Telling parents

[Kess]

I would really really want to tell my Mom asap, but I would rather do it in person - hard when we live in different towns. I'd tell most people straight away - if anything goes wrong I'd want their support anyway. My biological father I don't know what I'd do. He doesn't bother much, hasn't come to see me in over a year, but it would still be his first grandchild. Dunno. Maybe wait and do something dramatic like sending a scan pic in a card.

 

[kate.m.]

I would really really want to tell my Mom asap, but I would rather do it in person - hard when we live in different towns. I'd tell most people straight away - if anything goes wrong I'd want their support anyway. My biological father I don't know what I'd do. He doesn't bother much, hasn't come to see me in over a year, but it would still be his first grandchild. Dunno. Maybe wait and do something dramatic like sending a scan pic in a card.

I know exactly how you feel! And thats what id do too! Id tell my Mum straight away, we're very close & she'd b great for advice! But id just send my Dad a card or a note with the pic in at 12 weeks!

 

[goddess25]

Not sure, first time i told everyone right away then i started bleeding and was told was having a threatened m/c so thought i would then have to re ring everyone (I live in canada and fam/friends in UK) and tell them i had lost it, but everything turned out fine. So i think next time if i can i will try and wait the 12 weeks but not sure i will be able to hold it in, need to tell work as i work with hazardous chemicals and radioactive stuff and i would feel a bit guilty work knowing and not parents!

 

[luckyme225]

I'll probably wait until near 12 weeks to make sure everything is OK. I'm we will tell our parents by letting Connor run around in his big brother T-shirt.

 

[lozzy21]

Not sure, first time i told everyone right away then i started bleeding and was told was having a threatened m/c so thought i would then have to re ring everyone (I live in canada and fam/friends in UK) and tell them i had lost it, but everything turned out fine. So i think next time if i can i will try and wait the 12 weeks but not sure i will be able to hold it in, need to tell work as i work with hazardous chemicals and radioactive stuff and i would feel a bit guilty work knowing and not parents!

Thats a similar thing with me, I work with adults with learning disabilitys and only lastweek a staff member had her nose broke and needs an operation. I have to restrain the clients on occasions and that has a risk in its self.

 

[aSh_x0x]

i am very close to my mum and my OH's mum so i would tell my mum straight away (within minutes of BFP lol) and probably visit OH's mum later that day. I would tell extended family-aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and friends after 12 week scan to make sure everythings ok.

 

[Emmalouise_x]

I'm going to buy them a grandad and grandma card, or perhaps make one.. I don't care if it isn't their birthday, christmas or easter! I think it's just a sweet idea. And I'll be able to watch the realisation hit them slowly, as I don't think they would automatically understand what it's for.

 

[twiggy56]

i still havnt told anyone yet outside my mum, dad, sisters and 2 close friends...im guna hold out until 14 weeks i think...i had to tell my mum...shes a midwife and her support has been invaluable! But we'll probably tell my fiancè's parents with a scan picture in a card next month at 12 weeks...but hand it to them in person to open it and see the reaction! As for my grandparents, aunties, uncles, family friends etc.....think i might just leave that to my mum (or word of mouth) as its guna be a pretty big shock to them all!!!

 

[Drazic<3]

My mum is going to go batshit crazy, wether I get preg now or at 40 so I'm prepared for that. Because of this past, I want to wait until 12 weeks to tell anyone but our close close friends, then let them know.

But, as has been said, as soon as I refuse a pint I will be busted.