Obviously if you are reading this blog, I told you I was pregnant. Yeah for you! I hate having to fight the "tell or don't tell" debate. From what I can tell, everyone who has had a miscarriage or in danger of miscarrying always tells me to wait until some magic number. All the other ladies who got pregnant and carried a full term baby tell me they would tell as soon as they got the happy + sign.
Truth be told, I'm not one for secrets. I despise secrets because it means someone is lying to you. I absolutely hate surprise parties for that reason. Yes, all of you are so excited that you got me, but I'm still upset because I thought you all forgot my birthday! Good secrets, the ones where someone has really awesome news, are the hardest ones to keep because I like to spread the joy. My friends know, don't tell Karin something you're not willing to tell others.
I decided to go to American Pregnancy Association for some medical advice. And I quote "Studies reveal that anywhere from 10-25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies will end in miscarriage." http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/miscarriage.html That was a real eye opener for me. Although the article goes on to say that 50-75% of miscarriages are chemical pregnancy (which I don't think I qualify as anymore,) that still means I have up to a 1 in 4 chance of losing this pregnancy. For every person I tell, that's one more person I will have to tell that I miscarried.
So I will cool it for now. Maybe. I know I can't wait until 13 weeks when I'm in the safe zone. We'll see.
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