When to announce the good news

[MrsMP123]

Just interested in when others told people the good news? I'm 9 weeks and have only told my parents and my in-laws so far. We were going to wait until after the first scan but the appointment isn't for another 4 weeks. It just feels like if we wait that long to tell family and friends, then a good chunk of the pregnancy has already gone without being able to celebrate it properly with loved ones. In the world of social media now, we wouldn't think of posting anything to the masses until after the scan but are thinking about telling family & close friends next week once we reach 10 weeks.

Trust me, your pregnancy will be plenty long enough to celebrate with people. 4 weeks seeks like a long time but you have another 28 weeks to deal with after that.

That being said, tell people when you are ready. There's no right or wrong answer.

We told each set of parents at about 10 weeks, but only because it was Christmas and it made things easier for me as I obviously wasn't drinking. We would have waited for the 12 week scan otherwise which is when we told everyone else.

I'm 41 + 9 today - trust me there is plenty of time in which to celebrate your pregnancy with your nearest and dearest.

On the other hand I can understand those who've said it was important to them to have the support of their close friends and family should they need it. Each to their own really.

Congratulations :-)

I told my best friend and immediate family straight away, as it was an unplanned pg and I needed the support. Everyone else I waited until after 12 week scan

It's your pregnancy and your news to share so you do it whenever you want to love! We told our close family (parents and siblings) the day I got my positive test, close friend were when I was about the stage you're at now and everyone else straight after my first scan.

Theres no right or wrong time..but trust me 28 weeks is a long time for everyone to ask you the stat pregnancy questions everytime you see them....you have a long time to enjoy the pregnancy together whenever you tell them :)

We told closest friends and family at about 6/7 weeks (literally a handful of people who could support us if anything went wrong).
Everyone else after the 12 week scan. Some people still don't know as we are waiting to SEE people rather than email / phone etc.
And we're now 21 weeks and still loathe to do a facebook announcement - not entirely sure we will actually. It just always seems very trite and actually we've realised that the people we want to know are the people we actually spend time with, rather than the boss' wife or that bloke from your cousins wedding!
Congrats OP and good luck!

I'm sixteen weeks. Only myself DP and SIL know. And sil only knows because I was twat who Poas ten minutes before her DP was leaving for work, and who didn't stop crying for 4 hours after years of infertility. OH was too worried to leave me alone so just dropped my at Sils on his way into the office, and then left early,

I think the 20 week will really be the all clear for us to be honest.

I told my mum and sister the day I found out, was only about 4 weeks as they knew I'd been trying. My sister then announced it to the whole family that day over xmas dinner. I was horrified. My partner wasn't even there when she decided to tell everyone our news.

We arent going to tell amyone for quite a while. We are getting married and i shall be 18 weeks by then, we don't want the day spent fielding questions so will announce it a week or 2 after. Thats if i can manage to hide it that long, i suffered horrendous HG in my 2 previous pregnancies so im praying i dont this time. I'm also big so i wont be showing by that point so hopefully nobody will know.

We told parents, siblings and close friends straight away. Everyone else we told after the 12 week scan. The people we told are who I would have turned to for support should the pregnancies not have worked out.

In some ways I think waiting is best as my God pregnancy seems to go on forever. I'm now 28+6 with my second and while pregnancy is exciting for the parents it's not so much for everyone else and life continues as normal for the most part.

I found at 6 weeks with my first and told all my family straight away. Like pp said, if the worst was to happen, I would have wanted a network of support around me.

Same with my second but found out a little bit later.

Immediate family straight away but I have no clue why anyone would tell anyone else before the 12 week scan

I'm just pregnant with my second and have told my parents and probably will tell in laws on near future. Would like to keep it under wraps for as long as possible but I'm a bridesmaid when I'll be around 14 weeks so doubt I'll be able to hide it beyond then. I'm very anxious when I'm pregnant so like to keep things a bit quiet! I would have liked to have waited to tell everyone at around 20 wks x

Apart from close family I didn't tell anyone til after the scan. Even if you tell a few 'close' friends it only takes one to say 'I heard your lovely news' on facebook (as happened to me, although quite far into the pregnancy!)