I told my parents a couple weeks ago (I"m 13 weeks now) as I was showing already... a few of them had noticed!! I did lose 1 famiy, but I hadnt started with them yet, and honestly, it works out better for me anyways so I'm not too upset. I;m due Jan 16th and said I'd take the month of Jan off (I figured I couldnt do the school run in Jan anyways and since most of my kids are school age...) however, my sister just had her 3rd and a month later had life threatening complications (retained placenta, massive hemoraging, ambulance to the hx etc)... kinda freaked me out and got me thinking... I've decided to take Jan and Feb off. If things go as well as my first 2 preg/lab/del then I'd be ok, but I'm older now and who knows right? If everything goes smoothly, well then lucky for me, I have a bit of extra time to get used to my new baby, but if things dont go the same way (even if its just that I have to have a c section this time and need more time to recover) I'd rather my families be taken care of then have to scramble if I have an unexpected situiation!

BTW-my sister is ok!