Who/when did you tell first?

KittyKatMom · June 2009

Besides DH? I just got my BFP this morning and am only 4 weeks. I have an appointment with my doctor for a blood test after 6 weeks to confirm the pregnancy and don't really feel comfortable telling anyone until then, so I've sworn DH to secrecy. It's hard not to tell anyone though. How early did you start telling people and who did you tell first?

AMYfromKY · June 2009

My mom...before DH.

a4smith · June 2009

Parents and siblings know, but not telling anyone else till after 1st trimester

SweetSpikette · June 2009

a4smith:
Parents and siblings know, but not telling anyone else till after 1st trimester

this + one really close friend.

laylandconner · June 2009

we told everyone right away with the first two. with this one i'm trying to wait till we reach 12 weeks to make sure everything is ok.

Erica Ciaccio · June 2009

DH and mom know...I just cant seem to stop telling my girlfriends. They keep asking and I cant lie! I just cant lie!!

PurpleK26 · June 2009

Friends and extended Family right away. The new is slowly trickling out 'around town'. We're fine with it.

MrsHK · June 2009

Told my boss first, both times now. Other than that we kept DS a secret until we cleared the 1st trimester. We had told a couple of close friends too. This time we started telling family on Father's Day (10wks) and telling friends shortly after. Timing wise it was just easier to start telling people on Father's Day and we had only found out shortly before, so it wasn't even like we kept it a secret long.

First time around I knew I'd be out for a few appts and I wanted to be honest with my boss about why. This time around I nanny, and I wanted my boss to be able to start thinking about making back-up arrangements while I'm out, and let her know I absolutely want to come back afterwards too.

honeybee111 · June 2009

I had a blood test and first ultrasound at 6w6d. We told our parents right after that. Since then(I'm in my 9th week now), we've told our siblings. We're slowly telling our closest friends.

Andrea2536 · June 2009

DH and I waited about a week until we told people... we started with my parents, then his. From there I knew my mom would tell everyone, which she did! We were 8 weeks along at the time. It was really hard keeping a secret, luckily we didn't know we were pregnant until almost 7 weeks! The waiting would have killed us!?

mrs.teacher_99 · June 2009

We have known for a month. We plan on telling my mom first on Sunday. We waited to see her in person and to hear the heartbeat/and the first appointment.

We will also tell the remainder of our families next week too, because we know our moms won't be able to keep a secret Wink

Danikat15 · June 2009

We are telling both sets of parents tomorrow, on our 3 year anniversary. I'll be 4 weeks. We suffered a miscarriage in Jan '08 and never told anyone that we were expecting until we lost it. It was too tough on us to do alone. This time, I'm making sure I have a support system in place no matter what happens. On the other hand, we're waiting until next month to tell everyone else.

MsNessa · June 2009

We haven't told anyone yet (just found out yesterday) but I think we're telling our parents this weekend. Everyone else a few weeks later, maybe after hearing hb, we haven't decided yet.

PurpleK26 · June 2009

Danikat15:
It was too tough on us to do alone. This time, I'm making sure I have a support system in place no matter what happens.

And this was the reason we shared with so many people right away. I had a 13 week loss, and having all that support was much needed. We figured this time, tell earlier (we even waited till 8 weeks last time) and get as many people as possible praying for a healthy baby from the get go!

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