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December 2019 Moms
MrsJessS
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Pregnancy Announcements
MrsJessS
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How did you tell your SO you were pregnant?
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
When do you plan to announce at work?
Any people you are worried about telling?
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
When do you plan to announce at work?
Any people you are worried about telling?
Re: Pregnancy Announcements
I don't plan to tell any other family until we have a good ultrasound, due to past losses. Might tell some close friends then, but everyone else will not be until sometime in 2nd trimester. I'm not sure we will announce on Social Media until after the anatomy scan.
Worried about telling my friends/family that have had losses in the past couple years, because I know how it feels to be on the other side of that announcement.
BFP February 2016 Baby Girl born 11/2016
BFP 8/16/2018 EDD 4/29/2019 MMC 10/3/2018
BFP 12/16/2018 EDD 08/26/2019 MC/CP 12/20/2018
BFP 03/28/2019 EDD 12/07/2019 Hoping for our rainbow
When do you plan on telling family/friends? My parents on mother’s day. Everyone else after 1st Tri.
When do you plan to announce at work? Depends on how bad the nausea gets. Ideally after First Tri. I travel a bit almost always solo. Except end of this month I’m taking one of my employees for training. 12+ consecutive hours together for 3 straight days. May not be able to hide it after that...
Any people you are worried about telling? Not worried but don’t want to cause pain to a friend whose daughter is from IVF and I know she wants another but they can’t afford IVF right now. So I have no idea how to approach that.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? This is the fun part- no one knew we were talking or thinking about TFAS... so the shock value is going to be great! I think we'll start telling close family and friends after my viability scan on Friday, if everything is progressing ok. I got my DD a "big sister" shirt.
When do you plan to announce at work? I've told two people at work already and DH has told his supervisor. I'm holding out until my US before telling my supervisor. I also have to tell occupational health since we're required to report changes in health status. As far as everyone else, I have no idea.
Any people you are worried about telling? I don't think so. I think most people would be excited for the news. (If they're not, they wouldn't tell me)
BFP #2 3/18/19 * EDD 11/25/19* DS born 11/30/19
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
I've already started telling close friends and family. I start with the inner circle and work my way out until I make an official announcement.
When do you plan to announce at work?
End of the first tri, same as last time.
Any people you are worried about telling?
My mother in law. She didn't act excited or happy for us the first time. Quite the opposite. She carried on about how terrible it was. My husband was hurt but I knew she would do that so I wasn't bothered.
Married Since: 7/29/2012
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Telling family and very close friends at around 11ish weeks. The official abnbouncment at 15-16 weeks.
My job is taking care of an eldery lady so mine situations a bit differnt lol
Not worried about telling anyone
He was working at the kitchen table and I just took him the test and was like “want some good news?”
When do you plan on telling family/friends? We told our parents early with this one. I’ve not told any friends yet, but my husband is already telling his.
When do you plan to announce at work? I’ll probably tell my boss around the time of my first appt. I’ll tell everyone else when I start showing.
Any people you are worried about telling? Not really. I’ll feel a little bad when I tell my sitter. I know there is another family there that’s been trying for a baby for a while. It’ll probably hurt when she tells them or puts it in the newsletter. 🙁 I don’t see them at pick up so it’d be my sitter relaying the news.
Thinking of telling family on mother's day... But we'll see, we didn't tell anyone till five months in the first time, but I'm sure I can hide it nearly as long now!
Not sure about with, I'll tell my boss when it starts factoring into planning out the year, and I usually just let others be awkward about noticing... They figure it out. I work with a huge organization but not directly with anyone, so it's a weird dynamic.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? Not entirely sure but not before the 12 week mark.
When do you plan to announce at work? This will be hard as we are only a staff of 6 employees and 2 other co-workers are leaving for mat leave soon. They won’t be thrilled.
Any people you are worried about telling? Work....and my mother. Every time I mention even the thought of a 4th child she says “please don’t” or “I won’t babysit if you have 4” (ps: she rarely babysit’s as it is). I worry she will suck some of the joy out of it for me.
I tested at 3am, so after seeing the results I went back to bed and DH asked if I was ok, and I was like, “I’m pregnant”. He’s super excited but also says he’s taking it a day at a time.
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
I’ve told my three closest friends in our group chat that day. They’ve been listening to my struggles for the last 7 months so we’re quite close.
Our parents and siblings know... I don’t think I could keep it a secret from my family for too long.
When do you plan to announce at work?
I told my supervisor and my three closest friends work with me.. so they know. I’ve worked at my job for a long time and it’s also a high-risk job so it doesn’t hurt if a couple people know.
Any people you are worried about telling?
Meh. No one really...
Together Since 04/21/2009; Married Since 05/29/2013
Baby Boy born 11/30/16
Baby #2 Due December 4
We have already told our parents and very close friends. After my miscarriage I realized (that for me) these are the people who I needed to help me through it so we didn’t see a point in hiding the pregnancy. We got my son a “Big Brother” shirt and he was so happy when people got excited when they saw him.
I will tell work some time after 12 weeks. I just started a new job in January so I am super nervous about going out on maternity leave less then a year after starting.
my best friend and her husband just stopped trying for a 2nd so I was nervous but she knew we were trying and could not be any more loving and supportive.
naked and caught off guard. He was shocked and is happy. He did comment that he was bummed he didn’t get to try very hard. Men. Haha.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? I’ve started telling some close girlfriends, I explained to my MH that even if something happened I would want them to know. Especially my friends who have had losses, I know they would be SO supportive. MH has told one person so far. I think he feels bad telling friends before his parents. We are waiting to tell all the parents at Mother’s Day because we’ll have a sonogram at that point.
When do you plan to announce at work? Well, I have my own small business. I will probably wait quite some time. I found out the day after my positive test I’m losing an employee. And when you only have three, losing one makes quite an impact. I’m hard core looking to hire two people and keep telling myself 9 months is enough to get them up to speed so I can actually take a few weeks off. Baby will come to work with me in the beginning. It’s gonna be wild.
Any people you are worried about telling? Not worried about telling anyone per se. Of my friend group it was me and my closest friend who were the “childless” ones, so just curious to see her reaction. I’ve been wishy washy over the years about having a baby in general. Also just curious to see how my older sister reacts, she’s never been a kid person just got married and became a stepmom.
I told my mom already, my husband already flew out to start his job so I asked her to fly out and help me move. Flying with two toddlers, a cat, and nauseous alone wasn’t sounding great LOL. I also told my sisters, one is pregnant and due September! First cousin on either side so we’re excited!
SAHM so don’t need to worry about work, but we’ll do a social media announcement around twelve weeks. We want to let my sister announce first and get celebrated since it’s their first
No big surprise, we took the test together, cause we already had a clue.
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
We have told each of our best friends, and my sister and his brother. We're hesitantly waiting to tell our parents cause they constantly talk about us waiting before having more kids. Which is what we planned... But it didnt work that way.
When do you plan to announce at work?
I won't have to tell any of my clients until I'm showing while working, but I'll tell my brokers office when I start to show. Which will most likely be soon, cause each pregnancy I just get a bump so quick.
Any people you are worried about telling?
Not exactly worried, just dont want negative reactions from some family, as they always express we need to wait.
He convinced me to take the test even though I thought it was a bit early, so just yelled from the bathroom!
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
I’ve really been back and forth on this, I’d like to wait until we have our first appt but that’s not until 5/13. Last pregnancy I was so sick and we had to tell earlier, so if that happens will do the same. I definitely am not going to great lengths to try to hide it though. We have extended family pictures the end of April and I thought it would be fun to get one of our family with a little sign announcing our family is growing but I’d only be 7 weeks at that point and we wouldn’t be able to hide it from my in-laws who will be there. So need to decide if we want to tell that soon.
When do you plan to announce at work?
After first tri if I can hide it that long!
Any people you are worried about telling?
No I just get SO nervous about telling even family, and especially work! It’s hard to keep a secret for a few months!
I already told my MIL. I''m considering waiting until I actually show, and then just mentioning it to my Mom. I am not looking forward to her response.
I don't work, but plan on announcing on Social Media once i'm much further along. We will probably do something fun. This is our Sixth baby, and people tend to be jerks about it. I'm bracing myself for all the dumb comments.
Kind of answered this above. I'm stressing about telling my mom. She wasn't too thrilled with my last pregnancy, so this one is gonna be fun to announce to her. I'm honestly thinking maybe we just won't tell her, and let her draw the conclusion when My belly is popping out. lol
It was totally a surprise so I was a little nervous telling him. I had no idea how to start so I just spilled the beans. He thought it was an April fools joke.he has come around and is now very excited.
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
After first doctors appointment. I had some spotting early on and it has me pretty freaked out I want to make sure everything is okay before I tell anyone.
When do you plan to announce at work?
Probably when I start showing I will have to change my position for safety reasons once it’s obvious to others.
Any people you are worried about telling?
Work for sure I’m not sure how it’s going to effect my career. And my parents I know it is silly but this pregnancy is definitely not great timing and I Worry they won’t be excited for me.
How did you tell your SO you were pregnant?
I just showed him the test. with my losses, at this point we aren’t overly excited about a bfp, I hope we will get more excited after an ultrasound.
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
We will probably tell my parents soon, we see them often and it is hard to keep a secret and I generally get nauseous easy and early. In-laws we will probably tell maybe after good betas? BIL is getting married in a few weeks, and me not drinking will be a dead give away, so I would rather we tell them before the wedding instead of anyone finding out at the wedding. I want my kids to know before other people, burn don’t want them to deal with another loss (although, I think I would tell them, they will notice if I am off) but we haven’t decided.
When do you plan to announce at work?
After a molar pregnancy is ruled out, which is about 13 weeks.
Any people you are worried about telling?
Not really. My molar pregnancy was impossible to keep a secret since I had to go through many rounds of chemo, so most people either assume I can’t have kids now or assume we are trying.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? We are not telling anyone until we return from our Trip to Vegas. We will tell pregnant and gender at one time. Mid May
When do you plan to announce at work? I will likely tell my boss on the 15th of this month when he comes down to meet with a couple of my customers!
Any people you are worried about telling? No, pretty much most of our friends know what we have been through the last month. It will only be happy news.
I found out the day after his birthday, so I said I had a present that got delivered a day late. I wrapped up some Nashville Predators onesies. When he opened it he was shocked!
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
We’re telling my parents Easter weekend because they can’t make it to dinner with us and his family the 25th. We live about 25 miles east of Nashville and his family is coming from Ohio for the NFL draft the 25-28. We got a Titans onesie (for my parents) and a Browns onesie (for his parents) made with our last name and 19 on the back. We’re telling them we have our first draft pick then giving them the onesies.
When do you plan to announce at work?
The Friday before Memorial Day weekend, I work at an after school program and a lot of my students aren’t coming during summer. I’m going to tell them on their last day. I’m telling the directors of the others schools within our school system some time that week at our directors meeting.
Any people you are worried about telling?
Yes.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? Some close friends already know as they knew when we’d be finding out. Parents and siblings will find out in the next week or so. My daughter and I will be seeing my MIL & my sister the week of Easter so we will be telling them, otherwise they’ll figure it out with my injections.
When do you plan to announce at work? I’ll tell my boss on Monday. She’s been kept up to date as I needed time off for appointments.
Any people you are worried about telling? I have a couple close friends that have had recent struggles as well. So telling them may be sensitive.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? this one is so hard!! this is my first preg so i’m excited to share but i have friends who have had losses and want to wait til i have more info. we are thinking mother’s day, when we will be 11 weeks, but are waiting to see what the Dr. says at our 8 week appointment & ultrasound. it’s so hard hiding it!! especially from my best friend.
When do you plan to announce at work? i work for myself so this isn’t really an issue for me. i will be able to hide it from clients for awhile since they are mostly remote.
Any people you are worried about telling? my friends who aren’t trying or don’t want kids. i know they will be happy for me but i’m not sure if it will change our relationship... also my sister in law is 6 months preg now and i don’t want to take attention away from her! however, i think she will be very excited that the cousins will be so close in age. and my mother in law because she will probably have A LOT of advice and stress me out.
We're going to tell my dad and my hubby's parents that day too but they are all long distance. I want a really cute way to tell them on the phone but haven't thought of anything yet and the hubby doesn't want to give his mom a Mother's Day gift that hints at it-- booo.
Who are you most excited to tell? (It's definitely my mom for me-- I talk to her daily and it's hard keeping the secret. I also know she is going to be over the moon when she finds out.)
I've told immediate family and close work colleagues as well as my boss but holding out until we're in the 13 week green zone to make an announcement.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? Our families all live several states away, but my mom and grandma are coming up to visit this week. I'm going to surprise them with the news. The rest of family, we'll wait until I'm done with my first trimester.
When do you plan to announce at work? I'm not sure yet...I'm a (non-tenured) teacher, so it's tricky. I will probably tell them sometime over the summer, or when school starts next year.
Any people you are worried about telling? Work, because of reasons above.
The news was celebrated and received joyously by all!
When do you plan on telling family/friends? Not sure about family yet, but DS's 2nd birthday is right around the 12w mark so we will tell our friends then since there will be a lot of them in one place at one time. Anyone that we miss we will likely see in person a week later at a friend's wedding.
When do you plan to announce at work? N/A I'm freelance and work from home currently, so it's not really a thing until I'm turning down contracts
Any people you are worried about telling? - we have 3 friends in particular who have suffered loss recently and have been TTC for quite some time so I feel a bit guilty about it unless they are also pregnant by then.
Also my mom has a big mouth and I'm worried that telling her too early will result in word getting out before we're able to tell all the important people we want to in person. I mitigated this last time by telling all our family members at Christmas, and then friends were at a party within a few days, but she was pissed she wasn't the first to know. Trying to balance that out this time around.
When do you plan on telling family/friends? This is something I've been nervous about, my mom comes right before my 8-week/first OB appt, along with my Grandma (Who is basically my fav person in the world) so I wrote them a poem and designed a card-like announcement for them to open up when they arrive that weekend. I can't wait to see their reactions. My in-laws: I'll tell them the same way but instead just by mail them the poem + package and have them call me after they open it. I think I'll slowly start to tell our inner-circle of friends as I see them in person, and feel more comfortable with this whole new adventure. Still a bit nervous to get TOO excited and tell everyone. I am the legit worst at keeping secrets.
Any people you are worried about telling? Not really, super excited to just see everyone's reactions! It's the first great-grandbaby, first niece and nephew, I'm excited that I'm the first cousin pregnant!
How did you tell your SO you were pregnant? We did an embryo transfer, and I had to know something and tested a day early. Nothing special, just told
him I caved while he was lying in bed and that it was good news.
When do you plan on telling family/friends?
Our parents and closest friends have been with us through our losses and IVF journey so that knew we were doing the transfer and that I’m pregnant. These are our people that supported us through a lot of heartache and we want them to be on this journey with us.
When do you plan to announce at work?
My supervisor knows about my loss history because it has really done a number on my mindset at work. He also knows about the transfer, but I’m trying to avoid telling him the result until our ultrasound. He will keep it to himself as I don’t want to say anything else until later. I work remotely so that should hopefully be easier to do.
Any people you are worried about telling?
This sounds completely archaic, but I think there are people in my office that would be shocked and maybe a little judgey that we are having a baby since I’m older. In the end it’s my life and they can think what they want, but it’s still something to deal with. Hopefully I‘m wrong about them.
My my sister and my BIL already know but I’ll tell my mom on mother’s day. I’m trying to see if she has a dream. She usually dreams about my grandfather when someone close to her is pregnant. I’ll tell my dad when we go home for my nieces birthday in May. I’ll announce to everyone else likely around my birthday in June.
Will probably tell work the week week before my vacation in June. Or when we get to 12 weeks....might be after vacation.
Worried about doing a mass status about it to not be too insensitive to people who struggle, but I struggled too so I’ll try not to be too insensitive.
DH: 37
DD: 03/17/17
DS: 12/06/19
Fingers crossed for you! I'm curious what age you are that you think you're "older"? I had my first a week before I turned 36 and I will be 38 by the time baby #2 arrives, so I'm a big advocate of age not being an issue