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My wife is very probably pregnant. Quite definitely maybe. Every test has come up negative but she looks like she's smuggling a beach ball. Her doctors have all told her that she's crazy and most definitely not pregnant because the test couldn't possibly be wrong. If she really is pregnant, the kid will be born very soon (within the next three weeks).
So I'm thoroughly stressed out. For one thing, we're pretty much living from paycheck to paycheck as it is... another mouth to feed wasn't something we planned. We haven't been able to prearrange anything with any of the local hospitals, so when she gives birth it will probably be in an emergency room... I just hope that it'll be during my vacation week and not a week early or a week late. My work takes me out of town one day a week and knowing my luck, that'll be the day. Also, because of the big gap between kids, there are no hand-me-downs left (especially since we moved in 2009 and got rid of a lot of baby stuff then).
The things I've mentioned above are the things that should be stressing me out. But I'm not. Instead, I'm obsessed with one single detail. The one thing that I just happen to think is the most important decision when having a child. The name.
My wife laid out the rules: no weird names, no family names, no historical figures or fictional characters or mythological creatures or deities, no alliteration, no initials that spell bad words... and she gets final veto power. There's probably a few thousand other rules that she just hasn't told me about yet. At least she made it simple for me; she has already picked out a girl's name and that's that. But if we have a boy, it's my job to name him.
I'm sure I'll come up with something good, but until I do, it's a distraction.
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... and no names that have anything to do with Doctor Who in any way. 
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My son's name is Sebastian, I'm thinking either Maximilian or Gideon for the 2nd boy I have. I'm a big fan of old names.
For a girls name we have Katherine, the wife and I have it where we each pick out our own sexes name but the other can veto something to out there, so I've never really thought of any girl names.
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sorry for the extra stress friend, but congrats on the bundle of joy :>
i've no good suggestions :<
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Daimar is a good traditional name.
And congrats/condolences.
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You can never go wrong with Thaag! And mazel tov! 
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We were on our way to a garage sale, looking for baby stuff, and saw a sign for another yard sale... actually we saw two signs and I was trying to find one of them and somehow found myself driving down the wrong side street and we ended up right in front of the other yard sale; the one with the crappy little sign that I almost didn't see. While an older gentleman tried to sell me sweaters (which I didn't really like), his wife sold my wife so much baby stuff that we had to take two trips to get it all, and she only spent twenty bucks. Their youngest grandchild had outgrown all of it and they were moving South and we were in the right place at the right time. I should have bought some sweaters.
Then, when we were on our way home with the second load of stuff, my wife noticed another little sign for a yard sale on another side street (but this one, I actually knew where it was) so we swung by there... we spent another twenty bucks on baby stuff and, because they were about to close down the sale and donate the rest to charity, we got a couple of big boxes of extra toys and clothes for free. Once again: right place, right time.
Ben Franklin once said that God helps those who help themselves. He must have hit some garage sales at three o'clock on a Saturday, too.
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Oh yeah, awesome luck on the yard sale finds!! If you lived in Oregon I'd give youa TON of baby stuff free though...
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Clinton
Oh yeah, awesome luck on the yard sale finds!! If you lived in Oregon I'd give youa TON of baby stuff free though...
haven't you learned anything from his story? Don't give your stuff away because you'll have another kid afterward.
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"Every test has come up negative but she looks like she's smuggling a beach ball. Her doctors have all told her that she's crazy and most definitely not pregnant"
anyone else find this very strange?
she has taken a blood test and it says not pregnant?
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cobra commander
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cobra commander
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west.side posted:
"Every test has come up negative but she looks like she's smuggling a beach ball. Her doctors have all told her that she's crazy and most definitely not pregnant"
anyone else find this very strange?
she has taken a blood test and it says not pregnant?
The blood test for pregnancy looks for a certain hormone. Normally, this hormone is only found in trace amounts, but during pregnancy its level is supposed to shoot up. Every time they have done this test for my wife, the level of this particular hormone has gone up slightly, but not enough for anybody to consider it a confirmation of pregnancy.
She had an ultrasound back in January or early February. Three doctors so far have told her that since that lower-pelvis ultrasound showed no signs of pregnancy, that there is no way she could be pregnant. The baby would have been about the size of a corn kernel at that point in time, and the purpose of the ultrasound had nothing to do with pregnancy so they weren't even looking for it at the time.
We are seriously thinking about contacting a lawyer.
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Honestly if everything is coming up negative for pregnancy I would start having them look for other things that could cause swelling like that. Not sure what they would be, but even the most incompetent doctors find pregnancies pretty easily considering the nature of the beast. Maybe something is going wrong with other hormones or glands etc. Also, she isn't still on birth control (if she was on it to begin with) is she, just in case?
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Also I would argue to have an ultrasound done now if you are so adamant that she is pregnant. Her body might not be producing the hormones properly despite being pregant, but an ultrasound is pretty much impossible to miss a baby with if you think she's been pregant for this long. I mean, realistically you don't have to be a doctor to notice a baby with an ultrasound, just might take ya longer to look in the right places.
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Metal_Dog posted:
west.side posted:
"Every test has come up negative but she looks like she's smuggling a beach ball. Her doctors have all told her that she's crazy and most definitely not pregnant"
anyone else find this very strange?
she has taken a blood test and it says not pregnant?
The blood test for pregnancy looks for a certain hormone. Normally, this hormone is only found in trace amounts, but during pregnancy its level is supposed to shoot up. Every time they have done this test for my wife, the level of this particular hormone has gone up slightly, but not enough for anybody to consider it a confirmation of pregnancy.
She had an ultrasound back in January or early February. Three doctors so far have told her that since that lower-pelvis ultrasound showed no signs of pregnancy, that there is no way she could be pregnant. The baby would have been about the size of a corn kernel at that point in time, and the purpose of the ultrasound had nothing to do with pregnancy so they weren't even looking for it at the time.
We are seriously thinking about contacting a lawyer.
you should seriously be thinking about contacting a lawyer AND some more doctors, there is something about this situation that would freak me out if i were in it
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What sort of situation are you that you're not getting prenatal care? It's usually a standard procedure to do another ultrasound at some point, usually at four months or what is reported to be four months. Are just not opting to go to the doctor then since they said at the beginning she wasn't pregnant? Not that it's a requirement to get monthly check ups while pregnant, especially on a low risk pregnancy and you've been there done that. Just curious...
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