When did you tell others you're pregnant?

cinnamonrollcupcake · November 2013

Hi ladies! When did you (or when will you) tell your family, friends, and work that you're pregnant?

zazu13 · November 2013

Parents - immediately
Siblings and close friends - 6-9 weeks
Coworkers - 12 weeks ( I was showing)
Facebook/ rest of the world - last week at 17w or when I see them.

MJC1116 · November 2013

Parents - my mom knew once I went for betas, inlaws at 6 weeks

Siblings/Close Friends - Around 11 weeks

Co-workers - I had to tell my principal, aide, and sub at 7 weeks because of the SCH that put me out on bed rest. I didn't feel right about lying and figured if something had happened, God forbid, I would tell or have to tell them anyways. Everyone else I announced at 14 weeks last week. I also told my students and figured they'd spill the beans to the parents.

Facebook - I announced on Sunday by changing my profile pic to a photo of DD holding a book entitled "I'm a Big Sister." The expression on her face was priceless. It was the day we told her about the LO.

Truth be told, I hesitated whenever we decided to tell any of the above, especially at work. But I figured I can't hide the bump anymore, and my ob gave me the go-ahead. It feels good to be out in the open now!

AJC&Maggie · November 2013

I am wondering this too.... This whole process has been such a mind game....

katekat8721 · November 2013

Hubby = 1 day after first, very faint, BFP. Waited till his bday :-)

Parents, siblings, my boss = after second beta

Everyone else has been hearing about it from the blabber mouths in my extended family

I'm pretty ticked about it. Whoever you decide to tell, be sure you're 100% ready and be ok with the fact that word may spread.

We'll be telling all other extended family at the same time.

becomingmommyagain · November 2013

My very close girl friends- they got the play by play and pics of pee sticks. They knew about it before DH. There were four of us from our group that are pregnant, the first just had her baby the day of my retrieval. We still count that we were pregnant together

the other two are due in March and April.

My sister lives with me but we kept it from her until beta #2.

My VP, director, and business manager also got a play by play (no per sticks though). They are all women and have all been very sympathetic to the ivf process. The director has ivf twins that are 4 and an iui 9 month old. She has been a major confidant.

My kids we told the day of first ultrasound. They are teenagers and had been googling my meds. We didn't tell them we'd been trying, but the super sleuths that they are.... (they are beyond excited about baby too!!)

My brother & his wife I told today. They live in the Cayman islands and we had a Skype call today to catch up on other family matters. My brother is 37 and his wife is 44. I didn't know, but they are trying for#2! That was a shocker!!

My husband's parents are in France. We were going to tell them last week after ultrasound and scheduled a Skype call but my father in law wasn't there so we held it in. I can't wait to see their expression. DH has no children of his own and he's the only son/grandson. They'll be crazy happy.

My parents are coming up for thanksgiving. We're planning to announce then. I'm not thrilled to tell my parents. My mother is a bit whacked ...I know she'll be happy, but she's a crazy person...like psychic crazy person...that's a whole nother thread....

Once were out to parents we'll make it Facebook official

jezebel57 · November 2013

DH - watched me pee on a stick.
Siblings- told them that day in person.
Parents and in law- at 7 weeks after ultrasound
Facebook and coworkers- 12 weeks

Peanutz21 · November 2013

family as in parents and siblings - @ 13 weeks. I wanted to wait until after I had good results from the 1st tri screening

work - hmmm....still haven't...not sure when. I'm sure i'll tell before december (i'll be 16 weeks i think)....i'm not "showing" yet and i wear my big white coat over my clothes anyway so nobody would normally notice.

FutureMrsW9 · November 2013

Parents - After Beta #2

Siblings and a few friends who've already guessed - Making our way through this now (week 6-7) Praying my sister can keep her big mouth shut!

Closer family and friends - Thanksgiving (10-11 weeks after 1st OB appt)

Coworkers - Boss maybe sometime in December, but the rest after we come back after the New Year, so I'll be 15 weeks then - Xmas Eve will be the start of 2nd Tri and my office is closed 12/23 through 1/2 so it's good timing

Facebook/everyone else - Around Chrismas. We're making a pregnancy announcement/Christmas card that we'll send out to extended family and friends, so once the mail has had time to circulate we'll post a copy of it on FB probably Xmas week since we'll be in 2nd Tri by then

I'm the WORST secret keeper, so this is all so hard!

Alexandra1513 · November 2013

Everyone new we were going through IVF so there was no point keping it a secret. Even my co-workers knew, the tri weekly doctors appointments would have given it away anyways. We have two other people at work that also went through IVF so that helped.

So the only people that don't know as of now is Facebook and we will announce after 1st tri.

auntjessy · November 2013

I told everyone immediately - I know you're not supposed to, but I was so darn excited! AND - I got my 1st BPF Beta back on my birthday, so how could I NOT announce it to the world? I'd been waiting 6 years for that. I figured, even if something awful happened and I had another loss, I'd need my friends and family to know what I was going through and help me through it. I was cautious to tell everyone that it was still very early, and I know most people don't announce it this early, but... and that was that. Then, my DH posted that we were having twins at our first ultrasound before I was even finished talking to the nurse.

74dragonfly · November 2013

DH/my parents: day I got the HPT

BFF/brother/another good friend: days of my first beta

the rest of the world: after NT scan, almost 14 weeks. I announced on Facebook then too.

kflynn81 · November 2013

DH: The morning after my first squinty BFP. He didn't have the trained eyes like me though so I got him all excited for nothing he thought I was hallucinating.

My boss and two coworkers: Day before beta (they knew I had done the FET)

My parents: Day of my 1st beta

My IL's and family: Week after my beta

Close Friends: Started telling them as I saw them around 5 weeks

Facebook: At 12 weeks

MJC1116 · November 2013

@kflynn81, the gif in your sig makes me so happy every time I see it!!

kflynn81 · November 2013

Me too, I love that movie

katekat8721 · November 2013

MJC1116 said:

@kflynn81, the gif in your sig makes me so happy every time I see it!!

me too!!

MJC1116 · November 2013

katekat8721 said:

MJC1116 said:

@kflynn81, the gif in your sig makes me so happy every time I see it!!

me too!!

I want an Elf gif, too, but I can barely post a photo to a normal thread!

kflynn81 · November 2013

MJC1116 said:

katekat8721 said:

MJC1116 said:

@kflynn81, the gif in your sig makes me so happy every time I see it!!

me too!!

I want an Elf gif, too, but I can barely post a photo to a normal thread!

Its embarrassing to admit how long it took me to post that gif, LOL $:\$ ">

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