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I've had 7 miscarriages and 2 live births... and would still notify my family before the birth. [b]It's just a courtesy, really[/b]. My aunt had a stillbirth and still told everyone she was expecting after that (she went on to have my cousin, born perfectly healthy).

I have to wonder about the mental health issues in OP's family. OP's scenario is NOT normal.[/quote]

My paternal grandmother practically lived by Emily Post and she did not believe in discussing pregnancy with anyone other than her spouse and doctor until the event. [b]She was uncomfortable that my mother and aunts told her about their pregnancies.[/b] Please tell me what “courtesy” she was failing in. [/quote]

Why?  It's one thing to be private about yourself but unusual to be that uncomfortable with a very natural biological process.  Was she sqeamish about other medical issues too?[/quote]

She wasn’t squeamish per se but she didn’t think well-raised people discussed their biological processes — no matter how natural — with others, unless those others were somehow involved like a doctor or her husband. I’m not saying everyone needs to feel this way but it doesn’t lack courtesy.[/quote]

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