Who have you told so far? - Page 2

[*Amy*]

MEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my god!!! :

Wow, I am so happy we get to do this together again!:

[MelW]

So now I've told Amy, too!

I'm so glad we're doing this together again, too :

[mamato2boys]

DH, and a few close friends.

We have all our family coming over this weekend for my youngests birthday, I'm not sure if we are telling them yet. And we can't tell the boys if we aren't telling family yet We need to decide soon!

[bodhitree]

Oops...now a friend of mine from knitting group knows, because she works at the library and saw I was checking out The Joy of Pregnancy. She asked, and I just said we weren't saying anything yet and she could officially find out later. She said she looks forward to congratulating me. I'm just going to assume it falls under some sort of librarian/patron privilege and she probably won't say anything to our other friends.

[CEVmommy]

I've been telling all kinds of people. I'm not shy about it! But DH is more reserved, so I'm trying not to go too crazy. I had to tell my boss and some people at work already because I need to sign up for special pregnancy monitoring, like radioactivity and chemicals and stuff (I work in a research lab).

[inky leeuhhh]

well, dp is out of town (gets back tomorrow thank god) and i want to tell him in person. so the only people who know are my online friends! lol. i just got my + this am. i wont want to tell anyone till im at least 10 wks and i feel like im in the clear. last time i told my mom, and she told EVERYONE. ugh! i may end up having to tell my boss because with my last pg the nausea was awful. i teach preschool so it would be obvious that *something was going on. lol. my grandma may guess because she seems to know everything, but i think she would keep it to herself. im looking forward to telling my dps sister. they just had a baby and will be happy to have a cousin for her close in age!

[mayakas]

I showed DH the BFP right away and since he's a man he refused to believe that a faint-ish line is still considered a positive. I've also told my mom who is sworn to secrecy (I fully expect her to blab to my dad though) and she is pressurizing me to tell my brother and SIL even though we haven't even told the in-laws yet! Since it will be my in-laws first grandchild we really want to wait until we see at least a heartbeat on the u/s so they don't get their heart set on it too early. MIL happens to be visiting us right now so DH and I are having fun with our naughty little secret

p.s. I had a little bleeding at about the 4.5-5w mark and then I felt really guilty about telling my mom about the BFP because she also had to endure the agonizing wait for me to see the doctor - I might wait a little longer to tell her next time!

[mayakas]

Originally Posted by bodhitree

Oops...now a friend of mine from knitting group knows, because she works at the library and saw I was checking out The Joy of Pregnancy.

I know exactly what you mean! I was browsing the pregnancy section in the library (which is patronized by a million people who know my MIL-who we haven't told yet) and kept looking over my shoulder like a common criminal b/c I was worried about getting caught red handed! :

[dex_millie]

I haven't told a SOUL except for DH and DS (which is only 21months). I prefer to wait - I don't want the nagging questions "You preg. and DS still nursing, when baby is due, you wishing for girl this time huh, doing that HB again. And then they will start nagging DS about things - No thank you - I know how they are - well I should say mostly MIL and a few others. I could tell a few family members and friends that will be cool. And don't mind telling my parents who are on vacation right now as I want my mom to come back up for after this birth but will more than likely wait until after the 1st Tri.

I also am a private person and don't like all the sympathy from people if I were to get a miscarriage(praying not of course), I don't like the pity, sorry type convos, looks, hugs all those emotional things. I would tell them maybe in the future(like after I have a baby) so it will be so gone.

I could have this baby and not tell anybody but then everyone would be really upset and think 'bad' of me.

[mamato2boys]

We told the boys last night! Our 6yo was thrilled Our 5yo said he'd be happy if we had a boy but he doesn't think we need any more girls in the family (current girls are me and two cats ) and our 11yo was pretty much ambivilant, although he has gone through this two times already!

OUr family is in town today for my 5yo's birthday so we'll be telling my parents, sisters and DH's mom and step dad. Should be interesting

[claras_mom]

Dh and my mom. I called my mom this morning; now that she knows (though she's sworn to secrecy) I can share here.

After my first prenatal (September 3)--assuming all's still well--I'll tell my boss and the rest of my immediate family (unless I let it slip to them earlier!), because the paperwork for childbearing leave takes forever, and it's good to get things going early so you don't have to worry about it.

Trying to decide when to tell dd. She'll be ecstatic--her two best friends have baby siblings and she's been asking for "one of her own." But she's only 3-1/2, so it will be a long wait until April.

[heart-n-bones]

DP was standing in the bathroom with me to take the test. Then we called my parents and both of my sisters. We also told our donor.

I don't think I'm going to be able to keep it a secret though. Most folks at work know we've been trying. All my friends know we've been trying and we would be testing this weekend. So, I'm sure come Monday I'll have people asking and there's no since in trying to conceal. They'll see it on my face before the words even come out!

[smartycat]

Heart-n-Bones, so good to see you here!! :

Yeah, we pretty much told everyone immediately. I took one of the pee sticks to work for everyone to look at. We are in a similar situation to you... everyone knew we were trying and have been so supportive that we couldn't conceal our joy.

Well, everyone that is except for my parents. : But that is a whole 'nother story.

[crazyrunningmama]

Only dh, my online world here at MDC and my one friend that I have been confiding in about my IF journey. And my dh has been warning me to stop announcing "I'm pregnant" to myself around the house because dd is at that fun parroting stage!!! We'll wait for 10-12 weeks for sure. I practically had to make a list of what order to tell people because my family is all blabbermouths but would be offended not to hear it from me directly, and so many of my friends are linked to my work (best that the boss doesn't hear it through the grapevine!)

PS How do you add that cool weeks counter to your signature?

[mischievium]

Originally Posted by crazyrunningmama

PS How do you add that cool weeks counter to your signature?

You have to type it out and manually move the little icon across it as the weeks pass. You could also try copying and pasting someone elses, but you still have to manually move the icon each week.

[lovetheheights]

hello all! We have told people who wouldn't be crushed if it didn't work out...meaning friends that would be a support should something happen. Next weekend we will tell family, since we rarely see them. I guess I'll be just 7 weeks at that point.

[ms.shell]

we told ds and dp told his family, and i think he also told some people or everyone at work. my sister straight up asked me if i was pg and so i said yes. my mom straight up asked me and i said no. i am planning on not telling her or my dad and trying to hide it as long as i can.

[BennyPai]

We started out with just my mother, doula, and mw.
We gathered at a friend's house the next day, though, and couldn't help ourselves. So we told the children - wouldn't want them to overhear anything and feel left out.
They were excited.: Zeta (4.5) asked if the baby could sleep in the hamper with her. *THis is a game she plays.
Then we decided to just go for it, and called up the in-laws. The next morning, I sent out a mass email. So it's out. BIG sigh of relief!!

[lisa_nc]

We have told pretty much everyone. Although I have nothing but nasty thoughts for my FIL who said "Haven't you figured out how this happens yet?" Holy craps! Like three kids is *that* many.

[honeybunmom]

I've told lots of folks! I managed not to tell my mom the same day I got the bfp this time, but only by a few days! So, I've told, mom, dad, brothers, aunt, cousin, 1 co-worker, boss (b/c I had a loss in Apr and was going to have to travel last week and had a spotting episode and needed out of that trip), boss's secretary, best friend, 2 other friends, 1 BIL and that's it! Oh, yeah, and just about everyone in cyberspace!