When and How to Announce?!?

xiheatherix · May 2011

I am pregnant with my first and super excited!! I want to tell the world but I know its better to wait till the pregnancy is more stable.. I just would like to hear some input and what week you announces to family and friends and soo on.. Also how did you break the news I'd like to do something creative

Soon2beMrs.L*07 · May 2011

Hi and congratulations!! I am pregnant with my first as well and we were too excited to keep it secret!! We told our parents and siblings right away as everyone knew we had been trying for a year. We had an U/S a 7 weeks and the doctor saw a heartbeat and said everything looked good. So on Mother's Day I was 10.5 weeks and we announced it. It was just too perfect to pass it up!! My sister knew already and gave me my first Mother's Day gift which was a onsie that said "I was worth the wait!". I took a picture and posted it on facebook. We rec'd such a reaction!!

alschiefer · May 2011

We are going to "try" to wait until the 1st Tri is over...but that seems like SO far away...One of us is bound to burst by then!

If all goes as planned though I am planning to do something a little creative to tell our parents. I made scrapbook for each of our parents for their gift for our wedding. And I have been meaning to get a few pages done for each of them featuring the wedding. So I thought I would make 5 or 6 new pages for each of them, and make the last page a baby announcement with an U/S pic.

emjenkins715 · May 2011

We told really early with both pregnancies. DH is not a good secret keeper...it would have just flowed out of his mouth eventually. With the first announcement we were around 4 weeks or so and took letter post-its and spelled out "What color should we paint the nursery?" with paint samples. We had both families down for a cookout for the end of summer and brought both of our moms into the room. They read the wall and my mom immediately said "You're pregnant!" and was super excited. It took his mom a little bit, but she got it too. Then had icecream cake from DQ with a stork on it. It was great. The second one I made a Big Brother t-shirt for DS and took him to both parents houses and let them eventually discover what he was wearing. Both ways were really fun.

Free2Sing · May 2011

This is how we told our parents:

https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/53664133.aspx

They got them in the mail today and flipped out! I enclosed a letter to my parents letting them know not to tell the rest of the family until next week, but they were too excited and didn't read the letter. Oh well-- at least it's just my siblings! We're going on a cruise tomorrow & when we get back we'll be at 6 weeks, so we'll tell everyone then.

I'd love to wait, but it's too big of a secret to keep it in! I've dealt with infant loss before with my niece, and am very comfortable having those conversations, so if something happens, we'll take it one day at a time, but I'd rather have everyone's support than have everyone not know anything happened.

Tash2315 · May 2011

We told our families over Easter, when I was about 5.5 weeks (early, I know) but we couldn't be around our families and NOT tell them! I wrote a poem for my mom and put it in a card, along with an Easter basket - talking about how crazy the last year has been with her kidney transplant and ruptured spleen and included some inside family jokes. The basket had a onesie about Grandma and booties. We gave my dad a "Grandpa" birthday card and picture frame, and DH's parents a kiddie fishing pole (since they LOVE fishing). We told my brother thru a game of MadGab - His girlfriend and I created a card for the game that said "Eye Ma Go Knobby Anon Cole" (I'm gonna be an uncle). It was fun watching him try to figure it out!

mckee1 · May 2011

We plan on telling our parents next week after our first appointment at what we think is 6 weeks. Then I have to tell my girl friends the following week bc we have a girl's weekend planned up north and there is no way I can make excuses for not drinking all weekend! I would like to hold off on telling everyone else for a few more weeks-we'll see if they can keep a secret!

Mistym05 · May 2011

We are still very early and my first appointment isn't until June 10th. I have decided to go to a birthing center with a midwife, therefore I may not be getting an u/s unless they cannot detect a heartbeat with a doppler. We will *try* to wait until July 4th when we go home to visit. It's going to be extremely difficult being so far away and not telling them!

MrsT2008 · May 2011

I told my 3 closest friends almost immediately (2 knew we were trying and when I was testing, so I had to!) and we told our parents/siblings around 7-8 weeks. We told DH's grandparents at 10 weeks (his grandfather got some bad health news, so we wanted to give them something happy to think about). We're just now telling everyone else

Dawn7233 · May 2011

We plan on telling our parents after our first appt which is on June 2nd. With my FI's parents I got a shirt that says "one slipped passed the goalie" with a picture of a baby on the belly (they have a good sense of humor) and with my family we'll probably just tell them over skype since they are so far away, OR we might send them an early father's day card with a picture of the u/s in it... not sure yet.

katie0919 · May 2011

I told my best friend right away because I was panicking and needed advice (was surprised to be pregnant)....but this is my first pregnancy and I know (especially from these baords) how often miscarriages happen so we told our parents at 9 weeks (after we had our first ultrasound at 7 weeks) and then we told the 'world' (our close friends and then everyone else on FB) after our NT scan at 12w 3d. I just got my blood results from the scan yesterday (all normal) so I really should have waited until today! LOL - I know how hard it is to wiat, but it can be done.

Before you are safely out of the 1st trimester, I recommend only telling family or close friends that you won't mind knowing should something go wrong (crossing fingers for everyone that they have happy and healthy pregnancies!).

xiheatherix · May 2011

Thank you everyone.. we are soo anxious to tell our family.. we are going on a family vacation and have to tell them before because it will be so obvious.. we are thinking on fathers day but thinking of a fun way to do it with both famlies.. then we will tell close friends.. by fathers day I should be about 9 and a half weeks prego.. so I think ok to tell family just not the world yet..

wychets · May 2011

Ive only told of course my DH, parents, and sister. I want to try and wait until my 2nd trimester also...but like you said I ready to BURST:)

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