Who actually waited to tell?

Just curious...how many of you who got a BFP waited the 12 week period to tell family and friends that you were pregnant or did you tell your family as soon as you found out?

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Told DH immediately as soon as I POAS (duh).

Told my bff and my dad at 6 w as soon as the blood test confirmed.

Told my mom at 7 w.

Told my grandfather, aunts, and brother at 8 w as soon as we heard the heartbeat and the OB said we could tell the world if we wanted.

Told close friends in person and a few on the phone from about 9 - 10 w on.

Posted on FB for the rest of the world at 14 w.

Does that count as waiting?

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Told family right away, waited 12 weeks to tell everyone else

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With dd#1 we told our parents at 12 weeks and everyone else at 15 weeks.

With dd#2 we told our parents at about 10 weeks and told everyone else at 12 weeks at dd#1's first birthday party.

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We told family and close friends at 6 weeks. At the time I was working and our busiest season was approaching so I told my boss and coworkers at 10 weeks.

This time around we will probably tell family and close friends at 6 weeks. And the rest of the world will find out as we see them.

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I told my parents and close friends right away. Everyone else (came out on FB) at 9 weeks. It was very hard for me to keep it a secret

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-DH was there when I POAS

-I told my sister the day after I POAS

-We told DH's mom and my Dad at 5.5 weeks after it was confrimed through bloodtests (wanted to make sure the numbers were going up)

-I am 6 weeks and those are the only people we have told. I am going to try to wait until at least 10 weeks to tell other family and close friends. Then I will let everyone else (the FB world) know after 12 weeks.

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Told a few close friends right away

Told our parents & siblings after the first appt at 8 weeks

Told the rest of our family and friends after our 12 week appointment

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Thanks ladies. I was just thinking about this and I dont think I could keep it a secret from my immediate family. I think I would tell them as soon as I got a BFP but then I hear that thats bad luck. Is that true?

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i'm only 5 and a half weeks and we already told our families. I'll wait til 12 weeks to tell friends.

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Waited an hour to tell DH (but only because I tested at 545 am!)

Told our bff's after the first appt

Told our parents/siblings after the 2nd appt (where we saw the heartbeat) at about 9 weeks

Told the rest of the family (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc) after 13 weeks

Announced on FB at 17 weeks

eta: we told our friends before our families b/c I wanted to tell them on mother's day. We put a sono pic in a card - and their reactions were priceless!

Message edited 8/3/2010 1:11:38 PM.

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When I got pregnant with my DD we told our parents and siblings the same day we got our first BFP even though it was soooo faint. We also told out very close friends right away. We told immediate family at 9 weeks and co-workers at 12 weeks. There was NO way I could hold out for 12 weeks!!!

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Dh knew about 2 mins after I took the test...

Told my parents and brother at around 7 weeks...

I'm almost 13 weeks now, and no one else knows yet...

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- I waited 1 day to tell DH

- We waited 2 weeks after BFP to tell our parents and sibling (so I was about 6 weeks)

- We haven't told anyone else yet. We just saw the heartbeat for the first time yesterday at 7w5d. My birthday is in 2 weeks and I think we may end up telling my extended family - aunts, uncles, etc. - then. We will also probably tell close friends then. I'd like to wait a while until telling everyone else, like 20 weeks. I don't know if I'll be able to plus DH is DYING to tell everyone he knows

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We told our family between 8-10 weeks (parents first, siblings later)
Then we waited until 12 weeks to tell everyone else.

I think I was like 6 months along before DH told people at work!

I wanted to wait because we werent ttc when we got our BFP so I felt like it couldn't be this easy for us when I knew other people having problems getting pregnant, so I wanted to wait until we were further along!

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We couldn't wait when I found out I was PG with DS and told pretty much everyone at 5 weeks.

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Told my DH and my sister right away.
Told our parents, my stepson, and our close friends after we heard the heartbeat at 8 weeks.
Told the world at 12 weeks.

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We were going to wait but since it took me 10 months to concieve I couldn't keep it in and we told close family & friends.. Not all family or friends know yet though.. I'm 5 weeks.. I think after I have my 6week sono and see a heartbeat then I'll tell the rest..

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I told DH and parents right away. Then close family and friends a few days weeks later. Unfortunately I had a M/C so I will NEVER tell people again that early, except DH. We are not planning on telling our parents until a few weeks and NO ONE else until 2nd trimester.

My advice would be not to tell anyone except DH and parents. I am very very very private with people IRL so I am very upset that so many people knew about M/C.

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We waited...We only told our moms and dads but we waited to tell relatives after 12 wks.... We didn't want to jinx anything ....