“I’m seven weeks pregnant and haven’t done anything I’m supposed to because I’m so afraid of my mom finding out”

Brian Frazer’s powerful essay on “How IVF Made Us Happily Child-free” touched deep emotions with us — and we thought it would with readers, as well. The fears we have when pregnant too often go unspoken — sometimes they seem too scary to share even with a best friend. So we asked our friends at Whisper — the amazing, anonymous app for sharing intimate and personal thoughts — to collect the kind of honest responses you get when you know your name will never be attached. We’ve shared a handful of them below; you can add your own at Whisper.sh — and we’ll publish a second round of responses soon.