announcing to extended family

terrijason · March 2011

we will be announcing on facebook around my 13 week mark. so we are trying to come up with a list of people who need to be called and told before that gets posted. our parents and siblings already know. so far on the list I have our grandparents. Who am I missing?

by the way... Huge extended families on both sides that half of them we see only once a year.

UFCasey · March 2011

terrijason:
we will be announcing on facebook around my 13 week mark. so we are trying to come up with a list of people who need to be called and told before that gets posted. our parents and siblings already know. so far on the list I have our grandparents. Who am I missing?

by the way... Huge extended families on both sides that half of them we see only once a year.

I'm really sorry if this comes off mean or something - but how would we know who is missing? We don't know your families, and we don't know who is close enough to you to warrant getting a personal phone call vs finding out via other people telling them/seeing it on facebook. Just sit down and think who you want to tell.

peoples0509 · March 2011

We're doing the same thing, just at 10 weeks instead of 13. Our immediate family knows, but we'll need to inform aunts/uncles but we think that parents might want to do that because they are just as excited as we are and want to tell the world. We also chose to tell close friends because we didnt want them finding out via facebook. So, if parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles (maybe cousins depending on your family) and your close friends get a phone call and/or told in person, i think you're good

kat72883 · March 2011

We called or told in person our grandparents, siblings, parents, as well as some friends (we had a hard time keeping it secret) and then I sent a mass text to my 1st cousins and aunts (I don't have any uncles except by marriage). DH wasn't interested in telling any of his extended family personally. And then I posted on facebook on Monday (after first appt, I know it's early but again, we were having such a hard time keeping it secret!). DH doesn't have a facebook and doesn't care, he figures everyone will find out by mine or when we talk to them.

If the people don't come to mind to tell them personally, it probably doesn't matter.

itsmegin · March 2011

What about your close friends? I'd be pretty upset if I found out my closest friends were pregnant on facebook.

We've told everyone other than random acquaintances already in person.

Princess Irachka · March 2011

We told our parents and my grandmother (she lives with my parents) right after we found out. We're planning on telling DH's grandmother either today or some time this weekend. We're telling siblings and my BFF this weekend. Aunts and uncles will probably find out some time next week. Facebook and work will find out April Fool's Day because I've had a bunch of people at work asking me constantly when we're having kids and I think it'll be fun. Stick out tongue

Soon2BMrsN · March 2011

We plan to call our grandparents after my 1st appt. next week and then just tell more people as we call/see them. I'm sure my grandma will let the rest of my extended family know.

I don't plan to make a big announcement on FB.

fraglette · March 2011

itsmegin:
What about your close friends? I'd be pretty upset if I found out my closest friends were pregnant on facebook.

We've told everyone other than random acquaintances already in person.

I completely agree with this. There's a girl in my circle who announced like this and all my friends thought it wasn't a great way to find out. Like our friendship was about on the same level as people she hasn't seen since 5th grade.

roxygirl1281 · March 2011

We already told both sets of our parents, my siblings and a few of my closest friends. We are waiting for everyone else until after our first doc appt so that will be at 10 weeks. After everyone close to us finds out, then we will post it to facebook.

SandyandFrankie · March 2011

We didn't really plan to do a mass announcement. Our immediate families know, our "significant other couple", and one of my childhood friends. We had an early m/c last January and we were bursting at the seams to tell our families that we did so early and then a couple days later we had to call and say nevermind. So I think this time we're just taking our time.

However, I know the whole HUGE extended family business. My mother alone has 17 brothers and sisters and they ALL have kids. I didn't figure I would announce to them because I'm not that close in contact with most of them.

We are going tell DH's grandparents and aunt and uncle over Easter b/c his grandparents are away in Florida until then!

Have fun sharing the news.

Junebug060609 · March 2011

We've not told anyone.

Once we get to 13 weeks we'll let our parents know, followed by siblings and other close friends/family. I'm using the rule of thumb that if I don't want them to find out second hand that we'll let them know ourselves.

I also have a huge extended family. Most of them will be fine to hear it from my parents/siblings.

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