Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - November 2008

[Gigi1]

Hey Rachel,
It was going to be different this time round for you hun. Hope you can start enjoying it all a bit more soon. I am still coming to terms with it all myself too.
It is such a shame when people start to blab...it is not their news. I am sorry you are facing this. We are lucky...on the other side of the world. We told my Sil and 1 bro the next day...but i am very close with that SIL and i wanted her to be a part of all of it. Then I told my other brother and his wife...and Mum and Dad at about 6 weeks. I tried to wait longer but mum would have been hurt and it was timed well for when she got back from os. As for friends..BB girls knew straight away...and we have been very selective to tell close friends...about 3 couple...who we know don't even see anyone else we know..and that are good at keeping secrets. Otherwise it is all over.
It is funny but after trying for so long and finally getting there, everyone (for us) has been really supportive of keeping the secret. For some reason they feel it is more important for us...which we are so grateful for. My poor SIL told close family and it was all out in less than a week. ONce it hits the cousins...all over! We had an interesting reaction from my SIl that i am not as close with...love her but we are more family than friends IYKWIM... She said ' Oh that is great news...I hate knowing this early though.' I could have hit her, but she is just like that, lack a bit of maturity and thoughtfulness. Got to love her. She waited a week to congratulate us over email...we had called her work but couldn't get her a number of times so i left it to my brother in the end...then didn't hear anything. Ha sorry you probably didn't want to know so much detail...feeling chatty!

As for your boy and girl issue hun....i can understand what you mean re people having their opinions and insensitive views...i don't blame you for wanting to avoid comments like that. We are the same...i think it comes with the territory of LTTTC.

I really hope the scan can bring you comfort and you see that little heart beating like mad...find the excitement and blow caution to the wind...do what you like and bugger everyone else. Bless your DD, she is already getting excited for you. Aren't children so intuitive.

Good luck adn let us know how it goes.
Love Hm xoxo