![]() ![]() So you just sent me a pair of baby booties and I knew what that meant." So since it was close to their birthdays (they are two weeks apart) i sent them a fancy box, with a pair of booties inside, told them they couldnt' until open it until Dads birthday and then when we video chatted i said "I changed my mind, you should open it now." I guess they had guessed/hoped it was baby related but it was still great to see their reactions! And my mom didn't remember that dream at all but once i explained it to her, she was very touched. She said "I dreamed that you were pregnant and lived far away and couldn't tell me in person. Then for my parents it all related to a dream my mom had years ago. So for my sister I sent her a "Worlds Greatest Sister Aunt" t-shirt, my SIL and her long time boyfriend a "#1 Aunt and Uncle" mug set and my husband just wanted to tell his Mom on video chat, so we did. We have our anatomy scan this week, I figure I’ll make calls to friends abroad next weekend, and I’m going to see my coworkers at their office week after next, so I’ll tell them in person then, but plan to tell my boss in advance so that she has a heads up. I do have a few friends who I won’t see in the next five months (they live abroad) and I work remotely so nobody at work has heard either. We won’t be making a pregnancy announcement on social media (we will announce baby’s arrival) so we’re just sticking with telling people as we see them (19 weeks today!) in person. The rest of the crew has heard as we’ve had a chance to see them in person (Thanksgiving and Christmas were full of reveals). My husbands mom (his parents are divorced) is a bit more fragile so we waited until about ten weeks to tell her so that she would be less likely to have to hear about a loss in case. We wanted support systems in place for better or worse. We told my parents at five weeks, and my husbands dad the same weekend. If that’s the case, sing it loud and proud to them!Ĭongratulations to you! It’s an exciting time, and you should celebrate that in whatever way feels right to you □ A good guideline is to think about whether you’d like their support if you had a miscarriage. Having said that, there is no reason to not share it with people you want to share with. I still don’t feel safe, but I can’t hide it anymore so no point in trying :) This time we wanted it confirmed early and later before we felt comfortable saying anything. We had already started telling people by then in that pregnancy and it just took too much energy from what we were going through to tell them the pregnancy didn’t work out. The reason for waiting so long is that I’ve gone through a missed miscarriage before with no signs anything was wrong until the ultrasound showed no heartbeats at 11 weeks. The rest of the family found out at 12 weeks after the second ultrasound and then we started trickling it out. The moms found out around 9 weeks after an ultrasound that had a confirmed heartbeat. I told a few people at 5 weeks (sister and two friends who were also pregnant) because it wasn’t going to work hiding it for so long and the support was nice. Most new folks are finding out through word of mouth. This was after my anatomy scan came back normal.īy now everyone can know, but I'm not doing any more big announcements. This includes friends, facebook, and the rest of the office. I want to take lots of time off of work, so I wanted to give him lots of advance notice.Ģ0-21 weeks for the rest of the world. I called him once we found out we were having a boy.ġ4+5 for my boss. ![]() He and I aren't close, we talk maybe twice or three times a year. ![]() It was someone's birthday so we got them a birthday present with the ultrasound photo in it.ġ4+1 for my dad. We found out the week before, and I decided I'd rather have told them in person for a healthy pregnancy than over the phone, and they would likely find out if I had a loss anyway.Ĩ+2 for my in laws. We live across the country and all happened to be together for a previously planned day trip. ![]()
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