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Another S/O Reactions...

jfarmer27jfarmer27
in Dallas-Fort Worth Babies
Those of you who said you wanted to wait longer the next time to share the news...what is the reasoning? 
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Re: Another S/O Reactions...

  • avz2azbavz2azb

    I had a couple of reasons, but first and foremost I was paranoid. I know some people say tell people b/c you will want their support if something goes wrong, but I don't think I am one of those people. I think I'd rather deal with something like that on my own or just with DH. 

    Secondly, I wanted to be able to tell my family in person. I also think it was kind of fun having that secret between DH and I for a little while.  

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  • techdg26techdg26 member
    Having just gone through a miscarriage - I stand by my tell as soon as you know. I have always told everyone as soon as we knew we were pregnant. After this miscarriage, people brought meals, sent cards, and flowers. I can't imagine going through everything we went through by ourselves. 
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  • susanmosleysusanmosley member

    I too like the feeling of the secret between you and DH 

    Secondly, once you tell people, there seems to be a count down and i think the pregnancy seems longer and more drawn out. 

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  • katherinemichelkatherinemichel
    imagesusanmosley:

    I too like the feeling of the secret between you and DH 

    Secondly, once you tell people, there seems to be a count down and i think the pregnancy seems longer and more drawn out. 

    Yup, I totally agree. We didn't tell family till around 12 weeks and I didn't tell work until after 20 weeks and it everyone commented on how quickly it went by.

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  • aggielaurenaggielauren member

    I actually disagree with it going by slower after you tell people. I felt like it totally dragged and dragged while I was waiting for everyone to know. It was much faster for me after we told people because I could talk about it so that made it seem like it was going faster to me.

    I'll probably tell people sooner next time.

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  • Winter*MommyWinter*Mommy
    We waited to tell people with #1 (waited until 8 weeks for family / close friends and 13 weeks for work). ?With #2, we told them the day we found out. ?I think next time (hopefully) we will probably wait again - at least a few weeks longer than we did the second time. ?It was just nice to share it with just DH for a while, and now we'd share it with our family and THEN tell our parents.
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  • samk213samk213 member

    I don't have a child yet, but we haven't told anyone (just nesties) yet.  We've had 2 early losses and we didn't tell anyone for those either, but that was just my personal preference to wait.  If things keep progressing well for us with this pregnancy, we're thinking about telling family on Thanksgiving when we'd be 13w.  Work won't know until it's obvious I'm PG and not just eating too many cookies.  I'm enjoying keeping it between DH and I for now.

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