When did you tell people you were pg?

[rosiebear]

Immediately. I was way too excited to wait, and I knew if anything went wrong I'd want support from people around me.

This was pre-Facebook, though, so the net wasn't cast all that wide.

[sparkythelawyer]

Parents and my sisters: Right away, basically because my husband cannot seem to cool his damn heels and must tell them everything right away, and then I felt like I had to tell mine

Close friends - 10ish weeks - I was meeting up with everyone for lunch at a winery, so the jig was about to be up.

Everyone else - 13 weeks.

[polarbearfans]

12 weeks... I wanted to wait but I needed accommodations at work because I was having complications caused by my job duties.

[Elsa]

My work bff knows, my boss and team know, and one outside friend knows. And of course you guys.

We have a sono on Monday that we should get to see the heartbeat at. We'll tell families next weekend. Then slowly start announcing from there. I'll tell the rest of work (our division does big announcements at divisional meetings) at our meeting during the first week of December- I'll be 11 weeks then. We'll probably do a Christmas card announcement on FB.



Honestly....what I am more excited than anything to do....is tell M. I'm not sure what our plan is. I'm DYING to tell her after our heartbeat sono on Monday. But I haven't discussed it further with my H yet. We need to get on that.

[macmars45]

We told the world at 13 weeks exactly. H was chomping at the bit to tell everyone since day one and I made him wait. We did tell immediate family right away which was right before 5 weeks, BFFs and supervisors at 8 weeks though. So we could talk with them. Also, I blabbed here (well Got Pregnant) at 6 weeks.

[melissa]

Do you have an idea of how you would like to tell family/friends about your pregnancy?

We did a cute picture frame with a copy of the ultrasound on one side and the name we had chosen on the other side of the picture frame. We didn't do anything as elaborate with the second as we told early.

[mekia]

First one was at 13 weeks. Second one was at 18 weeks.

[Bernadine]

Nov 6, 2015 15:48:03 GMT -5 melissa said:

Do you have an idea of how you would like to tell family/friends about your pregnancy?

We did a cute picture frame with a copy of the ultrasound on one side and the name we had chosen on the other side of the picture frame. We didn't do anything as elaborate with the second as we told early.

We've already told our immediate families.

I think we're going to do a Christmas card, with DSS hanging a 4th, smaller stocking on the mantle, and then sign from all of us and baby last name.  And then on Christmas day, I'll post a pic of the card on FB.  I'll be 15 weeks then.

[snipsnsnails]

DS - 14 weeks
DD1 - 20 weeks
DD2 - It was fluid. I started telling at around 16-18 weeks, but it was more like people would see I was huge, I would notice them staring and then remember that I had forgotten to tell them.

[melissa]

Nov 6, 2015 15:50:55 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Nov 6, 2015 15:48:03 GMT -5 melissa said:

Do you have an idea of how you would like to tell family/friends about your pregnancy?

We did a cute picture frame with a copy of the ultrasound on one side and the name we had chosen on the other side of the picture frame. We didn't do anything as elaborate with the second as we told early.

We've already told our immediate families.

I think we're going to do a Christmas card, with DSS hanging a 4th, smaller stocking on the mantle, and then sign from all of us and baby last name.  And then on Christmas day, I'll post a pic of the card on FB.  I'll be 15 weeks then.

Neat idea

[cabbagecabbage]

M/C - I only told family and my boss and only because I was asked to help with a heavy lifting project at 6 weeks. I m/c at 7 weeks. I know some people say they want the support either way but I learned I, personally, do not ever want to untell again. I hate to even bring it up because I hope no one will be in that position.
DD - Family around 8 weeks at Christmas after seeing a heartbeat on ultrasound. Friends around 14 weeks.

[lindyanne]

Pretty early. It was thanksgiving and there's no way I could pass off not drinking or sitting out at the bar all night where it was smoky.

[frkls]

immediately. i felt like if something was going to go wrong, i'd need them all to know anyway.

eta: sorry, cabbage.  i responded before i read. i wouldn't have been so flippant

[iamgrace]

Immediate family, well, immediately lol. Everyone else at 12-13 weeks both times.

Except you dudes lol.

[pandora]

I've only told a bff and one friend (plus GBCN) but they knew I was doing IVF so 4 weeks for them.

Hoping for 20 weeks unless I show early for others...after the 20w u/s to know everything is OK.

[cabbagecabbage]

Nov 6, 2015 17:05:49 GMT -5 frkls said:

eta: sorry, cabbage.  i responded before i read. i wouldn't have been so flippant

No need to apologize! There are as many right answers as there are women. I didn't take any offense.

[coribelle26]

Parents and 2 best friends as soon as we knew. A handful of people we saw in person between about 14 and 20 weeks, Facebook announcement at 20 weeks after anatomy scan.

[slcjess]

I told my sister about 30 mins after I got my +, and planned to wait to tell everyone else after my first appt at 9 weeks, but mh slipped and told my dad at about 6w so we just went ahead and told everyone that weekend. Haha.

[lostrn]

I started telling good friends and close coworkers right away, so I was probably 7 weeks or so. I found out about a week before Christmas that I was pregnant, so we waited until we saw our immediate families for Christmas to tell them.

[cheeseandcrackers]

i waited till 20 weeks.. 9/10 weeks for close family. i had a previous loss.

[malibu]

Same as papie - I had hardly finished peeing on the stick when I told my parents, and his parents knew about an hour later. 10 weeks after first dr appointment when I told everyone else - at my 30th birthday party.

[Aquatica]

BFF-Immediately when I was around 6 weeks.

Parents-10 weeks. My Mom has been doing in-homecare for my Grandma and wanted to give them both some good news before my Grandma passes.

Official Announcement - 13 weeks, with the first ultrasound pictures.