I had no problem stating that. They were and just because they were doesn't make it any worse. My kids were not planned but I didn't go 2 months before I knew Either. I caught them both around three or four weeks.

Elizabeth gets to me. Obviously shes fertile myrtle and NOT using birth control - what did she think was gonna happen? I really wish shes go away.

I agree with Martini Rossi. Seriously, who still watches The View?

Elisabeth is annoying. Who cares that she's pregnant again? Not I.
Some pregnancies are surprises. And if it is, I don't mind hearing, "Oh, this was unexpected." But I don't need the details.

I have no problem hearing that a child was a surprise, as long as it's referred to as a pleasant one.

I watch The View everyday except days the Barbara is on cause I can't stand the way she talks... but seriously Elisabeth is an annoying little cow that needs to keep her legs closed or use birth control. When Whoppi was like we have an announcement and she turned to Elisabeth I already knew, I saw it coming a month ago. She's been joking a lot about being pregnant again and having more kids so soon. I think she knew... I don't think there is any shame in saying your kids weren't planned, life happens so embrace it.

I do not understand how babies are 'surprises'. when you have sex, babies may happen. you use birth control methods to prevent this from happening. I don't get it.

I agree, I have no problem with calling a pregnancy a "surprise." Surprises are good things.

I'm sure she thought her fertility was limited because she's still breastfeeding (and she's really public about that). I think this happens a lot more often than people know, and it's why some people seem to be pregnant again several months after having their last baby. Women think pregnancy can't happen while they're breastfeeding, because they often aren't menstruating at the same time. Not true, pregnancy can (and does) still happen even while mom is breastfeeding.

i love surprises! i think they had planned on having more, and she seemed pretty excited. we were trying when i got pregnant with my second, but it was a surprise because it happened so soon. my first 2 are 12 months and 4 days apart.

I think that for people who are trying to have kids, (or the one I hear all the time now "we weren't trying to prevent it") then it's not really a surprise.

But a real surprise?? That just makes it seem like you don't know how to use birth control. Once in awhile you hear about somebody who is on the pill and gets pregnant, but that seems pretty rare in the grand scheme of things.

I don't see what's wrong with saying it was a surprise. Take for example if I got pregnant now, I think those close to me would know it was a shocker anyways and not planned so who cares?!

Why would that be TMI? If she gave you the gritty details of conception I might understand, but just stating that the child was not planned is hardly TMI.

I dont know, she didnt sound terribly thrilled about it- I heard the sound clip on the radio this morning, sounded to me like this was really unplanned.

That being said, seems like everyone has surprise babies these days- although how you can really be all that surprised is beyond me- but REALLY surprises me is when people will flat out ask if you were trying when they find out you are pregnant, or comment that they had no idea you were trying to get pregnant- Im sorry I wasnt aware I had to make a public announcement when we are going to start trying for a baby.
If it wasnt already obvious by my little rant, Im actually pregnant right now and I admit we were a little surprised, not that I was pregnant, we knew it would happen eventually- but it just didnt take as long to happen as I thought it would after coming off the pill. The average time is 6 months and it only took 2.

I dont understand how she couldnt notice. Its like hello, period missing anywhere? I would so notice that kinna thing. and ya, its not TMI at all. Pregnancy, tmi?
That must mean that suprisingly finding out that you are having twins is tmi too.
WTF?

I don't understand how this could at all be TMI? I mean if she gave details about exactly how she got pregnant then yeah, but how is it TMI to say it was a surprise?

I see nothing wrong with admitting that it's a surprise pregnancy, but I do not understand how pregnancy can ever be a surprise. Hello-- you have unprotected sex, you have a baby. What's surprising about that?

I think it was a surprise to her because it took her a really long time to get pregnant with both children, so i don't think she thought she could get pregnant with out help. That's probably why she wasn't using birth control because she thought she didn't need it.

Its only TMI when you dont like the person giving the information. If it was michelle obama we would hear how cute it was.

You're right on with that, CG!

I know that I was a surprise child. Well as my mom put it, "an accident." And upon telling a friend this they were shocked that my mom would admit to me that I was an accident, but I was never insulted by it or anything. It was pretty obvious that I wasn't a planned pregnancy anyway. I don't think it is TMI to hear that from someone; and even having the idea of trying to conceive kind of weirds me out.

If you are having unprotected sex pregnancy should not be considered a surprise

I agree with those who are saying that no pregnancy is really a "surprise". You have sex w/o protection, you know that you *could* get pregnant.

I don't think saying the pregnancy was unplanned is actually TMI, per se, but I personally wouldn't want to hear about it.

I think there are many reasons a baby can be a surprise- not all of them related to having unprotected sex. She's been vocal about fertility issues and it taking her a long time to get pregnant with both children. She's still breastfeeding and it's possible she hadn't gotten her period back yet. So, she may have not been preventing pregnancy as many people I know with fertility issues welcome pregnancy any time it comes. If I was in the exact same situation, I'd be surprised. I don't think that's all that odd.

Also, unplanned isn't synonymous with unwanted. I feel that to say she should keep her legs together is ridiculous. She's married. They are open to more children. It's obviously a wanted child. Urgh. That comment just seems so demeaning.

I can't stand Elizabeth but I _completely_ agree with graylen's comments. She's an adult, she's breastfeeding, she's had some delays in the past -- so it's all a nice surprise.

People tend to ask, "Were you planning this?" when you tell them you're pregnant (esp so quickly after the one before), so for her to say it's a surprise, she's answering the question for them. I don't see how that's TMI. Lighten up!

Mamasitamali, I totally agree...seriously.

why would that be too much info? So what? It's not like being graphic or anything. And also, it IS possible to get pregnant even when using protection/birth control, it's just rare. And a surprise is when you're not planning on getting pregnant.. a lot of people go through a lot of effort to try to get pregnant.. planning and everything, so that's what she means by surprise

If angelina jolie or jennifer aniston had a suprise kid,
everyone would be gah gah.
Freaking retarded.

two months without knowing? wouldnt she of noticed she wasnt getting her period?
and i agree with meechie how can you not expect getting pregnant without protection?

Well, Elisabeth is prone to defective thinking. She seems to forget that unprotected sex leads to babies. One would think that after having two children, she would realize how babies are made. But no, this pregnancy come as a "surprise."

This is why I pay little attention to what she says. She's a bit mindless.

I see how it could be a surprise even if you *are* on BC. I have one friend who became pregnant while on hormonal BC and she (claimed that she) was very religious about taking it. Elisabeth should just be happy she's married and wealthy and able to handle another child.

Also, breastfeeding is supposed to stop ovulation - so perhaps she thought that she couldn't get pregnant while breastfeeding?

My mom had several miscarriages and was finally able to get pregnant with me but it was a difficult pregnancy. So she was surprised when she found out she was pregnant with my sister when I was only 9 mo. old. So it is possible for a woman to be suprised, even if she isn't on B.C. or using condoms. Having said that, Elisabeth is annoying and pretty ditzy. As for a woman saying she's surprised by being pregnant, I don't think it's TMI unless she's oversharing on the details. As for whether a woman's dizty for being surprised, I think it depends on her history. If she's had trouble conceiving, then of course, it could be a surprise. But in this case, it seems a little odd to say that.

Ha, I think all pregnancies are a bit of a surpise, even when a woman is trying to conceive.
I was off the birth control for over a year when I conceived my first daughter. I had just filled a presciption for Klomid(sp?) which was expensive & not covered by my insurance. I was waiting for my (irregular)period to arrive so I could start taking them. I was actually pregnant when I filled the prescription & had a positive EPT test result on Mother's Day.
I thought it would take a year or so to conceive my second daughter, but was pregnant with her about 6 weeks after I stopped taking the pill. I also had a positive EPT with her on Mother's Day. Funny: I had recently purchased very large packages of tampons & sanitary napkins.
So, I have 2 daughters 2 days short of being 2 years apart.
How's that for TMI?

I've known women who became pregnant while breastfeeding.
I took a very low dosage of birth control pill while nursing my daughters but my cycle didn't start back until each of my kids was 9 months old or so.

she's generally an annoying person, so as caterpillargirl said, i think it's a big reason why i don't want to hear about anything really related to elizabeth...and i myself would not go about announcing a baby was a "surprise..." it's not a huge thing these days, i suppose. just seems weird and tacky..like others said, how did she just 'realize' this?

I don't think it's TMI...what I don't like in pregnancy situations is when people ASK "oh was this a surprise??"
if we're not close enough for me to have shared it with you if it was intentional or not, I don't want you to know!

Anytime you have sex without a comment, you really can't call a pregnancy surprising. But, she annoys me, pregnant or not.

*without birth control, not without sound, lol

Ok, when someone says it is a "surprise" pregnancy, they rarely mean it in a "holy shizz, how'd that happen?" way - it is just a shorter way of saying they weren't necessarily trying for a pregnancy at that time. Everyone that commented "how can it be a surprise?" should take that into consideration.
I don't think it is TMI to announce the pregnancy was a surprise - it is a nice way to volunteer the answer to the question that probably pops into most people's heads, especially when pregnancies are so close together. I actually think it's more TMI for a couple to announce that they are trying to conceive - that kinda weirds me out.

I wish there is pregnancy that surprises the guy.
That look when he finds out is so very "memorable". Men turn into a mini chicken when confronted with their fear and pregnancy surprises that pierce into their little heart is so shocking that they are not boys anymore. Men think that they are boys even at age 90...haha.

in contracts, women think they are not little girls anymore at age 20.

I agree with princess_eab birth control isn't 100% and I know two people who got pregnant on birth control so I think assuming there is no such thing as a surprise pregnancy is kind on one sided.

I think that it's pretty impossible to have a surprise pregnancy if you're using birth control properly and know that antibiotics or certain herbs can interfere with your pill. I'm not judging I just think that woman should be informed. I'm not on the pill but I know these things. You need to know all the facts.

It's one thing to think about your friends or family having sex to create a baby it's another to think about them doing it for fun. I don't think it's something that needs to be said unless it's to your close friends.

Saying she didn't know for two months was a little TMI, but the rest is fine I guess.

It's TMI (and annoying) to me because she told the whole friggin world about it. If I got pregnant by surprise, I would only tell close friends.

no not tmi. not a fan of elisabeth, but i find whoopi, barbara and sherri even more annoying/dumb. joy is the only joy to watch on that show. kudos to her for being vocal about breastfeeding, if that is the case.
"It's one thing to think about your friends or family having sex to create a baby it's another to think about them doing it for fun"
ummm even speaking as someone who is really into having babies, isn't sex quite often more about the fun? or do you really prefer to assume that your friends and family would only do it out of procreation duty?
i really dont get why this is tmi... does it actually make ppl squeamish to think about ppl having sex 'just for fun'? the sex part wouldn't even come to my mind. what really comes to mind is that she doesn't want mainstream people to associate her too closely with bible belt people who pop out kid after kid. as in, she's micromanaging her brand of fame. just my conspiracy theory.

i dislike elisabeth as much as the next person from what i've seen of her, however graylen's comment is right and all those who still continued to comment: "UMMM like duh!! if you dont use bc youre going to get pregnant!!" probably should have read that comment before parroting the 20 others of the same material on this post.

also, i think it's a shame women don't look out for each other more often. not tmi at all, makes me sad that anyone would consider it that.

My sister was an unplanned child. My mum found out when she was 5 months pregnant and had gone to the doctor to see why her periods had stopped. She also didn't notice for five months because she had a lot on her plate at the time and didn't have the time to think about her cycle.

It was definately a surprise to my dad, as mum wasn't really showing!

But EH is a conservative Christian and they don't believe in contraception of any kind. So yeah i don't she will be using BC anytime soon.
But, Hey congrats to her!