Worried

We've been telling more and more people our news - and I'm worried it's to early...and some people even make me feel like it's too early. After e-mailing a friend about feeling like that she gave me some good advice - and re-assured me that it's fine. Here is what she said:


I don't think you should feel stupid at all......I'm with you on
enjoying the whole pregnancy. The reason that people "hold out" on
giving the news is because of fear of miscarriage.....but that means if
you have a miscarriage you have to go through it completely alone and I
don't think that is anything to be ashamed about or to go through alone.

One of my good friends went through something very horrible. She lost a
baby in the womb at seven months. She told me when I first got pregnant
with Claire that people will try to tell you what to do and horror
stories all throughout your pregnancy, and she said the best thing to do
is to smile and ignore them because MOST ALL pregnancies turn out great
- babies were born during wars, depressions, healthy babies are born
from drug head moms, etc.

So my advice is to tell as many people as you want and to be as excited
as you want. I think it's weird to hold in something you are so excited
about just because you're afraid of the small chance that something may
go wrong, because there's always a chance that something could go wrong
with anything in life.

I agree with everything she said - and it kind of made me realize I shouldn't be ashamed to be sharing my news so early. She's also due to have a June baby (her second!). I'm glad she shared her thoughts and feelings with me!