1st Trimester
mlynn333
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When to announce?
mlynn333
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When do you plan to announce your pregnancy? Or what week did you announce?
I'm currently 4w5d, and I know I at least want to wait until my 6wk ultrasound. At first I wanted to wait until 12 weeks, but I am just too excited to hold it in that long. I feel like I'm going to blurt it out at any second.
Thoughts?
I'm currently 4w5d, and I know I at least want to wait until my 6wk ultrasound. At first I wanted to wait until 12 weeks, but I am just too excited to hold it in that long. I feel like I'm going to blurt it out at any second.
Thoughts?
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Re: When to announce?
I told my close family and friends right away, but I'm going to the doctor on June 5th and then I will announce it to my other friends and my cousins/other family that lives far away then do a splash on Facebook.
I figure it's just more support if something happens and I'm bad at keeping secrets!
We told our parents and a few other close family members/friends as well... We will wait to tell more family after our u/s on the 5th... Fb announcement around 1218 weeks probably.
We told my parents at ~6 weeks because we took a vacation to see them. My IL's we waiting until ~13 weeks because I was high risk and wanted some answers from early testing first. If things turned out bad we would have told them but our parents are worry warts and I didn't need someone calling everyday checking on me making me nervous. We told friends around 20 weeks after the a/s.
Do what you feel good with, we each have our reasons and I did feel like bursting from waiting so long but it was nice to have a secret between my DH, me and our DD's.
We waited to tell our parents until 10 weeks and the rest of the family at 13.
I think it is best to wait until after the first ultrasound.
I told my best friend 2 days after we found out, and I just told my other friend a few days ago (she's due with her first in a few weeks, so it's nice to to be able to talk to someone who was in my position not too long ago).
I don't plan on telling my parents/in laws/rest of the world until I'm closer to 12 weeks. I'd would like to tell my parents/in laws sooner, but I know my parents for sure won't be able to keep it a secret. They'll be far to excited to contain themselves, especially my dad.
We told a close friend around 7 wks and my sister/BIL (she guessed, I didn't plan on telling her) shortly after. We were planning on telling immediate family tomorrow, but with things being crazy lately I'm a little hesitant. So we'll see!
But I would say, if you haven't had any previous losses and everything looks good at your first scan, tell family whenever. But DEFINITELY hold off on making a global announcement for a while unless you want to risk people asking you how the pregnancy is going 2 months after you miscarry. Worst thing ever.
I am in exactly the same boat! This is our first and we are super excited!! The only worry is the chance of miscarriage (which I know isn't too much of a problem due to my age). I suppose it depends on whether you would be horrified having to untell everyone later on or whether you're close enough to family/friends to need the support if it did happen.
I am a little bit private with some things and couldn't imagine being over excited with friends and family only to have to tell them later that I was no longer pregnant. However, that is just me!
We're TRYING to stick to telling the family and very close friends(just a handful) after the 7 week ultrasound and telling everyone else after the 14 week ultrasound