Do you know Exactly When and Where you Fell Pregnant?

@jennybianca (12912)
Australia
January 19, 2010 10:47pm CST
A friend here reminded me of my unusual pregnancy situation, where she started a discussion on a related issue (no, I'm not copying, this is different). As some of you know I am Australian. My husband and I were overseas on holiday and had decided to "try" starting a family. I was 34 and he was 36 years. I fell pregnant in Ireland. I knew this exactly four days after we "tried". We were on a long drive and all of a sudden I had this weird sickness feeling. I don't get car sick. It was a sick feeling I had never experienced before and only lasted briefly.I suspected even then that I was pregnant. The following week we were staying with an older Irish friend, and she looked at her tea leaves, and annnounced that there was going to be a Confirmation. The next week we were in Scotland. At exactly two weeks after I believed I had fallen pregnant, I bought one of those testing kits. It came out positive. So, at two weeks pregnant, I knew for sure. Coincidentally, at exactly the same time, my brother in Australia had a dream. He rang my Mother the following morning and told her that he dreamt I was pregnant. I found out about my brothers dream when I returned to Australia, and back tracked the dates. I went to my Doctor, told her I was pregnant, and she told me to make an appointment when I was 3 months gone. I did. My dates of when I fell pregnant were exactly correct. So, tell me, do you know exactly when you fell pregnant and where you were when you became pregnant? How long after you fell pregnant did you know you were pregnant?
3 responses
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
21 Jan 10
I have never been pregnant. It seems you didn't have much trouble once you decided to get pregnant. It is a little spooky that everyone and everything pointed to you being pregnant.
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
22 Jan 10
Yes, there are some members of my family who have that ability to "see" things, but with lack of practice, it is a skill that fades.
• United States
27 Jan 10
I don't know if that skill would be a blessing or not. It would be nice to know somethings, but there are always things your better off not knowing.
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 10
Hi my friend Jenny Bianca. I liked reading your amazing story about when and where you got pregnant. It was so lovely that you got pregnant on the holiday that you wished to become pregnant on. In early pregnancy traveling can be more tiring than it would normally be. In 2008 I didn't feel quite right and I was more tired than normal. I did a pregnancy test and it was positive. I kept the news to myself for the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. I let my family and friends know about my pregnancy when my bump started to show. They were worried that I would have another disabled baby. When the consultant at my local hospital found out she sent me to see the specialist at the fetal medicine unit. I got the all clear and my healthy baby girl was born in 2009. In 2006 I felt like I was dying. I did a pregnancy test to rule that one out. I just felt so sick and horrible all the time. I was pregnant. I had a private ultrasound scan at 11 weeks and a gender scan at 16 weeks. I thought all was fine with my baby after my 20 week hospital scan. At 36 weeks pregnancy I found out that I was expecting a baby with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. People tried to get me to have a hospital birth and I still went ahead with my home birth. Right from the beginning of that pregnancy I felt something was wrong and I cried on the way home from my gender scan. I found out at four weeks pregnancy that I was pregnant. My baby girl is now 6 months old and my toddler son is now two years old. He will be three in May 2010.
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
22 Jan 10
This must have been a terrible time for you, knowing what difficulties your baby would have. I can belive that you sensed something was not right. Feeling as sick as what you did is probably not normal.I am amazed you had a home birth, having had such a difficult pregnancy and with the baby having problems. So glad your second pregnancy was ok. I have seen discussions from you before about your little boy. How is he doing?
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
20 Jan 10
Nothing so dramatic, either time, but I did know. And the doctor agreed with me when I told him that I would give birth when snow fell and stuck on the ground. He said he always listened to his patients (old time doctor). My first clue, each time, was that coffee became repugnant to me.
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
21 Jan 10
A lot of foods became difficult for me to eat, from the first two weeks until at least 3 months.