When did you tell people you were KU?

jessicah628 · June 2011

No, I'm not pregnant. Just bored. And surrounded by pregnant ladies.

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out?
parents?
siblings?
other family members?
close friends?
boss/coworkers?
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)?

ooodsie · June 2011

Totally thought this was an announcement.

lachute · June 2011

besides my husband, amynumbers was the first to know because she caught me on 1st tri.

we told the rest of the world after our dating ultrasound/ saw heartbeat and i was like 13 weeks at that point.

ValAndRyan · June 2011

Dh was when I found out.

We told Dan next around 8 weeks - we wanted to make sure he knew first from us and we were about to tell our parents at Christmas.

We told my parents, IL's and SIL next at Christmas time.

We started telling people around 10-12 weeks making sure fam and close friends knew first, then facebook world.

TappinPo · June 2011

jessicah628:

No, I'm not pregnant. Just bored. And surrounded by pregnant ladies.

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out? He was peeking at the stick trying to figure out what two lines meant

parents? Mother's Day, I was almost 11 weeks and we only broke down and told them then because my in-laws had jumped to their own conclusions after seeing us on Easter and were driving me crazy.

siblings? A week or so before our parents.

other family members? I just let the news go through the grapevine - which it did ... rapidly.

close friends? I told 2 right away, it kind of leaked out from there between 10 and 12 weeks (hard to lie 3 weeks in a row about why you aren't drinking)

boss/coworkers? The guys in my group figured out pretty fast since I stopped chugging coffee 24-7 and I was pretty sick in the beginning. I didn't tell everyone else until after my NT ultrasound at 12.5 weeks.

the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? 13 weeks

matthew24 · June 2011

jessicah628:

No, I'm not pregnant. Just bored. And surrounded by pregnant ladies.

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out?- that day at 5 am

parents?- I told my mom that day. I told my father a week or so later

siblings?- Not sure

other family members?- We announced at a family party right after Thanksgiving I was around 11 weeks.

close friends?- Best friend- that day, others at 13 weeks

boss/coworkers?- 15 weeks

the rest of the world (aka Facebook)?- I think at 22 weeks when we found she was a she.

Krystal6826 · June 2011

DH? Was here there when you found out? He found out just a couple minutes after I did.
parents? Last week at 8 weeks
siblings? My sister was at the same time as my parents. DH's siblings will probably be in the next couple weeks.
other family members? Around 11/12 weeks is our plan.
close friends? After the family.
boss/coworkers? I am hoping to make it til 16/17 weeks for this announcement.
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? In an ideal world no one would say anything on facebook. But realistically, hopefully around 16/17 weeks too.

JenD1018 · June 2011

jessicah628:

No, I'm not pregnant. Just bored. And surrounded by pregnant ladies.

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out? Later that day. He was out in the morning and I couldn't not POAS.

parents? This one is tricky because we have 4 sets of parents and we waited until we saw them in person. We told MIL at Easter because Mr.D's sisters were there too. We told my mom on Mother's Day. We called FIL because he lives in AZ and we just told my dad this past Saturday because he lives in Allentown and I don't see him that often.

siblings? My brother was actually the first to know in my family because I saw him first.

other family members? We told extended family at Memorial Day because I was 12 weeks and we had just had an ultrasound a few days prior.

close friends? I called my best friend the morning I took the test. We started telling other close friends after 9 weeks whenever we would see them.

boss/coworkers? Had to tell him at 11 weeks because I had back to back doctor's appts two days in a row and I didn't want him to think I was a slacker. Just told the rest of my office this morning.

the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? Just came out to FB this morning.

jessica0602 · June 2011

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out? I would have looked at the stick with him but the + came up almost instantly so as soon as I came out of the bathroom.
parents? About a week later
siblings? All siblings found out when the parents found out, except my sister who I told within half an hour of the BFP.
other family members? Extended family after we heard the heartbeat at 10 weeks.
close friends? Best friends knew within a week, right after the parents.
boss/coworkers? I told my boss just shy of 12 weeks because I was freaking out and had only been on the job about 3 weeks when I told him. CWs have been slowly finding out, some as recently as last week.
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? April Fool's day

MRS_MBW · June 2011

jessicah628:

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out? for #1- he was at work. i called him b/c i couldn't wait for him to get home. i was in shock. for #2 i told him as soon as i took the test. i asked him to come upstairs so i could show him the test. he kept asking why i needed him to come up. after he saw the test he said he thought i was calling him up to kill a bug.

parents? for both pregnancies we told our families after the first u/s when we saw the hb. i was about 8wks. along for both.

siblings? told our daughter the night before we told the rest of the family (was Christmas Eve Eve) we waited until the last possible minute b/c 3 yr olds cannot keep a secret.

other family members? see #2

close friends? told them when I was about through my first trimester for both kiddos

boss/coworkers? same as #5

the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? for #1 was not on FB. for #2 after my big u/s- about 20 weeks. my close friends new already.

MRS_MBW · June 2011

oh and duh- i read "siblings" and thought about the kiddos siblings. with my siblings/DH's we told them with the rest of the family.

eSynergy · June 2011

DH and I were together when we found out. Close girlfriends found out soon after b/c I wasn't drinking.

Everyone else found out after 12-13 weeks (including parents).

babe2331 · June 2011

No announcement here, but I was actually wondering about pps opinions on this recently. DH has a big mouth, so I am hoping when it finally does happen, he can manage to keep his mouth shut for a while. I always thought at 3 months was when you should tell people, but that is just me.

jpfeifer · June 2011

DH? Was here there when you found out? I waited until he got home, but it was positive before I was even done peeing on it, so he found out a few minutes after me.
parents? 13 weeks. I would have done it earlier, but I wanted to do it in person and this happened to fall over Christmas.
siblings? Same as parents, although my twin straight up asked me a few days after I found out and I had to lie. was pretty much my reaction because I never said anything about us even pulling the goalie.
other family members? Same week we were home visiting so 13ish weeks.
close friends? Two close friends knew at 8 weeks because we hang out every weekend and no drinking would have thrown them off, but everyone else was after we got back from Christmas with the family.
boss/coworkers? Due to all the appointments from our poor sequential screen, I had to tell my boss at 11 weeks. Everyone else was after our parents, so 13-14 weeks.
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? No FB here, but you guys I told around 13-14 weeks too.

tracyd21 · June 2011

Jess, I def thought this was an announcement, haha.

I find the responses interesting...If my memory serves me correctly, many of my friends did not wait until the 2nd tri to announce. When the time comes for me, I will definitely struggle with keeping my mouth shut or being outed because I'm not drinking. I have nosy friends and family members. I pretty much always have to have a beer in hand, otherwise people assume I'm pg. It's pretty damn annoying and I fear it would take the fun out of the announcement.

larrysdarling · June 2011

jessicah628:

No, I'm not pregnant. Just bored. And surrounded by pregnant ladies.

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out? He was there. I had to wake him up b/c I couldn't read the stick. The line was so faint.

parents? 7 weeks at a Mother's Day brunch.

siblings? Told my sister immediately b/c she's an ob/gyn. Everyone else found out on Mother's Day.

other family members?

close friends? Told a few nesties immediately b/c they were on af watch with me! I think other friends after 12 weeks.

boss/coworkers? 13 weeks.

the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? Somewhere around 18-20 weeks.

rumdrinx · June 2011

called DH at work.

Told a few nesties right away as they were all up in my stuff.

told family at around 10 weeks and then ...i think...maybe others around ...20? maybe? after amnio?

I have amnesia.

JenD1018 · June 2011

tracyd21:

Jess, I def thought this was an announcement, haha.

I find the responses interesting...If my memory serves me correctly, many of my friends did not wait until the 2nd tri to announce. When the time comes for me, I will definitely struggle with keeping my mouth shut or being outed because I'm not drinking. I have nosy friends and family members. I pretty much always have to have a beer in hand, otherwise people assume I'm pg. It's pretty damn annoying and I fear it would take the fun out of the announcement.

This is me. People had been watching my drinking habits like a hawk for months. It was very hard to hide it from people.

jessica0602 · June 2011

JenD1018:
tracyd21:

Jess, I def thought this was an announcement, haha.

I find the responses interesting...If my memory serves me correctly, many of my friends did not wait until the 2nd tri to announce. When the time comes for me, I will definitely struggle with keeping my mouth shut or being outed because I'm not drinking. I have nosy friends and family members. I pretty much always have to have a beer in hand, otherwise people assume I'm pg. It's pretty damn annoying and I fear it would take the fun out of the announcement.

This is me. People had been watching my drinking habits like a hawk for months. It was very hard to hide it from people.

Oh me too! I had to hide out from DH's family until we were ready to tell them, although several figured it out when I missed the craft beer festival back in March.

MRS_MBW · June 2011

JenD1018:
tracyd21:

Jess, I def thought this was an announcement, haha.

I find the responses interesting...If my memory serves me correctly, many of my friends did not wait until the 2nd tri to announce. When the time comes for me, I will definitely struggle with keeping my mouth shut or being outed because I'm not drinking. I have nosy friends and family members. I pretty much always have to have a beer in hand, otherwise people assume I'm pg. It's pretty damn annoying and I fear it would take the fun out of the announcement.

This is me. People had been watching my drinking habits like a hawk for months. It was very hard to hide it from people.

yeah- this is me as well. DH's family was asking and we just lied. My family didn't say anything but I found out after I came clean (at least for baby # 2) that this was a surprise to no one in either family. It didn't take the fun out of the announcement, though. Everyone was still excited and happy- and I was relieved it was finally out in the open.

MsTammy · June 2011

DH? Was here there when you found out? After the stick dried and I digested the (+) information for a few minutes.
parents? MIL the same day. Around 6/7 weeks after I saw the heartbeat at the dating u/s.
siblings? My brother found out through the grapevine. We told Andrew after the dating/heartbeat u/s.
other family members? SIL new the day I found out. We both had to pee on a stick. Mine was positive and her's was negative(thats the result she wanted).
close friends? I told my BFF after the dating u/s
boss/coworkers? My boss knew the day I peed on the stick. We are very very close and she called it before I even took the test.
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? Around 8 - 10 weeks? I tried holding out until 13 weeks, but most people knew by then anyways.

Shannon1110 · June 2011

DH was home when I POAS so he knew right away.

We told our parents and close friends/family pretty quickly. After losing a baby before, I knew if it happened again we would need their support.

My boss knew around 8 weeks but the rest of my office didn't find out until I was 12 weeks.

The rest of my family/friends/the land of facebook found out at 11 weeks because we had just had an ultrasound showing the heartbeat and I felt comfortable letting everyone know.

eaglesfan700 · June 2011

DH? Was here there when you found out? No, both times I told him later the same day. With Charlie I kind of knew I was ku before I tested and actually had plans to go to H's work for lunch
parents? With C we told them about 8 weeks, after my 1st appt. With S we had every intention of not telling everyone until later but around 10 weeks my SIL asked me at a party when we were thinking about #2 and she saw it in my face. My dad happened to be standing next to her and he just started crying and was like "are you really pregnant?" and then it spread like wildfire. I was fake drinking at this party to throw everyone off!
siblings? After my parents knew, I gave my mom the green light to start her phone chain lol. I told my one sister right away both times
other family members? See above
close friends? A few nesties knew right away both times, then I would tell a few more friends at different intervals after my parents knew
boss/coworkers? With C I told my work bff right away. Mr. eagles sent me flowers to work the day after and I had to tell someone
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? I never made an official FB announcement either time

ericanandy · June 2011

jessicah628:

DH? Was here there when you found out? Immediately after (first time he said no sh!t how about that... this time he was ecstatic and I was in shock)
parents? First time right away at 5 weeks because I had no local OBGYN and needed a rec, plus it was MIL's bday, This time 8 weeks
siblings? First and second time: 7 weeks
other family members? 13ish weeks
close friends? as soon as we found out
boss/coworkers? 16 weeks
the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? 16 weeks

ButtonsPepper · June 2011

When did you tell... DH? Was here there when you found out? He went in the BR with me to look at the stick. I tested REALLY early, so the line was extremely faint, we went digital the next day and saw Pregnant. He was also there for thatparents? We told my mom right away, who then told my fathersiblings? Told my sister right away, the rest of my siblings after our 2nd US at 8 weeksother family members? after our 11.5 week u/s we gave the clear that parents could tell family members. close friends? After the 11.5 week u/sboss/coworkers? Had to tell my boss really early because of complications/tons of dr. appointments and because I was high risk, everyone else around 13 weeks.the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? 13 weeks (maybe 12.5, I can't remember). I created a fake name to go on my month board and saw a few ladies from here over there.

just_JRM · June 2011

jessicah628:

No, I'm not pregnant. Just bored. And surrounded by pregnant ladies.

When did you tell...

DH? Was here there when you found out? About 2 hours after I POAS. DH was working late and I told him over the phone. I don't really do Enfamil moments.

parents? 8 weeks after our 1st u/s and heard the hb. Note it was not my preference to tell this early but it was nearly impossible to contain DH. His grandmother was very ill and he felt the family needed some good news.

siblings? I'm an only child. I think DH told his siblings at 11 weeks?

other family members? Most of DH's family at 12 weeks as we saw them at a funeral. Rest of my family, last week (17 weeks). Apparently my parents didn't spread the word like DH's did.

close friends? One or 2 right away. A few others gradually before I was "out." One of my friends works with me and saw me coming down the hall at 11 weeks and said she could tell.

boss/coworkers? Boss at ~15 weeks because we re-orged and my position involves international travel. Otherwise I would have waited even longer. Co-workers about a week after although those in the cubes around me were speculating for weeks.

the rest of the world (aka Facebook)? FB - the last few days. No big annoucement, just routine status updates which prompted questions.

jessicah628 · June 2011

I'm finding all of these responses fascinating, particularly how long some waited to tell parents and siblings. I think it will be very difficult for me to hold out on telling my parents in particular.

jpfeifer · June 2011

JenD1018:
tracyd21:

Jess, I def thought this was an announcement, haha.

I find the responses interesting...If my memory serves me correctly, many of my friends did not wait until the 2nd tri to announce. When the time comes for me, I will definitely struggle with keeping my mouth shut or being outed because I'm not drinking. I have nosy friends and family members. I pretty much always have to have a beer in hand, otherwise people assume I'm pg. It's pretty damn annoying and I fear it would take the fun out of the announcement.

This is me. People had been watching my drinking habits like a hawk for months. It was very hard to hide it from people.

DH was in a wedding when I was 6-7 weeks along and I was invited in the limo with the bridal party. I held a beer the whole time and "faked drinked" it was really hard to hide it that night, but ended up fooling all but one person (who didn't say anything to me that she noticed until after we announced).

just_JRM · June 2011

Depends on your relationship with all of the interested parties...

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