Sharing the news?! What's your timeline?

brody624 · November 2014

1) your parents/siblings - a week after we found out (4 weeks)
2) your friends - depends on our relationship. We've been telling them sporadically as we've been seeing them.
3) your workplace - my boss and immediate team was told at 5 weeks ( we went to a theme park and I couldn't ride the roller coasters we had been talking about for months!) I told the owners at 8 weeks. I will share with the rest of the office after our first ultrasound on Dec. 11 - I will be almost 13 weeks.

DaveandKim08 · November 2014

I told two close friends at around 6wks, Mom & Sister right away cause we are so close.
I have had a couple early miscarriages so I needed to support through the beginning stages.
In laws around 8-9 weeks
The rest of the family after 12 week scan next week
Some of my clients already know b/c I have had to cancel due to morning sickness.
My husband is waiting to tell coworkers after Christmas so around 16-17 weeks.

Then the rest of our friends will see when they see my belly I guess.

morgantayl0r · November 2014

I told my very best friends right away, and his parents pretty quickly too. I'm telling my parents today, at 8 weeks, and everyone else after our ultrasound next week.

littlechemist · November 2014

I told one friend at around 7 weeks - there was special reasoning for this and otherwise probably wouldn't have mentioned anything this early.

Told my parents at 9 weeks because we were visiting them and I wanted to tell them in person.

Told DH's parents and brother at 10 weeks.

Will be telling my brother at Thanksgiving since he'll be home - I wanted to tell as many people in person as I could.

Hoping I can last until early December (nearing 14 weeks) to tell most close friends, but we have a girls night coming up this week and I know they have been keeping a close eye on me. eeek!

Then work will find out when I start to show... kind of hoping to keep this until mid-December also (although I told my boss last week at almost 11 weeks). The problem with work is that when one person knows, everyone will know, no matter how much I tell people it's a secret. The gossip is RAMPANT here, which is why we haven't told anyone yet.

The rest of the world (i.e. Facebook annoucement) will probably be January... maybe waiting until my birthday at the end of January (~21 weeks) if I can hold out that long!

blastocarrier30 · November 2014

I'm also a FTM, so DH and I discussed this a lot before deciding, but here's ours!

1a) Parents/siblings: Almost right away. After we had a few days to process, so at about 6 weeks.

1b) The rest of our family: 13 weeks--over Thanksgiving we'll call and tell grandparents, then let our parents off the leash to tell whomever. We have our next appointment on Wednesday, and if we see that everything is OK, we'll tell in the following week or so.

2a) Close friends: Sporadically, but starting around 8 weeks.

2b) Other friends: 13 weeks, see 1b.

3) Workplace: I work for my parents, so they know right away. Everyone else at the office will find out when I can't hide it anymore.

4) Everyone else: anytime after 13 weeks. We've been pretty sure we didn't want a facebook announcement, but the closer we get to telling everyone, the less I want to call everyone I know to tell them personally. It's just a lot, and so many of our friends are scattered across the country (and around the world).

kreardon11 · November 2014

1) your parents/siblings - Told them at 4 week. Dad told siblings. Really, Dad?
2) your friends - Told close friends after seeing heartbeat at 6weeks
3) your workplace - Christmas 14 weeks

4.) rest of family - TOO LATE. MIL/FIL told the world.

5.) FB - 20 weeks.

888fleur · November 2014

i told my husband first, then my parents the next day. i showed them my very first positive pregnancy test (i bought 8 different brands and they all say positive). my husband's parents are residing in a different country, i told them i want a video call but never hinted them the good news. seems like they dont think its urgent, and hates fixing their laptops for that video call (skype is so easy or maybe fb but they are too lazy? lol!).. so we just plan to tell them by thanksgiving. my mom just told all our neighbors and her friends on my 10th week.

courtyowl427 · November 2014

Right now I am 9w1d, and no one knows but DH and I. We go in on Friday for the first u/s. We decided to wait until we knew all was good to share with anyone. We plan to share with my family and his on Thanksgiving and friends as we see them after that. I will tell my staff shortly over the long weekend when we plan together at my house for some crafting!

It is a lot less hard then I thought to keep it a secret. Once you get over the crazy first days when its bursting, its beene easy. I know my family will be shocked I was able to keep quiet for 10 plus weeks!

jclx2 · November 2014

Husband - same day i found out

Parents/Siblings/Grandparents - 3 days after we found out, we needed some space to think!

Boss/Team at work - 8 weeks after u/s. My m/s made me late to work. I decided to tell my team and boss so they know i'm not being lazy.

Close friends - 9 weeks

Everyone else - when I start to show.

Internet/social media - Not planning a big annoucement of any kind. If there's a picture of my preggo self and people wonder. Then I will say something.