How many of you ladies spilled the beans?

[PrinceE&LsMom]

Did everyone tell their families they were pregnant over the holidays?

I did not and am not sure when I will tell this time. With my 1st I told when I was 13 weeks and with my second I told when I was 19 weeks.

[peilover010202]

Wow! I do not have that kind of willpower. We told MIL, my mom, my dad, and dh's gma as soon as we found out. But, with all my spotting - we asked them to not share the news until our u/s on 12/23 - but everyone told anyway so there we a lot of people in our family's who knew, but didn't know anyone else knew. It was kind of funny. So, over Christmas we told everyone officially

[the_lissa]

We told them as soon as the stick had two lines.

[radiogirlgr]

We waited a few days-and told my in-laws at a family Christmas party on the 17th, and my parents in an Anniversary card to them shortly after. I can't wait that long! LOL!

[maxwill129]

We sent out a Christmas card saying

"Love,
Matt, Shannon
Max, Lucy and..."

[mamamerle]

We'll be waiting until Valentine's Day to tell everyone.

[magpiedee]

Yup, we told... a little! The reasoning is that we only told people who we would tell if I miscarried, people who are close and supportive. Parents, grandparents, sister and best friends. It is so hard not to tell, though! The reasoning is sound, but i'm just not prone to secrets and I can't lie well at all.

Thank goodness for online message boards!

[beemama]

We've told everyone we know, or at least everyone we've talked to since we found out... and a few christmas cards shared our news, as well. We've been trying for over a year & we're just so excited!

[Ary99]

I like the Valentines idea too. I see no reason to get everybody all excited yet; it was so devastating to "untell" last time. I just can't deal with it, especially with my nieces and nephews. I told a couple of old high school friends last night who I met for dinner because I am already starting to have a little belly. I just couldn't let them think I was chubby, lol.

[jenmk]

DH was hesitant to start telling people, and I thought telling in our holiday cards would be good--get the news out to most everyone efficiently. But I let him decide.

He started with a little note in our parents' cards "Your Christmas gift is on backorder and will be delivered in August." Then he decided to tell friends who are expecting baby #4. Then it was another friend. Some he told outright, some he used creative ways of telling.

Then the floodgates opened. The man can't keep his mouth shut now!

[Racecar]

We are not telling family (who we tell most things to on a "need to know" basis unfortunately) until pretty much the end of the first trimester.

I have told my mama-friends who were waiting in suspense to get any news regarding my dh's recent vasectomy reversal. It was a success!!

[3_angels]

Not telling anyone till Valentine's Day... with three previous miscarriages I want to spare family and friends the disappiontment just in case. My second tri should start 2/8 so I'm hoping to tell all when it's safe, this would be the best Valentine's Day present...

[RoseRed]

I wanted to tell everyone over Valentines day.. Thought it would be great holiday to do so. But with every person in my Family in town over the holidays and my father moving to Reno in a week it just couldn't wait (mostly by the husbands prompting)
Got a very interesting reatction too.. evryone screamed and got very excited and then there was silence lol

[Tofu the Geek]

We told my parents and MIL. SIL figured it out as I refused every drink she offered me at X-mas. I didn't want anyone else to know right now, but my mom let it slip to some of her sisters and SIL bought us a card when she suspected which I opened in front of a zillion family members thinking it was an X-mas card. Grrr.

[SlingWearin'Mama]

We did the extra stocking on the fireplace way to tell people. It went pretty well, there was some delay in figuring it out, most people thought it was an extra stocking for the cats until they saw "August" and were totally confused and then we filled them in!

[veganf]

yep

My husband told my mother, his sister, and his mother by phone. Everyone else we filled in via holiday cards.

- Krista

[Robynee]

We told our families over Thanksgiving. I kind of had to because everyone knew we wanted another baby so of course we were asked. I just can't keep my mouth shut.

[vickin]

We told my in laws as soon as we found out, but we waited to tell my family since we knew we would be with them for Christmas. I wrapped up a Christmas stocking and put "Baby (and our last name)" on it. I had my mom and dad open it up at the same. We have it all on video! It was great! Lots of tears and hugs were shared.

[Ursula Rose]

we told our fathers, one sister, my martial arts teachers, and a few friends. the friends figured it out pretty quickly when i declined drinks. (our friends have been pretty checked into to our trying to conceive journey over the past year.)

we will tell everyone else at the end of the 1st tri -- 1/29.

[mrs rockstar]

We've told a small handful of friends but are waiting on telling our families. Particularly my mother as she's headed out of state for a 3 month vacation on New Year's day and I'm afraid she won't go if she knows