When and how did you tell everyone (other than close family and friends) you were pregnant?

[Mamma2837]

I mean people you are not in very frequent contact with, or people you see in passing and have a quick chat with but are not close to.

So for example, friends you don't see often, parents on school run, regulars at your local shop.

Did you do a pregnancy/bump announcement? Did you tell people as it came up or did you try to find any opportunity? Or did you just let your bump make it obvious?

I'm struggling with this a bit - I'm not good at volunteering information about myself and usually keep chat to a friendly distance. As a result I'm going into my third trimester and there are loads of people who I haven't seen for months and who don't know. Or for people I see frequently in passing chat with them is so short that I never think to tell them until afterwards. Now my bump is really obvious and a few have asked directly (and I'm always happy to talk about it) but most people are too polite to ask.

I will probably do a Facebook announcement once baby is here and of course everyone local to me will see, but should I be making more of an effort? I feel like I've left it too late in a way. 😅

Just when it came up usually. A few people asked why I wasn't drinking at a wedding when I was 10 weeks so I just told them.

Someone else at about 6 weeks because I didn't have my usual goat's cheese salad at our weekly lunch.

Some people not till about 20 weeks at another wedding when I wasn't drinking again.

I quite liked other people telling for me so I didn't have to bring it up.

I don’t get the need to announce a pregnancy. Surely you’ve told the people you are close to, do you really need to go out of your way to tell people you don’t communicate with frequently? They’ll see the bump or the baby at some stage.

everyone i loved very much… within a day or two (siblings, my 4 best friends)
every one else post first scan

not close friends or family but people you’d rather hear the news from you rather than anyone else

for example

I told family after our 12 week scan. I told a few close friends in person, as and when saw them, over the course of a few weeks later. told ones in work recently as I was starting to show (27 weeks) and also a few people have straight up asked me.
I don't like to advertise things to the whole world or social media either and don't know if i will at all. Those closest to me already know 😅

I didn't really I did a photo on social media of my first and that's the first about knew about it. Very superstitious though as had a relative have a still born so didn't even buy much sort from things I needed to till they arrived. Second was a Covid baby so lots of ppl didn't know about them until they were about. 5/6 months!!

I don't plan to do an announcement, but there are people I see quite frequently like neighbours that I haven't told, and now that my bump is very obvious I think they are too polite to ask. I feel a bit silly not to have something by now, but it hasn't really come up! I think if I had told them they would do the usual baby chat. Whereas there are other people in the same area who I am less friendly with or see even less frequently but have asked very directly. So it's just a weird balance of people I don't very know well who know and are asking how I am, and people I know a bit better who probably know but are not saying anything. And I don't know how to bring it up when we talk for less than 2 mins a day.

So for example, friends you don't see often, parents on school run, regulars at your local shop.

Er, I didn’t tell them 😵‍💫 imagine going up to someone in the shop ‘I see you here often, thought I’d let you know I’m pregnant’ 😂

Third time round I didn’t tell many people before 20 weeks, I had a lot of acquaintances I hadn’t seen or heard from in those 20 weeks so then I chose not to tell them at all. Felt weird to send a message out of the blue saying I was pregnant when we hadn’t enquired about each other for so long.

Actual friends and family I told by phone/whatsapp.

On MN it’s very unusual to just tell people.
It’s usually announced.

We just told family and friends.

Random acquaintances don’t actually really care anyway so I wouldn’t bother ‘announcing’ it to them. They will soon put two and two together I’m sure when they see you with the baby.