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[quote=Anonymous]Please don't read too much into the timing of her pregnancy announcement.  If you've never been pregnant, maybe you don't know that there really are only a few weeks in which it is reasonable to announce a pregnancy.  Many of us like to wait until 12 weeks, when the danger of miscarriage decreases dramatically, but you can't wait much past 16-18 weeks because you may be showing by then.

In my case, we had to tell my husband's family a couple weeks earlier than I would have otherwise liked because we were scheduled to go to his sister's wedding when I was about 14-15 weeks.  I didn't know if I could keep it a secret then, but I also didn't want to announce right amidst all the frenzy for her wedding, so we ended up telling my husband's parents and siblings at about 10 weeks (so that the excitement could pass and everyone could return to paying attention to the wedding).

But who knows if we succeeded.  Maybe his sister thinks we "stole the spotlight" from her.  She's a lovely person, so I doubt it, but my point remains: the timing on these announcements isn't as simple as you'd think, especially if there are sensitive feelings involved.[/quote]

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