Apprehensive about telling close friends

[Strawberry06]

So I'm 7 weeks tomorrow and a couple of close friends have enquired about meeting up this week and I feel like I cant say no as I've already put them off twice. Reason being is I'd just found out about my pregnancy which I'm already nervous about as I had a miscarriage in January (1st baby).

If I do meet them, I feel like I will end up telling them but I'm in two minds about it. Firstly, I think the 12ww is bullshit and by not telling them is like waiting for something to go wrong and I'd kind of like them to know as one is a mum already to two young daughters and one has a stepdaughter - I know they'd be a good support. Plus it would only be those 2 out of the 7 of us girlfriends.

The other part of me thinks that by telling them, I'll be jinxing it and just feel its better no one knows yet (so far only me, hubby and my parents are aware - not telling his parents as we plan to turn up an surprise his mum when we visit when I'll be 15 weeks)

What would you do?

I would tell them, if they were close enough friends that I'd like/ need their support if something were to go wrong.

I totally understand your feelings here, but I now realise that telling people early was a really great decision, even in the knowledge that things don't turn out as planned. The support I had in those early days was invaluable, even more so because my first pregnancy had also been a very complicated miscarriage. It's also nice to share because it means that you encourage others to do the same.

I'd tell them - if anything goes wrong it won't be because you told two close friends. And you'll be grateful for the support either way