Pregnancy Announcement Personal Story
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Pregnancy announcements | trigger | secondary infertility | ttc | ivf | pregnancy anxiety
Secrecy vs Privacy
What’s the difference between secrecy and privacy?
Privacy refers to your personal boundaries about your history, thoughts, opinions, and experiences, separate from your partner and relationship. Secrecy, on the other hand, involves something that you are intentionally hiding.
In this scenario, the hiding comes because you know your news will hurt, so you think by not sharing your pregnancy, that will prevent her from finding out.
But here’s the thing.
You can’t hide a baby forever. And when she does eventually find out, she will be hurt that you didn’t share this detail of your life. She will think that you don’t care about her enough to share happy moments, even if she’s sad. She will think you don’t value her friendship.
And she will most likely never share anything sensitive with you again.
So, is the initial discomfort of sharing your news worth it?
Pregnancy announcement | be sensitive | no secrets | infertility | fertility clinic | fertility support
Pregnancy announcement
Back to Basics: How am I supposed to share the news of my own pregnancy when I know my sister/friend/cousin, is experiencing infertility? I don’t want to hurt them!
We’ve complied a carousel of suggestions on how and when you should tell your person that you are pregnant.
And the last part of this is…
⭐️Don’t get upset when your person doesn’t get back to you immediately.
⭐️Please don’t be mad when she doesn’t acknowledge your pregnancy.
⭐️Don’t hold a grudge if she doesn’t come to a baby shower or bris; Your pregnancy/baby is triggering her. She’s doing what she can to survive and your job is to be her friend no matter what.
Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments...
Pregnancy announcement | infertility | fertility support | grief | what to say | how to support
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How To Announce A Pregnancy To Someone Going Through Infertility Or Loss
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Pregnancy Announcements Trigger
We read all your comments and DMs across all our social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Tik Tok) and reviewed the poll from our Instagram story yesterday. We tallied up all your responses and categorized them into a few categories.
You Should Tell Them
What’s the difference between secrecy and privacy?Privacy refers to your personal boundaries about your history, thoughts, opinions, and experiences separate from your partner and relationship. Secrecy, on the other hand, involves something that you are intentionally hiding.
How to Tell
The IWSTHAB community speaks! We've complied a carousel of all your suggestions on how and when you should tell your person that you are pregnant.
Texting vs. In-person
For those of you are pregnant, do you think news like this should only be shared face-to-face? Do you want to want to share with your whole family at once, during a holiday, get-together or family celebration/simcha?