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Baby Related
I got my BFP this morning! After 1 year 1/2 of trying this was very welcome news! I haven't told DH yet, but I'm planning on buying a Willow Tree angel of the Father and baby and wrapping it up and telling him it's an early Christmas present. I hope all the rest of you that are trying get it very soon!
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Congrats lady! Wishing you a healthy pregnancy and what a great Christmas present!
What a great Christmas gift!
Congrats lady!
Thanks everyone! This was definitely the best gift.
For those of you who already have children, did you wait to tell your family til you were farther along or did you tell them right away? I've always thought it would cool to tell them on Christmas, but I've also always thought it would be good to wait a little while. What's your opinion?
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I waited until after my first doctor's appointment just so I could make sure that it was a viable pregnancy before I got everyone all excited. But at that appointment I found out that I was much farther along than I thought, so at that point I definitely felt comfortable telling everyone.
Congratulations! I clicked on your blog link yesterday and just in those two entries I could feel your frustration, I'm so glad that you got your BFP.
As for telling, not being a parent myself the thought that crossed my mind is this: in your Christmas celebrations are you/either of your familes big drinkers? The reason I say this is last Thanksgiving when my bff found out she was expecting she determined she'd have to tell her family on Thanksgiving (they found out on Halloween) because her family would notice if she wasn't drinking. She'd already had her first doctor's appointment at that point as well though.
Also, who will you be celebrating the holida with? If it's just your parents and siblings you might feel ok telling them already because god forbid something should happen you'd end up telling them about it anyways, most likely.
Congratulations again, what a wonderful early christmas gift!
We waited until after we heard the hb and had our 1st appt. it was about 11 weeks.
I agree with Vanessa, in that I think the typical fear of telling "too early" is that if you have a loss you don't want to have to go through the pain of telling people or having people ask questions.
If you're just telling your parents/siblings then those are the people who you probably will want support from in the event that you did have a loss. I think its up to how comfortable you and your husband are with it.
What a great post! I'm so happy for you; here's to hoping for a very healthy 9 months
I told H immediately as well as my parents and my best friend (ahh yes and this board!) but didn't tell anyone else until my 1st appointment (9 weeks along). I waited until after the 1st trimester to tell my supervisor.
Congrats!
As far as when to tell, it's a personal decision. DISCLAIMER: I'm going to give you my opinion, but please take it with a grain of salt since I'm obviously impacted by my previous experiences, and obviously the risk of a loss is relatively minor and hopefully none of this will ever be an issue for you.
I will say that next time, I'm telling family and close friends pretty quickly because I want to be able to celebrate my good news with them. Last pregnancy we hadn't told my parents yet and DH had to call my dad and tell them I was in surgery having a D&C. It was awful and made me feel bad that they didn't get to enjoy our good news with us while it lasted. It does suck to untell people if something happens, but for me it was even worse to have to tell people close to us that we lost a baby they didn't even know about.
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!
Such wonderful news, congrats!!!
With Weston, I told my mom, sisters, and best friend right away and then told everyone else on Christmas. I was like 12 weeks then I think.
So far my mom, best friend and the family I nanny for know about this pregnancy. My bosses knew when we were starting TTC because I had to make sure it was okay to bring a 2nd child to work with me. My mom and friend have been really great at helping through all the problems I've had so far, so I'm glad they know. I don't know when I will feel comfortable enough to tell anyone else.
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I'm really late to this but Congrats !!!
As for telling, our situation was different. Our families all knew when we went for the ER/ET with the IVF cycle. There was no way we would be able to put off telling them since they knew we would know one way or another 14 days from the ER. Also, it al depends on what you feel you may need/want emotionally. If for some reason it didn't end well, we knew we would need the emotional support of our close family. We told the extended family after we saw the hb.
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
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