2006-11-16 22:50:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Usualy after 12 weeks you chance of a miscarige is very very low. If that is why you are waiting wait untill you are 14 weeks or so and then tell everyone. Just to be safe. I was telling everyone at like 4 weeks and i had a miscarige at 8. I still have people that don't know asking me how i am and hows that baby and i am having to tell them and it is hard every time.
Good luck to you.
2006-11-16 23:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its up to you - there is no "safe" time.
I told people as soon as I got a positive pregnancy test! We had been trying for nearly two years and had been told we'd need IVF so it was a wonderful surprise when it happened naturally. There was no way I could have kept it under my hat for 12 weeks!
Plus I knew that if I did have a miscarraige I was going to need all the support I could get from my family and friends and how were they going to be able to do that when they didn't even know I had been pregnant?
As it was, about two days after getting a positive pregnancy test I started getting the most terrible sickness - which lasted up till about week 14 - which made it impossible for me to carry on with my daily routine so I would not have been able to carry on as normal and pretend it was just a "stomach bug".
It was my first pregnancy and I needed to share my excitement and worries with people like my mum and my mother in law and my friends.
But its up to you. If you really feel you want to keep it secret then do so although you may find people are upset and resentful that it took you so long to tell them.
2006-11-17 07:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello hun
Congratulations. It is safe to tell everyone at anytime, it is just a question of when you feel ready. I know you ae probably worried about miscarriage but from 12 weeks this should reduce. If you told people now and god forbid you did mc the at least people around you would understand why you are upset,
I am sure that all will be fine and in no time you'll be having sleepless nights and changing nappies. When I was pregnant i wanted to tell everyone, i was soooo excited!!
Enjoy your pregnancy and put your feet up when you can
xx
2006-11-16 23:00:05 · answer #3 · answered by pinkbabi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the opionion tends to be that the chances of miscarriage reduce after 12 weeks (not totally). Generally people tend to wait until after the 12/13 week scan, so they know everything is ok and they have a scan to show everyone.
It is sad but so much can go wrong. My cousin told everyone at 6/7 weeks and then when she went for her 12 week scan she found out she had miscarried. She was so upset, but it was made worse by the fact she had to tell so many people. And so many people kept asking her about the pregnancy, and then she would have to tell them she lost it.
Some high-risk people (older mums) wait until after the 20 week scan. They check everything is devleoping normally at this scan.
There is no totally "safe" time. I didn't relax until after my 20 week scan. After that I really started to enjoy my pregnancy.
It was so hard keeping quiet until week 12.... but it was so worth it when you show people that scan!
Good Luck
xxxxx
2006-11-17 01:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by missluly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm currently 12 weeks and as soon as I found out, we told parents and I told my boss as I've been really sick this go round (my hubby wasn't very good at keeping it a secret and told a few of our friends and some coworkers) But once I had my first Dr. appt. and I got the WONDERFUL news that baby and I looked great- I let the cat outta the bag! I was nine weeks! and good thing too, cause' this is my second and last week I went shopping for maternity clothes and they fit! You tell when ever you are ready. For me, I just needed that okay from my dr. office:) Good Luck and a HUGE congratulations!
2006-11-17 00:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by Dolphin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I told people when I was only 7 weeks pregnant, Im now 22 weeks and Iv had the easiest pregnancy so far.
2006-11-17 01:27:13 · answer #6 · answered by mummy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's entirely up to you. I told close friends as and when I saw them, but we only announced it to my husband's work collegues, for example, once we had a scan at 12 weeks and knew everything was ok.
I figured that if something did go wrong, I would tell my close friends anyway, so it was ok to tell them at any point.
Not telling people is just so that if something does go wrong you don't get a friend of a friend of a friend coming up to you and totally putting their foot in it 6 weeks later because they didn't know.
2006-11-16 23:13:09 · answer #7 · answered by Ricecakes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We instructed all human beings as quickly as we found out. That became at 6 weeks and eight weeks. the possibility of miscarriage decreases after the 1st trimester and due to this some human beings prefer to attend. i will understand no longer desirous to would desire to pass and tell all human beings which you misplaced the newborn, yet once I ever had a miscarriage i'd have needed the help of my acquaintances and kin. while you're superstitious then wait, if no longer then only tell all human beings whenever you prefer to.
2016-10-15 16:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im 12 weeks pregnant and i told people at 6 weeks, only because i was so excited and it felt the right thing to do.
2006-11-17 01:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by daisy_chain_1978 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait til ur date scan so u know how far on u r and if ur 12 weeks or over then u can start telling the good news coz then the risk of things happening is a lot lower, good luck and congratulations xx
2006-11-16 23:03:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋