please tell me i'm "normal"

blessed82

With my first two pregnancies I could hardly keep quiet about it. We told family before 8 weeks for both b/c we were soo excited!!  After the second one ended in a loss, followed by a longer period of TTC I thought I would feel even more that way so we could be asking people for prayers.  Not so.  I don't want anyone to know til after I go to the dr. for my first u/s, I freeze at the thought of sharing it with anyone.  I couldn't be any more excited and think and dream about this precious baby blessing all the time!  I love him/her so much already, but I am so scared.  Those of you further along, did you experience any of these feelings?

eschall

You're not alone.  All my other pregnancies I was quick to tell everyone!  This time, I told the parents and IL, but wouldn't let DH tell anyone else. I didn't tell my best friends until after 3 ultrasounds.  Only a few people at work and church know, but this time I'm of the mind that when people ask if I am, then I'll answer.

lraymeremtp

You are most definitely normal! With my first two pregnacies I was the same way, I couldn't keep my mouth shut! But after the second loss, both DH and I vowed to wait to tell people until we were out of the "danger zone" so to speak! The farther along I've gotten, the more loose lipped I've been, but there are still a lot of my friends and family that don't know. You'll know when the right time is to come out, you have a mother's instinct after all!

TeenyLilac

Totally normal.  I'm 19wks and there are still a lot of people that don't know.  I'm pretty sure I'll feel fine with telling the rest of the people who still don't know after my u/s tomorrow.

redshoegirl

Absolutely, totally, 100% normal.

I didn't want to tell anyone - not even our parents - until after the first ultrasound (although we did end up telling our folks before then). And I didn't want to tell anyone else for ages after that, but unfortunately with twins I started showing early so I went ahead and announced it at work after our second ultrasound at 12 weeks (I wouldn't have been able to hide it much longer, and I think probably half my coworkers were already suspicious). It wasn't that I was unhappy, but I was just so scared...so yes, it's totally normal.

mristine6

Totally normal. This time we only told my parents. We waited until 14 weeks to tell anyone and at that point I had already had 3 u/s's. Even at that point it was very nerve wracking telling people. It's normal to be scared!

Cow-girl

You are normal!  With this pg we didnt tell anyone until we had our first u/s and everything was ok.  We did announce to my church after that u/s on Chrsitmas Eve, and although I was nervous I knew that I couldnt go wrong with everyone praying for us! 

It will get better with time I promise! 

lil_rhody

I'm still nervous bringing it up, and it's kind of obvious! I realized I was so bad at telling people that I had to post something on facebook at 19w, and I was petrified! So, no, you are not alone.