Have you told anyone???

[Budge]

Just curious if you've told anyone that you're ttc...

The only person we've told is my sister... We wanted to surprise everyone when got pregnant..

What are your thoughts? :)

[dreamtobeamummy]

Both of my SIL's know that we are trying, it slipped up a little bit.. :laughing: and about 3 of our close friends, I guess they questioned us a bit too because of the cysts and endo that I have.

I havn't told anybody else though as I'd like to have it as a suprise :)

[proudmama]

our parents know, some grandparents, my bubhub buddies, and my best friend - other just have a vague 'we might start trying at the end of the year'

[nikki78]

We have told many people just close friends

[trixiebelle17]

i was really against the idea of anyone knowing at first, but DH was telling anyone that would listen... It did cause a few issues for us :o

But, it is now a really good thing that most of our close friends/family know... Since i've been having difficulties it has been very helpful to have people close by that are happy to listen about where we are up to (not that i talk to them in the same way as i talk on BH, but it is nice to be able to go 'GRRRRR i haven't had a period in almost five months')

one or two ladies at my work also know which has been nice cause there have been ALOT of announcements since we started ttc and its been nice to be able to catch eyes with one of them and know they understand how difficult it is for me to put on a brave face and say congrats

[BrAins]

we have told anyone and everyone. we havent started to ttc but will next year. as it will be #4, we told our parents so as not to scare them when we announced that we are pg.:noel:

[arty1]

Family and Friends just know within the next year (2009) so as to not shock them when we do. We originally said when I finish my degree (at the end of 2009), but are trying now.

We aren't telling people we are trying now as we want it to be a bit of a surprise.

I just don't want people asking questions, and than if we do fall preggers, and have a M/C I don't want to have to explain to everyone.

DH told his sister, was too happy bout that, and last night at dinner with friends we mentioned we wanted to look for a bigger place with another bedroom, they said "is there something your not telling us?" we said not yet. Couldn't get out of that one.

[LG]

When we decided to start TTC with DS, we didn't tell anyone at all, but then we only took one try to fall pregnant so it's not like we had to keep the whole thing a secret for long! Then as soon as we found out I was pregnant we told everyone, so by 5 weeks they all knew.

[ringneck]

we didn't at first but when i found out i had fertility issues we told our close friends and family so we would have that extra support and it has been a godsend there are still the insensitive ones who make stupid comments but it is good to have a few people i can cry too when it gets tough.

[Boo66]

When we first started to TTC we told heaps of people, and I feel really down (3.5 years later) and no sign of a pregnancy. How embarrassing! So when we decided to do ivf, I cut down on the number of people we told. I told my sister and 2 friends. My DH told one person. That's it. It's just so disappointing if you try and are not successful it makes me feeling like a reject. and I didn't want to have to explain everything to everyone every step of the way through my ivf journey. If i'm successful I don't mind people knowing, but if it doesn't work out I don't think I would tell people we tried ivf. :wave:

[angeleish]

We didn't tell anyone that we were TTC and were very comfortable with that. We wanted to surprise people with an announcement.

However we have now been TTC since June last year and have also had a m/c in this time. Our families know now, as do our closest friends. There are still others who don't know.

While I don't regret telling most people there are 1 or 2 people who I wish didn't know. (Some people are just tactless and insensitive). For the most part the support we have had from everyone has been fantastic and more than welcome, but I can't help but feel that because of our TTC problems we will no longer get to give people a surprise as we first intended. (IYKWIM)

[Eco Goddess]

We originally didnt tell anyone (actually I told my best friend) then when we fell pregnant we told our immediate family and I told some of the gals I work with. I was grateful that they knew when I had my m/c as they were able to support us.

So now, everyone knows we are trying (well family and friends anyway) which can be hard cos they ask how its going and I dont really want to talk about it with them