So who else's pregnancy was a little bit of a surprise?

I'm sure I am not alone.

Who else here discovered they were pregnant when they were NOT TTC? How did you take the news? How about DH?

I'm still in utter and complete shock.

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Mine was a surprise.. although a few days before I tested I just KNEW i was pregnant. When I got my BFP we both kind of just stared at it like "really?!" then went out to breakfast to celebrate and just kept saying "omg I cant believe it".. He was beyond thrilled, I was happy but nervous!

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See now I was the opposite.

I thought, "I will just take this test and I bet it will be negative and my period will finally come, like all the other times I take a test when my period is late."

When the second line popped up, I thought I was seeing double.

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We were surprised, but mostly because we had been TTC for 9 months and every month it was negative. We just got used to them being negative after awhile. I thought I was making it up when I saw the second line. When I took the digital I nearly fainted.

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totally a surprise for us...absolute BC failure!

dh wasn't so thrilled and honestly neither was i but after the first sono we were both in love!!!!

funny how bad you don't realize you want something until it actually happens

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Mine was only a "surprise" in that it took 19 months and many, many rounds of IF treatments before I finally conceived my son, and then this time, we weren't trying, but didn't think it would be possible for me to just get PG on our own!! But I did! So DS and DC#2 will be 13.5 months apart

We are BEYOND happy because we just didn't think it would be possible

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Posted by KrisT

Mine was only a "surprise" in that it took 19 months and many, many rounds of IF treatments before I finally conceived my son, and then this time, we weren't trying, but didn't think it would be possible for me to just get PG on our own!! But I did! So DS and DC#2 will be 13.5 months apart

We are BEYOND happy because we just didn't think it would be possible

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Posted by 5MinutesPreggy

Posted by KrisT

Mine was only a "surprise" in that it took 19 months and many, many rounds of IF treatments before I finally conceived my son, and then this time, we weren't trying, but didn't think it would be possible for me to just get PG on our own!! But I did! So DS and DC#2 will be 13.5 months apart

We are BEYOND happy because we just didn't think it would be possible

Awww that is FANTASTIC!

Congrats!!!

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We were trying but I guess your whole life when you get BFN - you just expect it
When I got the bfp, I ran to the store to get a couple of diff brands of tests to make sure that it was correct
I am 11w and I am still in shock and don't believe it

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Mine was. I was actually at my annual gyn appt and just asked for a rx for new bc pills because I had just finished nursing DS (he was 15 months). She asked if I knew I wasn't pg, I said I wasn't but that it wasn't something I could bet my life on, so she said ok let's just test your urine just in case to be safe. I went up to pay my copay and the nurse came and grabbed me and said, Um- it's positive. I nearly dropped. Once it sunk in we were thrilled, but it definitely wasn't planned.

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i was definitely surprised. it was our first month trying and i thought for sure we timed it wrong and didn't bd nearly enough. guess i was wrong!

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We were planning on startiing the try the month after we got PG. We were being careful cause we were aiming for the spring. I somehow convinced my DH (and myself) that I was not in my "fertile" time. Next thing I know a friend of mine made a comment about my boobs getting bigger. I took the test and lo and behold there were two lines. I was in shock.

We were "trying" to wait. lol.

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I got pregnant this time on our first month of trying. But had no idea it was twins!!!!!!

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I was def suprised! We werent trying but we wrent preventing either. I never in a million years thought I would get pregnant so fast and either did DH but we couldnt have been more thrilled!

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We weren't actively TTC, but I knew if I got pg anytime after that month my DC would be 2 years apart which is what I had always wanted. I used an OPK with my DD, and didn't do anything with this pregnancy except good timing, I guess!
I felt the implantation cramps days before my BFP and I had insomnia so bad (that happened the 1st time too!) , so I just knew I was pregnant. I used dollar store tests (only used digitals the first time around) and they kept coming up negative. I was to say the least. Since I wasn't actively planning on getting pregnant that month I was more confused than upset with the BFN. I was testing a day or so before AF was due, so I let it go and tested on the actual day, with a digital and within 30 seconds, "Pregnant" popped up! It was Easter morning and I was so happy!!! My DH was shocked to say the least, but only because I literally told him if I got pregnant within the next few months the kids would be 2+ years apart and then 14 days later I had a BFP staring him in the face!

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this pregnancy was a welcomed surprise. We weren't TTC, we were both surprised but we were also both happy about it.

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All such great stories!

Obviously we knew that if we were not using any type of birth control, a pregnancy could be possible. BUT I did not think we during a time I would be Oing, so I just did not even think of it.

Definitely a pleasant surprise.

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ME!

I was SHOCKED. We were trying NOT to. I took the test just because I figured it was my head getting to me and that's why I wasn't getting AF. I figured once I took the test, I'd get AF 5 minutes later. I was floored when it was positive.

To be honest, I cried. I was so shocked and it just wasn't in the plans...financially, etc. I was so worried.

But here I am... one week from my due date! And I'm so excited and feel so lucky.

Congrats...

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It was definitely a surprise... We were prepared just in case because I stopped BC after our 1 yr. anniversary. I figured if it were meant to be then great. We had no idea it would happen so quick (It's only been 2 months). We also figured that there is never going to be a "good" time; financially or in our schedules - we are just going to work it out. DH was beyond excited and we jumped up and down holding each other like 5 yr. olds xmas morning. I can't wait to tell everyone!!!

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Ours was a surprise! We were not trying. We weren't really preventing either. I think we only had truly unprotected three times ... ever.

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