Time to tell?!

[Littlemisssugarplum88]

Just out of curiosity, when did you tell your immediate family about your pregnancy?!
I know it's completely up to the individual but I just wondered :) xx

DS1 8 weeks
DS2 12 weeks
This pregnancy 18 weeks

I'm currently 11 weeks and I told best friend and siblings, parents straight away. Had scan at 9 weeks so now I'm waiting to hear heartbeat before I tell anybody else at 16 week appointment

Unicorn - how come to you decided to wait till 18 for your third?

DS1 - family - 8 weeks, ILs and friends - 12 weeks. MIL was upset she didn't know rightly so.
DS2 - all family - 8 weeks. Friends - 12 weeks
Latest pregnancy - told everyone at 13 weeks as my DSis had a miscarriage and then I miscarried at 16 weeks.

Next time I think I will wait till after we've passed the 16 weeks. I didn't expect it to happen as has had two successful pregnancy and am already nervous about the next pregnancy.

After we told parents we told our siblings and best friends at 9 weeks after an early scan - most of our friends know now at 10 weeks simply because there's no hiding it with how big I've gotten already!!

After the 12 week scan. I didn't want to tell anyone until I knew there was definitely something there!

Iv only just found out I'm expecting this week and we are due a scan a week before Xmas. I am very close to my mum and it's been such a long weekend not to say anything and more so not to have the glass of wine we always end up having. We are also saving it for Xmas day well trying to anyway. It will be both my parents and in laws first grand child so I know they will over the moon. Just need Christmas to hurry I because it's a tricky secret.

I'm TTC #1 and it would be both sets of parents first grandchild. I think we would tell immediate family straight away - after all, we will need their support. And friends and wider family at 12 weeks.

It's sad to say that we all think bad things happen in the first trimester, but it's the most important, usually the time when sickness happens and when there's so many hormonal changes. Have the right support during that time, wether that's DH and mum/dad/sister or just DH. X

I found out I'm about 2-3wks pregnant on Thursday and told both sets of parents yesterday, i feel weird now like we have jinxed it! But I never have been great at keeping secrets!

Rhodes you are probably more likely 4-5 weeks; it goes from the first day of your last period. You wouldn't know yet if you were 2-3 weeks.
Congratulations though. How did they take the news?! Xx

With dd who is 4 i told everyone straightaway at 5 weeks pregnant.

It was my first pregnancy and i knew no different. I now know that was a very silly thing to do due to not even having a scan etc.

This pregnancy im 14 weeks and nobody knows. I ve had 2 scans. The 12 weeks one and one at 7 weeks due to come bleeeding. Im waiting until after the 20 week scan until i tell people as i just want the all clear on everything first

Close family almost straight away (after all, I would tell them if I miscarried too). My partner didn't tell his brothers and sisters until 14 weeks, after a scan. And I didn't tell my DD (aged 5) until after the scan as well. I was just scared to tell her, as I thought that she wouldn't be happy about it!

20 weeks and it was tough as I was showing quite a bit (3rd baby). Avoided everyone as much as possible! I would have liked to have left it longer but there was no chance.

20 weeks. After the 20-week scan, as there had been previous miscarriages.

Told everyone at the same time, by email. That way no-one's nose was out of joint at not being told first and no-one got to feel superior at having been told first. DH's family were lovely, delighted with the news, and have been very supportive. They've also tacitly noted why we told everyone so late.

My parents have been their usual self-absorbed, utterly unsupportive and totally uninterested selves. If their noses are out of joint at not having been told earlier, or at having not been told anything at all about the pregnancy other than a vague due date, that's their problem, since they don't have the maturity to discuss anything at all like functioning adults.

My sister knew early on but I'd wished I'd told our parents much earlier as I was so ill. We decided to wait for the scan to tell them but we left the scan after being told we had an increased risk of a chromosomal issue so I ended up on my parents doorstep crying and that's when we told them! We waited till after the results to tell my husbands parents. Due to being so ill I said to my husband that when we have another baby I'll tell them sooner rather than wait for the scan. As someone said above, they'd know any bad news so why wait to tell them the good?

My mum was with me when I took the test & she checked the result before I did so technically I wasn't even the first to know of my own pregnancy ha!! Then I told the dad immediately of course & then shortly after; my dad & sisters & then friends came after the 12 week scan I'm now 27 weeks. Baby boy on the way x