When did you share your good news?
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FitMama2013
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Hey everyone!
I'm curious when y'all shared your good news with family/friends...I know it's a personal decision, but I also wonder if anyone wishes they had done it differently.
For now, we plan to tell our family and very close friends in another month (I'll be 8 weeks) and then everyone else once I'm out of the first trimester. However, my mom came to visit me today and it nearly KILLED me to not tell her, especially since she brought up babies and I had to just change subject!
Just curious what y'alls experience was
I'm curious when y'all shared your good news with family/friends...I know it's a personal decision, but I also wonder if anyone wishes they had done it differently.
For now, we plan to tell our family and very close friends in another month (I'll be 8 weeks) and then everyone else once I'm out of the first trimester. However, my mom came to visit me today and it nearly KILLED me to not tell her, especially since she brought up babies and I had to just change subject!
Just curious what y'alls experience was
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DH and I went through IVF, so we knew we were pregnant when we were 3 weeks 5 days. We waited until that weekend, when we were 4 weeks 3 days, to tell anyone since we had a scheduled pregnancy test that day. We told everyone, because everyone knew we were doing IVF. (I even told the meat man at the grocery store!) If no one had known what was going on, I would have waited to tell people other than family until I was around 10 weeks, I think. But, it's really hard to keep this a secret when you're so excited!
Congrats to you!!
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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.0
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With my first we told everyone right away. Wasn't my choice, hubby was too excited. With this pregnancy we told our families after my first ob appt, about 8 weeks. Then we told everyone else on Facebook and such when we found out the gender at 18 weeks.0
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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.0
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hi everyone
I told my mum & best firend on the day i took the test i was about 5 and half wekks (and obvs my boyfriend haha) I have told a couple more close friends since as i found it hard to hide from them with me not drinking - not like me at all:laugh: but im waiting until my 12 week scan which is on the 30th may to tell everyone cant wait :happy: x0 -
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.0
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I told my family and a few close friends right away. I didnt make the 'FB announcment' until 12 weeks.0
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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.0
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With my first we told our immediate families right away, close friends around 8ish weeks, and everyone else after 12 weeks. With my second - I am 17 weeks and only immediate family and close friends know, we told them all including our parents around 8 weeks.. We have a few events in the next few weeks where we can tell people face to face which is why we waited to tell people this time around.0
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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.0 -
My told our parents and one close friend right when we found out. We then waited until 11 weeks, after we heard the heartbeat, to tell the rest of our close friends and family. We waited until after 12 weeks to announce on Facebook and at our work places.0
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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.0
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We told family around 12 weeks and close friend anywhere between 12 and 16 weeks. I'm still not "out" on FB but my husband's 30th birthday party is this weekend and I plan on telling everyone then. The no drinking will surely give it away!
I've been thinking about posting it on FB but wanted to find a cute way to do it. Once I figure something out, I'll put it out there.
Oh, I told my boss last Friday- 15 wks 4d. I think he was shocked I was so far along. Everyone is at this point.
I wouldn't change a thing. I liked sharing the news when I was ready. It took me a long time to get comfortable sharing the news. I'm not showing too much yet and my mom and sister keep rubbing my belly! I feel like they're just rubbing my fat! Haha!0 -
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!0
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For my first one, we told everyone right away because I was 3 months pregnant when I found out I was having a baby. This one, as soon as we found out, we told my mom and mil and my best friend, this was at around 5 weeks. We are waiting to hear the baby's heartbeat on ultrasound before we tell anyone else. My apt. is only in August, I will be 14 weeks by then.0
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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."0 -
Even after two miscarriages we told family pretty early on. With my last pregnancy we found out while on vacation at DH's brother's house. Once the SIL knew there was no hiding it from everyone else. She LOVES her gossip. So I immediately called all of our family and close friends. We didn't announce on FB for another month after that.
With this one we where surprised even though we where TTC. I had convinced myself it would take 3-4 cycles to get that BFP and it took one. So for our youngest DD's 1st birthday we bought a shirt that said "Big Sister" wrapped it up and had her open it in front of everyone. That was fun! We announced on FB later that night since a lot of my friends who had been at the party where already leaving comments about it.
I wouldn't change a thing. Like I said even after 2 m/c we wanted our families to know right away...if something had happened I know from experience I would have needed the support of my mom and sisters to get through it.0 -
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.0
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For my last two pregnancies I told my close family and friends straight away. I figured if anything went wrong, I'd need their love and support. This time I'm a little more wary, oddly I feel a bit like I've been naughty getting pregnant at almost 39 years old, when I already have 2 children!? Also I'm concerned that I'm more likely to miscarry due to my age!? Still, I've told my closest friends already (I'm 6 weeks ish), but haven't spoken to my Mum since finding out, I honestly don't think I could not tell her, so as soon as she knows that starts the ball rolling ...0
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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).0