When did you tell family?
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My first we waited til after 12 weeks. This one we might wait the same amount of time. I had a miscarriage recently at 7 weeks so I'm just hoping to make it past that first and then hopefully see something on the dating scan and then we can plan from there. I don't think there's a right or wrong time to tell anyone really.
I told close family, and best friends immediately. Tell everyone at Christmas; that'll be nice.
Whenever is right for you. People generally wait until 12 weeks as the chance of miscarrying dramatically decreases by then. If that’s a concern and you would rather deal with the situation privately if the unthinkable were to happen, then wait. Otherwise if these are the people in your circle of trust that you would call on for support and comfort in that type of dreaded scenario, why not tell them?
Congratulations!! What exciting news to have for Christmas time. For our first we told my parents literally the day we found out (1 day before period was due), and my in laws at 12 weeks as they aren’t great at secrets. For our second we told both sides of the family at 5 weeks.
I remember blabbing to my partner in a hidden way but he clued on, but let me officially tell him in my own time, I was very scared of miscarriage as I have pcos, took me a long time to get pregnant, but I couldn't wait after I told him and he was okay with it as we were both over joyed and of bub did pass I do believe you'd want that support, tell partner and see what he says:)
Told our parents about our first at 6 weeks and our second around 4/5 weeks. Even if something were to go wrong we would like their support so felt comfortable telling them
Sad update: I did tell family and unfortunately did miscarry yesterday while in hospital for unusual bleeding and cramps.
So sorry for your loss lovely, that's got to be so hard. Hope you've got a good support system around you xx
With my third I told my in laws at about 10 weeks because they were staying with us and my parents at 12 weeks. With my first we told our parents at about 7 weeks. We wouldn’t keep a miscarriage a secret so I don’t believe that you need to wait. Also if you’re sick and need additional help with kids it’s nice to have that support. Also if you usually drink on Christmas Day they’ll figure it out anyway, better to be able to tell them in the way you want to. You’ll have heaps of people telling you to wait for superstitious and old fashioned reasons but just do what brings you joy. Especially with your third baby like how many more of these moments do you get? Do it however and whenever you want.