We have our anatomy scan this week, I figure I’ll make calls to friends abroad next weekend, and I’m going to see my coworkers at their office week after next, so I’ll tell them in person then, but plan to tell my boss in advance so that she has a heads up.In her post for Australian website Mamamia, Cachia wrote, “Am I apparently in the clear and past the sacred 12-week mark? No.” She then went on to explain that although “societal norms prevent us from freely announcing pregnancy until after the 12-week mark,” she felt it was important to her to share the news early. I do have a few friends who I won’t see in the next five months (they live abroad) and I work remotely so nobody at work has heard either. We won’t be making a pregnancy announcement on social media (we will announce baby’s arrival) so we’re just sticking with telling people as we see them (19 weeks today!) in person.
When should you announce your pregnancy full#
The rest of the crew has heard as we’ve had a chance to see them in person (Thanksgiving and Christmas were full of reveals).
My husbands mom (his parents are divorced) is a bit more fragile so we waited until about ten weeks to tell her so that she would be less likely to have to hear about a loss in case. We wanted support systems in place for better or worse. We told my parents at five weeks, and my husbands dad the same weekend. If that’s the case, sing it loud and proud to them!Ĭongratulations to you! It’s an exciting time, and you should celebrate that in whatever way feels right to you 😊 A good guideline is to think about whether you’d like their support if you had a miscarriage.
Having said that, there is no reason to not share it with people you want to share with. I still don’t feel safe, but I can’t hide it anymore so no point in trying :) This time we wanted it confirmed early and later before we felt comfortable saying anything. We had already started telling people by then in that pregnancy and it just took too much energy from what we were going through to tell them the pregnancy didn’t work out. The reason for waiting so long is that I’ve gone through a missed miscarriage before with no signs anything was wrong until the ultrasound showed no heartbeats at 11 weeks. The rest of the family found out at 12 weeks after the second ultrasound and then we started trickling it out. The moms found out around 9 weeks after an ultrasound that had a confirmed heartbeat. I told a few people at 5 weeks (sister and two friends who were also pregnant) because it wasn’t going to work hiding it for so long and the support was nice. Most new folks are finding out through word of mouth. This was after my anatomy scan came back normal.īy now everyone can know, but I'm not doing any more big announcements. This includes friends, facebook, and the rest of the office. I want to take lots of time off of work, so I wanted to give him lots of advance notice.Ģ0-21 weeks for the rest of the world.
I called him once we found out we were having a boy.ġ4+5 for my boss. He and I aren't close, we talk maybe twice or three times a year. It was someone's birthday so we got them a birthday present with the ultrasound photo in it.ġ4+1 for my dad. We found out the week before, and I decided I'd rather have told them in person for a healthy pregnancy than over the phone, and they would likely find out if I had a loss anyway.Ĩ+2 for my in laws. We live across the country and all happened to be together for a previously planned day trip.
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