Comments on: Should I tell you when I get pregnant? http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/ photos.diy.food.house.life Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jean Black http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Jean Black Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:17:10 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-346 A plea for you to consider the ethics of purchasing maternity clothes. Let's face it, if people are going to have a child in this world, it's only right to make sure the world remains in a good state! Therefore please try and think about, for example, the cloth your items are made from, the human rights of the employees where they're made and the ethics of the clothes retailer. Oh, and endeavour to pass on, rather than throwing away. Thanks!!!! A plea for you to consider the ethics of purchasing maternity clothes. Let’s face it, if people are going to have a child in this world, it’s only right to make sure the world remains in a good state! Therefore please try and think about, for example, the cloth your items are made from, the human rights of the employees where they’re made and the ethics of the clothes retailer. Oh, and endeavour to pass on, rather than throwing away. Thanks!!!!

]]> By: lynda sim http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-304 lynda sim Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:05:21 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-304 I was very excited when I fell pregnant the 2nd time as it had been a long wait between pregnancies. My first was 4 at the time and getting pregnant again had not been easy. I told friends, family (who were all in NZ while we lived in Canberra), church members etc. Unfortunately I did miscarry at 10 weeks (medically they call it a spontaneous abortion which is an absolutely disgusting name imo) which was absolutely devastating but I am not sorry that I told people. I had the support of a lot of friends to help me get through it and even in the week leading up to the miscarriage where I was spotting and confined to bed they all rallied around and brought over casseroles etc and looked after my little one for me so I could rest. I think you go with what your instincts tell you. It is an exciting time and if you want to share the news then good for you and if you want to treasure it and keep it to yourself for just a bit longer then do that. Either way has benefits and minuses. I was very excited when I fell pregnant the 2nd time as it had been a long wait between pregnancies. My first was 4 at the time and getting pregnant again had not been easy. I told friends, family (who were all in NZ while we lived in Canberra), church members etc. Unfortunately I did miscarry at 10 weeks (medically they call it a spontaneous abortion which is an absolutely disgusting name imo) which was absolutely devastating but I am not sorry that I told people. I had the support of a lot of friends to help me get through it and even in the week leading up to the miscarriage where I was spotting and confined to bed they all rallied around and brought over casseroles etc and looked after my little one for me so I could rest.
I think you go with what your instincts tell you. It is an exciting time and if you want to share the news then good for you and if you want to treasure it and keep it to yourself for just a bit longer then do that. Either way has benefits and minuses.

]]> By: Amanda http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Amanda Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:41:54 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-303 Yeah pretty much! You cant win either way, so I say just go with what feels right for you at the time, its your news after all!! Yeah pretty much! You cant win either way, so I say just go with what feels right for you at the time, its your news after all!!

]]> By: Mikaela http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Mikaela Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:48:21 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-299 Yeah I suppose it’s easy for us to say “I’d do this”, but until it’s happened we wouldn’t really know for sure what would be best! Yeah I suppose it’s easy for us to say “I’d do this”, but until it’s happened we wouldn’t really know for sure what would be best!

]]> By: Mikaela http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Mikaela Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:48:05 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-298 And then if you tell them before the 12 weeks, you get the "tut-tut"'s for telling people "early", am I right? And then if you tell them before the 12 weeks, you get the “tut-tut”‘s for telling people “early”, am I right?

]]> By: Amanda http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Amanda Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:48:02 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-295 We were going to wait until 12 weeks with our first, but once we got that big positive and the confirmation from the doctor, we were too excited not to tell! And we figured that if anything did go wrong we would tell our family anyway, so we told our parents pretty much the day we found out. We then slowly leaked the news out to the rest of our family and friends. We waited until 12 weeks to tell the world though, lol We didnt tell anyone else this time until 12 weeks, and then people were upset with us for not telling :( We were going to wait until 12 weeks with our first, but once we got that big positive and the confirmation from the doctor, we were too excited not to tell! And we figured that if anything did go wrong we would tell our family anyway, so we told our parents pretty much the day we found out. We then slowly leaked the news out to the rest of our family and friends. We waited until 12 weeks to tell the world though, lol

We didnt tell anyone else this time until 12 weeks, and then people were upset with us for not telling :(

]]> By: Katelyn http://mikaeladanvers.com/life/should-i-tell-you-when-i-get-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Katelyn Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:10:59 +0000 http://mikaeladanvers.com/?p=1541#comment-291 I am not preggers (yet) but if I were to be, I am on the same boat as you about telling close family, friends, etc. prior to the 12-week mark. If a miscarriage were to occur, I would prefer to have a support group of those I love than to have to grieve in private...but of course, to each their own! It's a personal choice :) I am not preggers (yet) but if I were to be, I am on the same boat as you about telling close family, friends, etc. prior to the 12-week mark. If a miscarriage were to occur, I would prefer to have a support group of those I love than to have to grieve in private…but of course, to each their own! It’s a personal choice :)

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