one, and YEP I WAS in deed pregnant.
I look forward to being able to share stories such as these one day!!
Anna and Alisa, Thanks for birthing and nurturing this important movement. The strides you make toward educating people about the importance of healthy living during pregnancy will undoubtedly change the lives of many in the next generation.
We tried to get pregnant on our own for a long time with no luck so eventually we tried IVF. After the first cycle, we knew we had about a 50/50 chance that it worked. My official blood test at the clinic was scheduled for Monday, but I knew that I could find out sooner on a home test, so I couldn’t wait. The Thursday before the test, I decided to take my first test.
I knew that there was a chance at that point it would read negative even if I was pregnant because it was a little early, but still, I knew there was a chance it could be positive already and I just couldn’t wait to find out. My hands were shaking when I took that first test. I left the room because I didn’t want to stare at that blank space waiting for a line to appear. After a few minutes, I came back and saw the faintest of lines. I woke my husband up to show him. The line was faint, but it was definitely there. My husband wasn’t sure that a line so faint was a positive result but I assured him it was.
We were both so happy, but it was hard to feel pure joy at that moment because we were both scared. Happy because this was everything we wanted for so long, scared because it felt too good to be true, that it was so early, that something could still go wrong and it could be ripped away from us. The pregnancy has been a process of accepting that this IS finally happening, and there is reason to be joyful! I am 28 weeks pregnant now and I feel my little girl kicking me all day long, and it is the most wonderful thing I have ever felt. I can’t wait to meet her.
We already had two children, who were four and six. We were over the hump: No more diapers, no more car seats. We had invested in very effective birth control. We were all packed and ready to go down to the beach for the day. And I was late. My husband went to the store so I could get a negative test and stop worrying and we could get on with our day. Those two pluses changed our lives. And I am so thankful that they did.
As a man, I can’t answer this question. But, I remember with complete clarity the moment my mother knew she was pregnant with my little brother. I was 6 and I was watching tv with her. She looked over at me and said, “I think you are going to have a brother.” I asked her how she knew and she said “I don’t know how I know, but I’m pretty sure you are going to be someone’s big brother.” It was like she just realized right at that moment and needed to tell someone.
I had just come off of the pill, we were planning to start TTC in March/April/May 2010, but we both got too excited (we were waiting for my Green Card to get approved and it happened a LOT quicker than we were expecting) and started trying after my first period off of the pill in September…
I had a grumbly tummy for a few days and had spoken to my mum about it, she reckoned I had a bug, I considered it could be a pregnancy symptom, but started thinking something had just irritated my digestive system and made it a bit more sensitive than normal…
We bought a pack of tests and I did one at 8dpo – could I see a line?…Probably not! Damn line eye!
A few days later I was on my laptop in bed, talking to some friends on a pregnancy website; it was 3am and I started needing to pee – but I was trying to hold it so I could pee on a stick when I got up in the morning! A few minutes later I just decided I wouldn’t be able to sleep without peeing (or I’d wet myself!!) so I got up. I went to the bathroom and pulled out the packet of tests…I still had a few left…if I used one, then I’d still have some! I couldn’t help but feel it was a waste… I’d convinced myself that my grumbly tummy was definitely just an aggravated digestive system and I had no other symptoms that were as strong as I would’ve expected if I really was pregnant…Screw it! I pulled the test out of the wrapper and proceeded to pee on it.
I snapped the lid back on the wee’d on end and watched the liquid seep up the test….there was the faint first line that I’d seen so many times before…annnnnnnnnd that lovely blank space next to it that told me I wasn’t pregnant – damn—-wait a second…Is that a line or just my eyes seeing things, it is 3am!….OMG, that’s a line!…Isn’t it? I’m sure it is…
The faintest line ever came up…I didn’t believe it was a positive until it started to get darker as more dye stuck to it – there was definitely a line there! I needed confirmation from someone who wasn’t a crazy-seeing-a-line-on-every-test person though!
I rushed into the bedroom, half filled with excitement, but parts of me shocked and perhaps a little scared. I’d left the light in the bathroom on, so it was fairly dark in our room, but there was enough light to see. I got over to my husband and said his name until he finally woke up; I waved the test at him and asked him if there was a second line there. He peered at it for a moment and said yes! MY husband, without his glasses on, could see this second line in a half lit room! It wasn’t even half lit!!! It had to be true! Cripes! I couldn’t believe it; our first month of trying and we’d managed to get pregnant! I’d actually pee’d on a test that came up POSITIVE. Wow. I really was in shock…excited, but…wow!
I still wonder… Did that dish fall out of my hand that I was washing when my wife said “uh, honey”
it’s a deep & layered cake… the emotions that go into the moment…the knowing, the feeling, the entire process, welcoming the spirit… all of it is happening & i am so in tune with it and then the test shows positive and i am forever stunned. it’s always a comedy to my husband… i always wonder – should we try it again? and then i have to remind myself that it’s rarely wrong on the positive. it’s a state of awe tatooed on your soul.. and then that awe grows, stretches, widens to capacities like no other… physically and in every other way. pregnancy is an art form… it’s perfect in it’s every piece, it’s process week by week prepares you for your birth as a mama…. abstract, mysterious, all knowing & wise. the entire process of birthing into a mama is the teacher… if you are lucky to get quiet & be in the intimacy.. there is nothing like it.
With the first child we took the test 2 days into the pregnancy. Somehow I just knew. I called my doctor and said “I think I’m pregnant” when asked the reason I said “I took a pregnancy test and it said I was” and they said “Well then you are.” I was shocked that they didn’t want to confirm my findings and I was thrilled that I really was pregnant. The next pregnancy was only a year later. It was a complete surprise and I was 5 months along before I knew. I was too busy chasing around a 1 yr old to notice any of the signs, and the ones I did notice I thought I could explain. The severe fatigue was blamed on the 1yr old I already had. I’d just stopped nursing so my weight gain must be that. And my cycle had been out of whack since the arrival of the first child. When I was complaining about being run down to my neighbor (who is a mother and general practitioner) she suggested what probably seemed obvious, that I might be pregnant. We were numb when it was confirmed.
I found out I was pregnant with our first son on my 28th birthday. What a present! I found out I was pregnant with our second son right after the new year 2 years later.
After 6 years of negative pregnancy tests I had no reason to believe that I was actually pregnant. Ryan and I had stopped “trying” and were ready to begin the adoption process. But the spirit of this baby that I had been talking to, welcoming into our lives, finally decided to join us.
I knew I was pregnant long before I took that test but as I took it, for the first time in 6 years, I sat and watched it process, knowing it would be positive. My hands shook, I cried and I thanked God. And in about a week she will join us! What an amazing journey it has already been!
i knew right away even before my missed period. the changes in my body and just an aura as if the spirit of my child had taken hold in me. and she does have such a strogn spirit. i took a test to confirm what had already taken hold in my heart
I started to think I was pregnant when I was extremely sick non stop for weeks. I took my then 13 month old son to the grocery to buy an EPT test and at the check out the cashier looked at me as just stared as if to say “really, you’re pregnant AGAIN”! 2 under 2 was a challenge, but the joy of my life!
I took a test on a whim thinking “that one time couldn’t have done it” considering my last took over a year to conceive. Well… I was pregnant! At the time of the test I had a barely 11 month old and another on the way! It really can happen that one time even if it took forever for the 1st!
i had just started trying so was completely shocked when i found out – i had always gotten my period like clockwork, so the morning i woke up and was late, i took a pregnancy test, and lo and behold – i then took two more tests because i couldn’t believe it! that was two summers ago – our little girl is 14 months now, and i saved the three tests – still have them!
I had no idea whether or not I was pregnant but after going through my 2nd attempt at IVF (and 7 long years of trying) I couldn’t wait any longer to find out. My blood test was the following morning so I bought a hpt and it came up positive before I could even pull my pants up lol! I showed my husband and while we were very happy, we were skeptical. Was it a false positive? Turns out, I was pregnant with twins! Best thing that’s ever happened to us!
My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for a few months. We were going through a tense time because I was acting so emotional all the time, etc. I thought maybe it was because I had conceived, but I didn’t tell him. I took a home pregnancy test which turned out positive. He was at the computer and I went over to him and said “You know, maybe there’s a reason I’ve been acting so weird lately.” I showed him the positive test. He said “Are you kidding me” then stood up and hugged me tight, crying! He was so happy
I actually went to planned parenthood for the “morning after pill”. They asked me to take a pregnancy test before they could give me a prescription & that’s when I found out. At first I was angry at myself for being so irresponsible in the 1st place. Then I was scared and didn’t know what to do. My boyfriend and I thought about our options and then, ultimately, chose to stay together and have what would become our beautiful son. Our lives were forever changed in the most positive ways. It was the right decision for us and I couldn’t imagine life w/o our now almost 5 year old child.
I have four kids, and with all 4 of them (and 2 miscarriages) I actually got carsick at 3 weeks!! This was before any urine type prego test can pick it up. I use to drive all over the USA with my family every summer and not once did I ever get car sick (my brother did-often. Yum). So I knew something was “off” and the next week I missed my period. With my first I took a total of 6 tests before I got confirmation! 4 were home tests that had very faint lines that got slightly darker each time. 2 were in clinic offices-and the 1st clinic told me it was negative. I asked to see the test and pointed out the faint line and they said it was false!! The second clinic was the 6th test and they confirmed it. Finally, I wasn’t crazy!! LOL
Their Dad was with me each time, so he was the first to know. With the last 2 kids it was on Father’s Day we found out-2 years in a row! The first year I said “Happy Father’s Day!” and he jumped up and down excited. The second year I said “Happy Father’s Day. AGAIN.” and he groaned into his pillow about 2 college educations, more years of diapers, more years of formula feedings, etc.
He accepted it and become excited shortly after. (Lesson learned-wake Dad up fully next time.) They are my 4 blessings.
Deep down i knew i was pregnant before i took the test, but i needed confirmation, i bought 4 different types of tests, and took them all and lined them up, one by one they came back positive. i was right!
You know sometimes when not only your mind and body are telling you that a change is taking place but little signs all around you point to it as well? That’s how it was right before I found out I was pregnant. I pretty much knew when it happend so I found out fairly early on…about four weeks along. I was about 5 months into my Senior year of college as well as 5 months past my 21st Birthday. I didn’t really imagine that I could be pregnant, but for some reason the thought laid in my subconcious. Every time a pregnancy test commercial came on the televison it caught my eye and a weird feeling took over my body causing a knot to form in my stomach. It kind of became a joke between me and my friends that I could possibly be pregnant and every time we talked about it I felt very strange. Finally when I was about five days late, which is very rare for me to be even one day late, I broke down and bought a test. I really wasn’t very nervous at all because I kept telling myself it would be negative and then I would go on about my normal life….little did I know how much my life was going to change. When the test revealed positive results I immediately sank to the bathroom floor crying…my first reaction…I was not ready for this. I was alone in my apartment that I shared with three of my college roommates. I needed someone to talk to, so the first person I called was my older sister, she was the first person I told. Now initially you would think I would tell my husband, fiance, or boyfriend first, however I didn’t have one, only a very good friend who I was in a non-exclusive relationship with while I was in college, he lived in my hometown about an hour and half away from where I was going to school. I did NOT want to tell him over the phone but felt I should tell someone close to me who would understand….I NEEDED someone to talk to, so I called my sister. She managed to calm me down a little and told me everyhing would be ok. My roommates finally came home to find me sobbing, so I shared my story with them and they ran out and bought me a second test to make sure it was accurate…low and behold another positive result. The next day I made an appointment with our campus infermary to at least confirm it with a trained medical staff, again…my third result positive…I think it was safe to say that I was going to be a mommy. I made plans to go home that following weekend to inform my family and most importantly the father of the baby growing inside of me. Everything went better than I thought it would, I guess they couldn’t really do anything but accept what was going to happen. I graduated college at about 5 months into my pregnancy.
Now my son is 4 1/2 years old I could not be happier and I couldn’t imagine life without him. He is truly a blessing from God and the best gift I could have ever received! I did not save the pregnancy test, however I have saved in my mind this story as if it happened yesterday and will always take with me how quickly tears of being scared and upset can change to tears of joy and of how amazingly a mothers intuition begins the moment she becomes pregnant! I wouldn’t trade the whole experience for anything else this world has to offer!!
With my first, I had missed my period, that was the only tell tell sign!!
We didn’t plan on having anymore but surprise. With baby #2,(6yrs later) I was so sick for a week, thought it was a bug but, decided to take a test (just to ease my mind)!! It was positive!! I was SOOOO nervous about telling my husband cause we had agreed NO MORE KIDS!! I tried for days to find the time and the way to tell him!! Finally I sent him a text message while he was at work lol I couldn’t hold it in anymore!! After the initial SHOCK wore off he was excited!! We may not have planned it but we wouldn’t trade it if we could, he has been a blessing and we can’t imagine life without him!!
One month I was SURE I was pregnant and must have taken 10 pregnancy tests but nope! So the next month when I was late again I figured my body was just doing strange things…But after a week with one test lying around I figured I would try…and guess what, sure enough I was pregnant! 9 years later I can still remember that moment like it was yesterday….
We’d be trying for awhile – over a year – but this time something just felt different. Sure, my boobs were bigger and had gotten sore and I was on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster but this time there was something special about taking the test. There was a knowing, a good feeling. The positive reading was pure elation. Pregnancy was bliss (especially all the Rocky Road ice cream!) and now my 6 week old is a pure, glorious affirmation of life…
I had taken about ten home pregnancy tests that had all come out negative. I was already having morning sickness so I knew that I was either pregnant or something was really wrong. Even with all of the signs I still had the breath knocked out of me when the nurse said I was pregnant… it happened again 10 weeks later when they told me it was twins!!
I suspected a couple of days before I took a test when I noticed that I hadn’t had any of my usual pre-menstrual symptoms. I actually hadn’t thought a whole lot about it before then because after we had been trying for a few months, I was starting not to “try” so hard and just let the baby come to us. I had some spotting on the day that I normally had spotting, so I thought that maybe my intuition was wrong. But then when I spent the entire next day waiting for my period to start, I realized that something was up! After we took the test, I kept saying to my husband “Is that really a plus sign??!!!” We were overjoyed!
My husband and I started trying to concieve near the end of october. I was so anxious that I would take a pregnancy test about every 2 weeks. My mother in law said to give it some time and not to take a test for a while. I was coming near the time that I would be getting my period and I was feeling a bit let down. Afew days later my boobs were starting to hurt and I felt like I was either pregnant or going to get my period. The next day on Dec 22nd I was wrapping christmas presents and I leaned over and got instant heartburn. I told my husband and he said take a test I said I was scared I would jinx myself he looked at me and said “I think your pregnant your boobs look different I bet you are, you should take a test.” I laughed and told him I would when he got back from work. Shortly after he left I took the test and immediatly the line showed positive. I started to cry tears of joy! I wanted to tell my husband in a clever way. I had a baby doll that I was going to wrap for a christmas present for my friends daughter. I decided to take it out of the box and I put the test the dolls dress pocket. Then I wasnt sure how to present this doll so I decided to put it in the over like a “bun in the oven” (I know it was weird but I was too excited to think it all through) When my husband got home I ran and started hanging ornaments on the tree. I told him to check the oven to see if dinner was ready. He said “how will I know its done? What did you make?” I said just check it and he opened the oven and pulled out the doll and said “No…really, thats awesome…I knew it!” We laughed and hugged each other and then he told me I hope you dont put our kid in the oven
I told him that even though it was a bit odd we will always have a great story.
I’m not able to tell a true story of when I knew, but think it would be pretty cool to get a positive test as a present for Christmas, a birthday or Father’s Day.
i’m dancing to “please don’t stop the music” right now with my daughter. i’m so grateful to have a healthy beautiful dancin little girl. love to all mamas to be……
My husband knew before I did…
I had been complaining that none of my bras were fitting AND I was putting salt on everything…even on potato chips.
Then, he asked me if I was “late”, and I was, but I had attributed to stress. That evening, a year ago today, in fact, he brought home an ept test…and voula!!! I was pregnant.
One year later, to the day, I have a jolly-little 5 month old boy
i remember my husband and i coming to a mutual agreement that we were “ready” to consider starting a family… for a while i was taking my temperature and keeping track of my cycle for optimal ovulation times, but i soon gave this up as it felt as though i was trying too hard and i wanted it to be a more organic experience. i did get pregnant a little while later, and yes, i do still have the positive pregnancy test (i also went to the doctor for further confirmation). i remember being in shock for a while, but overall i loved my pregnancy and the beautiful water birth of my son that followed. my second child, a girl, came 23 months later – not as much of a personally nuturing experience, but still just as wonderful and again i was able to enjoy a successful home birth, something i highly recommend to anyone. xo
The day my husband Mike and I got married, we decided that we were ready for children. We agreed to live and love each other and enjoy the natural process. We both feel that our first son was conceived on our wedding night. I’ve always been very “in-tune” with my body, and within a week I just knew! Something inside me just felt different. Not a twinge. Not naseau or aches. As crazy as it may sound, I felt spiritually connected to our son. I knew that a pregnancy test wouldn’t register a positive result that early, so I kept my feelings to myself for the next three weeks. And I’m glad I did. It was like a sweet secret just between me and my child…..one that, for a short time, I didn’t have to share with anyone! After a positve at-home test, I went out to the store and picked up a very simple and sweet “father-to-be” card. When Mike got home from work that evening, I gave him the card. I will NEVER forget that moment or my husband’s face!
A women’s body is amazing! I knew before I took the pregnancy test that I would be welcoming my first baby. My body told me with the bizarre sense of smell that I developed. I was so happy and proud to join the mommy club. The second and third times unfortunately did not develop into the second child that I wanted so badly. The fourth time I knew in my heart that it was the baby girl I had thought about everyday. Daily mediation and positive thoughts work! I am so blessed to have two wonderful children.
I’d been feeling tired, sleeping more than usual, and had some spotting instead of a period, so I took a home test. It was positive, but I waited for my ob-gyn to confirm before I told my husband. Honestly, I felt ambivalent but life seemed to think I was ready for a new identity — mom.
For my 2nd pregnancy I pretty much knew I was pregnant. My husband and I had a 9 month old daughter already. We decided that we wanted our kids to be close in age so we figured we would start trying when our daughter was 12 months old. Well one night we were talking and I said that we got pregnant so easy with the 1st that I was worried that it wouldnt be as easy the 2nd time around. I just didnt feel “fertile” So we thought what if every once in a while we just “try” and the whatever happens, happens. Well we “tried” only 1 time. A few days later I said you know we have a big family reunion camping trip planned in 5 weeks maybe we should wait to try after. Well the time for the reunion had arrived and during the 3hr car ride I told my husband I should be getting my period this week but I had a “feeling” I wasnt going to get it. He said “you think your pregnant? We only tried once.” I told him that I was almost sure I was. We stopped and got a pregnancy test just to make sure. When we got to the cabin I took it and imeadiatly the test was positive! I ran out of the cabin with a big smile and said “yep, we are pregnant. Only one time and it worked” My husband hugged me and said with such pride “yea…Ive got super sperm”
Of course we were too excited to not say anything so we told my parents and later made the big announcement after we were 8 weeks along.
@ Jules I love what you said! I loved being pregnant I was so connected and in tune with it all. I had 2 home births and they were some empowering, intimate and beautiful. From pregnancy to birth to rasiong you children it is all amazing and precious! The miracle of life <3
After two years of fertility treatments and dealing with PCOS my doctor put us on birth control for two months and then one last try on a fertility drug. After so many negative pregnancy tests, we were trying to take it one day at a time and not get our hopes up. I remember sitting on the catch one night after dinner and was having some cramping and thought I’m either pregnant or I’m having a miscarriage. Hoping for the best, I raced upstairs to take a pregnancy test and half knew it would be positive was but also in shock at the realization that something we’d been trying for was becoming a reality. I took the positive test downstairs and handed it to my unknowing husband who just looked at me in disbelief. We have 17 weeks to go, but will always relish having the opportunity to experience that moment particularly when are hope was wearing thin.
I was only one day late, but I had a funny feeling. I checked and rechecked and checked some more and, there was no denying that second line. I hid the test in the linen closet and started shaking while trying to come up with a creative way to tell my husband!
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We started trying to conceive in early June of 2003 and expected it to take a few months. I remember thinking my period was due a certain date in July (I can’t remember it exactly now), but then, a day before that date I realized I had been wrong – that I was actually a couple of days late. I took the test and, sure enough, I was pregnant! We were a little shocked, but very happy. The pregnancy was perfect, the birth was perfect. We are very blessed and very happy with this wonderful little boy!
I still have the positive test from 8 yrs, 9 mos. ago announcing the presence of my first baby. I keep it along with my first ultrasound photos. My daughter loves to look at those earliest announcements of her presence and so do I. It brings back such wonderful memories of our joy!
We’d been trying for over 3 years, with no luck at all. My wife’s dream was to carry a child, and our dream together was to have a family. So, with all other bio-options exhausted, we chose IVF.
And even after being a part of the in vitro process and witnessing the deliberate, calculated science of actually “making a baby” – the drugs, the eggs, the sperm, the fertilization, the hope, the prayers, the magic; and then watching (on a computer monitor) as that teeny tiny universe of life, this life that’s been created outside of the body, finally being implanted back into the body, EXACTLY where it’s supposed to go, and grow, in my wife’s womb, even after all that, it STILL came down to waiting for the actual pregnancy test itself: did it work? Yes, it did! Finally! After all the years and all the tears, and ALL those negative pregnancy tests, we finally knew the joy of seeing those two precious little pink lines appear on that silly little white stick. We’d struck gold. And it felt like lifting off in a hot air balloon, to begin the ride of our lives. Which it is. We are very blessed with the most wonderful daughter. We are very lucky, indeed.
i just had a feeling when i realized i had a super light period that month and thought i would take a test. we were just gearing up to leave nyc to the west coast. timing was divine.
I think with my first son we had tried for about 3 months and I tested negative the day before, but then tried it again the next day at 5am when I woke up and it was positive. Of course I couldn’t go back to sleep afterwards and I think I woke my husband (this was about 10 years ago). I was so excited and had this very visceral sense of how my life would change. I felt so much more love and acceptance of myself during my pregnancy then I ever had before. Pregnancy #2 wasn’t quite as new or exciting, but that child is a delicious joy as well!
The first time I tested on Christmas morning and the test came out positive right away. I came out of the bathroom (my husband didn’t know I was testing) and gave my husband a big hug and said Merry Christmas Daddy. He was so happy he cried. =0)
The 2nd baby I tested when my husband was at school in the evening. I left a note on the bathroom mirror and drew an arrow pointing down to the positive pregnancy test.
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My beloved, Patrick, and I were on a ski trip in Vail just after Christmas in 2005. I am a physically active person who loves to ski and I couldn’t understand why I was so tired all the time, I mean this was a level of exhaustion that I had never experienced before. One afternoon while on our trip, I decided to take a long nap to give my body the rest it was longing for. When I woke up, it occurred to me that perhaps I needed to get a pregnancy test just in case – not that we were actively “trying” to conceive. I took the test, set it on the vanity, then took a warm bath assuming the test would be negtive. As soon as I got out, I noticed the test (with a digital reading) flashing PREGNANT – PREGNANT – PREGNANT! I stood there with a towel wrapped around me, staring at the test, giggling and crying all at the same time – I must have stood there for an hour looking at it in disbelief. On September 4th, 2006 our precious son Gabriel was born. He is the love of our lives and we thank God for blessing us so richly with this child.
(I do still have the pregnancy test by the way!)
With my first, I was attending a sustainability conference in Vermont. My cycle was due to start, and it was regular to the day. I tested the very next morning, with an e.p.t. test, actually, and before the test confirmed, I already knew.
With my second I knew the moment she was conceived. I just knew. I can’t explain it, but I knew. Test confirmed 4 weeks later.
We had been trying to conceive for about 5 months & went to a fertility specialist to get a head start since my sister & mom both had fertility issues. They did an ultrasound & said that it looked like I ovulated that day or the day before. They said that I should be getting my period within a certain time & if I didn’t, to take a pill they prescribed so I would get my cycle (since I normally had really wacky cycles) & then we could predict when I would be ovulating for my next cycle.
Well, I went a day beyond the timeframe they gave me & called the office. They said to go ahead & fill the prescription & induce a cycle. I decided to wait a few more days. Something inside me just told me to wait a few days.
I waited & took a pregnancy test & what do you know! I was pregnant! Thank goodness I listened to my intuition. I now have a healthy, happy 6 year old boy & a happy, healthy 4 year old girl.
About a week before my period was due I had a little spotting, which had never happened to me before. My cycle is very regular, so being that early would have been very strange. I looked it up on the internet & read that that is the time when the embryo implants & spotting is a typical sign. I was so surprised! We had only been trying for a few months & I thought it would take much longer. Also, the previous month during my peak ovulation time we had family visiting, so I thought we’d probably miss the opportunity. However, our guest took off everyday for a few hours on his own, so… Then one week later when my period did not arrive, I was sure, but kept it to myself so my husband wouldn’t be disappointed if it didn’t turn out to be true. But I felt different already & pretty spaced out in general. I already had my midwife to be picked out, so one week late I gave her a call to schedule a consultation. She gave me the test, which was positive, of course. I was only 4 weeks pregnant, so she was incredibly kind, but cautious, because at that point anything can happen. I had this inner knowing that this was it, though, and gratefully everything has gone great! Our little one is now due to arrive in a couple of short months. We’ve been fairly quiet about spreading the news on a grand scale about our pregnancy. That just has felt more right & sacred to us, but we’re thrilled! I hope you get a lot of comments for this great cause! Way to go pregnancy Awareness ladies!
Well done on supporting PAM.We need more awareness around this issue.Bravo Johnson and Johnson.
I don’t have a story to share yet, but maybe a few years down the road I will! Congratulations PAM on your 3rd year!
I will be using your product…let’s just hope that is it won’t be needed before 10 years from now.
I took the test one morning when my husband was out of town – mistake! That’s not something you share over the phone. I had to wait three LONG days before I could tell him the news face to face!
I was surprised, ecstatic and relieved when I first learned that I was pregnant with my first child.
After a long history of irregular periods, I went in to my OBGYN to get hormonal birth control to regulate my cycle, to my surprise I was already 6 weeks pregnant! I was always uncertain about being pregnant but this time I was prompted to go to the doctor when I began to notice that my breast were sore. I told a friend (who was 3 months pregnant) and she planted the seed. When I got the positive result she was the first one I told! Looking back I feel a little guilty that my partner found out 2nd.
I knew I was pregnant with my 5th child on Mother’s Day 2009 I was probably 2 weeks pregnant and not yet late but I felt that “presence”
that fullness in my womb. So that morning when I was surrounded by my four boys having breakfast in bed I thought to myself this time next year we will have our girl. I didn’t tell anyone til much later and the first person I told was my husband. We were away alone together for 2 days on a retreat and he couldn’t believe it.
WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT I DIDN’T BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD… I WAS TOLD 6 YEARS AGO I COULDN’T HAVE KIDS DUE TO PROBLEMS IN MY OVERIES… SINCE I WAS 12 I NEVER HAD NORMAL PERIODS SO I WAS GOING IN FOR SURGURY FOR MY WISDOM TEETH MARCH 2.. MARCH 1 IS WHEN I STARTED HAVING HORRIBLE PAIN AND I NORMAL HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MY CYST IN MY OVERIES.. WELL WHEN I GOT THERE I HAD TO GIVE PEE LIKE ALWAYS I REMEMBER WAITING IN THE HALLWAY OF THE HOSPITAL IN A BED B/C OF THE ROOMS WERE TAKEN.. AND I CALLED THE NURSE OVER AND SAID IS THERE ANY NEWS YET ON MY PEE.. I ALWAYS GET UTI SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE THATS WHY I HAD THE PAIN WELL SHE BROUGHT MY CHART OVER AND SAID “HONEY YOU ARE PREGNANT!!!!” I CUSSED AND I TOLD HER SHE SWITCHED MY URINE WITH SOMEONE ELSE I DEMAND A BLOOD WORK.. WELL I GOT THE BLOOD DONE THAT CAME OUT POSTIVIE AND I STILL WASNT ABLE TO TAKE I AM THE ONE PREGNANT SO ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME I TOLD THE DR WHAT KIND OF HOSPITAL IS THIS TO TELL FEMALES WHO CANT HAVE KIDS THAT THERE PREGNANT. WELL I TOLD HIM WHAT MY DR TOLD ME 6 YEARS AGO AND HE WAS KIND OF LIKE UMMM… WELL THERE ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT FOR SURE AND THAT IS A ULTRASOUND.. WELL I WENT IN FOR THE ULTRASOUND AND OMG I SEEN WHAT I WILL CALL A PEANUT IN A BALL I WAS 5 WEEKS 4 DAYS…. I COULDNT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING… THAT WAS THE MOST SCARIEST DAY OF MY LIFE….
ALL I CAN SAY IS GOD BLESSED ME WITH A BABY GIRL THAT IS DUE IN OCT AND I CANT WAIT TO MEET HER.. GOD CAN CREATE MIRACLES!!!
I have two precious girls, each a blessing. We found out Emily was on her way after I had taken a home test… I was sick sick SICK for all but the last 2 months of my pregnancy with her. Three months later I wound up in the ER due to loads of health problems… I was so sick I had no idea that I was pregnant again. I spent lots of time in the hospital, went through operations, and had pretty little Evelyn nine months later. <3 <3 <3
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