https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 20:24:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-468228 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:45:45 +0000 heffalump 468228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a bad experience so now I make dh do it.</p> <p>After buying a test at my local grocery store I went back to the same checkout lady and she had the nerve to ask me if I was pregnant. I lied and said no. I hadn't even told my mom yet, I wasn't telling her! And then she asked how long I've been married and said its better to wait. Which made me feel great, since I was pregnant, a planned pregnancy mind you. But I ended up having a miscarriage and being very happy I lied to her. </p> <p>I wrote a letter to the grocery store telling them how rude their employee was. That's private information! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-468157 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:45:50 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 468157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I always say they're for my sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-468156 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:40:54 +0000 StbHisMrs 468156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I do too, lol!<br /> I always use the self checkout, buy multiple items, and grab the tests last. It's especially embarrassing to have my lo with me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-468082 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:30:09 +0000 Springtime 468082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, the first time I bought them I mentioned to the cashier, "Oh, these aren't for me" I couldn't be more obvious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-468026 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:31:31 +0000 Mrs. J 468026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always think they are judging me because I look so young! Then again, I get embarrassed buying tampons lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-466096 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:21:05 +0000 LuLu Mom 466096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always bought more than just the test so I could hide it in the cart. I don't know why I cared but I didn't want it to be the only thing I bought! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-466086 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:12:42 +0000 MrsTiz 466086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! The ones in my store are in those hard plastic cases that you have to get taken off, so no self checkout for me! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-466084 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:03:55 +0000 Charm54 466084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally!! I always buy extra crap that I don't need to cover them in my basket. I'm from a small town and ALWAYS run into someone that I know.</p> <p>Last week I bought some OPKs and the cashier packed up all of my stuff except for the OPKs -which she kindly left on the counter in front of the entire line while she left to go get coins for her cash. </p> <p>Then when she came back she started waving them around in the air trying to get the magnetic strip to deactivate...apparently she didn't do a good enough job because as I walked out of the store the security machine went beeping and flashing and security came running and shouted out "JEAN! You forgot to deactivate her pregnancy tests!!!". </p> <p>Where's a rock to crawl under when you need one? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-462055 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:06:40 +0000 Boogs 462055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, so did the self checkout lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-462005 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:27:23 +0000 Cherrybee 462005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! I really don't know why - it's not like the staff care one bit and I always wear my wedding ring - but I'd always feel like I was a teenager, two weeks after a brief encounter in a bus shelter!!! They're security tagged in my local supermarket so you have to have cashier interaction, even if you go to the self service checkout. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461989 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:14:12 +0000 avivoca 461989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks Ladies! I bought some Wondfo's from Amazon, but its super awkward carrying a cup and test to the bathroom at my in-law's house (it's right in the middle of the house). So I went to Rite-Aid to get a couple of regular ones and set off the alarm. Twice. It was mortifying. At least my husband was there with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461978 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:09:27 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 461978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just today I went to buy some and the grocery store had them behind Plexiglas right at the front of the pharmacy with a long line of people right next to them, so I would've been totally obvious. I just told myself I'd get them another time lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461942 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:44:30 +0000 blackbird 461942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could buy them on Amazon! It never phases me to buy them, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461931 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:37:13 +0000 Andrea 461931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I always buy them on Amazon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461924 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:29:11 +0000 Turd Ferguson 461924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haahah, I just bought mine this afternoon. First, I realized I was wearing an old high school soccer sweatshirt (and I was buying the tests IN that high school's district, so it was waaaay obvious), so I tried to make my wedding rings more...prominent. Then I felt like I needed...something else to check out with so a Diet Coke and a Christmas tree Reese's it was! Then, the only cashier was a high school kid. He was fine, but then I set the alarm off as I was checking out. Sigh.</p> <p>I'll be using Amazon next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461906 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:19:23 +0000 JessiBee 461906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ah, the beauty and anonymity of online shopping :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461870 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:46:47 +0000 mrs. bird 461870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I always seem to find the cashier that feels the need to comment of my purchase :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461859 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:40:27 +0000 knittylady 461859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I always went to the self check out. AND I was embarrassed buying prenatals cause the first time I did, like 3 months prior to ttc, the woman behind the counter flashed me a huge smile and said "Congratulations!!" Dying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461857 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:26:24 +0000 betsyboop 461857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Even better, at our drugstore, they keep the tests behind this locked plexiglass door on the shelf so you have to ask someone to get one for you! Last time I bought one, I just reached behind the glass and got it myself. Oops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461853 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:14:38 +0000 Bao 461853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I did!! You could always order them online in bulk and never have to worry about it, or hide it in your cart and do self check out. or send your SO ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461852 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:13:38 +0000 Weagle 461852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always! I have to coach myself to the register. "You're married, old enough, have a stable life and highly capable of caring for and raising a child. No one should judge you. Just by the tests." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461851 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:13:20 +0000 fussygal 461851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes, only because I look kind of young for my age and I feel like the checkout people are judging me (although it is very likely this is all in my head..) :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461847 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:11:36 +0000 autumnlove 461847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt embarrassed the first time I bought them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461844 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:11:12 +0000 matador84 461844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to hide them in my cart and only do self-check out! I was always afraid I'd run into one of my students! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-else-feel-embarrassed-buying-tests#post-461843 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:10:33 +0000 avivoca 461843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I weird? I get super embarrassed buying Pregnancy tests in the store. I just feel like ttc is a private thing, and I get horribly flustered, like I'm announcing it to the world. </p>