TTC and who did you tell

Yaz14 · July 2014

I always get in really late on these things but I'm going to answer anyway. I haven't really told anyone we're officially TTC. I've only said that we aren't preventing it. It's been kind of unavoidable because pretty much everyone knew I was pregnant with number one (miscarriage) and everyone wants to know if we're trying again so yeah, I just say we're NTNP.

littlewest1 · July 2014

We didn't tell anyone when we started trying but we did tell our parents after the first M/C and after the CP. I didn't want anyone to know we were trying but needed support.

catahoulatte · July 2014

No one but TTGP. I'm pretty private and telling relatives/friends that we're sexing it up to procreate isn't my cup of tea.

aloha_mama · July 2014

I told my BFF and one of my sisters. I knew they would only be supportive and not obnoxious and asking about it every month. They've both been awesome the past few years when I needed to vent about how DH and I wanted to start TTC but couldn't for one reason or another. I think our parents know we're thinking about it because DH and I are going to be living in the same place for longer than a few months for the first time since we got married 4 years ago (DH is military). MIL is very pushy and tried to tell us the weekend of our wedding that she "expects at least three grandkids" from us, so she and DH had a come-to-Jesus meeting. Not a word from her since.

redheaded14 · July 2014

I haven't told anyone, but I expect that those keeping score (parents, ILs, BFF) will start to get curious soon since we have always said we would start after being married 5 years. We will hit that at the end of September.

allisong1187 · July 2014

So far I've only told my sister in law and my husband told his best friend. We already get asked at every family function when we are having kids and I can only imagine how much worse it would be if we told everyone we were trying...

afern78 · July 2014

I told everyone - haha! It's exciting and nerve wracking so it's felt great having a support system

It's actually been really nice - nobody pesters. I have gotten some advice from a few folks, which you always have to take with a grain of salt. If it takes us a long time, then I feel that support will be even more appreciated.

imnotfancy · July 2014

I've told anyone that has asked. We've only been married for 2.5 years but people have been asking "when" during this whole time so it's nice to say "anytime now/we're trying". My entire family is religious (Christians) and so they don't have any expectations because they know it is "Gods timing", so I don't get any pressure, just support. Friends are supportive as well, most are also religious. I just ask people to pray for us as future parents and to pray for our future children. It feels great to be to be surrounded by love and prayers. And to know that if something negative did happen, I would have so much more support and prayers!

rachelleck · July 2014

My mom knew that I had PCOS and that I was going to the doctor for a consult. After the consult I told her we were TTC. She was very excited, but she knows it could be a while. It also took my mom 3 years to conceive when she was TTC so she understands. Other than that I told my sister and 3 close friends (one bc I am going to her OB and another bc she has PCOS as well and has been TTC for 20 months now).
That's all that we are letting into our circle of trust.

LG2793 · July 2014

I told way too many people at first...I thought it would happen when we wanted it to. Dummy. Now almost a year and a half later, only a handful know we are having issues. Everyone else just doesn't ask anymore.

architori · July 2014

My close girlfriends know, and we didn't intentionally tell my family, but they correctly assumed from the fact that I went off BC.

One of the previously mentioned girlfriends is currently 4 months pregnant, and is super suspicious now about me, and gets bummed every time I have a beer. I don't mind, because I like being able to talk to her about cycles and such, but when we do get our BFP, it is going to be impossible to keep it a secret from her for any length of time.

My in-laws recently gave us an old rocker, and my mom wanted to know if there was any particular reason we needed it. I said nope, just planning ahead, and do you think I would tell you in a text anyway?!

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