Hi all,
crochetcircle your post has struck a similar cord with me.
The day I lost my baby (at 15 weeks, so I already had a bump etc) was the day that my colleague found out she was pregnant.
She wasn't able to tell me until she was 14 weeks herself and she got into so much of a state about it, it was an upsetting time for us both. She only had a week to go to be where I was before it happened, and then I had the agony of watching her bump swell in the following weeks. It was like she picked up from where I left.
She is a good friend, and work is a close knit small business so there was no way I could avoid her for a bit.
My goodness, I cried. A lot those first few days after I found out. But it got easier, and at no point was I jealous towards her, just sad for myself.
So I suppose I'm saying go to the party, accept it may make you a bit sad. Have a cry later on if you need to. And remember that you are pregnant again and have so much to look forward to.
I haven't 'met' you before but if it comforts you, or anyone else, to know that I look at my beautiful little girl and think if what happened hadn't of happened, I wouldn't be looking at her.
You can probably tell from my post that I'm a bit emotional today just thinking about it again, but if you face your fear I think it will make you feel better.
Bunnybaby I had an anterior placenta and a back to back baby, she didn't change position from 27 weeks onwards, but she did move in the last 20 minutes of labour and was born normally, so even if your baby doesn't move, try not to worry. I think statistics show something like 5% of babies are born posterior and most move. I was really worried about it at the time but it was fine in the end.
Hi to everyone else, hope you are well and keeping warm 