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I’m 17 weeks with our rainbow boy after our loss last year at 23 weeks and I am so stressed out about deciding on whether to have a shower!!

Our close friends and family who know have been asking me lately about when the shower is, and we don’t have anyone in town capable of throwing us one so it would just be my husband and I planning it for ourselves.

My husband offered to take over planning something for us but I’m so caught between not wanting to do one because it’s too stressful, and feeling regretful if I don’t ever end up getting my baby shower after the last one getting cancelled 😞 (plus one of our good friends is due around the same time and has already planned one that some friends and family are already coming into town for)

What kind of celebration did you have, and were you glad you did? Baby brunch, shower, sip and see? Even if it was something small, I guess I just don’t want this baby to go uncelebrated.

I’m 14 weeks pregnant and in two weeks we’ll be having our Early Anatomy Scan and our Fetal Echocardiogram since we lost our first baby at 23 weeks due to HLHS.

I’m feeling extra emotional and anxious, don’t feel like talking about a baby shower or baby moon yet with family and friends or seeing much of anyone beyond what’s necessary, and even though I know I’m in this for the long haul and I’ll still have to wait for a normal 20 week anatomy scan as well, I’m just hoping to hear experiences of any kind of relief you had after getting through the scans above.

What, if anything, got better for you? TIA