https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:15:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332770 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:03:53 +0000 anonysquire 332770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll tell my family together at least a month after I tell DH. Dhs family can find out after I give birth for all I care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332663 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:23:52 +0000 pinkcupcake 332663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Told our family members the same day :) We were just a tad excited, hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332601 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:16:42 +0000 Tidybee 332601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I called my sister right away (even before DH knew!). We told my parents, other sister and inlaws a week later when we saw them in person. They knew we were trying, so everyone was wondering... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332598 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:11:10 +0000 singingbee 332598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told parents and my sisters right away. We are very close. We miscarried at 20 weeks and at that point everyone knew and I was showing. It was good to have support from everyone. This next time, we will still tell our parents, but I may wait to tell my sisters after the first appointment. We will not tell anyone else until we are 12 weeks or 20 weeks. It just depends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332531 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:56:37 +0000 CATWOMAN 332531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited 10 weeks. It was nice to have an exciting little secret, just us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332525 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:53:58 +0000 SleepyMonkey 332525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i told my mom the day after, and she told my dad. i didn't tell one brother until maybe 7-8 weeks and the other one i waited until 12 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings/page/2#post-332501 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:31:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 332501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 16 weeks? It's a long story and it doesn't matter any more, but it was better to delay telling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332471 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:21:26 +0000 matador84 332471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Found out on a fri, told mom on Sunday, had a major hemorrhage on Monday. Thought I was having a mc and so so<br /> glad we waited to tell people. The baby ended up<br /> Being ok, but glad not many people knew what was going on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332467 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:12:42 +0000 HLK208 332467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told my parents/sisters at 6 weeks and my in-laws at 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332448 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:54:37 +0000 Lindsay05 332448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited till about 11 weeks. We knew our parents couldnt keep a secret so we decided to wait. We just waited until our first ultrasound was all good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332426 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:44:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 332426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a week later :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332423 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:43:39 +0000 googly-eyes 332423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About a week after..I was really nervous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332395 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:27:33 +0000 MrsCastro 332395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we told parents and siblings 5 days after we found out...which was great because we needed the support when i had a m/c at 6w. DH and i said we would wait with our next BFP until we were further along next time...we will see if anything tell only family for prayers for a healthy pregnancy and baby... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332350 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:30:37 +0000 Sweet T 332350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told my parents, siblings, grandparents, and aunts the day we found out. It was 3 days after Christmas and we were home visiting. We would have waited until after the first trimester but DH was deploying 2 weeks later and we wanted to tell them together. He also told his parents before he left and we swore everyone to secrecy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332301 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:56:09 +0000 DontFrett 332301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my sister-in-law and brother 2 days after my BFP... only because I needed to tell SOMEONE (besides my husband, obviously) and knew that they could keep it a secret and I value my sister-in-law's advice (they have 2 kids).</p> <p>We told our parents and the rest of our siblings after the first doctor's appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-332045 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:01:44 +0000 jennylynn 332045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told them the day we found out. Oops. It was my dads birthday so I couldn't hold it in since I knew how ready he was to be a grandpa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331806 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:28:53 +0000 lovehoneybee 331806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other--we staggered it. We told my mom and BFF SIL that day--actually, my mother claims she already knew and was just waiting to hear it from me (even though she lives across the country and hadn't seen me) and SIL asked me straight out (we were living with her at the time). They both knew right away with my first pregnancy, and were great sources of support when we miscarried.</p> <p>We told all of DH's family at Christmas (7 weeks) and my dad and stepmom after our first ultrasound at 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331757 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:06:28 +0000 runsyellowlites 331757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told immediate family right away. I knew that IF I experienced a mc I would need &amp; want their support. We told everyone else at 9 weeks bc I couldn't hide it any more (second pregnancy). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331703 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:34:34 +0000 mole 331703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told at 11 weeks. We would have waited until after the first trimester, but we wanted to tell everyone before we went to Australia with my husband's parents. (I didn't want everyone thinking I was crazy for being too tired to do a lot of sightseeing!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331678 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:21:21 +0000 lindseykaye 331678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to wait longer than we did but we had a big St. Patrick's Day party planned for when I was about 7 weeks along with all our local friends. It was going to be way, way too hard to keep it from people at the party but we knew we wanted our families to know before everyone else so we went ahead and told them in advance of the party. I had already had a dating ultrasound and was able to see a heartbeat even that early.<br /> We did ask the family to keep it quiet for a while (which I am not sure if they did or not - and I guess it's better not to know if they did!). I didn't tell my work or make it public on Facebook/the internet until I was 14 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331657 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:14:31 +0000 Rubies 331657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited until 10 weeks - we would have waited until after the 1st trimester but at 10 weeks, it was Christmas so we thought it would be a nice "gift" to tell them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331649 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:12:33 +0000 chopsuey 331649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A couple of minutes after we found out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331646 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:11:54 +0000 shopaholic 331646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would have waited until after first trimester, but told at 10 1/2 weeks because I was traveling with my family. They still couldn't believe I waited that long to tell them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331641 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:11:00 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 331641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the day of! we can't keep things like this hidden... we get too giddy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331630 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:05:37 +0000 MrsTiz 331630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The next day for our parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331628 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:04:32 +0000 KT326 331628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone knew we were doing fertility treatments so it was kinda hard to not tell anyone. I was so excited when I got my BFP that I called my mom before I told DH! In my defense, he was camping and I wouldn't see him until the next day. I think we told his Dad and sister the following weekend when we saw them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331606 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:45:08 +0000 ladyfingers 331606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted other -- we had our first doctor's appointment at 6 weeks but I was spotting and bleeding and they wanted to do another ultrasound at 7 weeks. So we waited until after that one, and thankfully the spotting had subsided, so we told everybody on Father's Day, when I was 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331587 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:36:14 +0000 JoJoGirl 331587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skyped with both of our families (they both live far away) within like 3 hrs of the BFP and told parents and siblings. We couldn't wait! They all knew we were TTC and we're older (34 and 38) so wanted to share. Plus we're close with them so it's not like we wouldn't have told them if something went wrong. My FIL ended up spilling the beans to a ton of people so that's a bummer, but my parents know better and haven't told a soul. We're waiting til either a heartbeat or 12 weeks to tell aunt and uncles, cousins, etc. Haven't decided which yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331413 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:53:52 +0000 MamaMoose 331413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents knew right away. I had a prior m/c and then some bleeding with this pregnancy so I was scared and needed my mommy. We didn't tell my inlaws or our siblings until 8 weeks after the viability ultrasound. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-after-your-bfp-did-you-tell-your-parentssiblings#post-331412 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:53:46 +0000 DillonLion 331412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We found out on a Wednesday, told his parents on a Thursday, and told my parents on a Friday. </p> <p>I don't plan on sharing the news that early again next time. No one was able to keep a secret LOL </p>