Timelines for announcements!

AMCsquared

OK December mommas.... since we are all in our 1st trimester I believe.. when will you/did you share the news? (With people other than dh.... aka parents/family/close friends)

grochril

We will be sharing the news to close family on Mothers Day! 

rainbowdashh

I have only told my parents and sisters because we're going to Hawaii on Saturday and they'd figure it out anyway. Otherwise, we're waiting until 12+ weeks after we get the results of the genetic testing.

MJDsquared

We plan on telling my mom Mother's Day weekend, when I'll be 7+1-3. We won't tell DH's family until the first weekend in June when I'll be 10+1-3 since that's the only weekend we could arrange to go see them.

BC814

We told family at Easter because if something happened with the pregnancy they would find out anyways. Waiting to go more public for friends and coworkers after 10-12 weeks. 

AFrye0726

@BC814 Exactly the same.  All the people in our close lives know already, and would bw there if something went south. We'll make it public 12/13 weeks. When we get the boys birthday pictures back. 

Tennis11785

We won't tell people until we get the results of the NIPT.  We want to make sure everything is ok before sharing.  

txmomma16

We did IVF and shared our journey with a lot of friends and family so holding the secret for a few weeks was already difficult. By now our parents, siblings, closest friends, and select co-workers know. Idk that we'll do a formal Facebook announcement but if we do it'll be after 12 weeks. 

moonlady-2

Possible TW

Waiting until 12 weeks due to my previous loss (11 weeks). Only DH and my mom know currently.

b48kate

Waiting for the genetic testing to come back first as well.

cenzosmomma

I want to tell our parents on Mother's day... I'm having am ultrasound next week, so if that goes well then we will tell them. I will be 8 weeks 6 days.
Everyone else will find out at our annual picnice father''s day weekend... I will be 13 weeks 5 daya

ohmickey331

We told our parents,siblings, my cousins who I'm close enough with that we are basically siblings and their parents as well as my two best friends. We'll tell everyone else after 12 weeks.

NME44

My in-laws were there when we found out. Otherwise I would've waited til 13ish weeks. My brother and DH's sister still don't know (at least as far as I know. I wouldn't put it past our mothers to have told them already.) We'll probably tell them at the same time we announce it on fb. All of my close friends know. None of DH's friends know.

leighalou91

I told my best friend as soon as I saw a line. She is always the first to know after DH lol. I just told my sister who lives out of state because I have been visiting her this week. We are waiting to tell our families until after my first ultrasound (I am thinking we will tell on Mother's Day??). We will share with the public after 12 weeks sometime.

tinkerbellwest

I had a miscarriage last year @ 11 weeks, so waiting till Father's Day, 13 weeks, before sharing with family & making an announcement. I have told my best friend that lives out of town, and only 1 of my co-workers have figured it out. When I tell my family & friends, I plan on disclosing the gender from our testing.

splsmama2016

Waiting to tell our parents the weekend of DD's 1st birthday. We will probably announce that weekend to friends and the rest of the family as well. That will put me around 10/11 weeks. 
With DD, we told family around 6 weeks, once I had a set drs appointment.

jlemons-2

I told my family and best friends already, I will do our public announcement in about a month.

AMCsquared

We have both told our best friends (2 each) but we will be announcing to our parents/his family on mothers day. I'll be 10 weeks. After our parents know then I'll tell my other close friends. Then at 12 weeks I'll tell others at work etc. I don't know if I want to do Facebook but maybe once we know the gender we will.

katiegeminimoon

Pretty much everyone we see on a weekly basis knows now. We will do a Facebook post around 12 weeks. *TW* I did have a miscarriage before, but I also think that they don't have to be hidden, so I was ok with people finding out about the pregnancy early. *TW*

DLpanda08

We are telling our parents on Mothers Day. I'll be 8+1 and it will be right after our first ultrasound so the timing seems right. We will wait to make any public announcements until after the first trimester. 

My boss and coworkers already know because of circumstances at work and needing help wrapping up the end of the year. 

mrsmom812

I told my parents the night I took the test, as they were at my house.  I told a few other close friends right away, but waited on a few others between 6-8 weeks.  I am a teacher, and some of my students could tell. but most of them don't know yet.  I will be doing a special announcement with them, since I teach Child Development.  I had my U/S last Wednesday, and everything was measuring right on track.  I am 9 weeks and on my 3rd child.  

eazybreezy225

We are waiting until after the 20 week anatomy scan.

Kirss

We plan on telling our immediate families on Mother's Day or right around MD, which will put us at 8 wks. I'm hoping for an U/S picture this Monday, easy gift/surprise for them . 

Marley629

Well technically we shared with our families pretty much right away..and I told my work because they let me work from home sometimes and they knew about my whole journey....but to the FB world and the rest of our friends, I'm probably going to wait until around 20 weeks just because my idea coincides with mine and DH's 5 year date anniversary. 

babypi

Most of my in-laws know already and so do all of my close friends. My DH's boss knows, since he's deploying soon they like to know that kind of info. My sister is coming to town this week, so we waited to tell her in person and then tell my parents. We will announce on Facebook when we get to the 2nd trimester.
 TW- After 3 losses I prefer to tell family and friends early, but that's a new decision that we made before getting pregnant this time. I just started to feel like it was causing me more pain to hide our losses from family and friends.  

failuretofly

I'm the worst at lying, plus my job requires me to fess up in order to not care for potentially dangerous patients, so I've been telling random work people all along, plus a couple close friends and we told DH's parents at 5 weeks, because they were visiting. I will probably tell my mom soon, and save the big 'Facebook' announcement for after our first ultrasound at 12 weeks

Tennis11785

@babypi - See, we're having the exact opposite situation over here. **TW** We had told families about PG#1, and then told them we lost it.  We had told all family and close friends about PG#2, so they were there for us through that loss.  While I was really glad to have all that support - it's so helpful because you shouldn't have to suffer alone - at this point, we're tired of having to "take back" the pregnancy from those we've told.  My H says he feels like he's letting our families down each time.  If it was up to him, he wouldn't tell anyone until the baby is born.  That's obviously not a realistic plan.  That's why we've come to the "compromise" of sharing after the NIPT test results.  

jljeanblanc

@txmomma16 same here, most of our family and close friends already know because of our IVF journey. We plan to go public (work, other friends, etc) around 10-12 weeks. We had genetic screening done before transfer, so doc has said we are good to announce after 8-9 weeks.

As for Facebook, maybe when the bump gets good and noticeable - and I plan to be open about our struggles/journey so that my FB friends going through that hell know they're not alone.

ktlee80

We did IVF. My parents knew everything from day 1... The day I did my beta and found out the results, I called them that night and called them by their Chinese grandparents names. My boss knew immediately because I had to take off because of the IVF schedule... I've been slowly telling more people and felt much better after we heard the heartbeat at 7 weeks. My MIL is coming the first week in June so we'll tell her then then we'll tell hub's father and stepmom shortly after. My brothers will find out probably around the 11 week mark (1st doctor physical and u/s). 

As far as the social media announcement (once all the immediate family know), we got a onesie of my favorite band and will say something like "newest fan coming in December 2017.. Gizmo (our dog) is going to be a big brother!"

moonlady-2

@Tennis11785 That's exactly how I feel too. I liked having the support but I hated having to "take it back". It added more heartbreak. This time I'm just waiting.

AMCsquared

@ktlee80 that's really cute with the Chinese names

AMCsquared

can i attack my own poll, and change this into maybe a place where we can post about the announcements? pics, stories, ideas? 

breezybee

For sure @AMCsquared

cait5413

Just found out that the shirt I ordered for DD so we could announce to the grandparents got shipped to our old address and marked return to sender because I didn't update my Etsy profile after we moved. UGH. Just ordered one off Amazon so it will get here before we leave on our trip. Hopefully, the etsy seller will get it back and re-ship it to us, and then she'll have 2, because otherwise, I'm not paying for it (even though it was my fault). We're planning to tell DH's parents on the last day of our trip up to see them, and then my mom when she picks us up from the airport the next day. That will be at the end of May, 10-11 weeks. Everyone else will get told once we're past the first trimester. 

jlemons-2

We do have an announcement thread already @AMCsquared

AMCsquared

So I definitely don't want to wait til 12 or 13 weeks to tell parents and close friends.. but now that my 10 week is approaching I'm getting like superstitious nerves. 

breezybee

My husband has told basically everyone he's ever met. Is so annoying. I'm only 6 weeks!  Shut up honey!
Anyway, the cats out of the bag - me being knocked up is officially the worst kept secret ever. 

AMCsquared

Can I also comment and say I'm excited 100 people took this poll haha

Ha omg @breezybee !! My dh secretly told some friends and just admitted it to me. Lol. R u telling your friends now? I'm still waiting bc I want my parents to know first

jlemons-2

@breezybee I'm like your husband, I just can't keep my mouth shut! I've been trying to contain myself but a lot of people know now. I told myself this time I'd put a lid on it. 

AMCsquared

Haha!!

breezybee

@AMCsquared Yeah, I've told my really close friends and my 2 bosses (I'm a nanny). I told them just in case I get morning sickness or something happens where I need time off. I figured telling my close friends is fine, since I would have told them anyway if this pregnancy turned out to be not viable.  But my hot man is telling EVERYONE he sees lol. It's fine, I'm glad he's excited

ETA We probably won't do any social media stuff until like 14 weeks. We're not big social media people anyway.