When & how to tell the parents I'm pregnant? 5weeks good time to tell?

[Rish55]

Hello lovely people,

Need some advice again.

I'm 5weeks pregnant today, only found out this week were pregnant.

First baby for us, also first grandchild to my parents & my mil. First Great Grand child to my grandparents.

I wanted to know weather it's a good time to tell? Or should we wait until we've had a scan (10-14wks scan)

Any suggestions on how to tell them?

Very nervous!!

Thank you in advance xx

I'm just over 6 weeks and I'm going to tell my parents tomorrow. With my others pregnancies I told them as soon as I found out. I have known 3 weeks already but have kept it to dh and I but I already look big (bloating) and im really off food and I see them 3 times a week so only so long I can tell them it's a bug :)
Congratulations and do it when it's right for you xxx

I've had 2 x mc's. And I'd told my parents I was pregnant before both mc's.

I don't regret telling them for a second as I need their love and support during horrendous experiences. I never felt like I'd let them down. I'm pregnant for a 3rd time, only 4+2 and utterly terrified.

I've told my parents again and they've been lovely. I am moving house next weekend and my family are helping us move.

There's no excitement at the moment just caution for my wellbeing which is how my parents have always been.

We were planning on 12 weeks but I was so ill we had to tell at 7 weeks. I needed the support -physically and mentally. I think you tell when you want to. Some pregnancies don't give you the choice to have the nice reveal post-dating scan. We did have a scan before we told them but it looka like a blob with a heartbeat although we could see limb buds moving.

I told my close friends and family around 8 weeks both times - so a month for me to get my head round it and the most common time for miscarriages to have passed- but I didn't feel the need to wait till 12 weeks or a scan. I'd have wanted their support if something happened anyway. Plus 8 weeks was around when the sickness and tiredness was worse and I needed some support.

Everyone else I told around 15 weeks. Work after 20 weeks ( I didn't have much if a bump till later both times)

I had such bad sickness with my pregnancies that there's no way I could have hidden it past 6-7 weeks at the most. I had to tell work early too as needed to take a lot of time of sick. I would have liked to have kept it to ourselves longer than that though.

Off* sick

It's a tough choice, I'm now pregnant (9+6) for second time.

Had a MMC in June with first pregnancy and we had told people, went to 12 week scan and found out about the MMC, it was heartbreaking having to relive it over and over again when telling people the bad news but the support from my family and friends was incredible.

This time round we're definitely waiting until 14 weeks.

Sending you lots of best wishes for a happy and healthy 9 months xxx