Hello, I’m 17 weeks pregnant and found out at a gender scan that my baby has a diaphragmatic hernia! 😔 we’ve been to see a specialist in London and had the amniocentesis and are in the process of waiting to find out how serious the condition is- we don’t find out for another 4 weeks. Apparently We could be looking at a possible termination if the survival rate is too low or best case scenario baby will be rushed into surgery after delivery and then in hospital for up to 3 months in London. (We don’t live in London so will have to travel) all while managing a business, our 6 year old and dog. It’s all quite overwhelming. 😥.... the hardest thing right now is waiting and not knowing- everyone now knows I’m pregnant and I’ve just started to show- I walk my little one to school and back everyday and I have a constant flow of other mums asking me how I am, talking about how exciting it is I’m pregnant and all things baby related. I’m terrible at lying and want to tell people the situation so I don’t have to endure the pretence of everything being fine but at the same time I don’t because it’s al a bit much at the moment. There are 3 other mums in my daughters class all pregnant around the same time as me and that also makes it harder. I don’t want to tell them as I don’t want them to feel awkward around me. I would love to run away for 4 weeks until we know what’s going on but obviously that’s not an option! 🙄 🙈..... I’ve told two mums that I’m closer too which has helped but I’m not ready to tell everyone. My question is, what is the best way to handle this?
Thank you xx