Announcing Pregnancy
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I found out that I was pregnant today. My husband and I are extremely excited and can't wait to share the news. My friend said that we should wait to let people know until we're at least through the first trimester. If we wait until then, what are the chances that I could still have a miscarriage?
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Monday 15th of February 2010 01:07:49 AM
This is a matter of personal opinion. Although the pregnancy is more officially confirmed after the first trimester, there is no reason for you to wait until then if you don't want to. Maybe you could just tell people that it is still early, but all is going well. Although a miscarraige is more likely to happen in early pregnancy, there is always the risk. If you are bursting to tell everyone, then go ahead and tell them. If you would personally wait to have more confirmation, then wait. It is up to you and how you feel you would like to handle it.
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Tuesday 16th of February 2010 08:23:51 PM
Congratulations on your pregnancy. There are no miscarriages if there are no complications or you donft do stuff that affects your pregnancy. First trimester is the most crucial 3 months of pregnancy here you should ask your OB for the right vitamins and milk. You should immediately go for prenatal check-up by now to prepare your entire pregnancy. Of course you can share to everyone already and be positive that the baby is healthy.
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Tuesday 16th of February 2010 11:10:51 PM
There is always a chance but it will decrease a lot after the 1st 3 months. With my 1st pregnancy we were so excited we told our parents immediately. Sadly that pregnancy ended as a miscarriage at week 8. 2nd time around we were a bit more cautious and only told our parents after we had our 1st scan (now a 2 year old girl) This time (pregnant again) we decided we are going to keep it for ourselves until 3 months and enjoy this special time together.
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Wednesday 17th of February 2010 07:56:50 AM
The majority of miscarriages occur within the first trimester. In fact, over 80% of them occur within the first 12 weeks. There is no known cause of miscarriage (unless you have an underlying health condition) in healthy women. Most women choose not to tell anyone until 12 weeks have gone, with alot of women waiting until 16 weeks before announcing their good news. When you choose to tell is a personal choice - are you comfortable with everyone knowing? Risk factors for miscarriage can include:
- smoking
- drugs
- too much alcohol
- elevated stress levels
- work or activity that places great stress on your body such as heavy lifting
- high impact sports
- trauma to the abdominal area
- being very underweight or overweight
- underlying illness
- infertility problems
- mother's age over 35 or father's age over 45
It is important to remember that risk factors are just that - possible risks. As long as you look after yourself, eat well, take folic acid and avoid stressful situations, you increase your chances of having a successful pregnancy.
The actual number of pregnancies that end in miscarriage is between 10-20%. Sometimes all the precautions in the world cannot prevent miscarriage as miscarriage for no known reason is usually the body's way of rejecting an unhealthy foetus. My own personal advice to you is tell people you are happy to tell and avoid telling anyone else until you have made it safely through the first trimester.
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Thursday 18th of February 2010 03:17:56 PM
It is a superstition that it is better to wait until the 3th month, the miscarriage could happen during this period and it is better not to announce people.
I was not supersticious, I did announced all my friend.nothing wrong happened then, even though I had a problem after 5 month of pregnancy.
take care!
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Wednesday 17th of February 2010 07:22:11 AM
If pregnancy does turn out to be healthy and has no problems either hereditary or other problems were not afraid it will have a beautiful pregnancy to show the whole world and can now begin writing the report. leave a suggestion: why not give people close a wool booties with a card saying: "Hello, I am coming within 9 months and we have fun a lot."
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Tuesday 2nd of March 2010 11:14:36 AM
The factors that contribute to a miscarriage are sometimes subjective. It could depend on stress, your age or your husband's age. The risks are higher if you're older, living a toxic lifestyle that includes smoking, malnutrition and drug use. If you're not any of these, don't stress yourself about this. The important thing is you keep yourself healthy and you be more careful of yourself.
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