When did you all FB reveal?

NayNaysPlayPen · September 2011

I am 7 weeks 4 days right now with my first baby and so far the people that know are my parents, and my 2 best friends. His mom will be finding out tonight.

I had planned on not coming out on FB until 2nd tri because I was worried about a miscarriage. But at my first meeting with my delivery dr on Wed, he told me that since I have seen my baby on U/S and heard a heart beat, that my miscarriage rate is 5% or less.

Since he told me this, I am bursting at the seems to tell! I still feel like 7.5 weeks is too early. Maybe 9 weeks? 10 weeks?

When did everyone else feel comfortable? Also...how did you guys do it, just curious and love the stories Smile

Laouli · September 2011

We did at about 7 weeks right after my first ultra sound..

Cupcake+Mama · September 2011

I am 10 weeks and 3 days. I posted our cupcake pic below (without the due date) and I think my friends/fam thought it was just me and my cupcakes again. LOL. So today I posted about hugging the toilet and MS and so it's out.

We told everyone that needed to know personally, before posting on FB. We recorded most of everyone's reactions on video. Message me your email if you want to see it. It's on youtube right now but not making it public til this weekend.

AshleyC0117 · September 2011

I think it's totally up to you, and my opinion is definitely a more conservative one because I'm waiting until 2nd tri to tell most people... but I'd say that you need to be okay with the risk of how to handle it if god forbid the pregnancy doesn't work out. If it feels unbearable to have to tell so many people about a m/c, then I'd wait a few weeks. But if you feel that the extra support would help you then go ahead and tell!

I know it's so hard to keep such an exciting secret! Good luck.

Moneypenny424 · September 2011

I still haven't done it. I will wait until 2nd Tri. I definitely will not announce on FB before I tell work.

LDW80 · September 2011

I probably won't until 20 weeks. We've already told close friends and family.

ImThisBabysMom · September 2011

We haven't yet, but we are telling the family this weekend so I'll probably say something about it next week on fb for my friends who live farther away that I don't really see. I don't wanna make that many "I'm pregnant" phone calls.

ScarlettDahlia · September 2011

I'm going to post it on FB after my next appointment (September 29th). I'm just going to post something like "exciting news! DH and I are expecting and the LO will be here in April!"

TeamHayes · September 2011

We still have not told a single person. It still doesn't seem real to me yet and its too early.

If all goes as planned we will tell our parents at Thanksgiving and I plan to announce on FB near Christmas or New Years.

SoonToBeMrsDTS · September 2011

I don't think we'll say anything until after my 20w u/s. We had a "perfect" 10w u/s last time and then I miscarried at 12w6d. I was very glad I hadn't announced it yet. I'm not trying to scare you, just explaining why I won't be sharing. Additionally, I know there are people I'm friends with on fb struggling with IF and I don't want it to rub it in their faces.

kateinlove · September 2011

We're waiting until after our NT scan to tell not as close friends. And I want to tell everyone in person that I may see in person first. I learned after sharing our engagement on FB that I didn't get to have the fun of telling some people in person. It was like, "Oh I heard about your engagement on FB, congrats." So as long as someone doesn't say anything on my page, I think we might wait a couple weeks after our NT scan to announce on FB.

dam0ne4 · September 2011

I probably won't do it until after the NT scan around 12 weeks and only after all our family knows.

gisa886 · September 2011

Cupcake+Mama:
I am 10 weeks and 3 days. I posted our cupcake pic below (without the due date) and I think my friends/fam thought it was just me and my cupcakes again. LOL. So today I posted about hugging the toilet and MS and so it's out.
We told everyone that needed to know personally, before posting on FB. We recorded most of everyone's reactions on video. Message me your email if you want to see it. It's on youtube right now but not making it public til this weekend.

I think it is funny that they didn't get it. Lol. OP I told everyone the same day I found out. Right around six weeks both times

PooDanga · September 2011

We're posting anything on FB except "Our healthy baby [boy/girl] will be here in April." Of course we won't post that until we know if it's a boy or girl.

So far DH hasn't told anyone. I've told my best friend back home that is also pg and due in April, the ladies that work at the gym I go to (just in case something happened while I was there), and 2 other people.

We're telling our families when we go home to visit next weekend and will tell other people after that.

NayNaysPlayPen · September 2011

I have never private messaged, and I am clicking submit and nothing is happening...have you recieved a message from me?

MarxieVonTrapp · September 2011

We won't do a FB reveal until after the NT scan, which is October 10. I'll be nearly at 13w.

CTbride79 · September 2011

I have not announced on FB yet...I am planning to do it at 13 weeks when I will officially be in the 2nd trimester, and we will have had our NT scan. Also, by then we will have told all of our close friends/family. Only 11 more days to go! I plan on changing my profile pic to one of me wearing a shirt that says 'bun in the oven'.

CourtneyM09 · September 2011

I haven't announced on FB yet, but probably will soon after my 12 week apt. So far, my close girlfriends and my family and my husband's family know, but I'm waiting to reach out to the rest of my friends. (Though I must admit it is getting pretty damn hard.)

NayNaysPlayPen · September 2011

I feel like I SHOULD wait but its so hard

I work with my family, so that one was an easy one for me LOL

DragonflyBelle · September 2011

As a 3rd tri loss mom, I probably won't discuss this one on FB at all. Some things are too personal to me now, especially after what I went through.

I waited until 2nd tri with the 1st two.

AshleyC0117 · September 2011

SoonToBeMrsDTS:
I don't think we'll say anything until after my 20w u/s. We had a "perfect" 10w u/s last time and then I miscarried at 12w6d. I was very glad I hadn't announced it yet. I'm not trying to scare you, just explaining why I won't be sharing. Additionally, I know there are people I'm friends with on fb struggling with IF and I don't want it to rub it in their faces.

This is another really good point. I struggled with IF and every time I saw an u/s photo on FB I'd get upset even though I knew deep down inside I was happy for that person. It's definitely a tough situation!

Christina_Diane · September 2011

We are waiting until 13 weeks and until AFTER we get out NT results.

DevonPow · September 2011

We are waiting until after we find out the gender. All the "important" people will know before then, and I figure the gender is worthy of a status update for all the randoms

DiamondDani · September 2011

I haven't donw it yet. We are starting to let the news trickle out to people INR (family, friends, co-workers...) but as far as FB, I wanted to wait until Halloween. I was going to get one of those shirts with the skeleton baby in the tummy. My DH is going to get one with a cheeseburger & fries in the stomach. Then I was going to title it : Our halloween costumes, we are dressed as "cat out of bag"

BUT

I'll be 18 weeks on Halloween. I don't know if I can wait that long! Huh?

NayNaysPlayPen · September 2011

Cupcake+Mama:

I am 10 weeks and 3 days. I posted our cupcake pic below (without the due date) and I think my friends/fam thought it was just me and my cupcakes again. LOL. So today I posted about hugging the toilet and MS and so it's out.

We told everyone that needed to know personally, before posting on FB. We recorded most of everyone's reactions on video. Message me your email if you want to see it. It's on youtube right now but not making it public til this weekend.

I am trying to private message you and I dont think its working. I am not getting the hang of this very well Tongue Tied

NayNaysPlayPen · September 2011

DiamondDani:

I haven't donw it yet. We are starting to let the news trickle out to people INR (family, friends, co-workers...) but as far as FB, I wanted to wait until Halloween. I was going to get one of those shirts with the skeleton baby in the tummy. My DH is going to get one with a cheeseburger & fries in the stomach. Then I was going to title it : Our halloween costumes, we are dressed as "cat out of bag"

BUT

I'll be 18 weeks on Halloween. I don't know if I can wait that long!

If you can wait that long...SO CUTE!

ljeckes · September 2011

With our DD I put it on FB as soon as both sets of parents knew...so about 6 weeks. I had no clue about any of the things that could have gone wrong and we're so blessed that nothing did. I'm waiting this time until at least my first ultrasound next week but maybe later. I'm still on the fence about it.

babyconverse · September 2011

I'm planning on after first tri as well and definitely not before all closer friends and work knows. I want to give time to our parents to trickle the news out to relatives before posting on FB.

That would put us around Halloween but then that's still earlier than I want to tell work. I want to hold of telling work as long as possible so it depends on if I'm showing yet? I'll be 14 weeks then?

sweetdreams2000 · September 2011

I won't post on FB until after 1st tri - which will be right before halloween. I went ahead and bought that cute skeleton shirt. . . I think that's how I'm going to "out" myself at work too - just wear the shirt for halloween (most ppl dress up for it at the office). Of course my boss I will tell before then . . .

wwnbw · September 2011

I put it on FB at 10 weeks. I wanted to wait unitl 12 but so many people were posting about having babies I couldn't wait.

sailorsxgirl87 · September 2011

Moneypenny424:
I still haven't done it. I will wait until 2nd Tri. I definitely will not announce on FB before I tell work.

Me too. I haven't yet and I haven't told work and there is noooo way I'm telling facebook without work knowing.... I'd hate for them to find out the wrong way.

shouldbworkin · September 2011

Haven't yet. Won't until after the NT scan.

ChicaT415 · September 2011

I told work this week. I wanted to wait until after my NT scan on 9/26 but I couldn't because of something that came up and also because I'm starting to show a bit. My close friends and family know also, so I will probably wait until after the NT scan to make a FB announcement

snoangel79 · September 2011

Probably won't fb till about 25 weeks. We are planning on telling more of our family after our NT scan though. When I do my facebook I think it will be a pic of me and my husband and my belly around Christmas <: No extra announcement just a picture with a caption Due sometime in early Spring (I'm sure I won't make it till my April 4th due date with twins).

Ladybug32110 · September 2011

We did it at 7 weeks after our first ultrasound. No way I was going to be able to keep that secret! Plus, I don't have alot of random "friends" on there so if we did miscarry most of those people would know anyway and I would have that much more support ect... How we did it: my husband and I have been taking photoboooth pictures at the county fair every summer since we started dating (8 years ago) so it's kind of our "thing" so we took a photobooth picture and held a sign in each one so it read "we're having a baby" and posted it as our profile pictures. We also made our status something like "we are very excited to announce that we are having a baby in April" and put the ultrasound picture too! Haha but the main way was the photobooth thing