Just found out S and DIL are expecting baby #2. Not exactly planned - baby is due right around GD’s 2nd birthday, and they were hoping to have #2 when she was at least 2.5 yo. CC is the only place I can tell so far since it’s early in the pregnancy.
Congrats @snowball and @shellfell!
@alwaysamom , I would argue that people are all too willing to talk about what can go wrong during a pregnancy and childbirth. In fact, some seem to delight in it. This is one reason my daughter is staying away from certain pregnancy boards. She already has anxiety disorder and isn’t helped in any way by discussions of harrowing situations. People with anxiety live with a constant doomsday narrative running in their heads and aren’t helped at all by people saying, “Why, yes, that horrific thing could happen to you.” That cannot be good for the baby.
But of course, she is undergoing the normal ultrasounds and blood work because these things can identify conditions that may be treatable, or at least she can prepare if there is something wrong.
@Massmomm, I’ve never seen anyone delight in talking about suffering a miscarriage or experiencing infertility. As someone who lost three babies who were born early, and who also has a daughter who experienced infertility, I can’t imagine anyone feeling delight in either of those. I agree that these online forums can be both a good and a bad thing for pregnant women. Sending good wishes to your D.
Happy to report my DD and SIL have a beautiful, very healthy baby boy! The pregnancy was so stressful and the delivery did not go as planned -(induced labor, full dilation, ending in C-section after baby turned transverse, but it is all in the rear view now. We are all so thrilled! Thanks for the support.
Congrats, @TrixieAnn.
Congrats @TrixieAnn !! We had a successful baby shower on Saturday (but forgot to take pictures!!).
Massmom, I think the opposite is true, most modern women go into childbirth woefully uninformed, with unmanageable expectations and a real lack of education about anatomy, physiology, the medicalisation of childbirth and a real misunderstanding of having any real power or say in the process unless they have a home birth or a midwife led birth. Childbirth is harrowing for many first time mothers. The lack of real life exposure to childbirth for most women means it is a real shock. How many women discuss the chance of death or stroke or debilitating injury as a result of childbirth? I could guess almost none.
While we don’t need to be talking constantly about the doom and gloom of bad pregnancy outcomes, IMO it’s good for people to know they exist. It’s good for people to know how very very common early miscarriage is, too.
Congratulations @TrixieAnn ! I am sorry the birth did not go well, but healthy mom and healthy baby is a wonderful outcome! RE; doom and gloom boards - I’ve been reading them, and is not helpful for becoming a relaxed, prepared and optimistic birthing mother. I’m hoping DD is not reading them. DD is 20 weeks, and looking forward to her anatomy scan ultrasound tomorrow. GB is kicking like crazy and all seems to be going well.
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Hard to find this thread with the new format… but here it is! DD is 33 weeks. T-7! Anyone else with a grandbaby on the way?
Congratulations, anxiousgrandmom.
I am happy to report that I became a grandparent for the first time on Sunday. I posted near the start of this thread that S and DIL had no health insurance. Thankfully, they got it when she was about 13 weeks. Their son did have to make a trip back to the hospital for jaundice, but seems to be doing well now.
Congrats @toledo and @anxiousmom !!
I think my D is definitely at the “early pregnancy” stage - she’s about 12 weeks pregnant (baby is due in early February.) She and SIL haven’t told anyone except for me and my H, and of course I can’t tell anyone else until I get her say-so. That’s fine with me - it’s her news to share, not mine! - but I am glad I have this anonymous community.
I am surprised at how giddy this news makes me feel. I like babies (of course!) but I’ve never been a baby person - until now… I think a big part of my giddiness comes from how happy my D is now, and anything that makes her happy makes me happier.
Congratulations, @scout59 !!