My one piece of inappropriate advice, laced with bitterness? Watch your weight in the first trimester.
A lot of girls that have suffered miscarriage will tell you to wait until 13 weeks to share the news, or not get attached to your baby, or not to buy anything baby-related until you are about to pop. In my opinion, it’s your weight that you need to be wary of in case of miscarriage. Because God forbid you lose your baby & be stuck with 10 extra pounds to haul around. I am completely serious. I can’t think of anything worse than have empty arms, an empty ute, and needing to lose 10 lbs to get down to a “pre-baby weight” that you were at a short 3 months ago. Thankfully, I only gained 3.5 lbs in the almost 12 weeks I was knocked up, and I am almost back down to pre-Harpie weight, despite Thanksgiving.
So enjoy your babe, share the news, but watch the scale. Here are 2 pennies, take ‘em or leave ‘em.
