Keeping It A Secret- A Guide to Creating a Diversion

It is soo hard to keep being pregnant a secret!

How far along? 10 weeks

My partner, Simon, and I have decided to keep things under wraps until we've passed the 3 month mark. We've decided that we will wait until our first ultrasound (booked on the 20th of April) to tell people. I just want to see and hear our baby's heart beat before we spread the news. Don't get me wrong, my best friend knows and a couple other strategically chosen people who are sworn to secrecy.
We had a miscarriage previously and I guess we just want to protect ourselves from having to explain a loss to all our friends and families in the most unstable time during pregnancy.
Last time I was pregnant I had a dentist appointment to check up on a problem and I had to explain to him why he couldn't take x-rays. I had to return to the office again because I was still experiencing pain and called ahead to inform the secretary that an x-ray would be okay because I had lost the pregnancy and to please pass the info on to the dentist. She didn't. That was awkward.

So anyway, listed below are many ways to explain behaviour out of the ordinary to keep people off your trail. Create a diversion.

Not Drinking
"I'm driving." Easy one, however, if you've taken some other mode of transportation..
"My stomach has been upset lately, I don't want to aggravate it." Weaker, might raise an eyebrow but not really disputable.

Note: the above mentioned excuses are not lies but merely diversions from the real reasons for you're not drinking but if you are with a hard core group of friends and you don't think the mild excuses will work you can always say...

"I drank so much yesterday I'll probably throw up if I drink any more." or some variation of that.

Nausea and/or Morning Sickness
"I shouldn't have eaten that mall food."
"I think my multivitamin is making me nauseous." Easily backed up. Some multivitamins create nausea that much resembles morning sickness if taken with too little in your stomach. I almost threw up once because I took my multivitamin before I ate my breakfast...a tip off from my friend and a little internet research pointed to my vitamin as the culprit.

Note: the above mentioned excuses are not lies but merely diversions from the real reasons for your nausea and an actual lie may be required such as...

"Man, am I hung over."