Telling people I'm pregnant before 12 weeks

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I have just found out I'm pregnant, and it's not hit the 12 week mark. I'm really close to my family. I'm a only child so certain cousins are like my sisters.
Im usually in the pub most weekends, kinda known as the drunk cousin (makes me sound terrible🤣)
But im obviously not drinking now, and im dying to tell them.
I dont want to tempted fate but im also super excited, it's my first child and I dont think anyone ever expected me to have a kid.
Just after people's opinions what would you do?

I had my scan at 6 weeks and 3 days. Literally just saw a yoke and a shadow. Had to wait 2 weeks for rescan to see if it was viable, it was a horrible wait.

Rescanned and my baby has had a huge growth! And it was really lovely! It's up to you, but I wish I had waited honestly 😊

With both my pregnancies, I had to tell work as soon as i got that pink line, because of the type of work I do - adjustments have to made for pregnant people straight away. This was harder second time round because I did lose the baby, at around 12 weeks (days before my 12 week scan). I had known things didn't look good at a scan at 8 weeks. I told family when things didn't look good, as it was Christmas and I knew it would be obvious that I wasn't touching any drink! I felt happy that my family knew though, as I'd tell them no matter what. I needed their support. It really depends on how you feel and how you would feel if you did have a loss - it is no one else's business if you decide to tell or not. Some people like the support, others would rather keep it quiet.

It’s entirely up to you OP!
If they are people who you would want to talk to about a miscarriage then it’s a no-brained, tell them : ) . It’s only worth keeping it a secret if you’d want to deal with a potential miscarriage on your own without their support. There is no rule about the right time to announce your pregnancy. I’ve always told my mum very early on and waited till after 12 weeks for most friends and my in-laws (husband wanted to wait to tell them, no chance of my mum telling them in our case so no issues telling my mum first).

I definitely agree regarding the scan, I always waited until I was nearer the 8 weeks.

I’m 20 weeks pregnant with my second and tbh everyone who I wanted to know knew by 7 weeks in both pregnancies! I can’t keep anything secret lol I’ve never seen the point in waiting and I liked knowing I had the support there if something did go wrong😊

I did i didn't see any benefit to waiting

As someone who had a missed miscarriage, and found out at the 12 week scan (and then hqd to have surgery), I would only tell people that you would be happy to tell if the worst happened (so those who would support you).

Tell who you would be happy 'untelling' but consider urging them not to spread it further. I know a mother who spread her daughter's news to other wider family members (and then didn't untell them later) and I had to tell one of the aunts about the early miscarriage weeks later when they excitedly mentioned the pregnancy to me.