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what to do? (pregnancy related)
This pregnancy is the worst kept secret of all time. ALL TIME. The local moms know because a) I look 10 months pregnant and b) my sister and husband have been taking the kids to their activities because I'm "sick". We've told our parents, our siblings, our closest friends, and our bosses. And the Bump. And the grocery store cashier who commented on my 5 boxes of Fiber One bars and 2 bottles of Metamucil caplets. So basically, just our extended families and friends don't know. I'm kind of thinking I should just put it on my blog. I wouldn't do FB yet, we're obviously not in the clear at this point and I just wouldn't want it out there if the worst happened .... but I'd probably share on my blog even if it did. kwim?
So should I just put it on my blog? I'm not blogging much at all lately because it's like there's an elephant in the room, and I'd certainly have a lot more material if I were to put it out there. I also want to remember this time since we'll definitely be done after 3, so if all goes well this is my last pregnancy ever ... but I could also accomplish that by blogging and not posting.
My original plan was to wait until I heard the h/b on the doppler, then blog it. Then go FB official at 12 weeks.
BLABLABLA. Should I blog it?
[Poll]
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
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Re: what to do? (pregnancy related)
Get it out there.
There are never any guarantees, right? Bug could get run over by an elk this evening, and Bee could be stolen by a bear, but you would never regret posting about them on your blog, right?
This is your baby, Baby, and she's here until she's not. We don't know if that's 8 more hours or 8 more weeks or 80 more years. But, we do know that she's here now, so love her now.
I love you.
Yes, we saw it yesterday. My doc here says what Dr. S says - that a h/b at 8+ weeks is a pretty good indication that all will be well. But obvi, that's not always the case. Usually I've been able to pick up a h/b by doppler at home around 10 weeks.
I think why I'm wavering is that I feel like I'd rather share happy news then just have to be all "womp womp woooomp" with bad news if the worst would happen. You know?
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
:::rethinks going outside after naptime:::
I love you too, L. Awww.
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Since you saw it at the Dr.'s office, I'd feel OK posting it.
You probably saw the heartbeat at 8w, right? I don't think it'd be crazy to put it on your blog, and it sounds like basically everyone knows.
The same thing happened to me this time. EVERYONE knew about 2 seconds after it happened, except basically my aunts and uncles and cousins. I only held out because I really wanted to "surprise" those 5 people with Christmas cards.
Nah. I'm not calling all of them, anyway - I've got like 22 cousins and 1500 aunts and uncles. So they'd find out by blog or FB, anyway. It does mean some of them would find out secondhand (they're almost all on FB but probably about half read the blog) ... but I don't really care. I'd just call my grandparents first.
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Must be a 3rd baby thing.
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Yeah, poor #3.
Ok so speaking of that I have to know how you told your husband about this one. Because I'm almost embarrassed to say that mine found out over instant messaging. Because I tested when I didn't think I could possibly get a bfp so it was in the middle of the afternoon, and he wouldn't agree to come home early for no reason, and I couldn't wait. I've decided to chalk this up to me being such an experienced mom that face to face conversations are no longer important to me. Soooo, are you going to validate my rationalizations or am I really just a terrible wife with zero patience, lol
Um first kid here and DH found out via text. He wasn't going to be home for another week and no way could I not tell him immediately.
awesome, thank you, I feel better now
Apparently I don't get mom-talk. What's the difference between hearing the HB and hearing it on the doppler? I want to amend my answer.
I think everyone (at least I) was talking about seeing it vs hearing it. You can see it via ultrasound way earlier than they can pick it up on the doppler.
Not like I'm some kind of doctor, but usually the doppler = later in the 1st tri. Cardiac activity at the end of the 1st tri = very very low chance of miscarriage or loss (<2%). Seeing the heartbeat is also awesome, but your risk doesn't drop as much (most docs say ~5% chance after seeing the h/b at 8+ weeks).
ETA: edited to fix my "less than" error.
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Oh. Um, he doesn't know yet. That's okay though, right?
I did make it kind of cute. I bought two pairs of Christmas pajamas (they were all on clearance the day I found out, right after Christmas). A boy one and a girl one. So I get home, hand the bag to DH, and he's all "oh, pack this?" because we were packing for our Cali trip. I told him to look. He opens it, pulls them out, and is like "WTF DID MY MOM SEND THESE?" because his mom, bless her heart, is known for sending things in wacky sizes. So he assumed she'd purchased our 2 and 3 year old kids size 3-6 month jammies. I just sat there staring at him. "My sister sent them?" Stare. "MY GRANNY?" Oh, dear God, at this point I thought I was going to throat punch him, but instead (obvi) I started to cry. Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. "OH. OH. OH MY GOD. REALLY?"
Ell. Oh. Ell.
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anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
This is awesome. I originally chose "SS" but I change my answer to "Yes." put it on your blog now. Goodness knows I need more funny blog entries in my life
I miss your posts. It's been way too slow over there and I've got very little other fun stuff to read in my 30 seconds of free time. Blog it, already.
This was my exact answer until I read that you've seen the heartbeat. Out with it already. Blog it, and FB it.