Television took me down memory lane
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charliesmumThis morning I was watching Mad About You in reruns on the TV Land channel while I drank my coffee. I liked this show when it was on; it was well done and witty, but I also kind of liked it because it started in 1992, which was the year I got married, so it was like 'my' show.
This morning the episode was when Paul and Jamie decided to start trying for a baby and it made me laugh, because it was the episode that got us started on our path to Charlie.
We'd moved into our house that summer, June of 1995. I was ready to have a baby but my husband, typical man that he is, didn't think he was. God Forbid we mess up the status-quo, or whatever. So I told him that my prescription for the Pill was ending in August and I wasn't renewing it, so if he wants to not have a baby, it's up to him.
Granted I only said this once, relying, probably, on the fact he has the world's worst memory when it comes to things I tell him. So fast forward to whenever this episode aired, probably in November, and we're watching it, and I mention something about how it was slightly similar to our sitution. Of course he's all 'You did what now?' but it was very obvious he rather liked the idea and was glad the decision had been made for him. He was certain I must be pregnant at that point, even, and was very disappointed when it turned out I wasn't.
In fact, rather like Jamie and Paul, we went through a year of trying and failing, and going to doctors and that sort of thing before getting the result we wanted. Although I had to take a fertility drug and Jamie didn't. And it wasn't nearly as funny for us.
This morning the episode was when Paul and Jamie decided to start trying for a baby and it made me laugh, because it was the episode that got us started on our path to Charlie.
We'd moved into our house that summer, June of 1995. I was ready to have a baby but my husband, typical man that he is, didn't think he was. God Forbid we mess up the status-quo, or whatever. So I told him that my prescription for the Pill was ending in August and I wasn't renewing it, so if he wants to not have a baby, it's up to him.
Granted I only said this once, relying, probably, on the fact he has the world's worst memory when it comes to things I tell him. So fast forward to whenever this episode aired, probably in November, and we're watching it, and I mention something about how it was slightly similar to our sitution. Of course he's all 'You did what now?' but it was very obvious he rather liked the idea and was glad the decision had been made for him. He was certain I must be pregnant at that point, even, and was very disappointed when it turned out I wasn't.
In fact, rather like Jamie and Paul, we went through a year of trying and failing, and going to doctors and that sort of thing before getting the result we wanted. Although I had to take a fertility drug and Jamie didn't. And it wasn't nearly as funny for us.
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on 2006-06-29 03:57 pm (UTC)After we got married, I stopped with the Pill too, but then my period went all wanky and I'd not have it for months, and the doc said I wouldn't get pregnant without losing weight (?) and taking drugs. So hubby was all 'YAY, NO birth control needed!'. Then, when I had morning sickness so bad I threw up in my car on the way to work one morning (but was stupid enough to think my job had finally given me an ulcer or something), a co-worker said 'could you be pregnant?' And me 'duh? I suppose...' and voila! I was. Very weird.
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on 2006-06-29 06:40 pm (UTC)