Are you announcing on social media? If so, when?

littleloves3 · June 2015

I am very torn about when to announce on social media and would love to hear if and when everyone else is. I always said I wouldn't do it, but now I am in the thick of it and so excited that I can't imagine not sharing this exciting news with the world. Do you think 12 weeks is too early? We have a wedding with all of our close friends in attendance at 13 weeks, so part of me would like to let the cat out of the bag before then.

When will you guys do it?

Kelley421 · June 2015

I was thinking about doing it with the gender reveal. That's out of the first tri and also a special event too!

shaybe90 · June 2015

We are announcing for sure on FB. We have lots of family and friends we haven't told yet, so it's a good way to tell everyone. We thought it would be cute to reveal our anniversary in July. 5 years together and now expecting!

jlancaster2009 · June 2015

I am not revealing on social media at all. It is just a personal decision. We have had multiple losses, and when we were struggling with our losses the last thing we wanted to see was a social media announcement. I have a number of friends who are struggling with IF, and I don't want to hurt them. I also think it will be fun to keep it a secret and then just post a picture after I give birth. Then everyone who hasn't seen me will just be shocked.

I have nothing against those people who do, and we did announce on FB with our successful pregnancy. Hubs and I have just discussed and decided not to this time around.

SullyN · June 2015

We plan to this weekend! I'll be 11.5 weeks. We have a cookout with my dads side of the family (he's one of nine so there will be a lot of people there) and I can't trust them all to not say something, or post something. Plus my stomach is pretty hard to hide at this point so even if I went they would be questioning since all of my cousins knew we had been trying. I plan to have the announcement ready to go before we leave and then once the news is out to post it. Our son is obsessed with Legos and shortly after we found out he made us as a Lego family, so when he went to bed I hid them and ordered a baby lego mini figure to use for our announcement. Yes, I'm a dork

We'll tell my son Friday night or Saturday morning, and call my maternal grandmother right after and have him tell her he's going to be a big brother. Since he'll know before the cookout I'm expecting him to let my dads side know.

GhanimaAtreides · June 2015

Probably with the anatomy scan, sans baby's sex since we're waiting until the birth. We aren't telling friends/family In person until 14-18wks.

PreggoInTheCity · June 2015

I'm planning on posting some sort of announcement on FB around the 4th when I'll be just about 13 weeks. We have tons of extended family that it's just easier to post instead of calling relatives we don't talk to often.

SummerOH · June 2015

I'm keeping it under wraps as long as humanly possible. People give way too much unsolicited advice, comments, etc. when they know you're pregnant!

ChelseyBels · June 2015

I'll probably share after my 12 week scan (after the 26th). Maybe. We'll see how I feel at that time.

bmmims · June 2015

We had initially planned on waiting til about 15 weeks but DH family and mine can't keep quiet so we may around 12 just so the news comes from us and not everyone else.

We have an awesome announcement planned though! It is really nerdy and I can not wait to share with all of y'all!! Plus I hope most people get it

sgraham1589 · June 2015

I'm thinking I'll share at 16 weeks... Maybe 20! Whenever I have a for real PREGNANT belly and not bloat!

babybluu · June 2015

We announced at just over 6 weeks, we are 11 1/2 weeks now

smkerr14 · June 2015

I think we are waiting for the anatomy scan. Our first pregnancy we announced at week 12. Then I miscarried week 13 so I also felt like I needed to tell everyone that that happened which was hard to do. Everyone was super supportive though during that time but I just fear making that mistake again. Then too when we know gender we can tweak the announcement a little more ☺

bkc92 · June 2015

We're telling family in person between 13-15 weeks. We'll announce on social media after the anatomy scan, which will probably be at 18/19 weeks with this one.

Sovvy · June 2015

We'll wait until at least 13 weeks, but I'd love to wait until about 16-17 weeks, again.

Jamilla9 · June 2015

We'll announce at 20 weeks

laxdixdar · June 2015

Probably after the anatomy scan. Like PP we posted after we were sure we were safe last time and ended up miscarrying. I just feel better keeping it to ourselves and those we see regularly.

Jenbug116 · June 2015

I don't think we will announce on fb til the babies are here. Just family knows now and some close friends. Our kids we will hopefully tell after my next ultrasound in 2 weeks (I will be 13 weeks then) and then after that we will let our other friends around here know.

Seeing fb announcements and pregnancy status updates was really hard for me after our loss and I figure the people who know us well will know, no need to share it all with my closest 500 friends

til the twins are here anyway. Maybe I'm hesitant to tell on fb too, because I don't want to hear any negative comments about the fact that we will have 5 kids etc.

keshakdavis · June 2015

I am planning to announce on FB as soon as we find out what the sex is. We are having twins so I want to do a really good announcement. Looking forward to it! That'll be around 16 to 18 weeks, I think.

kmew117 · June 2015

I think we will after our next scan on Thursday. I'm starting to show and this is the first pregnancy without complications.

We are excited to tell the world

katymae08 · June 2015

We told everyone when I was 5wks because we have been lucky enough not to ever have complications before. We told our daughter before we told anyone. We told our married couple, best friends that same night. We waited until mothers day to tell the rest of our family. Our family knows from our last pregnancy and everything with or daughter they are not allowed to post to Facebook until they have seen something from myself or my husband first.

Our daughter walked around in a shirt all day that said, "this year for mothers day mommy has two reasons to celebrate" She went around telling everyone to read her shirt.

After everyone in the immediate family knew, I used picgrid and posted a picture of daughter in her shirt and a sign that said, "this year for mothers day I got morning sickness" If something would happen, I'd post something to the effect and let everyone know. It's hard, it happens, and you keep trying.

For all of you posting that you aren't posting because of what some of the people on your friends list might say, while that is your choice, I would just suggest deleting negative people from your Facebook/life. If they cannot be happy for you and your decisions that do not concern or affect them in anyway, you don't need them in your life.

peppercorn16 · June 2015

We had announcement photos taken and will "make it facebook official" when they come back, which is supposed to be within the next couple weeks, so probably around the 10 week mark.

kaym6 · June 2015

We announced to everyone at 11 weeks. We were able to hear the heartbeat that week and that made us feel comfortable enough to announce! What an exciting time for us all

l4rk · June 2015

I'm just gonna live my life and maybe people will see a picture of me when I'm huge or maybe they will see my baby after birth... not sure. I will let it happen naturally. I plan to tell most people in person when it's relevant and makes sense. I won't be making an official social media announcement.

sck601 · June 2015

I plan to post around 13ish weeks. I have my first appt on Monday (11weeks) and want to make sure everything is on track. My stepdaughter is visiting for the summer and I want her and DD to be a part of the announcement on FB. Immediate family knows and a few friends (who helped me hide it at my wedding) know, but that's about it.

CaraBoonie · June 2015

We're announcing to my immediate family in person next week after our first ultrasound/heartbeat (us at 8 weeks, not a chance to see my family until 9 weeks). We then plan on telling the rest of our family at around 12 weeks and close friends at 14 weeks. I'll probably post on Facebook around 20 weeks after finding out the sex ("Expecting a baby boy/girl late January")...we're only 27 and we only have a few friends who are even married let alone have kids or are trying to have kids so I'm not concerned about hurting feelings if it's a sensitive subject for some...I also think my Facebook is my personal life space and almost never censor myself in general, I can't play feelings police to everybody about every facet of life or I'd never be able to post about anything....

MssyMmmy · June 2015

shaybe90 said:
We are announcing for sure on FB. We have lots of family and friends we haven't told yet, so it's a good way to tell everyone. We thought it would be cute to reveal our anniversary in July. 5 years together and now expecting!

My 5 year wedding anniversary is July 2nd. Was thinking of announcing then too

mamaksweez · June 2015

I'm between 10&11 weeks and we were visiting the in laws this passed wknd so we told them then, because It'll probably be August before we see them again and we wanted to tell them in person. So since we told them we plan to tell my parents this week, then our siblings this wknd.
We will announce on Facebook probably around 12 weeks. With our first we waited until more like 18 weeks, but mostly because we announced to our extended family/friends on our Christmas card and wanted to make sure they all got our card before we put it on Facebook.

jezygal · June 2015

I was thinking around 14 week or when we find out the gender, we're planning on finding out early.

BabyBump2 · June 2015

We told our families right away..only because we were home on leave for our wedding reception..so obviously I couldn't drink anymore. We announced on FB quite early. But only because we had a miscarriage back in January..we figured, if the worst thing happens and we miscarry again, at least we will have support from friends and family this time. But we are now 8w4d, so I'm feeling a tad bit better.

ashin121 · June 2015

@jlancaster2009 : same here.

We decided not to announce on Fb either. Just a personal decision because of our difficulty getting pregnant and our previous loss as well. I had a lot of support during this time with friends going through the same problems getting pregnant or having multiple losses. The hardest part for all of us was seeing what felt like the whole world getting pregnant around us especially on social media. We were happy for everyone but it was at times really depressing seeing the posts on Fb feeds. So my friends and made a pact that if we got pregnant we wouldn't post it on social media out of respect for each other. My DH doesn't do socal media so he prefers not to post anything personal on there in general.

We are super excited though and told our immediate family but just being Cautious. Counting down to second trimester!

Civicmom15 · June 2015

SummerOH said:

I'm keeping it under wraps as long as humanly possible. People give way too much unsolicited advice, comments, etc. when they know you're pregnant!

We are not telling anyone for as long as we can.

JandJ62914 · June 2015

4th of July... I'll be 13w1d. I have a cute patriotic announcement planned. I've been waiting for the 13 week mark and it happened to fall then so I'm going with it!

kelseyg002 · June 2015

I did at around 8 weeks. I had went to the doctor and he said since we seen the heartbeat that there was a very low chance of miscarriage (plus this is our first and we were overly excited!!!) I have alot of family on there so it made it easier to "personally" hear from us and not word of mouth.

mbaymay · June 2015

I posted this today. We had our second ultra sound, heard the heart beat today and it is our anniversary. I am 11.3 weeks. It was a fun day!

Momona1 · June 2015

I am trying to hold out until the week after my 2nd u/s, which is 20th July. At that point, I'll be 13 weeks.

banders8 · June 2015

I actually just posted our reveal yesterday on Facebook after our ultrasound and knowing everything going great! So we waited to be sure.

All the love and support was awesome and it was a great way to share with all our extended family and friends!

KaraEpp16 · June 2015

The only people that I'm very excited to tell and haven't told are my SO's aunts. Everyone else in the immediate family knows. We wanted to wait until the second trimester to tell them so they can just be excited and not anxious.

Within a hour after my ultrasound (with the heartbeat) I called my Nana. She was the one person that I couldn't wait to tell. She's one of my most favorite people in the world. She lives far away and I only see her once or twice a year now.

Other than that, I'm not sure how we plan on letting our extended family and friends know. Social media is the easiest it seems. But, I come from a large Irish Catholic family and I'm only the second person I can think of to have a child out of wedlock....so I'm nervous.

KerryS1009 · June 2015

We will post on FB since our family is very large and everyone is spread out all over the country. (We live in NY and we have family in CA, FL, SC, etc.) I would like to wait until I am at least 12-13 weeks but I am not sure if that will work since my FIL is so excited he is telling anyone who will listen to him even though we told him to keep it a secret.

kducharme · June 2015

We are announcing on my husbands birthday - July 14. My daughters second birthday happens to be the next day so I may try to tie the two together - we will see.

vintagevice · June 2015

On Father's Day we will be 12 weeks and thought it would be a great time to tell our family's in person.

Still on the fence whether or not we are going to post anything on FB. I secretly struggled with infertility for 7 years and the thought of my post making someone else feel sad during a difficult time is upsetting. (I was always super happy for my friends, but pregnancy posts can be painful for those struggling silently.)

On the other side, I always fantasizes about being the one who could share exciting news with friends and family in a cute way online.

As much as I really really want to, I'll probably just wait until after the baby is born.

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