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Telling family, this early, are we crazy?!

32 replies

LEBW · 01/12/2019 08:37

Hi,
Just looking for a bit of guidance. Got my BFP last night, I'm only 10 dpo (AF not due till Thursday) but I had strong symptoms/have zero patience.

Told a very pissed DH when he came home and spent night chatting and he said let's tell our families tomorrow (so today!).

Is that silly? If anything negative, god forbid, did happen I'd tell them all anyway we are both really close with our families and they wouldn't gossip. Just wondering if people think it's silly?

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Boymummy3 · 01/12/2019 16:44

I personally would wait till af date had been and gone just as chemical pregnancies are so common... (hopefully not in your case) by then you will be around 5/6 weeks anyway so then go for it but like other pp have said its personal choice and Completly upto you x

Chlosavxox · 01/12/2019 16:52

I told my mom as soon as I took the test🤷🏼‍♀️ but I have an extremely close relationship to her and tell her everything. Told my siblings and dad about a week later when I'd actually missed my period but that's it - I had a miscarriage in July but I still feel comfortable telling people close to me because they'd be the people I'd tell if I had another miscarriage anyway

meow1989 · 01/12/2019 16:52

I send my sister a pic of the test at 12 days post ov as I wasnt convinced. We told our parents at 4 weeks because we were so excited.

I suppose it depends on whether if, goodness forbid, anything happened you would like or need their support.

LEBW · 01/12/2019 17:44

Thank you for all your input, it definitely has made me decide to just tell the closest of close family.
We ended up telling my parents and sister and my mother in law and SIL. We've said that's it for now.
Didn't really know about chemical pregnancies until people have mentioned them so now I'm a bit worried, I did do a digital test which came back as 'positive 1-2 weeks' would I still have a chance of having a chemical pregnancy at this point?

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LH1987 · 01/12/2019 17:54

I will tell my family next week, when I get to 12 weeks. I would be afraid that if anything happened it might be very upsetting for them and I would feel bad about that. But everyone is different, I don't think there is a right or wrong answer.

JoGose · 01/12/2019 17:57

I told my mum straight away, everyone else I waited until 12 weeks

DappledThings · 01/12/2019 19:57

We told family pretty much as soon as we knew. My first pregnancy did end in a miscarriage at 10 weeks and it didn't change my mind the next time about telling people right away again.

There's nothing crazy about it all whether you tell people at 5 weeks or 35.

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