Update and question for those who have been there...

February 12, 2004

Hello everyone. I am posting from work, I hope this goes through!

Anyway, I am now 12 weeks, 5 days and had my appt Tuesday with my Dr.

specifically to hear the heartbeat. Unfortunately, we couldn't hear

it but she sent me across the street to a Radiology Center for an

ultrasound. I was hoping for an ultrasound to see our little peanut

but was then nervous because right away you think what is wrong with

the baby. Everything turned out great, the HB was 156 beats/minute

and I loved seeing him/her on the screen. I have a son who is 9 now

but I had an u/s with him later in pregnancy, at 25 weeks so this was

much different!! I got some great photos and one in particular the

hand was up and she froze it then, adding the caption " Hi Jake " as if

it were waving to my son! I cannot wait to show it to him. This

leads to my question... when did you tell your other children that

you were pregnant? We have only told a few people, my best friend

just this week & he told his but wanted to wait until after the 12

week period for others due to anything that may have gone wrong with

the pregnancy. I know the risk is still here, just that the odds go

down. I want to tell my son but my fiancée says it is too early.

What is your experience? How about your employers? When did you

tell them? Sorry, so many questions! I feel so happy about this, I

want to tell people but is it too early from your point of view?

When I found out I was pregnancy with Jake at 8 weeks, we told

everyone right away but then again I was married too so maybe I

should wait now... I just don't know! I have to admit even though I

am almost 35 years old, I am already anticipating people bombarding

me with when are you getting married then, etc. I don't even want to

deal with that at this point. We already had planned to " elope " this

summer but had no set date as it would have been spontaneous but even

so I still don't have an answer to that question. I guess I

shouldn't worry about what people think but unfortunately, I do too

much! I was born & raised Catholic so telling my father will be hard

but he will get over it-- I am having a baby, a sweet baby made out

of love! My mom is great, I know she will be happy for us but also

this will be the 9th grandchild for them.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or insights to my questions!

Have a good day,

Ivy

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