Anonymous wrote:After having a 14 week loss and was going to announce it, I have no interest in telling anyone pretty much ever if I ever stop losing pregnancies (on loss #4)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when do we tell people? its 6 weeks too early?
I'm in the same boat, currently 4 weeks and so far we have told our parents, my best friend, and 2 other close couple friends. We probably would have waited to tell the couples, but we had a pre planned weekend away and they would have noticed I wasn't drinking. They are very very close friends and both told us at around 5 weeks pregnant so we felt comfortable sharing the news with them. If we hadn't we would have just made up an excuse as to why I wasn't drinking.
We've decided until we see a heartbeat we will only tell people if we see them in person and they are people we would lean on if we had a loss. After that we will reevaluate when we want to share the news.
Great approach. Some people need to be told since they could notice all this: weight gain, changes in food consumption [what is eaten and how much] , the nausea, any vomiting, change in sleep-mood. One of my pregnancies meant pulling over the car to puke - cut out highway driving for awhile unless I was the passenger. Friend with me in the car deserved to know.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when do we tell people? its 6 weeks too early?
I'm in the same boat, currently 4 weeks and so far we have told our parents, my best friend, and 2 other close couple friends. We probably would have waited to tell the couples, but we had a pre planned weekend away and they would have noticed I wasn't drinking. They are very very close friends and both told us at around 5 weeks pregnant so we felt comfortable sharing the news with them. If we hadn't we would have just made up an excuse as to why I wasn't drinking.
We've decided until we see a heartbeat we will only tell people if we see them in person and they are people we would lean on if we had a loss. After that we will reevaluate when we want to share the news.
Anonymous wrote:when do we tell people? its 6 weeks too early?
Anonymous wrote:I had multiple miscarriages in a row. Support turns to pity quickly. I tell my closest supports immediately, but we wouldn’t tell anyone else until much later.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would only tell the people you would lean on for support if something were to go wrong.
+1.
Congrats OP!
Mom with history of miscarriages here.
With my DD (successful pregnancy) I told my best friend, mom and sister as soon as I tested positive. I told other close family (in-laws, etc. not random cousins) after the 7 or 8-week dating ultrasound, where they found a heartbeat. It was not guaranteed at that point but my other miscarriages were earlier than that so I felt a bit safer. I told the rest of the world at 14 weeks (after the NIPT screening came back negative).
With my other pregnancies I regretted telling before at least seeing a heartbeat -- even family members.
It's a very personal choice.
You can see a heartbeat, multiple times before you don't. NIPT was clear too.
Anonymous wrote:when do we tell people? its 6 weeks too early?
Anonymous wrote:Only tell those you’d be comfortable sharing a loss with. For me, I told my best friend immediately. Didn’t tell parents until 16 weeks. Told everyone else after 20-wk anatomy scan.