I lied to my mother-in-law.  Thursday night I had just settled down to watch the first part of Laugh and Learn about Childbirth when my mother-in-law, S, called.  My in-laws are in the process of moving and she called up to inquire if I wanted something that they were trying to get rid of.  T's mother can talk on the phone for hours (very handy when I need company as I clean the house).  Just when I was trying to decide if she could hear me if I started munching on Chocolate Covered Ginger, she asks me as an after-thought, "you're not pregnant, are you?"

All visions of chocolate ginger fled my head but they were not replaced with any other coherent thoughts.  Unfortunately, T was gone and I didn't want to break the news to his mother without him present (plus, we agreed to wait at least until week 6).  I murmured something about our official plan not calling for me to be pregnant quite yet.  This is true, we're a month early.  However, I'm quite sure in her head she heard me say, "I'm not pregnant." 

Now I'm feeling incredibly guilty about lying to her but what else I could do?  Hopefully she won't hold this against me when we make the grand announcement and she starts counting backwards . . .