Pregnant with baby #5...
This will be my third biological child, I have two amazing bonus children as well.
I'm leaning towards doing the whole "keep it a secret until birth" thing. There's a lot of stress about people reacting negatively to that many children. My second pregnancy, fourth child, was relieved with a lot of "wow, that's a lot of kids. You know what causes that?" ALL THE TIME. I was never able to ENJOY that pregnancy. This time, I think I want it completely private for us to savor, as it is 100% the LAST one. A lot of people have also commented with "so-and-so has been trying for years and here you are throwing it in their faces" But never account for 8 miscarriages that came before and between my two live bio children. One of which I hemmhoraged and WAS HOSPITALIZED for. My SIL solidified that choice to keep it to ourselves when she had a VERY negative reaction over the news to my husband, citing her struggle to have a second child as the cause, as she is unaware of my own personal fertility struggles.
I'm stressing out hard I think because I just want positivity this last go.
Any mamas of "abnormally large" families, what do you think?
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