https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 20:28:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-109700 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:38:07 +0000 BSB 109700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: Yeah, what is it about brother's bugging their sisters about having kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-109696 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:23:35 +0000 birdofafeather 109696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i don't see us telling our siblings beforehand that we're TTC, but we will definitely share when i get KU. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-101560 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:35:43 +0000 cupcakemama 101560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have discussed that we want #2 but that's it. Some things I don't really want our siblings thinking about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-101556 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:30:36 +0000 spaceelephant 101556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister is the ONLY person we're telling. Because of my situation (PCOS), we think it'll be a longer process, potentially difficult, and my sister is both an RN and a mom, and a generally awesome person, so she will be our major source of support. (She played a similar role when she was my Maid of Honor/rock for wedding planning.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99463 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:38:55 +0000 tequiero21 99463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we don't discuss actively, but he wanted me to have my kid before he started on his 2nd. lol. he definitely bugged me about having kids. i never bugged him, but he did have a kid before his 2nd anniversary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99456 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:24:24 +0000 MamaMoose 99456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At the end of January I had a miscarriage and we told my brother and my husbands sister what happened after the fact. So I'm sure they all know that we would try again right away. I just found out I'm pregnant again, but I'm obviously very nervous about this one sticking... so we won't tell them anything for a few weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99453 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:21:12 +0000 littlebug 99453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister knows we're ttc. I wasn't planning to tell her but ay our super bowl party this year af was 9 days late, so I needed to enlist her help in hiding the fact that I wasn't drinking. She and her husband kept my O'Doules in their cooler and he would refill my cup every now and then outside, away from prying eyes. Af came and I told my sister that we were back at it. But I don't update her regularly - it would freak her out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99446 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:09:31 +0000 skibobrown 99446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my sister. I wanted to share with someone other than DH, and she was the only person I would have told. I did not tell my parents or any friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99442 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:35 +0000 lemondrop 99442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SIL was a big support for me. We started TTC at the same time, but it took us almost a year longer to get our baby. We told nobody else about it, but it was nice to have one person who knew what was going on, but didn't ask if there was anything going on every 5 minutes. She was the first person we told after we found out about our BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99409 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:33:43 +0000 regberadaisy 99409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my two older brothers that we were trying but no play by plays. And they would ask how it's going etc.</p> <p>I'm much younger than them so it's funny, they were kinda nostalgic that their baby sister is going to be a mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99408 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:33:36 +0000 Adira 99408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way! I'm definitely not telling my brother ANYTHING! The last thing I want him to think about is me getting it on with my husband! Gross! He has asked me a couple times if I was pregnant (when I had to use the bathroom like four times in two hours, haha, useless bladder), but I definitely won't tell him we're trying.</p> <p>And my hubs hasn't told his sister (I told him not to tell ANYONE), but he wouldn't anyway because he's very private and doesn't tell anyone anything (except that one time he told his mom we were going to try soon and then I had to lie to her and tell her we weren't because I didn't want her bugging me about it every ten seconds because she already DOES that). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99405 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:26:09 +0000 shinystraps 99405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister knows our trying plans and our hopeful timeline. She doesn't bug me about it but is always happy to talk about it when I get obsessive at certain times of the month (she has 4 kiddos). </p> <p>I haven't told anyone else in my family though. I want my parents to be surprised whenever we get pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99392 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:11:41 +0000 LuLu Mom 99392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes when we were trying I told both my sisters that we were going to trying. My younger sister has a 6 month old and was excited that they would be close in age. My older sister just wants babies in the family since she is done and her girls are now 5 and 2. She loves babies, but doesn't want any more of her own :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-99386 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:08:52 +0000 meaganceleste 99386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm really close to both my sister and brother, and my parents, but we haven't told any of them that we're trying. I don't want to get their hopes up and face their questions when I'm already depressed enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-82247 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:37:33 +0000 eeh 82247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't tell anyone, including family. To us that felt really private and we didn't want to share our sex life and reproductive choices. We got asked all the time when we were having kids but we always just said it'll happen someday. People weren't at all shocked I am pregnant though because they knew we would have kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-82241 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:15:47 +0000 tomatobee 82241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of talk about it with my sister. I've told her that I'm charting and whatnot, but not that we're actively trying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-81109 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:45:35 +0000 mediagirl 81109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way! I only have a brother and he has two sisters. We aren't close so....talking about TTC was not high on our topics of conversation when we do talk. :) Now that I think of it, I cannot IMAGINE bringing it up with my brother! Yikes. Uncomfortable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-81099 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:39:11 +0000 winniebee 81099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, at first, I didn't say anything to anyone, but hinted to my sister we were trying. Then, I did tell my sister we were trying. Then, I got pregnant and we told my whole family right away....but then I miscarried. So, they knew that we would be trying again after that. I kept my sister pretty close in the loop after that (because I was pretty upset bout the miscarriage) and trying again post-miscarriage was really emotional for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-81037 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:20:57 +0000 lilteacherbee 81037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've talked to my sister about it. I don't give her specifics, but we've talked about me going off the pill and that we'd start trying soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-81032 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:18:45 +0000 BSB 81032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: Yeah, I wonder if I should have just kept my mouth shut and told my brother that we weren't trying but I'm pretty sure my brother would still bring it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-81027 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:17:44 +0000 heffalump 81027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't discuss it with my siblings. But I miscarried and after that TTC right away so I'm sure they knew we were. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80973 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:01:21 +0000 Boogs 80973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing, we prefer to keep bedroom stuff in the bedroom. Plus, we don't want to jinx anything or have to answer a lot of questions if it takes a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80970 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:00:01 +0000 ChelseaRose 80970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing. I have two brothers; one who is three years younger and another who is eleven years older. I recently had am/c at 8 weeks and neither knew I was pregnant or experienced a loss. Two of my brothers-in-law know, but that wasn't my doing and I wasn't too happy about it (for one of them, the other is my husband's bff/brother). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80968 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:59:15 +0000 shellio 80968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister and I are really close, but I didn't tell her at first when we started TTC. She told me after they had been trying about a year, they got pregnant after 2 1/2 years, and we got pregnant after 18 mos, so we were both TTC at the same time for a while. Now we are both hoping for #2. It is nice to have somebody to talk to about it, we didn't really talk to anyone else about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80964 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:58:17 +0000 chopsuey 80964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've told my sister that we're not trying or preventing. We talk about baby #2 though.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80958 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:56:14 +0000 sslm 80958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of, I talked to my sister about it when I went off the pill, but we weren't trying then, and when we did start trying, we really wanted to keep it quiet. Everyone was really surprised when I told them I was pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80953 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:53:31 +0000 hilsy85 80953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing! My sister has maybe some inkling that we're trying or may be trying in the future, only because I told her over Christmas that I was off birth control. I'm planning on telling her this weekend that I'm pregnant, and she is going to be SHOCKED. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-talk-to-their-siblings-about-ttc#post-80947 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:51:51 +0000 BSB 80947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my sisters that we might be pregnant soon (as in we were trying) but I don't give them regular updates. I don't want the questions to start and so far they've been good. Or maybe they forgot about it. Oh, I only told them because of my brother and his recent addition to his family.</p> <p>My brother is slightly different and it's kinda awkward because it's my brother. He asks me about once a month if I'm pregnant yet. Three months ago, when I started TTC, I told him it might be soon. Well, I'm on cycle 4 and so far not pregnant. (Back story, his son was born about a year ago and they are expecting their second child in June. I guess we thought it would be cool to have them close in age.) </p> <p>It's weird that my brother knows slightly more info than my sisters do. I think I've hinted to my brother that we've been trying. Also, this is my younger brother (by two years.)</p> <p>What have you discussed with your siblings? </p>