We waited until I was 14 weeks or so to tell family and that was only because we were going swimming with my family and thought they would be able to tell. We told the general public when we announced the gender on FB.

If everything goes well at my first appointment with the OB nurse, we'll tell our parents next week (I'll be 6w3d). It is early, but I can't stand keeping it from my mom any longer than that and if I tell my parents, then my husband wants to tell his.

I told my parents and a few close friends right away. My husband proceeded to tell a few more friends. But we didn't tell everybody until after our appointment at 13 weeks when we saw the baby and heard the heartbeat. I just announced on Facebook on Mother's Day.

We told our parents and a few close friends about a week or two after finding out. However, we didn't make any announcement on FB til last Friday, which was my 13 week mark.

My intention was to wait until I had at least been to my first prenatal exam before telling my family but my husband had it posted on FBook within an hour of me peeing on the stick!!!! I was mortified and so angry, then I felt bad for being angry because he was so excited but he just didn't understand why I would want to wait a bit. By the end of the day he had something like 56 'likes' and 30 comments. I had to turn off all access to my page and change my settings so I could approve any posts I was tagged in so my side of the family wouldn't find out before I got a chance to tell them. Ideally I would have told my parents at around 8 weeks and the rest including close friends at 12 weeks. Looks like next time I'll have to wait to tell my husband until 12 weeks! haha

I told my direct supervisor and boss at 12 weeks so they could plan ahead for my leave and then didn't tell anyone at work until 17-20 weeks as by then i was looking pretty thick in the middle.

I suppose next time I would tell my family and very close friends right away because really, if something happened, I'd want their love and support through that as well. Everyone else can wait.....it was kind of fun to keep people guessing for a bit.

we told our parents the following week after our positive on the pregnancy test. waiting till 1st doctor apt to confirm everything is ok with baby before we tell the rest of our family and friends.

We told the WORLD as soon as I got the positive HPT at 6wks! We are sooo excited!!!!! Now we are having "issues" getting doctor confirmation, but at 10wks with twins (I know it's twins) I'm REALLY showing so we couldn't have kept it a secret if we wanted to!

Parents - 9 weeks

Friends & Family - 13 weeks

Facebook - 4.5 months

Wouldn't have done it any differently. If something were to happen early on in the pregnancy, we would have wanted the support from our parents, but as far as telling everyone else - we waited until we were in the "safe zone."

My husband went traveling for work the day before I took the HPT at 5 weeks (I waited a week after I should've had my period, because on rare occassions stress has known to make it come late). I wanted to wait until he came home to tell him, but I couldn't sit around for a week and not have ANYONE to talk to so I did tell a really good, close friend first. She also helped me come up with a way to surprise my hubby when he came home (this is our first and yes he was VERY surprised!). We had a trip planned to go home at 7 weeks where we told my parents and his mom, but the rest of the family (grandparents & aunts/uncles) didn't find out until week 9, after my first OB appt. This worked out well for my MIL as she was dying to tell her sisters she was going to be a grandma! lol The rest of the family and friends will find out via FB after the next OB appt/baby moon (will be 13 wks then). Since we don't want to know the gender there's no point in waiting that long to tell everyone else.

On the Friday I took the test, we told my mother and one close friend. By the time I returned to work (Wednesday) I was forced to tell my command. In the Navy we are required to notify them within 2 weeks of finding out but I also had my fitness test that week, and I did not want to do the sit-ups. I'm waiting until my first OB appt (7/23) to tell anyone else. But my husband has already told his division and half the people on his sub. So I guess the cat's out of the bag. I'll probably be in the maternity uniform within the next 3 weeks (since one is so fitted I can't hide it).

We told our parents right away, about 5 weeks. Mine were too excited to keep quiet, so I agreed they could tell other family and their friends as long as they also agreed to tell them if we had unfortunate news at our first appointment.

We had our first appointment at 9 weeks and told our close friends and his family as we saw them over the next month.

After our second appointment at 13 weeks, we made the official announcement!

I honestly don't think I could have waited any longer. I was catching myself letting it slip and people have been eyeing my expanding waistline, which has been difficult to try hide with how warm its been!

Wait until you are out of the first trimester. I am 12 weeks. Or so I thought. My husband has told his ENTIRE family. And we went for first trimester ultrasound screening and there's an empty sac measuring 9 weeks and no baby. We feel awful. And I feel awful that my husband now has to tell his entire family. At least I didn't have to explain it to anyone other then my boss.... because I can't pass that large a piece of tissue by myself a D&C will be happening in the next few days.

Wait until you are out of the first trimester. I am 12 weeks. Or so I thought. My husband has told his ENTIRE family. And we went for first trimester ultrasound screening and there's an empty sac measuring 9 weeks and no baby. We feel awful. And I feel awful that my husband now has to tell his entire family. At least I didn't have to explain it to anyone other then my boss.... because I can't pass that large a piece of tissue by myself a D&C will be happening in the next few days.

I'm sorry, I decided to wait until my ultrasound around 12 weeks to tell most people.

This has been really hard for me. I just can't keep a secret, especially about something like this. I am only 8 weeks along and I have told most of my family and close friends. The way I figure it is that the main reason to wait is in case something goes wrong. To be honest, I am the kind of person and have the kind of relationships with my friends and family, that I would have to tell them if something went wrong anyway....

Told facebook and friends somewhere around 16 weeks when we found out the sex

Told my boss/work around 18 weeks when my pants were not fitting as well anymore :bigsmile:

18 weeks? Wow! I only made it to 13 weeks before telling work. I'm sure my boss knew something was up because I was suddenly going to the doctor more frequently (between my regular doc and OB, I was there 4 times in 5-6 weeks), but she was still surprised when I told her. Physically, I probably could have waited until about 22 weeks before telling anybody because although I'd gained weight, I didn't have a belly. I pretty much just told because it was hard to keep in, plus I felt weird asking for time off to go to the doctor without giving a reason or raising suspicion (even though I know I didn't need to tell). One coworker claimed she had it figured out before I shared the news just because of the sudden change in my bra size!

I didn't "announce" it on FB, but I updated my status to "The bun is half baked. 20 weeks down, 20 to go!" at the 20w point. Our close friends/family already knew, and I only had a couple of "others" catch on. I have an album of belly pics, but the audience is quite limited.