HELP! When to announce..

Kompel2B · November 2016

How did you decide when to announce? Ive had a miscarriage in the past and that makes me hesitant. My dh is ready to bust with the news I think. We have told our parents and a close friend. My coworkers also know due to some issues early on. Telling everyone else in the family seems so terrifying. How did you decide when to tell!?!

mamatowildones · November 2016

It's a totally personal decision. I have friends that tell as soon as they find out and others that wait until 12/13 weeks and then some that wait until the anatomy scan. We tell our immediate family very early on and the rest of the family and friends at 13 weeks. You are the only one who can decide what's the most comfortable for your situation.

MrsCPALeslie · November 2016

I had a miscarriage in June and with that pregnancy I was waiting to until week 12 to inform everyone but we ended up having a miscarriage at 9 weeks. with this pregnancy, we told everyone almost right away because we were just too excited to be pregnant again. so, it really depends on how you feel.

achays11 · November 2016

To each their own. With our first we waited until I was about 16 weeks and we only told becaus to had been asked to help my sister move and couldn't lift anything. We would have kept it to ourselves longer. With this one we told immediate family right away and the world around 12 weeks.

pshaortao · November 2016

I hope you're not just another drive by post since you have absolutely no other activity other than posting this very particular thread. We are already a well formed community that are sticking around and I hope you will join us. Please do introduce yourself and lurk around.

With that said.. we have had discussions about announcing at work and to family/friends. Some have announced already, some only with work/family others to everybody, and there are a select few who are avoiding social media completely until the baby is born. I too had a loss earlier this year so I understand the hesitation to share the news. There is no right answer on when is the right time, it's more about you feeling okay with it.

NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot · November 2016

There are several threads on this. Maybe get a taste for this community before committing a drive by.

MTB16 · November 2016

We had a loss in July, with both that and this pregnancy we didn't want anyone to know until after 12 weeks. We will be telling family at Thanksgiving at almost 14 weeks.

LCRbelle · November 2016

I've had three previous losses so it's really hard to tell people even close friends! We have told close friends and family and plan to announce on social media on thanksgiving when I will be one days shy of 14 weeks.

Jellybeanqueen13 · November 2016

I had a loss last August and it was really hard for me to announce. We announced to close family and friends around 9 weeks and to everyone else around 13 weeks. Both times I was terrified we would find find ourselves having another loss. I still worry about that and the possibility of a loss and having to untell people. After a loss, it's hard to ever feel carefree and confident things are going well. In the end, I just held my breath and made the announcement. I figured if I waited until I felt like I was safe from a miscarriage, I would have never announced

nda_roxybabe · November 2016

This is our first pregnancy, but we know how common miscarriages are in the first trimester so we waited until 14 weeks. We told our parents and siblings at 9 weeks (after our first U/S) as we'd want them to know if we did lose the baby.

m3ganmc · November 2016

We've had 3 miscarriages trying for baby number 2. I told my parents and siblings about this one at 12 weeks. We still haven't told my husbands parents or sister but I feel like it's obvious so we have to do it soon (we are 16 weeks now). Honestly if I could wait to tell until the baby was born I would!

We will tell the rest of the world after the 20 week scan...it feels like a safe point for me since we will have the most information about the baby at that point.

kat81 · November 2016

You're probably in the clear now (as much as you ever will be), so in that sense it's "safe" to tell. But we're mostly keeping it in until we see people in person. We have told immediately family and then told a bunch of more extended family when they were together a few weeks ago. Other than that we have told a few isolated people we saw in person who we don't usually see, so it was our chance to do so. Work still doesn't know, but we have a department meeting in a few weeks so I plan to do it then.

arels483 · November 2016

I'm just over 15 weeks and haven't done any sort of public announcement yet. We have no reason, we just haven't.

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