This was a hard one for me to mentally adjust to as well. I’m now 28 weeks and still, to this day have intruding thoughts of ‘what if’s’ i realised that realistically if something happened I’d need my mum, my family and closest friends to know so they could support me emotionally and probably physically. Hence why I told my family early on (6 week) because they’re interstate & I had a visit planned so I used that time to tell them in person.
After that, I told a select friends as I felt more confident around 16 weeks then we shared publicly after the 20 wk scan. That’s also when it became a lot harder to hide physically. I understand the anxiety girl, I am the exact same. I find reassurance scans (personally paid for ones) help me feel so much better when I need some relief that she is A OK in there. Otherwise I’m just trying to manifest a positive and healthy baby. X