I'm so tempted to tell my best friends all about my ttc!!! But know it will ruin all the surprises to ( hopefully) come. Ahgggg! Anyone else feel like this?? It's just so exciting you want to shout out loud!lol. It's hard keeping stuff from our best friend. We are going out for lunch in a minute... Don't do It i tell myself!

I understand exactly how you feel, but I made the mistake of telling one of my 2 best friends and mind you she has a child and she just looked at me like I was crazy but I think its better just to surprise everyone when you get your BFP because I deff whave not told another soul I was ttc unless it was strangers of course but you tend to get a diff vibe from people when you tell them that maybe its just me but I dunno good luck to you

I told a couple very close friends and I regretted it almost immediately. But that's because one of them just keeps asking every time I see her whether I'm pregnant and what's taking so long. Really makes me emotional, so I totally wish I didn't tell her! The other two are totally supportive though and it is nice to have them to talk to.

I agree thats how my 1 friend is that I told which is why I turned to baby and bump to interact with woman like me that way I don't have to fear or deal with the emotional roller coaster of the pressure from friends and family

Same here! Having this forum is so great. I love having so many other women in such a similar situation to relate to/vent to/laugh with!

Don't do it!! Lol. Just think, you will almost certainly regret telling friends (when they keep asking about it) but you can't regret NOT telling them. When you get your BFP you can tell them then, and it'll be an awesome surprise!

My mom knows that we're TTC because I called her to ask if her or grandma ever had morning sickness... and of course you can't ask that without explaining why! DH and I are going away for the month of June on a belated honeymoon, so we wanted to see what the family history was of morning sickeness before deciding whether to TTC before we went, or wait till we got back. I know it's not hereditary, but it was comforting to know. Thankfully mom has never asked how it's going... she has however started a knitting flurry of baby items...

Other than that my sister sort of knows (she's getting married on March 2nd and I'm her MOH, so I've assured her that we'll try to plan our BDing around that date so as to not be ready to burst at the alter!) I'm not sure if she knows that we've started now though and might be due *before* the wedding, or whether she thinks we'll wait to start later in the summer in order to be due *after* the wedding.

It's going to be tough to keep it a secret for too much longer though, so I hope it doesn't take us too many cycles to get our sticky bean. DH and I play trivia every Tuesday night with the same group of friends. I gave up alcohol for Lent, which gave me a little bit of TTC time without having to explain, but now that Lent is over, I'm not sure how many Tuesday's I'll get away my diet pepsi still, instead of my usual pint of Kieths, before someone calls me on it!

We have only told our two closest friends about ttc. none of our family no. i dont intend tellling people until im 3 monthes gone but hey i need that positive first.

I've gotten away with not telling people for so long b/c they all think DH hasn't been ready, so I'd always blame it on him and he'd quietly accept it. But now he's on board completely and I don't have such an easy scape-goat. My best friend is 5months and she thinks we're starting ttc soon, she's coming to visit me in May and I really want to be partial bump buddies with her.
But I've avoided telling ppl because I don't want people asking. I think my mom knows even though I haven't told her outright. I told her I was jealous that my SIL just announced her bump, and she said it'll happen for me..

But Ready, I'm with you on the whole drinking thing. I've always enjoyed drinking with my family when we get together - lucky for us DH and I just moved away so no one can watch my wine intake (like they said they would to know whether I'm pg....we've been married almost 3 years and 3 of my 4 sibs all have kids). But we're going to a family celebration on the 25th (Way to Go SIL on your 2nd bump) and I'm testing on the 24th...gahhhhhhhhhhhhh

I told a couple of my close friends and sister because they knew that I had a laparoscopy for endometriosis last June and that I was upset about potential fertility issues... also they keep asking me if we're TTC! It's been pretty tricky making up excuses with other people who keep asking me when we're going to have kids though!