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I just typed up the whole story in the December bumpers subreddit (I'm on the fence, EDD is either late Dec or early Jan) so I'll just copy/paste the whole thing here:

My original plan was to take a test when my husband was at work, and then I was going to get the book "We're Pregnant! The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook" by Adrian Kulp and stick it in a bubble envelope with the pregnancy test and then make it look like he received a random package (he orders books all the time and then forgets, so we get surprise books every now and then).

I ended up testing earlier than I was originally planning to (I tested at 10DPO but I wanted to wait a couple more days) because I was going out to have brunch with my girls and I needed to know if I could partake in mimosas that morning. It ended up being a squinter but I wanted to show my husband a more clearly positive test, so I stashed it in my nightstand and went off to brunch, swinging by the drug store to get some FRERs, and also the bookstore to get that book.

Since I had already flushed my FMU, I thought I could just get home after brunch (I was going to be gone for about 4 hours) and sneakily take one of the FRERs and then continue with my original plan. Well, at brunch I just couldn't hold my pee and had to go relieve myself which reset the clock. In hindsight, I should have taken the test there at the restaurant, but I had left the tests in my car because I didn't want to accidentally flash the box to my friends.

Now I had to wait until the evening time to take another test, so I ended up just telling my husband when I got home. I just couldn't hang out in the house with him for 4 hours and not let him know I thought I was pregnant. I went up to him and was like, 'So... I think we were successful.' and showed him the squinter that was in my nightstand. Part of the reason I wanted to show him a clearer test was because I didn't want him to doubt the test... I've seen a lot of videos where the woman has to convince her partner that yes, any 2nd line means it's positive, no mater how light it is, but thankfully my husband was not like that. He knew it was a positive right away. That evening I took a test and my husband and I just looked together. Actually I took a lot more tests that evening because it still didn't feel real to me, lol. It was actually kind of nice to take the tests and look at them together.

Oh yeah, and after getting a couple positives with the FRERs, I just gave him the book.

Edit: Added a link to the book.

Loved Expecting Better and I just bought her 2nd book Cribsheet. I also found a really cool huge hardcover book by the company DK that does your pregnancy by DAY! Full color photos, the works. It’s awesome, pricey, but exactly what I was looking for.

Edit: here’s the link to the book Pregnancy Day By Day

I'm reading Bryan Caplan's Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids. I find the message incredibly heartening and uplifting. He smashes a lot of the myths underlying the modern intensive parenting style, and offers practical, fact-based ways to make child-rearing a LOT less stressful and high-stakes, while offering the refreshing-these-days view that kids are actually fun and worthwhile to have around even from a selfish perspective.

It reinforces a lot of my preconceived ideas (I've always been a fan of free-range, anti-tiger-mom type parenting) but it's nice to have the data to back me up.

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NPR overview of the book here

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I found this onesie I want to get for my niece who will be 12 mo ! I’ll send it to them right around my 12 week mark to surprise my brother and his wife , then We have a big family outing on July 4th that she could wear it to to surprise everyone then!