louisaL

my mother in law has just told me that with all 3 of her boys she was told to wait for 2 missed periods before testing

she found out at 8 weeks with my husband, 14 weeks with his youngest brother and i think she said 8 weeks again with his other brother

she thinks i am mad for testing so early now (5 weeks 7 days) and thinks i should wait 2 more weeks

Pux

They also told people back then that it was ok to drink/smoke and occaisionally smoke marijuana (at least that's what my mom's doctor told her 35 years ago...) You can tell your MIL "Welcome to the year 2008, where it's healthy to know sooner so I can monitor and protect the little bean growing inside me!"

FEDup1981

yeah and preg tests have also advanced and can now get a result much quicker than they could 3-4 decades ago!!

louisaL

thanks guys my first response to her was 'times have changed'. she is 48 and a young 48 at that but she was like this when i planned my wedding as well telling me it was good enough to have a buffet at home and didnt know why i was fussing with all the niknacks and everything was too expensive as she didnt have all that (she didnt even have invites) again welcome to planning a wedding in 2007!

i know she means well but still ahhhhh

SJK

I have heard of it, I was preg 9 weeks with my son before I found out, good luck xx

polo_princess

Ohhh yes lol back in the day!!

DaisyDuke

Yeah, it was standard back then miss two periods then go to the dr's and test. XXX

Angelmarie

When I fell pregnant the second time I didnt get a until nearly 7 weeks.

But like FEDup1981 points out - the tests are much better these days.

tmr1234

people use to think that peeing ona preg rebbit and if is blood or wee turnd blue you was preg. but like people have seid preg tests wasnt as good back then and they where very dear

louisaL

did you test before 7 weeks and do you mind me asking how long your cycles were?