When do you plan on announcing?

tpmama44_ · June 2024

I think we’re going to do a cool newspaper announcement photoshoot after the first ultrasound and send to close family and friends.

I don’t really want to post on social media 🫠

kasskasskass · June 2024

I plan on telling the family at the end of July on my dad’s birthday. I would be at 11/12 weeks. Just hoping my belly isn’t so out by then since this is my 3rd. It’s usually just sisters, they’re boyfriends and my parents for birthdays. His party is in August so I thought this would be ok.
As for announcing to more people/social media, for the 2nd I did after our anatomy scan. Idk about this time around though.

j32444 · June 2024

I’m not saying anything until after the first trimester. DH will probably tell his parents before that but I’m not sure if we will “announce” anything big. But I enjoy hearing all the cute idea! The newspaper photo shoot sounds neat!

luckyduck42 · June 2024

We are waiting for the first ultrasound and NIPT test results to tell family and close friends. Our second daughter, the NIPT showed high risk for Down syndrome, which was confirmed by amniocentesis. She was stillborn at 22+6. We want to have NIPT results, because we know as soon as we tell people, they will have lots of questions, concerns, and fear. Right now, we can only manage our own fear. I'm not ready to manage someone else's emotions.

I don't plan on announcing on social media.

babyshmoop2_25 · June 2024

We will be telling my best friend next Sunday (Father’s Day/my birthday) during my birthday lunch. She’s the only one who knows we were TTC. Next will be my daughter (9yo) after our first ultrasound July 1st at 7w+6. Might wait until later depending on how bad my morning sickness is. I don’t want her worried about me being sick and not knowing what’s going on but also want to make sure the pregnancy is viable first so I think it’s a good middle ground.

From there we will tell only close family and friends. No set waiting for us. Just whenever it feels right.

Probably won’t make a public post until around 20 weeks, or whenever we find out the gender.

knottie2b59421b8a1ca031 · June 2024

Thats a hard question! It’s my first baby and no one knows we were TTC. Father’s Day is coming up and I know it will be a really nice gift/surprise for my parents but I feel like it’s too soon! I already had 1 ultrasound and I’m schedule for another one tomorrow so if I’m able to see something I’ll probably tell them on Father’s Day! For social media we’re thinking July!

heather_leighly · June 2024

i couldn’t wait to tell my immediate family. Didn’t do anything fancy. Just blurted it out

octopusgarden44 · June 2024

Family knows we were doing IUI so I think they’re starting to suspect. we do have the benefit that our fertility specialist chunks IVF and the next “batch” of candidates wouldn’t be until August so we just keep telling people we have to “wait for next steps”. We want to wait until through the first trimester. I’m struggling not to tell! lol. I did get to tell my therapist and other doctors which my husband is a little jealous of. I told him that he could tell the next door lady that doesn’t know any of our family. Haha.

cortsull0724 · June 2024

We’re announcing to just our parents and siblings after the first ultrasound. We waited longer last time but my husband can’t handle the secret so I think we’ll share sooner this time.

babymomma221 · June 2024

My plan was to never tell my mom bc she has a big mouth and the first thing I did was call and tell her because I was freaking out haha! She seems to know this is a big deal and to keep her trap shut. My brother and I are SUPER close, and for my 30th birthday he invited me to a fabulous trip to Paris by using posters like they do in Love actually. He drew it out- it was v dramatic. So for his 40th birthday in August, I am planning to do the same thing, but reveal he is going to be an uncle. So cheesy- yet I am so excited! Will probably post that video to social when we're ready.

armadillho · June 2024

Everyone knows we've been TTC and I think some people are starting to suspect what's up. I'm not a very good liar. 🥴 We'd originally planned to wait until after week 12, but now we're planning to tell folks after our first ultrasound on 7/2. The secret is so hard to keep lol. For our reveal, we're making little boxes with these darling little felted bee magnets we bought at our farmers market, and we'll add a card that says something about our baby to bee. Some of our family and friends live far enough away that we can't do an in person reveal for everyone, so some of the boxes will get mailed out. We have a timeline of when to mail things and when to tell people in person so that hopefully everyone finds out roughly at the same time 😅

saratonin9 · July 2024

A few of my closest friends and family members already know, since I've been going through fertility treatment for 2+ years. It was kind of hard to keep it from my brother, who was getting concerned about how many medical appointments I had, or my best friend, who has let me sleep in her guest room about half of the last couple of years since my fertility appointments were 3 hours away from home!

As far as everyone else? I'm keeping it extremely close for quite some time. I still haven't entirely decided when I want to announce, but it won't be until well into the second trimester. Although a VERY big part of me just wants to blurt it out to everyone I come into contact with (hence how I ended up on a pregnancy message board and in FB groups,) it's been such a long, hard journey that I'm scared to tell anyone too soon because I still don't feel secure that something terrible won't happen. This is my first pregnancy and I'm just too afraid to speak up before I feel that everything is actually going to work out long term.

RaJayCPT · July 2024

Neverrrrrr!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

karlee05 · July 2024

My 9 year old is dying to tell her friends (whose mothers I'm friends with). I typically like to wait until 12 weeks, but I'm hoping I can hold her off until 11 at least. My parents and my sister in law are the only ones who know currently.

gfgrump · July 2024

armadillho said:

Everyone knows we've been TTC and I think some people are starting to suspect what's up. I'm not a very good liar. 🥴 We'd originally planned to wait until after week 12, but now we're planning to tell folks after our first ultrasound on 7/2. The secret is so hard to keep lol. For our reveal, we're making little boxes with these darling little felted bee magnets we bought at our farmers market, and we'll add a card that says something about our baby to bee. Some of our family and friends live far enough away that we can't do an in person reveal for everyone, so some of the boxes will get mailed out. We have a timeline of when to mail things and when to tell people in person so that hopefully everyone finds out roughly at the same time 😅

Wow, this is the most elaborate/creative thing I've ever heard. So cute. You sound very together. I feel like if I could clear off one surface in my house from the clutter, I'd feel majorly accomplished. We don't even do a holiday card.

nken20 · July 2024

Same here. We didn't announce until the 1st trimester. But my husband was dying of telling her family and friends. I restrained him lol.

sejica · July 2024

@gfgrump you mentioning holiday cards reminded me I made these sand "snow"men on our beach trip last month and I'll probably send this out as our holiday card. We've already told most family as we've seen them, and I'll probably include something about this 5th baby in my hubs 50th (!) bday facebook post next month at around 16weeks, but some people won't have seen that and will still be surprised.

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