Anyone else waiting until 16 week quad scan before making pregnancy announcement?
Not sure how much longer I can hide my pregnancy, but I guess I'm being overly cautious..
We had fetal DNA test and everything look good. Having NT scan this Friday, but after reading about birth defect that can be detected in quad screening, it makes me want to wait.. I guess I'm just feeling nervous with all the things that could go wrong.
2012 Diagnosis with high fsh, low ovarian reserve. 34 years old at the time.
July 2012 IUI #1 Clomid - BFN
August 2012 IUI #2 Clomid - BFN
September 2012 IUI #3 Clomid - BFN
October 2012 IUI #4 Gonal-f injectables - BFP Baby son born in July 2013
I think the worry comes with the territory...but if your fetal DNA test was normal and your NT scan is as well...there's really not much more you'll learn from the quad test. We personally announced it at 9 weeks and a bit (so yes, on the early side, before any of these tests were done), because no matter what the results of the tests were, we weren't going to terminate the pregnancy. It's all about whatever you feel comfortable with though.
I'm not sure when we are announcing ! I would ideally wait until 14-16 weeks but I just don't know if I can hold it in . I'm 10 weeks now and that just feels so far from now . I understand your worry though . I think everyone worries .. And previous infertility makes us worry more . I'm thinking I will prob announce once I get my panorama results around 12 weeks . Ah I just don't know !
**BFP and loss warning**
Me: 29
DH: 29
Us: Married Valentine's Day, 2015
DH: No issues.
Me: PCOS, unexplained infertility (whatever that means!!)
June 2015 Medicated TI cycle: BFN
July 2015: Medicated TI cycle: BFN
August 2015: IUI: BFP. Chemical pregnancy
October 2015: IUI: BFN
January 2016: Egg retrieval: 10 frozen embryos!
March 2016: FET Cycle- 2 embryos transferred!: BFP !
we don't plan on announcing until week 12 to the world but there are some people who have been following our journey and praying for us so we've kept a blog and that has the news. It's just private and we've asked everyone not to post anything online.
Me: 33 (no known issues)
DH: 33 (lower motility; 0 morphology) TTC since Oct 2013 IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI) ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016 IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
My close family knew at 5 weeks, as I was traveling home and could tell face to face. If I hadn't travelled home, they would have know as soon as I knew. Rest of the world (including work) knows since my first us at 8 weeks. All looked well there, and I'm planning on having a healthy baby. Should the worse happen, having support and tons of extra prayers are more then welcome. As I have been hospitalised twice by now (still in the hospital) I wouldn't have been able to keep it a secret anyway.
I think with IF we will always feel worried! I spent my first 2 trimesters be so cautious and just sure something would go wrong. Try to just enjoy and embrace your pregnancy, because I already look back and feel like I missed out on some of the excitement most pregnant women feel!
Anyways, to answer your questions... due to timing, we told our immediate family at 6 weeks (since they were in town), and then did a Christmas card announcement to everyone else which put us around 12-13 weeks. I didn't tell work, however, until 16 weeks (I wear a lab coat and no one noticed the start of my bump).
We are waiting until after 12 weeks to tell our immediate family, and after we get screening test results to tell everyone else. It would be too hard for our parents on both sides to deal with a loss. Thinking and feeling optimistic, but still being cautious.
Me: 40 | DH: 45 | together 14 years
TTC since 9/2015
Low AMH (0.1), high FSH (23.7), low AFC (4), low responder to stimulation, given 0.5% chance of being able to conceive
Re: Pregnancy Announcement
**BFP and loss warning**
TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
If I hadn't travelled home, they would have know as soon as I knew.
Rest of the world (including work) knows since my first us at 8 weeks.
All looked well there, and I'm planning on having a healthy baby. Should the worse happen, having support and tons of extra prayers are more then welcome.
As I have been hospitalised twice by now (still in the hospital) I wouldn't have been able to keep it a secret anyway.
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Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!Anyways, to answer your questions... due to timing, we told our immediate family at 6 weeks (since they were in town), and then did a Christmas card announcement to everyone else which put us around 12-13 weeks. I didn't tell work, however, until 16 weeks (I wear a lab coat and no one noticed the start of my bump).
Me: 40 | DH: 45 | together 14 years
TTC since 9/2015
We trust and pray that God will continue to bless us with a full-term, smooth pregnancy and the delivery of a healthy baby.