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How many weeks did you tell close family?

18 replies

indieray · 23/03/2023 11:41

I'm 5 weeks & we've had told our parents but to keep it quiet for now. We haven't told sisters or brothers /aunts etc we are very close family however!
I've had 3 losses so I'm wondering whether to just tell close immediate as in sisters/brothers etc!
I've only also told my best friend who is also like my sister!
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rosegoldivy · 23/03/2023 11:44

For dd1 told parents about 7weeks close friends about 9 weeks and everyone else at 13weeks.

With dtwins told Best friend the day got positive line coz I freaked out.
Told parents at 7 weeks again and everyone else after 12 weeks

KM91 · 23/03/2023 11:46

We spread ours out a bit really. Told DH mum and sisters at 7 weeks (after first scan which was early due to IVF) We host big family Christmas’ at ours for family so told them all at 10 weeks two days before Christmas (the day after another scan which I wanted to be sure all was still ok) I would have held out until 12 weeks but didn’t want to be running around after everybody and hiding not drinking over Christmas and New year)

Blondie1024 · 23/03/2023 11:49

Congratulations 🎊. I'm also 5 weeks pregnant but haven't told anyone yet other than my partner. We want to tell our other children first but want to make sure everything is OK.

LonelyInTheOcean · 23/03/2023 11:55

On DC1 we told some people at 8 weeks, but they ended up spreading the news there and then, when we told them not to until the 12 week scan.
Learnt our lesson on DC2 and told nobody until after the 12 week scan.

Alarae · 23/03/2023 12:32

We told our family at just before 12 weeks, as we had to travel to see them and booked a private scan along the way to make sure everything was okay.

I actually told my best friend the day I took the test, as she lived nearby and would be a great help if anything were to go wrong.

VikingLady · 23/03/2023 12:38

I told people immediately because I'd have needed support if anything had gone wrong. But if id been someone who'd rather keep that to myself, I'd have waited til after the 12w scan.

3WildOnes · 23/03/2023 12:41

I told close friends and family immediately. I've had quite a few miscarriages and I appreciated being able to talk about my losses when they occurred.

TealDreams · 23/03/2023 12:44

Told my mum at 5 weeks as had bleeding. Then told my dad & husbands mum at 8 (how mum kept it from my dad I don't know!!) then told my husbands dad and step mum at 10 weeks as that's the earliest we could see them. X

BackOfTheMum5net · 23/03/2023 16:16

12 weeks, as it was Christmas Day and very suspicious that I wasn’t having a drink! 😂

Pollywoddles · 23/03/2023 16:23

Told my Dad at 10 weeks, Mum at 15, brother at 26. Best friend at 17 weeks and after that I didn’t make any announcements, people could see for themselves. We’d had lots of losses so didn’t want to get any hopes up.

Palm7rees · 23/03/2023 16:25

About 14 weeks with the last one. 3rd.
pregnancy’s last FOREVER so I thought the later I told people the better!

marshmallowsforbreakfast · 23/03/2023 16:29

20 weeks with the first, currently 13 weeks and trying to keep it shhh although my jeans are tighter. Can't think of anything worse than having bad news and delivering it to everyone else whilst dealing with my own grief.

DustyLee123 · 23/03/2023 16:29

12 weeks, after the first scan.

sommeliermama · 23/03/2023 16:41

I hadn't planned on telling family until 10 ish weeks when I was visiting them, but I had a heavy bleed at 6 weeks and thought it was all ending so had to tell them at that point. Everything turned out fine thankfully! Didn't tell everyone else until 12 weeks

MermaidsArePickMeGirls · 23/03/2023 16:46

We told friends as soon as we knew and family when I started showing, so over 20 weeks with first and 15 weeks with the second and third.

Maryandherlamb · 23/03/2023 16:53

About 13 weeks for everyone, just after the first scan. We could have told them earlier, but if I'd have had a miscarriage I wouldn't have wanted them to know. We're not super close emotionally so we chose to keep it quiet at first.

Got2besoon · 23/03/2023 17:23

5 weeks for our parents with DS1 but then we also told them at 5 weeks with pregnancy 2 which ended up being a MMC and I wished I hadn't told anyone.

I'm now 6 weeks and have no plans to tell anyone until after the scan.

PeopleAreToads · 23/03/2023 18:18

I'm currently 10 weeks and having a scan at 11 weeks and telling family and close friends after that, and anyone else after the NHS 12 week scan (when I'll actually be 13 weeks)

Would have held out telling anyone til after the NHS scan but going away with friends next weekend and with not drinking and the exhaustion/sickness I wouldn't have been able to hide it

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