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Originally Posted by NoSoup
So.... I don't even know where to begin.
Obviously, it's entirely plausible that my wife is pregnant - much to the chagrin of many of you, this isn't a thread about whether or not it's possible via my finger.
I'm not even sure what kind of responses I'm looking for. It's not much of a story. She was late (although on birth control - the patch) and she took a test. Positive. She took another test. Also Positive. Now we've made an appointment for her lady doctor, so I'm sure we'll know for certain soon enough.
However, I'm a bit numb right now. Anyone else have any insight into when you found out?
Granted, we always knew it was possible, but we figured the chances were pretty remote, being on birth control and all. I wonder why I can't hit odds like that at a casio or playing the lottery. As far as financial readiness and all that jazz, I think we'll be ok, I just can't get over the fact of how it feels like I had a relative plan for my life and how waaaaay of course it just went.
Additionally, I'd like to get some of your folks opinions - obviously, you're probably not experts, but that's probably still a hell of a lot closer than I am. Since the probable conception of this potential child, she has definately engaged in behaviors we definately would have avoided if it was planned. The night in question she was drinking, and she had probably 3 glasses of wine (one night) since then. Additionally, she has smoked (tobacco) and taken Tylonol (twice) and Alovert (for allergies-twice)
Should we be overly concerned? Obviously, until we know for certain she isn't even drinking caffiene, but this very well may be the longest night of my life...
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Don't worry about the drinking the night of, your lil' swimmers aren't laser beams, and they probably didn't reach the target until she sobered up.
We didn't know we were pregnant for a couple weeks of partying, and my little darling turned out fine. Wine and smoking aren't even as big of a deal as they used to be, a glass of wine is ok, and if she's a smoker, some doctor's suggest she just cut back as much as she can without stressing herself out, as the shock from going cold turkey is worse than the damage a cig or two a day can do.
Finally, a piece of difficult business I don't want you to think too hard about
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1) There are such things as false positives, be they test failure from evaporation lines, or chemical pregnancies, which are technically miscarriages, but in reality function like a late period. This just happened to me (us?) this week (We seriously are OK with it, btw)
2) Even if you get a solid blood test reading that all systems are go, the first trimester can be touch and go...we didn't tell anyone we were pregnant until we were into the 2nd trimester for that reason, as by then the drop-out rate is much lower, and you don't subject anyone else to an emotional rollercoaster. Since we'd already had one successful carry, we thought another one was a shoe-in so we went ahead and told people, and now are having to have JK,LOL conversations with everyone.