Anyone announcing early?

gerblah

I'm considering an 8 week announcement. Honestly, I'm just too excited to wait.
Anyone else feeling the same way?

Mueller01

I want to tell so badly but we have decided to wait until after our 1st apt on May 4th.

RRC216

No way! Last time I did, I miscarried at 11 weeks. I'm waiting at after I have my 12 week ultrasound. 

amorrow5812

We have already told close family and friends because we could wait. My husband wants to shout it out to FB but I want to wait until first appt... Maybe even the 12 week mark.

parrishboys4

We've already told all our friends and family. If anything were to happen we'd want their support!

LauraSmarterSpam

With DS we announced at 5 weeks to our parents and my sister. Close friends we let know kind of whenever, and we let almost everyone else know when we found out DS was going to be a boy.
We've already told family and friends because pretty much all of them knew we were going to TTC this year. As I'm sure we all are, I am nervous about having a miscarriage especially since I've never experienced one, and I know if it did happen if be a completely different person. I'd want friends and family to know why I would probably be withdrawn.

gerblah

I miscarried in Dec and we had only told 3 people. I felt cheated. Like I didn't even get to enjoy the excitement before dealing with the sadness.
I guess I feel like if this baby is meant to be, it will be. My announcement doesn't change that. And maybe sharing everyone's excitement will help me worry less.

AshleyEWare

I was so excited so I told friends, family and work. I then miscarried and I appreciated their support. I'm prego again and I still couldn't hold it in! The same people know and I'm only about 6 weeks. Like @gerblah said it isn't going to change anything, what's meant to be will be!

twointow83

We have told our closest family and friends. Others we are going to wait to tell until we find out what we are having if we can pull it off.We don't have a lot of family in the area and most of those who do live around us know. There is one exception, one of my 2 BILs and his wife. I don't get along with them. Not to mention she has a big mouth so EVERYONE would know if we told them. But it's going to be hard to hide it for as long as we'd like if they find out. As far as out of towners hubby has a family reunion and we plan to just show up with a big 'ol belly and surprise everyone. My family will find out over the phone or on FB as my family is far too scattered to try to surprise them like that We actually planned to only tell a tiny handful of people but the excitement took over and we told more than we planned to lol.

JLS12JSP

For me I just really thought about who I would feel comfortable knowing if something were to happen to the baby. I've already told my boss and I'm 6w today but I won't make it social media official until 12 weeks.

mtownhespes

Only the super close peeps know (almost 6 weeks) now. Parents, sisters, best friends. First appt is May 1st (8 weeks) and then the world shall know!

shirtina

I'm waiting til my first appt. May 2nd

katy4128

We are going to tell our parents and siblings this weekend and tell everyone else on our wedding anniversary, May 25.

melissaanne2727

I've had one very early miscarriage at4 weeks. My best friend is an OB and thinks waiting until hearing a strong heartbeat at 8 or 9 weeks should be a pretty safe call. He gave me this advice after letting him know I'm traveling home for Mother's Day and I wanted to share the news with my family. Obviously a miscarriage would be devastating, but my family knowing I'm going through that and going through it with me would be so much better than doing it alone for me. Everyone is different.

mepps

We have told close family and friends, the same people I would feel comfortable telling that I had a miscarriage (hoping and praying that won't be the case)

lauraPB85

I got sucked into the initial pressure you hear from books and sites like the bump to wait and not tell anyone until 12 weeks. But after telling our parents and close friends right after it happened, I realized it would be too hard to contain it to just them for that long. Not that my close circle is full of blabber mouths but everyone was just too excited and confounded as to why I would even want to wait. I'm a very outgoing and open person and I realized I would definitely want my big circle of friends to celebrate this amazing time and know what I'd been through if something did go wrong.

Plus it was entirely too hard to hide it from everyone at work since I Own the bar where I work. Before I knew I was pg, I was tasting wines, liquors, cocktails, partaking in scheduled events, putting together beer dinners (tastings required)... It was becoming very obvious why I couldn't drink they're basically my husband & I's second family anyway, so of course he blurted it out after only a couple of days. 50 plus staff members know now

But I will be doing a cute Facebook announcement for everyone else that doesn't know around the 12 week mark!

babytsmama

I told my family when I was almost 6 weeks along last time. It was my first pregnancy so everyone was so excited. Unfortunately, I had a mc 2 days later. Making those phone calls to tell everyone the news was the worst, I never want to do that again. So this time, I'm only telling my 2 close friends and my parents. Just in case.

nmonty15

I'm waiting until 12 weeks...told my sister only so far to give me someone to talk to and be excited with about it in addition to my husband, however, I'm more of a private person and if something happened, I would not want to deal with publicly explaining this to everyone..I'd want to keep it private between my husband and I.

becca529

I told my closest friends and my parents (DH hasnt told his yet) and once we get our first U/S we will make it FB official.. it will be early, but the way I see it, is if I do have a miscarrage, Im going to need all the support I can get.. so everyone knowing wouldnt be a bad thing..

RRC216

nmonty15 . I thought I wanted the support from everyone but unfortunately... anyone who wasn't my husband or mom, I didn't want to deal with them. My MIL has a big mouth... My husband is full Italian, so you can imagine how big his family is. I told customers because I couldn't lift their dogs ( I'm a groomer). Wellll NOW , I'm saying i threw my back out. My mom and sisters are finding out on my moms birthday, which is mothers day, and In laws not til 13 weeks, same with fb. Due to my MIL huge blabber mouth and customers, I had so many people constantly asking me what happened, and always asking, texting, calling to see how I was. It was a constant reminder that I wasn't pregnant anymore. So my preference is waiting. Do what you feel you are comfortable with and what you can handle!

cadelove

I'm waiting as long as we can this time around. My husband, parents, and best friend know. Everyone else will find out around 15 weeks probably (I didn't show until around 18 weeks with my first pregnancy-I'm hoping it waits that long again.) Last time we announced after our 8 week ultrasound and I miscarried a day before 13 weeks. It was very hard to have to tell others what had happened. And to have to deal with the unintentionally rude comments such as "there must have been something wrong with that baby" or "at least you weren't very far along so it wasn't like loosing a baby" People are so dumb.

ForeverFaith15

I have decided to share the good news with close friends and family but I will keep work for 12 weeks. Everyone needs to do what they are comfortable with.

Alymonet

I didn't get a chance! 'The Glow' gave it away at a family party. Everyone just knew, and finally I gave in and shared the news.

MamaMcD

I'm 6 weeks and 2 days. I've told my closest coworkers and my principal already. I miscarried at 8 weeks last year and I had only told 1 friend at school. I feel like this year I will need the support from my fellow teachers no matter what happens (I already need very frequent potty breaks so I'll need some help with monitoring my class while I run to the bathroom). My husband and I have pretty small extended families that live all over the country so sometime after the 8 week ultrasound we'll decide when to call them and announce. Last year I only told a few family members about my mc - we were waiting for the 12 week mark to announce and didn't make it that far. Afterwards, I felt I needed to share with them and I hated that I was only able to share my grief and not my joy. I lost my mom unexpectedly last year, also, so it felt important to talk to my aunt and cousin since I couldn't share with my mom. Of course, my best friend has known since just minutes after my husband - she has been an incredible support through both of my pregnancies and I hope that one day I watch my kid play with her kids!

Ohashfo

I told two weeks after I found out, before my first appt! I enjoy the encouragement from people and their kind words when I'm feeling scared or worried. It's totally up to you when to tell. You know there are chances of a miscarriage, but just because it happened to someone else after they told early, doesn't mean it'll happen to you!! TELL the world!

JenScheil

My first pregnancy, but we are waiting as well. We have only told family and friends that will notice (here with us). I am thinking we will be waiting til at least the first ultra sound.

Elizabella85

This our first pregnancy, and we're 5 weeks. We told everyone right away, we tried for a long time to get pregnant and a lot of friends and family were praying for us. We want that continued support during the whole pregnancy, and I think we'd need it if anything happened. We were just too excited to contain our joy!!

Lihnlee

We told family and close friends on easter. DH wants to shout it to the world but I was able to get him to wait until our 8 week appointment... If not longer

courtney198078

babytsmama said:

I told my family when I was almost 6 weeks along last time. It was my first pregnancy so everyone was so excited. Unfortunately, I had a mc 2 days later. Making those phone calls to tell everyone the news was the worst, I never want to do that again. So this time, I'm only telling my 2 close friends and my parents. Just in case.

courtney198078

I totally agree I had a mc 3 years ago and we only told super close people and one of them slipped and told everyone at our church it made it was so much more difficult to have to tell all those people. I have since had another mc in January and am paranoid I wil mc again. So we are definately waiting till after our first appointment.