Good heart beat after 9 weeks - ok to announce?

[CJ1990]

Hi ladies,
Just after opinions..we had a scan last week at 9.4 days and saw a good heart beat and all looked ok. Hubby has got very excited and is telling his parents and everyone today..I understand he wants to tell them. But part of me is still nervous about it not being 12 weeks? I know that isn’t a “magic” number, but everything you see says to wait until then..just wondered what people’s opinions are? And if they think the chance of anything has gone down a lot since we saw a heart beat? Thanks!

A good scan at 9 weeks is "safe" to announce. Yes, miscarriages do happen after that point, but it is very rare to have one after a good scan at 9 weeks.

Things can go wrong at any time, even after 12weeks. So there's no "safe" time to announce if that makes sense. The way I see it is that if something happened you would probably want the support of your loved ones so there is no harm in telling them at any time.

I wouldn’t but I’m old and have a terrible track record behind me. If you’re young I suspect it will be absolutely fine.

Chances of a healthy pregnancy after seeing a heartbeat at 9 weeks are very high. I'd tell anyone you'd be prepared to tell at 12 weeks.

Although I know some people prefer to wait for the anomaly scan at 20 weeks.

I think you'll be told that lots of people have seen a heartbeat at that stage and later only to later miscarry. You can tell as many people as you like, the only thing you should think about is if you'd be okay that they know if anything goes wrong.

Thanks everyone :) my husband made a good point. He said we will get to 12 weeks then you’ll be worried and want to wait until the 20 week one! Not to sure why I can’t just relax and accept things are going well..I’ve been very lucky with no symptoms so I guess it doesn’t help I don’t feel pregnant!
Thank you :)

When pregnant with my son we announced it at 9 weeks after a successful scan as with 3 previous losses before this felt like a turning point and people understood why I was so sick and grumpy. I said to my husband that I couldn't hide it if anything happened again and would need support this time rather than hide away like I did previously

Personally I'd wait to 12 to be uber careful ! I think we told parents at the 9 week scan though and the world in general around 16 weeks....