June 8, 2015
Next step…. Begin telling people. Matt and I weighed the pros and cons of telling people now or waiting until the end of the first trimester. I asked my doctor her opinion as well and she offered these two schools of thought:
1) WAIT. Some people feel they should wait to announce they are pregnant just incase they have a miscarriage. However, if they do end up having a miscarriage they do not have a support system of friends and family to help them through the loss.
2) TELL. Others are very over joyed and tell right away. In case of a miscarriage, there is a support system there.
Matt and I decided that there was no need to wait to tell our family for this very reason. If we did have a miscarriage we would want them to know. And it would be even more awkward to tell them of the miscarriage if they never knew we were pregnant to begin with.
That being said, Father’s day is coming up next weekend and we thought that would be the perfect way to tell our parents. We have ordered our father’s personalized Father’s Day cards that say Happy Father’s Day Grandpa. Fishing for Jerry and golf for my dad of course. The inside is personalized with a little message. We also got both sets of parents a piece of…art? a sign? I don’t know what to call it…that says “The best parents are promoted to grandparents.” I’m giddy thinking about giving it to them.
Telling Matt’s family shouldn’t be hard. We can just drop by their house and catch his mom, dad, and sister all at one time. My family is proving to be a bit more complicated being my parents are living at the beach, my sister is in Raleigh and my brother is in Greensboro. I think we have finally got a plan that will work, though.
As for extended family and friends….we’ll figure that one out as we go.
A bit of me is still a bit apprehensive about telling anyone because I still don’t “feel” pregnant. I am THANKFUL for this. But, that small part of me still wonders if the test at the doctor could be wrong. Either way, every day without morning sickness and feeling like myself is a glorious day. I’m sure there will come a day when I’ll be wishing for these days back.