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February 2018 Moms
babymakes9
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older siblings: ds 16 dd 14 ds 13 dd 11 dd 7
how/ when did you tell grandpsrents, siblings, friends?
babymakes9
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We still haven't officially told anyone though 2 of my kids found out, and 3 of there friends, and now 1 of my friends is suspecting and 1 of the grandma's friends (she did one of my blood draws) and I'm outgrowing all my clothes, so i think it's time. I was trying to postpone as long as possible, because of my younger children and my ex, and i know my mom is not going to be supportive at all. How did you tell people and when? I'm 10 weeks now. What did you do About bad reactions?
older siblings: ds 16 dd 14 ds 13 dd 11 dd 7
Re: how/ when did you tell grandpsrents, siblings, friends?
We told after our US on Thursday (9w2d) this is number 3 and the bloat is definitely there! We just had DS tell everyone. He was very excited about it.
The only annoying reaction was my BIL. He goes, "are you guys becoming catholic now?" (Referring to not using birth control *eye roll*). And I totally ignored him and ano his ignorance. I'm on number three not 8. And even then none of his business!
Side note: my co-workers know and some of my clients. Oh and my niece and one of my sisters have asked us but we have been bending the truth. I just tell them, it's a work in progress!
I'm not sure when we're telling other people. Maybe tell in-laws in a couple weeks or so. My mother was/is very excited and supportive. MIL is a little more critical in the passive-aggressive way and would probably think it's too many kids and other such stuff. She usually finds a way to interject how she feels or think about this or that.
I've told a couple more people,s such as my best friend when I saw her in person, but otherwise we are not telling people until about 12/13 weeks. I'm visiting my grandmother at 12 weeks so we thought I'd be a good time to go ahead and tell her in person. All of our family will be there too. We will tell colleagues and friends at 13 weeks.
so, we figure we'll tell them later. My first appt isn't until the 20th. With DD2, we told after the anatomy scan. Our girls are 16 months apart and I didn't want to overshadow any of DD1's firsts with an announcement.
I plan on waiting until my ultrasound on 07/31 to share the news with the rest of my family and will wait until at least 12 weeks before sharing the news with the world.
When I do get to share the news, I want to find a cute way to do it with my DS.
Will tell my softball team at our next game, which I'll be 12+ weeks, so they can plan to find a new girl for fall - I think I can keep playing through summer. I could probably play through part of fall, but don't want to overpromise.
Since I'll be getting the genetic testing where we can find out gender sooner, we plan to wait until we know gender to tell anyone outside of that!
DS 2/17/15
BFP 6/12/17
EDD 2/18/17
I've told one coworker about it and it was simply because i wanted her opinion on something related to telling work people and knew I could trust her and wanted at least one person at work that I could go to.
*My mom- 5 weeks and almost right away
*My sister and her family- 7 weeks
*MIL and DH family- 7 weeks
*My auntie- 8 weeks
*My dad, stepmom and family- 9 weeks
(we took a trip otherwise they'd probably be around 7-8 weeks too)
*Our closest friends- 10 weeks, this coming weekend! They are already getting very suspicious bc I'm usually a social butterfly and wine lover
*Work- trying to wait until 13 weeks, after my first u/s appt.
*Social media and world- 13+, whenever I feel comfortable, or am starting to show, or finish this little video I want to make to announce it!
I've done it in waves of comfort also minding when I get to see people in person. Overall I try to think I'd want to have all this support God forbid anything goes wrong. It's my first pregnancy!
months back so people close to me knew it was a possibility -end TW-
few people from work know, few friends, and both of our families. I get super frustrated at the concept that I should fake drink or lie to hide it so Im probably more obvious than I could be. Probably wait until after 13 weeks to make a big announcement.
We will wait till after 12 weeks to post officially on fb and tell everyone else...Although my dad is way too excited and has told the world. (just not on social media thank god he is horrible with technology.)
We will tell everyone else / social media after 12 or 13 weeks.
Oh and I'm a hairstylist...so when I need to chow on some saltines real quick in the middle of a service. I've explained to my client why.
Oh and I'm a hairstylist...so when I need to chow on some saltines real quick in the middle of a service. I've explained to my client why.
Anyways we are planning to fb announce after my next appointment as I'm 11 weeks tomorrow so is it horrible to just * tell them * then ?! I'm not actually sure I care
My parents live across the country, so I sent them a surprise in the mail right away:
We told DH's family the next weekend. We wanted to do something similar but I was so sick at that point (and my MIL found saltines in my truck) that they guessed right away. Our siblings know and I have told a couple of my best friends and my boss (early I know, but I have been pretty sick and he has been great about it).
I think we will do a social media announcement after we tell the rest of our extended family and friends at around 12 weeks. I have been pinning ideas but nothing really seems like us yet! I would love to know if any of have any cool ideas planned!