When did/are you tell your Facebook friends you're expecting?

ariyanas1mom · May 2015

I had a miscarriage in December, the baby stopped growing at 6 weeks. I am now 8wks4dys. I definitely won't announce it this soon, but was just wondering if 12 weeks would be too early to announce since I had a miscarriage before.

stephaniearthurs · May 2015

My husband and I joked last night about not announcing it at all on Facebook and then having the baby just show up in pictures with no explanation

Not sure what we will do, but I don know that I will wait until after 12 weeks! I really thinking about waiting to know the gender! We will tell close family and friends privately though!

yl1m32015 · May 2015

I announced this past weekend at 8w4d. Having had a mc myself, I was nervous, but glad I did. Keeping the secret was brutal for me and I wanted everyone's thoughts and prayers.

Shilah78 · May 2015

I had a miscarriage in December also, at 9 weeks. I won't be announcing on Facebook until after the 20 week ultrasound. I just want the peace of mind of the anatomy scan. I waited that long with my daughter too though, and that was before my miscarriage.

ariyanas1mom · May 2015

It's hard keeping it a secret, but it was also hard to untell when I miscarried.

ammnam14 · May 2015

We announced on mothers day

Elizabella85 · May 2015

Announce whenever you feel comfortable!!!

BabyVAZ · May 2015

We are waiting until the 13th week June 1st

CMDD · May 2015

I'll wait until after June 25th which is the beginning of my 14th week/2nd trimester.

apadilla414 · May 2015

I'm also waiting until Tri 2.

evemis · May 2015

Probably waiting until tri 2 also.

mamabee1128 · May 2015

I think we are going to keep it off facebook for awhile, maybe 20 weeks, after that US? Also not sure whether we are doing a gender reveal party or just finding out at the US...

slabancz · May 2015

Well I am having a pregnancy reveal photoshoot on May 24th so once we get the pictures we will be fully announcing to everyone!

Angelface225 · May 2015

We'll wait until everything comes back from the 12 week screening.

juju0925 · May 2015

I've had a miscarriage as well. We are waiting until 12 weeks.

ifeelgoodifeelgreatifeelwonderful · May 2015

I'm telling close family and friends sooner but probably won't put anything on facebook until I know the gender.

4puddleducks · May 2015

We thought we would announce it at 13 weeks, but now we are thinking about waiting until after the 18 week anatomy scan. We will be going away on vacation, so we can do a fun announcement at the beach. It is hard to figure out when to announce. I can't wait to tell everyone, but I'm also enjoying the time without constant questions about the pregnancy, how I'm feeling, what do we think we're having, etc.

rain0831boww · May 2015

If everything goes okay, 20 weeks. It was awful when I miscarried and people still asked how my pregnancy was going. I don't owe fb friends anything anyway. Hoping to tell all family and friends in two weeks.

kleshelle · May 2015

I announced after we seen the baby heart was strong and good! I had a miscarriage before and kept it a secret, it was terrible because no one knew... My mother did and when I finally let it out about my miscarriage and the family would ask it's like she was ashamed and she kept it hid saying "I thought I was pregnant and had a miscarriage but we weren't certain"... I was 7-8 weeks along, I was certain. So this time around we announced early and being bright and bubbly and positive!

I'm now going on 11 weeks and everything seems to be going great! Here was ours we posted... (It's just the test but we waited until ultrasound to be sure it was okay!)

Marchmellow2 · May 2015

I'm waiting till 12 weeks or so to announce it on FB. 12 weeks is perfect time to announce IMO

Charmndmom · May 2015

Waiting until about the second trimester.

HARLEYSMOM2010 · May 2015

I announced this past weekend at 9 weeks after my ultrasound

Brooke2327 · May 2015

Most of my family already knows and have known since 5 weeks. I'm 11 weeks 1 day and am due dec 2. We don't plan on publicly announcing it though until June 16. It'll be our 3rd wedding anniversary and well be at the beach so we thought maybe we could write it in the sand and take a picture or something fun. I too am worried about everyone knowing then something terrible happening. We saw the heartbeat at 7 weeks 6 days. And my next appt is in a couple days. I can't wait to have the appt and get more of a piece of mind about the baby.

Ohashfo · May 2015

I am the most impatient person ever and spilled the beans online when I was 7 weeks. I knew the chance of miscarrying was still high, but I figured I'd want the support of friends and family if that was to occur. I am now 11w4d and baby is healthy! Hoping it continues throughout the pregnancy!

koala1107 · May 2015

If I can get my husband on board I would prefer not to announce it until the anatomy scan around 18 weeks. Or honestly I'd be fine not announcing it on Facebook until the baby is already here. I'd of course tell all my friends and family individually, but I don't think random old high school friends need to know. I say this because I've already had one miscarriage and am considered high risk for this one too due to a septate uterus and it would break my heart to have to publicly announce bad news. It was hard enough on me just telling friends and family last time. But my husband is a big social media poster and I doubt I can get him to keep it quiet that long, so at the very earliest 14 weeks. Everyone has their own preferences though, post whenever you feel comfortable!

LinMmmm · May 2015

Post whenever you feel comfortable, but I'm also a loss mama and can understand wanting to wait. I also may only announce on facebook to my extended family and close friends lists that I won't be telling in person. I also have surgery scheduled in my 13th week, so I plan to post sometime after recovery.

Linda

VesperLove · May 2015

By the time we announce/post on FB everyone will probably already know. We are taking a very lax approach to it. Our immediate family knew right away -- parents and siblings. A few other people found out soon after -- my gym trainer, DH's boss, a coworker of mine. After we had our first U/S we told a couple other random friends that we see fairly often who noticed my exhaustion and such. I told my boss last week because of some big projects coming up.

From here on out, if either of us feel like we want to share with someone we will share. All will be in person - we're not randomly contacting people via FB or internet. But if we happen to be out with people we see often and it seems like the right time, we'll say something. We probably won't actually announce on FB until after 12 weeks but the only people that will be left finding out that way are distance friends (from college across the country). I'm sure most people in our inner circle will all know in the next few weeks.

vppittman · May 2015

Brooke2327 said:
Most of my family already knows and have known since 5 weeks. I'm 11 weeks 1 day and am due dec 2. We don't plan on publicly announcing it though until June 16. It'll be our 3rd wedding anniversary and well be at the beach so we thought maybe we could write it in the sand and take a picture or something fun. I too am worried about everyone knowing then something terrible happening. We saw the heartbeat at 7 weeks 6 days. And my next appt is in a couple days. I can't wait to have the appt and get more of a piece of mind about the baby.

I will be about 13 weeks on June 16 when we are at the beach too! I was thinking of doing something similar, pic with sand and stuff!

jlthom23 · May 2015

I announced it this past weekend when I had my nephew overnight. I'm 10 weeks and the people I'm closest to already knew

Stephanieshort2 · May 2015

I will probably wait until my appointment next week (12 weeks) when we get to hear the heartbeat. I've already told immediately family and close friends, as I knew I would want their support if the worst should happen.

ketobaby · May 2015

I'm waiting until 20 weeks to announce it to others that are not in my tight circle.

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