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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Really ready?
So DH and I have been planning on getting pregnant since October. I stopped taking BC in October and have been regular until this past week when I was 5 days late (I've since started). The thing though is that when I was waiting I suddenly realized that if I was pregnant I didn't want to tell anyone if I was (other than DH). I didn't want to tell our parents or anyone else since no one except DH and I knew we were TTC. Do you think I'm ready for pregnancy or am I just getting cold feet?
Re: Really ready?
This. I was 10 weeks when we told our parents and siblings and 14 weeks before we told anyone else.
Hon, it is perfectly fine and not an indicator that you are not ready or have cold feet. There are many people who choose not to share their pregnancies until after the passing of the first trimester.
Allow you and your DH to fully enjoy the intimacy of this WONDERFUL event - right now the 3 of you are encloistered together in this happy, personal period. If anything, your not wanting to share the news tells me that you are not yet wanting this personal time of just quiet blessing invaded.
Waiting to tell others is a wise choice, not a reflection of your readiness to be a parent.
I strongly encourage waiting a few weeks before announcing it to the world. I waited until the first trimester was over to tell people outside of our family circle. First I wanted to hear (more than once) from the ob that the pregnancy was stable, that the baby was growing normally, and that I had very little to be worried about.