Pregnancy announcement

[ZiggyandBC]

Hi everyone,

a bit of a weird one but I know how ridiculously lucky I am to be pregnant after our successful transfer and I couldn’t be happier about it. I was really worried to announce the pregnancy to everyone at work as I was and still am a bit on edge feeling like it could come crashing down, but I did announce it when I was 16 weeks.

Today another lady I work with has announced her pregnancy and it’s so strange that I still feel a tinge of sadness as though her pregnancy takes away from mine? No one knows we went through IVF bad years of heartbreak to get to where we are but it just feels a bit deflating thinking about everyone else getting pregnant and it just not being a big deal.

Not sure if this rambling makes sense but I thought I’d share in case anyone has felt the same x

[DianeArnold Partner]

Hi ZiggyandBC. You are over a third of the way through your pregnancy, so sit back and do try and enjoy it. Just another week and your little one will be able to hear you, so read to him/her each night so baby gets used to your voice. Keep busy and not long until you feel the first flutters too! Diane

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This sounds like a normal reaction to me - it is impossible to erase the feelings from the struggles you have had.

Take it easy on yourself.

[Missl73]

I totally get it. I don’t think even after you have a baby through IVF (I have a son thanks to IVF & a second on the way in just 6 weeks) all those feelings from years of struggle and infertility go away. I still struggle to listen to people and find it insensitive when they talk about how they accidentally got pregnant or talk about how they’re planning when they want the next one just assuming that when they try it will just happen. Allow yourself to feel what you’re feeling and don’t feel bad about it - it’s totally valid!