When are you going to announce?

maddmama · December 2015

I know there is a board about announcements, but there's soo many comments on there and I've got a question! I've known people to announce as early as 10 weeks with all of their pregnancies. I'll be 11 weeks on Christmas Day and DH wants to announce soo badly then. I don't know how I feel about it?? Chances are everything will be fine, but this is my first so everything is new and mysterious to me. What do you ladies think about an 11 week announcement?

born2run911 · December 2015

We have our first ultrasound next week at 11W3D. We will announce after our ultrasound just to make sure everything is okay. Last pregnancy we told everyone at 9 weeks before I had had an ultrasound, so I was a little nervous ultrasound day that things wouldn't be okay. There are a lot of ladies on here that announced as soon as they POAS. It's your own personal preference. The people we tell before the ultrasound are people that j would confide in if something were to go wrong anyways.

jlgriff11 · December 2015

I'm lucky that I'm exactly 13 weeks on Christmas day, so that's when we're going to announce it on Facebook. Everyone else already knows, close friends and family, and work.

vtulch · December 2015

I would announce at 11 weeks just because of the timing with Christmas and all. It's the last week of your 1st tri. Personally I will try to hold it off until 14 weeks because for one I'm really not looking forward to making the announcement to my bosses but most importantly we want to announce during NYE

FluffleSprout · December 2015

If we get a heartbeat confirmed on doppler at my first appointment (12/22) we'll tell family at Christmas (10 weeks). I think we'll announce on facebook on NYE or my birthday later in January.

maddmama · December 2015

I did get confirmed heart beat and everything looked good (I was 8w 5d) ... So I feel like it'll be okay, but I wanted to know what other mama's thought too

MsBeachNJ · December 2015

We had our first appointment at 8 weeks, so we told our parents then. We told the rest of our families, including aunts/uncles/cousins at Thanksgiving when we were 10 weeks and then I also shared the news with a few closest girlfriends. We have our 12 week appointment today, after which we will mail our Christmas Cards/announcements to extended family & Friends. I will wait until after the new year to post anything on FB mainly because I am waiting to tell work until January, so I don't want anything out there publicly until after they know.

Bottom line is - do whatever is best for you and your DH! No one can tell you the right time to do so.

princessconsuela1986 · December 2015

I'm 13+1 Christmas Day so we are announcing then. I'm super excited how the timing worked out.
If it wasn't Christmas time we would probably announce now since we had our first ultrasound yesterday.

If you aren't comfortable with Christmas Day what about New Years??

quartz02 · December 2015

We told just shy of 12 weeks with DD. I'm from Boston and DH is from NYC so we announced the night of the Celtics/Knicks game (me in Celtics shirt, DH in Knicks jersey, me holding a baby Knicks jersey).

nopegoat · December 2015

We told family and close friends a few days after my BFP. We just announces on FB a few days ago so at 10.5wks. We were going to wait after our second appt (already had an US) but my sister is dealing with some medical stuff and is having a hysterectomy the day before my second appt. After talking with her we both decided to publicly announce before that would be easier on her.

Do whatever you are comfortable with.

blackgirlmagic · December 2015

I will be 12 weeks and 2 days on Christmas. We are announcing to FB then. I will tell my job when I go back into the office the Wednesday after Christmas. If they find out before I get back that is fine. I may just email my boss or call her before and let her know and tell everyone else when I get back in the office.

ETA: add about work.

applebottomgenes · December 2015

Announcing Christmas, we will be 11w 6 days so I feel ok about it!

chanfa · December 2015

Announcing Christmas as well and I'll be 11W 3D! Just like other PPer's I was lucky enough to hear the heart beat recently and I am feeling a lot better about telling other people now.

maddmama · December 2015

Thanks, guys! I feel better about it now. DH isn't worried at all, but I was born a worry wart anyway haha. I think a Christmas announcement is super cute! I haven't seen anyone I know personally do it yet, so I'm excited. I can't wait to see all of your announcements!! (If you post it on the announcement board, that is).

juliagulia38 · December 2015

We told family and some close friends as soon as we found out. After my 6 week ultrasound I put an announcement on Facebook. My next ultrasound is when I'm 13 weeks. I'm already huge and sick, so there's no way I could hide it. Do whatever you are comfortable with!

candypantsls · December 2015

Go for it, and Merry Christmas!!! Totally understand your hesitation, but in my opinion, if you've heard a heartbeat... have faith and move forward! Have fun!

BostonBaby1 · December 2015

Oddball out here- I don't think that we will announce. A few of our closest friends and family know because we've already lost four this year and we want to have our support system in place just in case if things don't go well.

*ETA- I guess we will announce. We will send out birth announcements after the baby is born. Surprise!

But things may change.

AL_TwinCities · December 2015

We want to tell people in person before announcing on social media. So we'll start telling people after 12 weeks and probably post on FB sometime mid-second tri. DH's MIL already knows and my family will be told at Christmas. We have also told some close friends already.

DataJane · December 2015

We told our families pretty early on and then told a few close friends after our appointment at 9 weeks where everything looked good. I have my next appt at 13 weeks on 12/30 so I think I'll wait to hear the heartbeat one more time and make sure everything looks good before I tell work and acquaintances. We waited last time to announce on FB until the anatomy scan and announced the gender at the same time so I'm thinking I'll do it that way again this time.

MillieT09 · December 2015

We are waiting till our first appt with our MW at 8 wks - we will tell our immediate families & closest best friends that weekend. We are planning to have our first u/s done at 12 wks and then we will share it with our wider family/friend group. But we won't do a FB announcement - just not our thing - people are bound to figure it out

I have found this to be a tough decision! I want to tell everyone and no one at the same time!

Pankers · December 2015

We announced at 11 weeks last time because we had a family party. This time we have to announce on Tuesday, we'll only be 7 weeks but it's my 40th birthday and our families will wonder why I'm not drinking! It's really early and if there was no birthdays we'd have waited till Christmas but it's still not the safe zone. We did see the heartbeat at 6 weeks so I feel slight more confident. My u/s is not till 20th January. We'll only tell parents and siblings, nobody else.

trucksntutus · December 2015

I just announced it to my family and they are over the moon excited - some of my friends knew very early on but I told my family at 11 weeks.

austinjl · December 2015

I'm announcing on Xmas to family and friends- will be 11w 6d too!

TattoosandLace · December 2015

I have no clue. We announced DD's sex at Christmas last year by showing a profile from the ultrasound with the text "You know we've been naughty, so now we'll be nice. Our Little Baby's made of sugar and spice!"
She was born in February. We found it her sex really late in pregnancy.
I've thought about either having our Christmas card announce by saying "We've been naughty again..." Or by having "Santa" deliver a doll with a note to DD that says something about her needing to practice big sister skills for the next six months at MIL's Christmas Eve get-together (only time inlaws will all be together). I'll be 13 weeks the Wednesday before Christmas.
I'm unsure if we'll announce then or wait some more. MIL is going to be a raging twatwaffle about this pregnancy and DH holds the opinion that he doesn't want to go out of his way to tell her.

pourmeanothermocktail · December 2015

We'll be announcing between 11 & 12 weeks to family and close friends- the week before Christmas due to them arriving at our house to visit. Because we live a 24 hour car trip from most friends and family, we'll do a Facebook announcement just after Christmas. I took one of those cute photos with my and husband's shoes and birth year, plus baby shoes and 2016. They are mailing out the day the last parents are being told. I had ultrasound measuring on schedule plus heard heart via abdominal Doppler too, so 11-12 weeks seems very OK. If we hadn't moved, we would have told everyone ah normal holiday functions. For our one in person announcement, I have a Thing 1 maternity top with a Thing 3 emblem on belly, plus Thing 2 shirt for DH.

BettyRu · December 2015

I'm assuming we will announce at Christmas. I think I'll even know the gender by then (via blood work I am scheduled to get on Tuesday).

babymakerplus · December 2015

2nd baby- so we're getting cocky.

Our family and friends know and we're going public on Christmas at about 9 weeks

Lyssiana · December 2015

I will be exactly 12 weeks on Christmas. So the Monday before we will mail out christmas card announcements, and then I'll announce to Facebook (and everyone else) Christmas day.

No matter what I do I'll be nervous about it, but I might as well enjoy this part!

Croscrew · December 2015

With DD we put it on Facebook at 11w and some odd days. This time we are telling family at Christmas (10w) and then on th later, but just because of timing.

ajareiny · December 2015

I had a miscarriage last year at twelve weeks, it was my first pregnancy and we had told NO ONE yet. I learned a lot from that one. My family was stunned and I felt pretty isolated at a time when I needed more.

So, we are definitely not going public until we are out of the woods! But with this third pregnancy I think we found a happy medium. We have already told the people closest to us - I figure tell anyone who you would want to be there for you if things get rough!

LaurenAsh23 · December 2015

We will tell all of family at Christmas, not really sure if we will announce on Facebook, and if we do it'll be sometime in 2nd tri.

elldel · December 2015

We're going to tell family at Christmas when I'll be 9 weeks. We're going on vacation after that, so I figure I'll tell a few close friends when we return, when I'll be 11w. The rest of the world can find out later, but we don't have a specific timeline in mind.

Lancy1269 · December 2015

I told my sister after the BFP at 7 weeks (I was a little in shock). Told my closest coworkers/friends after the ultrasound (7 weeks 1 day). Told my supervisor a couple of days later. Told others at work over the week. Told my parents already. Waiting until Christmas (9 weeks and 5 days) to tell the in laws, because they may be traveling to see us on Christmas (we're in Texas, they're in Tennessee), so we want to tell in person. Will announce on FB after that.

Sushi287 · December 2015

My husband and I were cautious too since it's our first baby but we had an early ultra sound at 7 weeks and everything looked healthy and good with a heartbeat so at 8 weeks we told our parents over Thanksgiving since we were all together, and at Chanukah we told his side of the family at 10 weeks. We are pretty much telling immediate family whenever we get a chance in person, and with the holidays we've been lucky. As far as friends we will wait until the 12 week mark which will be right before X-mas! Social media can wait awhile

It's all up to you, and what your comfortable with

mamafox14 · December 2015

I told my mom the same day I found out, along with two of my best friends who knew about my previous loss and understood this was something I wanted to keep quiet for awhile. We told the rest of the immediate family (siblings, in laws, my dad, etc) after we saw the heartbeat on an ultrasound. Now I'm in between wanting to tell everyone I meet and not wanting anyone to know. I think I'll feel better about announcing after this week's appt (I'll be 11+4 and will hopefully get to hear the heartbeat again). If all goes well then we will probably announce at Christmas (13 weeks) or New years (14). I wouldn't really care about a formal announcement but all the grandparents are bursting to announce (this will be the first grandchild on both sides) and if it's going to happen, I want my husband and I to be the ones to share it.

sboston06 · December 2015

We've already told a lot of people - mostly my coworkers, very close friends and parents/siblings. We're telling grandparents as we see them, and the rest of our families at Christmas (10 weeks). We'll announce to Facebook and extended friends at 13 weeks like usual. I didn't really have a problem telling people early, but to each their own.

tennisbabymama · December 2015

Family on Christmas but not telling the world until we know the sex. So around 20 weeks. I don't feel in a rush to tell the world.

crixiegirl · December 2015

We haven't decided when we are going to make a full announcement. I told my coworker (so she could cover my class if I had to run to the bathroom). I mailed my sisters their "Aunt to Bee Again" mugs (my first baby but they are already aunts) the day we saw a strong heartbeat at 6 weeks. They were over the moon excited.
We are debating on telling DH's family at Xmas (I'll be 9 weeks), but part of me wants to wait until 14-16 weeks to tell anyone else. I'm 35, low risk otherwise, but you never know. Just trying to stay positive and we told the people we would need support from if something were to happen.

katgom · December 2015

I have told close friends and family. Would need the support if something happened. Have told my husband's parents but not his siblings, because his brother just had a baby and I don't want to steal their thunder. I'm not going to announce on Facebook but will mention it to people as we see them after NIPT or NT results...whichever we get first.

maddmama · December 2015

@crixiegirl I know what you mean - you never know what could happen. DH is annoyed with me and says I'm being negative, but I'm just being realistic/cautious! I honestly do believe everything will be fine - I want more than anything for everything to be fine, but I would hate to announce to all of Facebook that we lost the baby. I will tell our families at Christmas, though. I'll wait till my next doctors appointment to announce to anyone else (January 6th).

ShanMV513 · December 2015

We've already told everyone close to us (really early, but we recently moved so we had to do it when we were in town for Thanksgiving). We will be 12w2d on New Years Eve so I think we feel comfortable announcing it on social media at that point. I already have a really cute picture idea of a bottle of champagne, a bottle of sparkling cider, and a baby bottle that says "Uncork July 2016" or something like that.

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