Yippee I am pregnant for the very 1st Time!

Hi All,

Just wanted to tell the world - I got my :bfp:
Never been pregnant before TTC for about 5 months - 36 years old.
Just so very excited!!
Looks like I am due mid March 2008.
Looking forward to joining a buddy group soon!!

No one knows we were TTC so my DH & I will have to be crafty little devils for
the next few weeks.
Anyone out there with some ideas on how not to make people suspect would
be very much appreciated. We are a very social couple and need some good
excuses & ideas on how I can not drink and not get caught!!

While we were TTC I would just have a glass or two with friends at dinner but now I don't want to drink a drop!!

Thanks xo
AnnaBelle
p.s If there is already a post thread about this issue could someone kindly direct me there- ta

a huge congratulations to you hun best of luck to you and dh hope you have a very happy and healthy pg my dh always tells me when i say im getting fat nah its just because its winter lol.and as for your drinks just order something that looks like you could have vodka or something in it pmsl...take care and oh i think well be due around the same time

Congrats Annabelle - Maybe a stomach ulcer. Hope all goes well for your pg. So happy for you.

Smithy - Congrats as well.

Congratulations... i hope you have a wonderful pregnancy

Annabelle,
Congrats again :confetti: i would say that i was on antibiotics - we all know you can't drink whilst on them! and if you see the same people after 1week to 10days just say you had to have another course of them as infection was not quiet gone its not unusual to have 2 courses of antibiotics.

Congrats - some of the 'excuses' the girls have given you are great !!! Hope it all goes well....

Have no excuses for you, but Congratulations!! Enjoy the journey!!!

Congratulations!!!!!!! :) :) :)

I use the " Oh I'm doing a bit of a detox at the moment" excuse for not drinking...lol

Have Fun!!

Thanks Guys,

You are so kind & very clever!!
I love your suggestions & will use them for sure.
DH said he might actually do a detox & both of us won't be drinking(less obvious)
I will keep you posted on this one!!.;)

Smithy - Well done back to you!! I am close by due 14th March 2008 so I will look out for you.
Minky - Congratulations to you :clap:

mbear - Thanks & good luck with your impending birth

Thanks to everyone for your kind support & good luck with your baby journies :pray: all goes well.
AnnaBelle

Hi Annabelle- i just told everyone that I had started Weight Watchers and wasn't allowed to drink :p funny how i just got fatter though! not very good publicity for weight watchers!

Congrats, wishing u all the best for a H&H Pregnancy :D

Congrats! that's great news for you and DH!!! Hope you can hide it well until you are ready to tell the world!!! :)

Congratulations Annabelle. I too have decided to keep my preg a secret and am using the detox excuse for now. Makes you realise how deep alcohol is engrained in our society- pretty scary really. People look at you like you are an alien just because you dont want to have a drink!! Stick to your guns and just ulitise the excuses above- your body and baby will be ever so grateful for it!! Plus I'm sure everyone will appreciate the surprise later on. All the best. xx

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your :bfp: AnnaBelle!! Enjoy every moment!! Wishing you a happy and healthy pg. :dance:

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Thanks Guys,

You are so kind & very clever!!
I love your suggestions & will use them for sure.
DH said he might actually do a detox & both of us won't be drinking(less obvious)
I will keep you posted on this one!!.;)

Smithy - Well done back to you!! I am close by due 14th March 2008 so I will look out for you.
Minky - Congratulations to you :clap:

mbear - Thanks & good luck with your impending birth

Thanks to everyone for your kind support & good luck with your baby journies :pray: all goes well.
AnnaBelle

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Hi AnnaBelle - good on you both! We actually did a HPT today and it showed positive too!! Yay, SOOOOO excited - need to see docs prob Sat next week. AF due tomorrow but I don't think a test wwould show pos if not??!:pray:
When did you conceive? I want to know when I'd be due too, hoping for a March bub too.

Congratulations! Hope you have a fabulous pregnancy and can ward off those curious friends with those great excuses!

Lol I have a friend who badly wants to see me and DH to get PG, and she monitors my drinking habits to see if she can suspect me of being PG! So I will have to be very crafy when I do get UTD!

Annebelle, congrats hun!!

My excuse even when TTC was IBS, which I do have, but I don't think you want to use that! LOL! I think antibiotics, is a good one! take care, and here's to a H&H pg! :D

Congratulations
Wishing you a H&H pregnancy

Hi Gals,

Thanks for the continued warm wishes - I feel so very special!!

Blanchie & kbowman - Thank you ;)

Renstar - Good luck with your wedding - not long - I am recently married my self
(late last year) & I remember that last month just flies by.
Good Luck with TTC in August.

Jellybean - Thank you too - when are you due??

Relle - Thanx also - OH MY GOD WOMAN YOU ARE HAVING A BABY TODAY??

Gretski - That is so cool congratualtions to you - it is a weird & surreal feeling
seeing that :bfp: I still can't believe it and I found out Wednesday night!!
My last period was 7 June & according to one of my books & when I called
my OB the est birth date is 14th March.
I tested when my AF was 2 days late - so if you got one before your AF I think
that is a very good thing.
If you want to tell me your first day of your last period I am happy to look it up
in my book for you. I believe once you get scanned they can give you a more
definate date. See you in the March BellyBuddies Gretski!

Emma M - Ta & wish you a safe and wonderful delivery at the end of this month.

Mum2Furbabies - great name - thanks - good luck with TTC & keeping it "Mum" from your friend when you get your BFP (I thought of a good one myself last night - bring a bottle of wine (emptied & cleaned & filled with apple juice to dinner and share it with your husband!!)
Thanks everyone - I am feeling good except for a blocked nose/cough - slept 12 hours straight last night - don't know if it is the preg or the cold that made me do that.
So really all is good - going to my GP tomorrow to get BT & see what I can do to get better.

Bye
AnnaBelle

Hey AnnaBelle,
my last AF was June 11 (1st day) - it'll be cool finding out, thanks! Of course it rarely happens that due day though doesn't it? Will definately see you in March posts - will do that once confirmed with doc.:pray:
Cheers.

hi there hun just checking in to see how your going hope all is well

congratulations!
detox is a great excuss esp if your DH actually does one or says he is doing one too im sure that would fool most people!

Congratulations on your BFP!

Hi AnnaBelle,

Big congratulations on your pregnancy! I am so excited for you! I am 36 this year as well, it seems its our year! you will be due just a bit after me!

All the best of luck!

Hi All,

Gretski - I have this book by Dr Miriam Stoppard & she has this cool calendar to work out EDD - according to that you are due on the 18th of March, 2008 Yippeee!!!!:clap:
So yes definately will look out for you in the March belly buddies. I wonder when it will start?? Bye for now - hope you are feeling well.;)

Smithy - Hi there, I am going well thanks - went to my GP did another urine test which was positive & she has ordered BT for me to do. I went there also to ask abut my cold/cough which she reckons is an URTI so we are hoping it will fix itself without anitibiotics. I've got this annoying cough which gets worse at night.
Pregnancy symptoms are great - bbs bigger but not sore, no MS at all - fingers crossed.
So see you too in the March group - I hope you are OK - look forward to chatting again.

Nickers - THanks dear girl - & best of luck with the arrival of your baby boy - it must be very exciting - wow 2 little ones under 2 xo

mum5boys - Thank you also & I hope your next preg is soon.

BeiBei- Thanks for your message I appreciate it - 36 too hey - I will keep my eyes peeled for your BFP soon. I was about to start charting on fertilityfriend this July but surprise surprise it happened - so hang in there it happens when you least expect it.

AnnaBelle;)

Congrats!! In my 2WW I usually have a wine bottle saved with a screw lid and I buy non alcoholic wine and fill it with that. Sometimes I just take the non alc bottle and no one notices!! LOL.

Hi Blayz,

That is an excellent idea - I like it!! (I was going to try apple juice but it
doesn't really look like wine and if someone else got a drop they would notice lol)
Thanks for your kind wishes too. Good luck with TTC :D
As I said it happens when you really don't think it will.
AnnaBelle ;)