We told our families

redstars93

We told them I'm pregnant. Everyone knows about my previous two losses and I decided that I wanted my family to know.

I would tell them either way so why not tell them now? I kept it low key and told them to keep their expectations low and to not share any news with anyone else obviously. I told my mother if she blabs, she will the last person I call after the baby is born; I think that threat will keep her quiet.

I feel like such a party pooper for being all "so I'm pregnant BUT...it's still early and we're being super cautious and don't get your hopes up etc etc etc"

It feels good to share with them. I also now don't have to make the pretense of fake drinking at family dinners and I have a great excuse for why I can't lift anything at our move this weekend.

spincat9

Good for you!  Yes, it will definitely take the mystery out of why you aren't drinking.  I'm glad we are telling the family before the holidays, because last year I got a lot of heckling about why I didn't have wine at xmas...  I like the threat you used on your mom.  I'll have to put that in my reserves for a rainy day....

TravelinMama

I'm glad you have that relationship with your family that you feel you can share. I'm sending lots of PT's for a H&H 9 months.

redstars93

spincat9:

I like the threat you used on your mom.  I'll have to put that in my reserves for a rainy day....

 My mom has a bad track record with keeping secrets. I had to lead with "Ok, so I need to know if I can trust you with something. And if you screw this up, I will never trust you again." and then I followed up with the "last phone call" threat.

I think she'll keep quiet. She hates to be the last to know anything.

 

vflipo

I'm glad you were able to tell them

lovethebosox

I'm glad you told and it went well. It's good to have that support.

We too did the "I'm pregnant, but..." thing with our families and a couple friends. I'm still pretty careful about how I put things, and we were very careful when we told DS at 12 weeks. I'm not sure that caution ever goes away!

elizabeth&james

way to go! I felt like a party pooper too- said a lot of the exact same things b/c I didn't want ppl to get carried away and get ahead of me and my emotional state... I"m glad you feel good to have shared! Congrats!