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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Standard protocol is 12 weeks, when the largest threat of miscarriage has passed. Besides, if you've ever dealt with someone who felt the need to share the fact that they were pregnant the moment they peed on a stick the morning after the comingling of baby making fluids, 9 months of it is a LONG time. If I were them, I'd have held out until lying about weight gain was ridiculous. But her being hospitalized without telling could have easily turned into some horrible rumors about abortion and all kinds of other nonsense, so they were really stuck. The British tabloid press is relentless and cruel.
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As an obstetrician, ridiculously early pregnancy announcements are a pet peeve of mine. Most of the people I work with wait to announce until after everything checks out okay at their 20-week ultrasound. I get that this is a unique situation, however.
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This above all: To thine own self be true,
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