When to tell people ?

lpm223 · February 2022

I’m having a hard time deciding when to tell everyone the great news! I’m almost 9 weeks and I want to tell the world! When do you plan to?

kboydbowman · February 2022

This would be a question for the "Great Big Question" thread. We try to avoid one off posts to keep the board from being cluttered.

babywiik · February 2022

@lpm223 really, you can tell people whenever you want! It's your news to share. A lot of people like yo wait until after 12 weeks when the risk of miscarriage drops significantly. This is my 3rd pregnancy and we've told people early each time at 5ish weeks. With my MC, I was glad my close family and friends knew so they could support me. I also get quite sick around 5.5 weeks so there was no way I was going to be able to hide it anyways. I also don't like secrets and am the type of person who will buy early birthday presents for people and give it right away rather than wait for their birthday😂

lpm223 · February 2022

Thanks for you input! I keep going back and forth but I really want to tell people! Lol

mamamoomoo12 · February 2022

@lpm223 I will be 9 weeks in a few days. We have our first appointment today and if all is looking well were telling all our extended family at a family birthday party this weekend. We will also facetime the rest of our close friends but have chosen to hold off announcing on social media until 12 weeks

I cannot resist telling people- about 20 family and friends already know.

sierrakaitlyn · February 2022

I am 9 1/2 wks. I’ve told some close family already. Have a few peeps I’m telling when I’m 10 wks, then a set when I’m 13 weeks and then on social media when I’m 16 wks lol

omgbabynames3030 · February 2022

I told my mom right after my husband. Not something I could ever keep from her, but I think having to keep the secret is driving her nuts. I'm definitely also cracking before 12 weeks with closer family after the first appointment. The miscarriage risk will be a bit lower than it is now and the doctor can tell us more then about how baby is doing. It's all about who you're comfortable having to tell if something happens. If you don't want to have awkward conversations about miscarriages and "better luck next time"s from the in laws, wait to tell them til you feel more comfortable.

kboydbowman · February 2022

My ultrasound is on Valentine's Day, at which point I will be 9+5. I might tell family after that assuming a viable pregnancy is confirmed. Right now, the only people who know are the boy person, my best friend, and my two bosses (I needed to warn them about all my doctor's appointments as well as my hx of early loss in case I have to take time off to deal with that).

meowtilda · February 2022

It's hard for me to keep a secret, lol, but so far we've only told all four soon-to-be grandparents, his sister (I have no siblings), my boss because it's a high risk pregnancy and I've already had several appointments that affected my work schedule, and I've told three friends. I'm trying really hard to wait until after 12 weeks because it's considered bad fortune to tell people before that in the country I'm in, and I don't necessarily buy into that, and my husband only kind of halfway does, but it seems like an issue of respect to me to follow the basic social customs here.

I know my mom has probably told every person she's talked to, lol, but I have no interaction with any of them on the literal other side of the world, so that's kind of irrelevant to me.

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