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Who in your family knows you are trying to conceive?
Are they supportive?
Do they know about your losses?

[pepper73]

Who in your family knows you are trying to conceive? Just my sister
Are they supportive? She is incredibly supportive.
Do they know about your losses? Yes, she knows everything. I am grateful to have her to turn to. She gives me tons of encouragement and support.

[junie22]

Who in your family knows you are trying to conceive? My mom, dad, and two sisters are the only family members who know we're TTC.

Are they supportive? They are incredibly supportive. They've been waiting for a long time for us to start a family.

Do they know about your losses? They do know about my loss last cycle. We weren't going to tell them right away when we got pregnant. But my mom called me just a few days after I got the BFP. She asked if I had any pregnancy news to report, and I just couldn't lie to her. So once I told her, I had to tell my sisters and dad.

For sure, when we get pregnant next, I will wait a while to tell them. And now that this has happened, they don't bug me for updates. It just stinks having to break such bad news. I'm hoping I never have to do it again.

[MillerMom2b]

Who in your family knows you are trying to conceive? My sister, and probably my mother, although I never told her ..I just think she knows...
Are they supportive? My sister lives in Chicago, and I'm in Mass... we talk as much as we can.
Do they know about your losses? She's the only one who could get me up.

[Lindz253]

My mom and my sister.

Yes, both supportive.

Yes - I think my whole town even knows LOL. Word spreads fast and since I was 16 weeks we kind of had to let everyone know. I didn't want that awkward moment

[Pitridge]

Well, we are not announcing that we TTC for #2 but people know that we want another one. You girls know, most of my friends (good friends) know. Pretty much everyone that I know, knows about the m/c. It's something that I am very open about, it might sound weird, but having a m/c opened my eyes in a completely different way.

[ninja_mommy]

Who in your family knows you are trying to conceive? All of them including DH's family.

Are they supportive? Yes, but mainly ask if I am pregnant yet.

Do they know about your losses? Most do, but some don't. I have told some family that I was pregnant right away and then had to tell them about the loss. I told my SIL and DH told his mom about our loss after it happened but I hadn't told them I was pregnant. I had to tell them because SIL is pregnant with twins two weeks after my original DD. So, I wanted her to know what was up if I didn't seem as excited as I should for them.

[3Sapphires]

Who in your family knows you are trying to conceive? my mom may or may not know - I kind of eluded to it, when she insisted I turn my "extra" bedroom into an office - I refuse to put anything in there.
Are they supportive? my mom has never been supportive or understanding of my TTC
Do they know about your losses? my mom does know, but told me that at 6 weeks - even though I was pg for 9 - that is was so early it didn't matter. MIL also knows, she compared my miscarriage to an abortion she has years ago, and I wanted to rip her throat out for that.

[joanna26]

Originally Posted by Ami N

MIL also knows, she compared my miscarriage to an abortion she has years ago, and I wanted to rip her throat out for that.

I seriously might have hurt your MIL

Yes our whole family knows at this point and they are all supportive. They didn't know we were trying until the pg and subsequent loss though.

[JulieMc]

I make a point of not telling anyone about our status. It's not really anyone's business, and our families put enough pressure on us about having more kids as it is. They do not know about my losses either, as they were early along before anyone was even told I was pregnant.