Need advice! Pregnancy after miscarriage
Hey everyone! I got a positive pregnancy test (well 4 haha) this week. My last pregnancy ended at 6 weeks along, shortly before Christmas. Even though I would have only been 8 weeks, I was planning on telling my family during Christmas because they live states away and it would be the only time I would see them in person for a long time. I told my family and a couple close friends about the miscarriage a couple weeks later. It was awkward trying to find a way to bring it up even though I really wanted to. Going through the grieving process was pretty isolating because no one was really on the same page as me. (Besides my husband really... and it was so new to him, it didn’t hit him the same way as me.)
ANYWAYS, we happened to have a surprise visit scheduled to go see my parents tomorrow. (They live states away.) Although it’s literally the week I found out I’m pregnant (4 weeks), I feel like I want to tell them. But I’m not 100%... Honestly, I figure even if I have another miscarriage I would be telling them about it anyways after the fact and this way it wouldn’t be awkward trying to bring it up if it happened again. Also, I’m the only girl and my mom is my best friend and this will be her first grand baby and I feel like I want her excitement to last as long as possible. So I figure I tell them and either 1) they can be excited with me and I don’t have to hide anything from them and I have a healthy pregnancy OR 2) they get to grieve with me and I won’t feel so alone if I miscarry again.
But I still feel a twinge if embarrassment and nerves about telling people so soon (even though it would just be my family) because I know it’s not typical.
Please tell me what your thoughts are! 😬
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