Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Spotted: The Internet Message Board Phenomenon

I sometimes post but mostly lurk on a bunch of different internet message boards relating to trying to conceive. I do get a lot of good information from these boards and get to interact with some kindred spirits, but for the most part, they can be infuriating. From the trollers who post constant "omg my boobs hurt, am I pregnant?" to the old timers who thinks no one is allowed to be discouraged about their efforts to get pregnant if they haven't undergone as much turmoil as them.

After a month of lurking, I guarantee you have seen every single post you will ever see so much so that not only do you feel like a friggen Doctor of Medicine, your days start to feel like Ground hog's Day. Some people are in the two week window and freaking out! Some people got their BFP and were SO shocked! How can they tell their husband in a cute way? Ad infinitem.

But today, something happened that actually surprised me. A girl had posted that she was going to the doctor to talk about why she hadn't gotten her period in 70 days when every single stick she peed on said she wasn't pregnant. Now, this is something that happens a lot. Shit, it's happened TO ME. Usually you get a script for Provera and sent on your way.

Not this girl though. She showed up at her doctor and was given a pee test. Bam. Pregnant.

She is the luckiest girl in the universe. What's even better if she didn't even know she was pregnant for the past who knows how long, five weeks maybe. So she gets to magically skip the first month of freaking out.*

Girl on the Internet, you give me hope.

*Okay, for real, I guess I would be scared to not have known I was pregnant for a month, especially if I were hitting the crack pipe, but here's hoping everything is okay.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

My Sister Is Pregnant

With #2.


She's 12 weeks already. How do people keep secrets for that long'?


Her kids will be 22 months apart. She had previously said she wasn't going to have a second until they moved to a bigger place than the apartment my parents gave to her for free. I guess that plan is out the window. Either that or she's going to get a new house before I do too.

I was really happy for her on the phone.


I am really happy for her.


I feel like crawling into a hole and dying.


And I'm mad at my husband because he has no idea why I'm upset.


I bought two New Baby books and sent them to my niece. I will try to be a good aunt and a good sister, even though I'm so jealous I can scream.


Cycle 5, Day 30. No ovulation detected.