[dspakowsky]

Come on ladies... this is easy for us to say NOW. But I've been on this forum for years... back when most of us were not parents. And I've seen one too many heads chopped off for announcing they're pregnant or trying. It's great we've all evolved into open minded people, but we haven't alwasy been this way. Remeber when you were waiting for months for your referral, or got your 4th KO, and some newbie posted "Oh, we were going to adopt, but guess what - I'm pregnant!". Or someone else wrote "we're pregnant... this is so unexpected... I don't know how this happened", and hardly anyone would post with happy responses.

Labels aside, TTC, pregnancy, etc., can be a very painful topic for some. It can bring that feeling of sadness and darkness, especially for those who carried and lost a child (or maybe more than one child).

Personally, I don't care if pregnancy is mention, I think it's beautiful and something to celebrate... but I do know that not that long ago it was something we (this forum) didn't want to hear about often. If we, as a group, have decided it's more comfortable to talk about, that's wonderful. I'm just saying there's a history behind posters being cautious.