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[Isserley]

Anyone else out there just been confirmed pregnant for the first time? I've just been to the doctor (I live in GMT +12 timezone) and had a positive test - finding it all hard to believe as I have PCOS, am not particularly young, and we have only been trying for a few weeks. Would love to hear anyone else's story. How do you feel? Am just feeling a bit numb at the moment, and don't really want to ring anyone until my partner gets back from work. Cheers guys :)

I'd say be the driver so you don't get pressured to drink. Or save your 'only' drink for the week for the party, and spend hours drinking it! Ginger beer/ale was my friend. Looks like something rather stronger, sorts out any tummy upsets and can easily be surreptitiously topped up...

I told the parents the same day I told DH (though told him first and checked he was OK with me phoning them). My folks were at the time 75, and in poor-ish health. So I didn't want to not tell them before 12 weeks and risk one of them popping off and never knowing they finally had a grandchild. As it happened, I got so ill with hyperemesis that they would have smelt a rat long before then!

Ditto the 20-week scan. We wanted to know what we were having if possible and immediately told the folks so they knew they were getting a grandson almost as soon as we did.

But then if you're younger and don't have elderly disabled parents, then you have more leeway on the telling. Whatever is right for you.

Cheers happycamel, Santa and moonbells - I like the ginger beer idea! I think we will stick with not telling anyone else for a while. I work in quite a big office and would rather not break the news to them all for a bit longer - we might tell family and close friends around Xmas-time though. Thanks to you all for your support&advice, this has been my first mumsnet experience and it's been a big help to me. Hope I can return the favour sometime.

Congratulations!! It's very very exciting... maybe a little earlier than planned, but better than not at all hey!