When did you announce it?

maddi08

It is our first and I am just wondering when I should announce my pregnancy?  We already told our close family but I am wondering about people at work and stuff.  I don't want to tell them too soon but don't want to wait until they notice.  Thanks!

mbgreenwalt

I told family at 5 weeks.  I have a unique work situation.  I had to tell work right away because I had a lot of hazards I needed to avoid (xrays, anesthesia and cat boxes). 

I think you can tell people when you are ready.  I was ok with telling everyone right away becasue I was excited and wanted people to know.  Also if something bad happened I would have had their support.

*sallymad*

I m/c my first pregnancy so the 2nd time around we waited until 12 weeks to announce it. Family and close friends knew at about 6 weeks though.

sensoregurl

I told a select few people at my work around 8 weeks - I had pretty bad morning sickness though and needed to be able to come in late/leave when it got too rough. I waited until about 12-13 weeks to make it public at work and even with extended family.

Congratulations!!

Payne2B2008

Like PP have said I hold my co-workers early as I had really bad Morning sickness & they needed to know why I might be coming in late. As far as family we told really early (we just couldn't wait) we were really happy  

madalynnsmommy09

We found out about 4 weeks and told close family then, the rest of the family and work between 6-8 weeks and went "public" facebook etc around 12 weeks.

Janell's Nest

We waited the 13 weeks and I wish we would have waited longer...but 13 weeks was roughly Christmas time so it was kind of a Christmas present so to speak...but I could have made it to my 20 week appointment with out them knowing because I never showed before that. 

We always say that if we could do it again knowing that I wouldn't show until then we would have waited because the looks on our parents faces when we told them we were pregnant and it was a boy due in July would have been priceless!

MrsAshley16

With DD, we intended on waiting until 12 weeks. I did tell my BFF and another close friend right away, but that was it. So, at 12 weeks we told our parents, then I told my co-workers, then it slowly got out. Well, then we found out I was actually only about 9 weeks along (my body was really messed up at that time), so that really freaked me out for a while.

With this one, we again intended on not telling anyone until 12 weeks. Which would have been right after the new year. Well, we hosted Thanksgiving with our parents and his sister. I had a rough first few months, so I didn't think I'd be able to hide it through cooking and dinner. But I tried...then at dinner, my FIL asked us when we were going to have another little one...I refuse to straight out lie about it, so I looked at DH, got the go-ahead and said "Well, in July actually!" So our parents knew, and my BFF (who I actually told first...), but we didn't tell anybody else until right before Christmas, so about 10/11 weeks I think.

big_noise

We told immediate family right away and a few close friends. Basically the people who would know if we had m/c anyway. Then started telling others and letting our families around week 12. I'm still not out on fb, which is fine by me. I STILL have people to tell! It's getting a little ridiculous.

angie05161

We told family immediately (around 5 weeks).  I told my supervisor at 8 weeks, b/c I needed to be out for appointments. A few close friends were told at this time also.  I told my entire department at work (~12 people) around 12 weeks.  Announced on FB at about 12 weeks also. 

I was paranoid about m/c, so I wanted to wait until a lot of the risk was gone.  Risk decreases once you are able to see/hear the heartbeat and then once the 1st tri is completed, it goes down pretty significanty.

ETA: BTW - Congrats!!

dionnemd10

i think with my first i told my boss right away--like the monday after i found out--we did holds etc and i worked with kids who could get pretty physical so had to let her know so i could avoid those things

the second time i had my yearly review/job performance thing so told my boss then-the stuff i had to fill out asked plans for next year so i wrote "time off from early Jan through early March"  then watched her face as she took it and congratulated me.

mrs.raz

We told parents/siblings and a few close friends when we found out around 6 weeks.  We started to tell a few more people around 10 weeks after a 2nd u/s and hearing the heartbeat.  Easter was the big annoucement to extended family.  I just made a FB annoucement last week.  We wanted to make sure all our extended families and friends heard from us or another family member vs FB.  FB was more for old coworkers, past classmates, and older friends that don't see as often.

preg_amy

mbgreenwalt:

I told family at 5 weeks.  I have a unique work situation.  I had to tell work right away because I had a lot of hazards I needed to avoid (xrays, anesthesia and cat boxes). 

Haha, I am dying to know what you do that involves xrays, anesthesia AND cat boxes!!    (I'm not being snarky, I just really am curious!)

 

I told my family and really close friends right away.  I was in the middle of switching jobs.  I told my first boss at about 9 weeks because of some bad morning sickness I had been missing work and had an ER visit.  She seemed like she stopped believing me.  

We told DH's family at around 12 weeks.  Friends and extended family at that time too.  And new work was at about 14-15 weeks.