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I told my husband right away, he was with me when I was testing. I'm not sure I would have had the will power to hold out and surprise him.
I would have liked to have come up with something cute, but we were ttc for a year and after 2 months of clomid I couldn't wait! I just called him and said to come home on his break and I flat out told him when he walked in the door.
Hubby knew I was testing that morning, but wasn't in the room with me. I walked out and showed him the test to make sure he could see the line too :) Personally, I just feel like actively ttc is such a 2 person job that we both wanted to be involved in the testing and know right away.
I thought I would do something cute. But when the time actually came, I showed him the pee stick and we both squinted at it trying to see if there was a line or not. Then I made him go buy me a digital test after work that day.
DH was out of town when I found out so I had to wait till he got home the next day. I enjoyed surprising him but it was hard on my nerves! I wanted to jump out of my skin I was so nervous/happy/excited I wanted to explode especially after the hard time we had getting pregnant. I waited to tell him because I couldn't tell him over the phone. I wanted to see his face.
I surprised my hubby and it was awesome. I will never forget the look on his face nor how happy he was. If this baby doesn't stick (I've had crappy beta levels), then next time I think I'll do something different and have him test with me.
Good luck to you! I hope you get a BFP this time!
@MerryC: THIS!
I told my husband as soon as I tested. I tested alone each time and let him know, but after 2 failed pregnancies, I need him more than ever!
DH had no idea I even thought I might be. I tested and came downstairs and just told him. He had always said how excited he was for the day where I sat him down and just surprised him with the news. He's the type who gets his hopes WAY up, and I didn't think he could handle the disapointment of a BFN... Well right after telling him he got all sad that he didn't get to wait outside the bathroom for the test to change (I guess his pee test fantasy had changed without me knowing) so we had to redo it. I tested again and he got to sit and watch it change to "pregnant" to make him happy.
My husband was there when i took the test, I actually was too nervous to read the results, so he read it first and then told me that it said YES+
I didn't tell him I was testing either time I got a BFP...I had woken up before him, taken my temperature, noted it was still high, so I got up and tested. Both times I climbed back into bed with him, woke him up and showed him the test. Like @JewishBride:, after a year I couldn't wait to tell him.
My husband was surprised, our muchkin was a opps baby. LOL I went to the doctor for something else and had suspected I was pregnant and YEP I was. So when got home I told then FI we needed to talk and told him then. He was completely not ready for that one
No cute suprises here! I woke my husband up super early on a Sunday morning to show him the test! LOL!!!
We were trying for awhile and so DH knew that I would be testing soon (though I didn't tell him exactly when). I was planning to wait until Saturday, but Friday morning 5 a.m. rolled around and I couldn't sleep so I took a test. Then debated whether to try to surprise him or wake him up.....in the meantime he called out "what's going on out there!?" so I just jumped back in bed with the test that said "pregnant" " )
I took the test, only because I was a tad curious. Neither of us thought I could even be pregnant. My period had been off for a while. So I took it while he was at work, got a BFP, called my MIL right away freaking out (at 6 A.M.). I took the test and wrapped it up, put it in a box, wrapped it in christmas wrapping paper, (this was 2 weeks before christmas) put a note on it that said "To: Todd From: Santa". When he got home, I had the camera waiting and he opened it. It's now on Youtube.
My period was 9 days late (and he knew it) by the time we tested, so really the test was just a formality. I set it up and then we watched it together. I don't think I could take a test without telling him.
Ugh I accidentally left the stick on the lid of the toilet while i was taking a shower....he came in to use the bathroom and saw it.... :( lol I was hoping to surprise him but no such luck. lol
I tested while my husband was at work. We were about two weeks away from our first anniversary when I found out I was pregnant, so I wrapped up the digital pregnancy test and a baby bib that said "I love my daddy". When he got home, I said I had an early anniversary gift for him. We had been trying for 3 months and I had not mentioned that I was experiencing some symptoms that made me think I was pregnant, so he was very surprised!
Is it lame that I think it's cute how Tori Spelling did it with the jewelry/watch/necklace case? I loved it. I hope I'm patient enough to surprise him, but we are a no-secrets kind of couple so I doubt i'll be able to. I've also thought about cooking a meal and serving everything on, like, kid plates and the beverage in a baby bottle, just as a cute little surprise to give him a heads up. That could be suuuuuuuuuper lame though.
I had plans to do a cute announcement thing whenever we found out. My hubby works out of town, so I was going to have it all set up. Well, when I tested, I really didn't think that it would come up positive, so when it did I threw open the door and woke him up (he was going to work nights so he didn't enjoy being woken up at 6 a.m.). He suggested I try a different brand ( had a bunch of tests leftover from the months that I SWORE I was pregnant). I did and we both waited and watched the word "pregnant" pop up on the screen. It ended up being the best way to tell him and I'm so glad it worked out that way. I'm also happy that despite the fact that I'm such a planner, it happened in a way that I was truly surprised and couldn't believe how lucky we were to be pregnant.
I got my BFP two days before our 1-year anniversary. We took a trip to Hawaii to celebrate the anniversary... and also b/c we never took a real honeymoon. I waited until we arrived in Hawaii on our anniversary to tell him that I was pregnant. It was a great surprise, and makes a great story, but honestly I think he would have preferred if I just told him as soon as I got my BFP. Instead he spent most of our trip to Hawaii getting over the shock of the big news :-)
DH didn't know i was going to test, i was only 1 day late(not too, too uncommon for me to be a day or 2 late and i had gone off BC just 2 months before) and felt like i HAD to test. i thought for sure it was going to be negative so i waited until he went outside to clean the pool and i ran to the bathroom and it was positive. i was going to wait til he came in, but i was shaking. i called him from the bedroom window to come inside, but he wouldn't so i ran out on our back deck and just started crying! it was kind of funny, he just was like 'are you pregnant?!' i was so emotional i couldn't even speak.
We were actively TTC, so there were no surprised when we finally got our BFP.
I took the test about an hour before he got home from work... That way, if it was positive I wouldn't have to hold it in all day. Sure enough, two pretty pink lines. He got home, we started making dinner. Having my camera handy, I said "you look really cute right now, I want to take a picture of you." Just before I took the picture, I said "I'm pregnant". I still laugh at the photo because it reminds me of the moment, even though it's just a pic of him staring blankly at the camera. He still jokes about how he was in the middle of cutting potatoes and I'm lucky he didn't cut his hand off.
Nope. I found out on a Saturday and had to wait until Thursday to tell DH because I wanted to tell him in person. I didn't tell anyone in that time, except my mom but that was because she was there when I took the test.
We were just sitting on the couch and it was a "Soo.... I'm pregnant." moment.
These are so cute! It reminds me of the Full House episode where Jesse found out his wife was pregnant with twins. That still sticks out in my head from when I was a little girl!
My DH was at work when I tested because I wasn't even planning on testing, just waiting for AF to show up...well got a BFP about 13dpo (day of or day after AF due). I went to the store to get a digital to be sure, even though my line was pretty dark. I was so anxious/excited/nervous I got clearblue, but not the digital...lol...I also bought a gender neutral blanket and a pack of diapers for DH to open with the two pregnancy tests taped to the diapers. I got the diapers because DH had never changed a diaper in his life, and he always said he wants his child to be the first diaper he changes...so DH was pretty surprised when he opened it up :)
Nope, I just told him. We weren't trying to get pregnant, so a serious sit down discussion was in order.
We bought a babies shirt that he loved on our honeymoon so when the time comes I'll be hopefully wrapping that up and giving him that as a way to tell him.
He was in the bathroom with me when I tested. But the truth is, after 18 months of infertility treatments, we were both pretty surprised!!!!
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Just wondering if those of you who are pregnant did you surprise your husband with your BFP or if he was with you when you got it...sweating those few minutes out with ya! ha! I surprised my husband with our first pregnancy. We unfortunately lost that baby. I'm getting to my testing window & wondered if he missed out on that excitement or dissappointment last time. Or do I hold out & surprise him.
What do you think your husbands preferred or would have preferred?