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June 2013 Moms
TrulyBlessed22
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Still Haven't Shared the News
TrulyBlessed22
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Hello Ladies ~
So, we're at 8 weeks and DH and I are holding on strong and have not shared the news with our families yet. I did tell my BF because I needed someone to talk to and we've always shared everything. Aside from that our lips have been sealed. It's getting harder for me to keep it in mostly because I can't wait to share the news with our parents. We're holding off till week 10 with them and everyone else after week 12.
Has anyone else been successful at keeping their secret?
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Re: Still Haven't Shared the News
Well...I've told my parents because during the miscarriages, I needed their support and I'm scared and needed someone to talk to other than just DH.
That being said, I'm only 4 weeks...once I'm 8 weeks, I may have a much harder time keeping the secret. Mad props to you for being able to keep that secret!
I just found out this weekend that we were expecting our first so I am only 5 weeks along, but I am already ready to burst!!! We have our first u/s at 9 weeks, and we are going to wait till Turkey Day to break the news to our families and then everyone else.
Good Luck with waiting, I hope you are sucessful! Have you thought about how you are going to tell everyone?
BFP #1: 6.26.12 EDD: 2.11.13 missed m/c: 7.31.12 @ 12 weeks
BFP #2: 10.1.12 EDD: 6.11.13 Born 6.13.13
Our original plan was to tell them at the end of the Thanksgiving prayer (which this year is also my Birthday). We planned on ending it with being thankful for the baby but I honestly don't know that I can wait that long, I'll be almost 13 weeks by then. I think both parents would be so mad that we kept it from them for so long.
So, now I plan on telling my Mother with yellow roses. She LOVES flowers and yellow is her favorite color. Since roses are the June flower and yellow means "good news" it's perfect. I wrote out a pretty note explaining just that and ended it by saying "see you in June". I can't wait to see her face!
It's been tough. I'm fine until I'm around people, which is always LOL
Wishing you positive thoughts with this pregnancy.
Good Luck! I really do want to wait but I'll be almost 13 weeks by then. Our parents, especially my Mom, would feel so hurt that we waited so long to share the news with them.
Thank you
She's going to freak because I get her flowers randomly so it won't really seem odd until she reads the note.
Sounds like the right decision. BTW, your daughter is so cute!
BFP #1 EDD 08/07/11 DS born 07/27/11 Welcome Mr. Smiley!
BFP #2 05/28/12 EDD 02/03/13 Natural M/C 07/14/12 10w6d
BFP #3 10/02/12 EDD 06/11/13 Please stick baby! Stick!
Evelyn (3.24.10), Graham (5.30.13) & Miles (8.28.16)
We had wanted to keep it a secret until Christmas, but we failed miserably. DH and I have told most of our immediate family and some of our really close friends. It still isnt public knowledge, and wont be for a while. We had to tell his parents because my FIL is very sick and we wanted him to know in case he takes a turn for the worst. Once we told one set, it was only fair to tell the other.
Kudos to you for holding out.
As they should be
My Mother cannot keep a secret this large LOL. There are 5 of us and my siblings all have multiple children. She's been waiting for this moment for so long (I'll be 32 on Thanksgiving Day). She will be out of her mind so I have to limit the gap between telling her and the rest of the family.
CJ 05/29/2013
BFP #1 EDD 06.04.13
Beta #1: 20,560 @ 20DPO, Beta #2: 37,945 @ 22DPO
U/S #1: 4w6d - too early to see baby, U/S #2: 6w2d - we saw the heartbeat!
*So thankful to God for blessing us with this miracle*
We have told our parents just in case something happens, we can have their support. As for everyone else, we plan on surprising the rest of the family on Thanksgiving! It is so hard to wait!
TTC since August 2011
DX PCOS and annovulatory
1/12 Clomid (3 rounds total and no response)
DH SA = normal
6/12 Femara (2 rounds)no response
8/12 1st round Gonal F and 2 follies = BFN
9/12 2nd round injects and 3 follies = BFP!
10/15 11dpo beta#1 = 162 10/17 beta #2 = 471 1st U/S: Quads!!!
1/13 Baby A ruptured membranes, our angels Jaxon, Jayse, Emersyn, and Ellee were born @ 17 weeks
5/13 Gonal F with 1 follie - BFP! EDD - 2/11/14
Haven't told, and don't want too. I don't want the constant phone calls making sure I'm alright, and the judgement when I do something someone thinks isn't ok when pregnant. If I could I wouldn't tell anyone until we have the baby...but somehow I don't think that's going to work! : )
I was hoping to wait till Thanksgiving to tell the parents/ Sisters!
After the 1st trimester to tell everyone else.
Make a pregnancy ticker
DS born 6/2013
I'm so not in a rush this time. I like that it's our secret and I'm not ready for the pregnancy attention.
I believe DH and I will wait until at least Thanksgiving to tell our parents....maybe even hold out until Christmas. I already told my best friend, only because she knew that I was trying and knew when I should "know", so I pretty much told her right away.
With my previous pregnancy (which sure wasn't long ago!) DH and I waited to tell our parents until I was 15 weeks along, and the rest of the family and friends until after we found out that we were having a girl at 20 weeks.
The way we shared the news with our parents last time was by giving them a picture frame with the ultrasound picture inside of it, and the picture frame said "coming soon" on it ~ they loved it and were so happy!!!
I'm not good with holding things in like this, especially something so big and exciting, but after a few weeks go by it somehow just seemed easier to keep it a secret for some reason. At least it was for us!
BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
We're not planning to tell until Christmas. My BFF knows, but that's it.
We waited a long time last time, too. I think we'd tell earlier this time, but Christmas will be fun.
DD#1 is 3! And LO#2 is on his/her way! Due Feb 26th, 2014.
BFP#1: EDD 5/7/2010 born on 5/20/2010. A little girl named Emily.
BFP#2: m/c 10/29/2012 EDD was 6/21/2012 Baby Hope was 6 weeks 3 days.
BFP#3: Twin B stopped growing at 8 weeks and 5 days. Found on 8/10/2014. EDD was 2/26/2014. Twin A is still doing great and due date is 2/26/14.
Hi, I'm new to the message boards. I am five weeks along, and we haven't shared the news yet. Our main reason for waiting is to tell our 5 year old son first before any of our other family. This will be our second baby, so it is long awaited from our family and they will be so excited. We are planning to wait until our first doctor appointment, to make sure everything is alright, before we tell our son. Then we will think of some creative way to tell the family. I want to tell them in person to see their reaction! I like the yellow roses idea.