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Why Announcing My Pregnancy on Social Media Felt So Hard

This is an archive read from 2020

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Alexandra Stedman
May 03, 2024
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This post below was written when I was pregnant with my son, who is now 3.5 years old, mainly over the announcement of a pregnancy following a loss, which has its own complications. It was published publicly on my blog The Frugality but I have now added it to my archived paywall for various reasons.

Trigger warning: this post discusses baby loss.

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