Telling everyone

Two of my friends haven’t shared their news widely until 16 weeks and that’s gotten into my head a bit. I also have reasons not to share too early because of previous losses. But at the same time I want to be able to feel happy when I finally reach 12 weeks next Thursday (I hope!!) When are you telling people?
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I’ll be telling people at 12 weeks, the same as my first child. i hate keeping secrets and the excitement gets too much so i always do the socially acceptable thing and announce at 12 weeks on the dot 🤣🤣 xx

I’ll be announcing after my 12 week scan so I’ll be around 5+4 depending on when they date me x

Do whatever feels right for you xx

My mom said she told everyone as soon as she found out. I told my parents and siblings as soon as we found out too. I wanted to share in the process and of course if there is a loss, God protect us all, then I would want the family I shared as support anyways. But I’m not a public person to share with social media anytime

It’s all very personal to you and when you feel comfortable. With all of our pregnancies (inc previous losses) we’ve told family early but not shared more widely until 12 weeks 😊 do what you want to do, not what others are doing!

Weve waited this time. Because if we shared with family there’s too many that are risk factors of letting it slip to our 8 year old and if the 8 year old knows we might as well take out a newspaper ad 🤣 I’ve actually quite enjoyed keeping the secret. Don’t get me wrong I’m looking forward to being able to share - especially because it’s getting hard to hide - but I have enjoyed being in our little baby secret bubble 🥰

I told my mum and sister when I found out and then waited till 6-8 weeks to tell other close family .. I’m waiting till 12 weeks to tell anyone else that I care about 😂

We've told parents, siblings and closest friends from around 7 weeks. I am now 10 weeks. This was partially because I was feeling awful and was being sick, so would've been hard to hide, but also should things take a negative turn, we have their support. I've always found it harder to support people when they told me they've had a miscarriage but didn't know they were pregnant. BUT it's absolutely personal preference:)

I was going to wait until week 20 but got too excited after the week 12 scan

We’re waiting till 12 weeks to tell close family and friends. We were then going to announce more widely around 16 weeks. Agree it’s all so personal, so whenever it feel right for yourself.

I’ve suffered 3 loses and found it was easier to tell people this time round that we were pregnant when we got the positive test. It’s so hard to break bad news when people don’t even know you’re pregnant! Family/friends will want to support you too. The 1st trimester is soo hard! Do what feels best for you 💕 xx

I told my family at 10 weeks. Going to tell my friends soon, as I’ve been acting a bit of a hermit in my permanently exhausted state so it will be good for them to understand and be able to be there for me.

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