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ambarnett1 · September 2013

Anyone announce their pregnancy to Facebook/the world before 12 weeks?

JessieC0726 · September 2013

I'm not going to

rtv3 · September 2013

I might at 10.5 but haven't decided for sure yet.

sambrownmac10 · September 2013

I did with my first pregnancy after my bloodwork confirmed my pregnancy at 4 weeks, I miscarried at 5 weeks.

I did have an ultrasound at 7 weeks and everything was good, but I'm still hesitant.

I'm having another ultrasound at exactly 12weeks so I will at that point.

Mrs550 · September 2013

I did. I was outed at 8 weeks by DH's evil step brother so everyone already knew.

Rrrrrachel · September 2013

I might after we see the midwife finally, but by then ill be almost 11 weeks so I might wait.

sarahbeth27 · September 2013

I will not be announcing until at least 13 weeks. I announced at 11 weeks last time, after seeing a beautiful HB at 8 weeks. At my 12 week NT scan, there was no growth, no HB. It was devastating to have to un-announce. I will be waiting.

Christinekeyser · September 2013

I keep wanting to and said that when I am 10w I will but I am past that now and hesitant. I think I'll say something 12w but can now see myself waiting a bit longer.

AcaAwkward · September 2013

We did not announce (on FB) until we knew the sex last time - at 20 weeks.

Kristy774 · September 2013

I did because in my immediate family there are a lot of people who I could totally see doing it on accident or say for instance I posted a picture of my son and I at the bus stop, and there was a coffee cup in my hand, I could see my mom posting underneath it, That's not coffee in there is it??? You know you can't drink coffee until the baby is born and then I would say MOM why did you do that? And she would say what? And then I would explain to her that everyone can see what she wrote and we told her not to put anything on FB and she would say oh I didn't realize that everyone could see it and you know what, she's telling the truth because she just doesn't get FB like alot of people over 50 years old. So, when we told everyone, at 8 weeks, we put it on FB also to avoid accidents and FB users that don't understand.

weeb21 · September 2013

We did - the timing felt right, we announced just recently at 10 weeks. We had told family and close friends already, plus DH and I have fairly exclusive Facebook accounts anyway so it made sense for us.

deanchica · September 2013

I can hardly wait until after I tell our families at almost 9 weeks. I'll try to be strong and wait until 10 weeks.

Kristy774 · September 2013

I also want to add that DH and I share an account and its pretty exclusive, we don't add just anyone, its people we actually "know", not friend of a friend type stuff.

Linnea503 · September 2013

Nope, I hope to wait until closer to 20 weeks.

SIR12 · September 2013

We didn't "announce" on FB until 6 months last time, and even then it was just a picture of my DH and I. We will probably post a big brother tee shirt picture at some point but probably not until Christmas/New Year. We still haven't told our families yet.

LittleLady77 · September 2013

No way. I've seen too many people have to unannounce. .

cfthoct292011 · September 2013

I'm not into FB and all that but i'm sure my sisters and SILs wont hesitate

Mandyw75 · September 2013

I won't ever announce on Facebook. The people that are close to me and that probably care if I'm pregnant or not will find out when it's time. I'm not a huge tell people the ins and outs of my day Facebook person. Not that I have a problem with others doing it. Probably because I don't watch status updates.

Now don't I sound grumpy? I'm pretty sure today was my grumpiest. I even tried watching 20 mins of funny cat videos. Nope still miserable.

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Tambcat · September 2013

I announced at 12 weeks last time and will probably wait that long this time too. But, my doctor said that if we see a strong heartbeat at 9 weeks, I'm pretty much out of the woods, so I will likely tell family then. I googled, and it looks like miscarriage rate is 0.5% at that point.

vanvoorhis-101 · September 2013

Not yet. Our close family knows, but I will not announce it to the whole world for a few more weeks. I can't imagine having to tell 200 people on facebook if something bad happened.

SummerLeah · September 2013

We did today after seeing the ultrasound and heartbeat.

imogenisis · September 2013

I agree with Mandy! Definitely not a FB poster either! I'm almost 10 weeks and my close family and friends already know. Everyone else will find out in time...

jlrschmidt · September 2013

With my first I announced at 9 weeks on Facebook. This one, I'm waiting a bit longer, I haven't decided. I'm just kind of enjoying keeping the secret.

katieharpiceland · September 2013

I go back and forth. I'm so far away from a lot of family that I would like them to know, but, at the same time, not super in to facebook announcing at the moment or anytime soon. We'll see :-)

Medic99 · September 2013

Nope. Not until we are way past our loss milestones. We didn't announce our last pregnancy until 16 weeks.

MamaFantastic · September 2013

Not sure yet! I did at 8 weeks with my son, and with this one I have a feeling i'll just decide one day and do it. We're on vaca now and I'm sure we'll have pictures we might want to post... and my belly is unhorse able unless it's cropped out entirely. The longer I wait, the less I care... does that make sense? I could see us even waiting until 16 weeks when we'll hope to find out the sex.

ETA: I am laughing at unhorse able!!! I meant to type "unhideable"

Embeans · September 2013

I did announce at 7 weeks with my first. But we are going to wait till 13 weeks this time around

Mandyw75 · September 2013

spasticfantastic said:
Not sure yet! I did at 8 weeks with my son, and with this one I have a feeling i'll just decide one day and do it. We're on vaca now and I'm sure we'll have pictures we might want to post... and my belly is unhorse able unless it's cropped out entirely.

ETA: I am laughing at unhorse able!!! I meant to type "unhideable"

Lol me too. I read it 5 times trying to figure out if this was new lingo. I have a love/hate relationship with autocorrect.

J&NL · September 2013

I did because I have a lot of family from panama and other places in the US on there.

Charlyse · September 2013

I plan on posting a picture of myself in November...around Thanksgiving...and if someone figures it out...good and if not...oh well.

Charitysarah · September 2013

This is my first so ill be waiting until 12 weeks to announce to extended family and fb. We've told our parents already and a couple close friends know. I've disabled comments on my account for the next few weeks until we announce it to avoid any accidental slip ups. It's easy to do if you feel like your mother in law using Facebook is a bit of a loose canon.

Asljoc · September 2013

We waited until 12 weeks with DD. We told family way early though and swore them to secrecy. This time we are waiting until the u/s to tell family and do 12 weeks for Facebook. Luckily none of our parents are active on FB.

sweetpeace13 · September 2013

with my son we announced on FB at 20 weeks after our anatomy scan. I was planning on it anyway, but a girl I went to school with and saw my bump called me out on FB. I was pissed. but, in the end it all was fine

i will most likely do the same with this babe

hlm184 · September 2013

We did at eight weeks. We are military, so live very far away from family and friends, and it was way easier than calling everyone one by one and having the same annoying conversations. Also I hate phones. We also had to tell coworkers early for certain reasons and I didn't like having my coworkers know but not my friends.

sking72 · September 2013

I'm not announcing until I weed out my Facebook friends. A lot of people I don't care to have know about what's going on in my life but haven't had the time or motivation to do it before. I don't think ill officially announce it, people will probably just take notice when I start showing

dmresnick · September 2013

My first u/s(12wks) is on the 24th, but I told my extended family this morning and close friends (2 days shy of 10wks). Right now I don't feel like I want to tell anyone else. It could change, but I think I'll announce it on Facebook when I give birth:)

Luma88 · September 2013

I never officially announced on facebook last time, but I did keep my wall closed for the first 13 weeks so no one would out me. People ended up noticing in pics where I was obviously pregnant and other facebook "friends" didn't even find out until I announced the birth. I didn't do it on purpose was just always too scared of announcing and then never did. Im thinking this time I probably won't announce, but I do love those big brother tshirts, so who knows!

I did have a private bump photo album for my mom and a few close friends - that was fun!

myschlove · September 2013

once we saw the heartbeat we did! we have a lot of family out of state that keep up with our Facebook pictures

and honestly, I'm so sick and I show early, it's hard to keep this a secret for long!

Mcbm84 · September 2013

Once we get the all clear from the nt at our 12w scan and we have told immediate family then we will. We have already seen the hb at 6 and 9w3d

NewMommy0414 · September 2013

I'm not announcing mines on FB anytime soon I'll be nine weeks tomorrow so if I do ever decide to announce it'll be when I'm 20 weeks

CandaceMarie321 · September 2013

We announced yesterday--I'm only about 6 weeks (we'll have a dating ultrasound in 2 weeks). When I had a miscarriage in 2010 we had not announced yet, so it wasn't until almost two years later that most people ever even knew about that baby. I could have really used the support of my friends at that time and wished I had told earlier.
I am very selective about my Facebook friends though--it's mostly just family and good (although distant) friends. There is no shame in having a miscarriage so I see no point in keeping it secret.

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