https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:39:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-235307 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:22:14 +0000 MrsLMA 235307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always felt like a bad person when I would buy a pregnancy test in the same shopping trip as a bottle of wine! Hey, I was going to be bummed if it was a BFN... I needed to have a glass of wine on hand! I always got weird looks when I did that:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-235297 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:18:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 235297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Seriously? Where do you live? I see the condoms as a good idea-- better people can get them whenever and wherever they need them-- but do people really get out of the train and think, hmm.... maybe I should pick up a HPT on my way home... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-235286 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:13:18 +0000 mrstilly 235286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know what is more awkward than buying a pregnancy test? Buying a pregnancy test and condoms from an early 20s male cashier who decides he must comment rather than ignore it and ring you up. </p> <p>I had a pregnancy worry last month, and that was my purchase, followed closely by filling a new script for BC pills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-235122 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:43:40 +0000 looch 235122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where I live, you can buy condoms and HPTs in the vending machines at the train station. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-235118 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:42:08 +0000 wheres_c 235118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always go to the grocery store with the self-checkout to avoid any embarrassment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234928 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:08:37 +0000 gracecat 234928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to Rite-Aid and the male cashier just HAD to comment. The thing was, he thought I was buying a huge bulk pack of HPTs but in fact I was buying mostly Ovulation test kits, so that was also really embarrassing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234706 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:43:49 +0000 cvbee 234706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my friend ordered one online to get around the in-store awkwardness </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234689 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:23:08 +0000 stargal 234689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thats hilarious! i disliked buying them bc i look like im 16 and could JUST feel eyes on me pitying me when in fact i was hoping for a positive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234679 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:15:54 +0000 sslm 234679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I seriously lol'd, and then promptly showed DH the headline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234460 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:16:59 +0000 ladyfingers 234460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yeah it was the whole bar thing that made it odd for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234457 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:15:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 234457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: To be honest, I HAVE taken a HPT before having a drink, my first month off the pill. At home, before a few glasses of wine, certainly not at a bar (because, ew, how gross are bar bathrooms?).<br /> It's just... interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234453 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:12:03 +0000 ladyfingers 234453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow... I have never been at a bar and thought, I should probably take a pregnancy test before ordering this drink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234444 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:07:21 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 234444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234431 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:55:49 +0000 Alivoo01 234431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you have got to be kidding me... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234417 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:50:31 +0000 kokobee 234417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>... wow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-embarrassed-to-buy-hpt#post-234412 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:41:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 234412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can buy one from a dispenser at a bar now!<br /> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/20/bar-installs-pregnancy-test-dispenser/" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/20/bar-installs-pregnancy-test-dispenser/</a> </p> <p>I guess it makes sense... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so/page/2#post-20225 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:16:04 +0000 eeh 20225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is adamant that he wants nothing to do with something that has my urine all over it. Sometimes I've taken them when he's home and other's when he's gone but I've never told him that I'm going to test. I'm curious to see if he changes his tune when I get a BFP and he's so excited he wants proof...I'll save it somewhere just in case he decides he does want to see it after all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so/page/2#post-20219 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:09:21 +0000 ccflowers 20219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had this talk the other day. He said he would like to read the results at the same time as me, but that if I took it alone and told him the results later he wouldn't be upset. I want to do it alone and then come up with a fun way to tell him. Not sure how long I'll be able to keep it a secret though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-19709 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:06:13 +0000 VanessaC15 19709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I test alone. I don't want to get his hopes up each time I POAS and I also want to surprise him with the BFP someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-19554 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:14:47 +0000 SouthPaw 19554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take them alone too. I am slightly neurotic if I am a day or so late so getting him worked up too isn't going to get us anywhere. Plus when we do get a BFP I will be able to surprise him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-18935 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:42:55 +0000 bunnylovesbear 18935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always taken them alone. I'm kinda a HPT addict, so it's easier that way! Ha. However, if I ever get a positive (or should I say WHEN I get a positive) on the cheapo tests, I'd definitely retest with my hubby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-18920 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:13:59 +0000 misskittykakes 18920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take them alone...I want to be able to suprise him with the news </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-18806 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:23:07 +0000 EloiseKE 18806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alone. I didn't want to freak my husband out with the "I might be pregnant" talk. I just let him know I was both times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-18804 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:19:37 +0000 lemondrop 18804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the 10 months of TTC I took by myself, at first I wanted to surprise my husband, later on I just got tired of feeling like I disappointed him (nothing he said, all me feeling this way).<br /> The only time he was shoving sticks at me to pee on was during my chemical pregnancy a year ago. We got a bunch of very faint lines, not enough to convince either of us, then AF came a couple of days later.<br /> When we got the BFP, he was in the shower and that 5 minutes felt live FOREVER to tell him. A re-run of The Office where Jim &amp; Pam found out they were pregnant was on, so at the end I told him, "on that note..." and showed him the stick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-18795 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:01:37 +0000 ks8911 18795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caitlanc: haha!this is my husband ALL over!he told me he would be so upset if I ever took a test without him knowing,because he wants to be there for every step of the way,good or bad. But when I tested on friday, he was in the bathroom with me and I had to chuck him out,because it was not helping me concentrate!Then we waited for the results together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-17000 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:57:25 +0000 caitlanc 17000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not TTC yet but I was curious so I asked J what he would like - to be told immediately or later in a cute way since he's very much the romantic-who-does-sweet-things in our relationship- and he straight up laughed and said, "Are you kidding? I'll be holding your hand while you pee!" lol Good thing we're not bashful? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-16780 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:43:27 +0000 keiki_mama 16780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only had to test two or three times and DH was always on the other side of the door--we always found out together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-16774 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:39:34 +0000 PBandBaseball 16774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been testing alone but I'm starting to get discouraged with all of the BFNs, so we talked this week about waiting for the results together. I think that'll be better for me going forward. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-16722 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:40:37 +0000 PennyLainne 16722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: I did the same thing. I took the test at about 3 am and then sat in bed and managed to hold off on waking him up at 5am lol. </p> <p>I take them alone. That way I get to share the news with him after. And he doesn't get disappointed if it is a BFN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-take-home-pregnancy-tests-do-you-take-them-alone-or-with-your-so#post-16160 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:01:33 +0000 Rescuemom10 16160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always test alone. Whenever we are activly trying more. I want to surprise him and do something cute to let him know he is going to be a daddy again! </p>