When are you telling work? + family?!

[Alleykat]

Im not looking forward to telling work!!
it would be good if i could to it via email :laughing:
Thinking of maybe telling family at Christmas time. I kind of want people to know but am enjoying having this little secret too!!
What are you doing?

[Logans_Mum]

I want to tell EVERYONE now!

I have told a two close friends. Will probably tell work before I go on Holidays (22 Dec).

Last pregnancy I told them early (6 Weeks) and they appreciated knowing earlier.

[kej]

I am between 5 and 6 weeks, and I had to tell my boss today, because I'm really worried about catching CMV from my workplace (with children). She was really great and said I could take time off until I was past 3 months to be on the safe side... so now I'm at a bit of a loose end, with lots of free time on my hands!!

[CurlyG]

I didn't want to tell anyone until I was about 3 months, I wanted to enjoy having a little secret with DF, but he was so desperate to tell everyone! So we told family and friends when i was about 8 weeks.

As for work...I was finishing up my degree and had a 10 week practical to complete working with kids, so I had to tell uni, and the unit manager, and the co-ordinator of every shift I worked and my preceptor, etc etc etc etc. I felt like a broken record by the end of my 10 weeks! :p

Plus it also depends on how difficult it will be for your manager to replace you...they might appreciate knowing now so they can start looking for and training someone else to replace you for your maternity leave?

Cheers and Congrats!
Carly.

[Lil X-men]

I told my boss the day I found out!!!
But then we are friends and he was very excited for us as he knew we were TTC!

[DramaQueen]

We're not telling anybody until the New Year. We have had so many babies now that no one is excited anymore except us!!! :no:

[MissSparkle]

Im just waiting to have my dating ultrasound then we'll tell our parents because we need to start post poning all of our wedding bookings.....I may hold off telling friends n extended family till closer to christmas. It nice having a secret for awhile but Im starting to burst at the seams dying to tell people!

[mumma_jessy]

We were going to wait till i'd had my ultrasound, but in the end we had to tell people who were anxious about booking things for our wedding next year, which is nw being posponed!

So everyone knows already!

I told work at 3 months with both the others, this time i told the kids, they are my work now :laughing:

[jkate]

I told work at 3 months with both the others, this time i told the kids, they are my work now :laughing:


In that case I havn't told work yet :laughing: Waiting till the 12wk ultrasound or when I start getting bigger to tell them.

Most friends and family already know, was going to wait till after my sisters wedding but I couldn't :D

[TJ]

Have told a few close friends and my family.

Will tell hubbys family closer to Xmas, or at least after the 8-10 week mark.

Plan on telling work when i go back after holidays 2nd week of january which works out to be 12 weeks by my calculations.
There are already a few at work that do know, but they are friends so its all good.

I just want to blert it out!!

[little bean]

What is CMV? Just wondering if it's something (yet another thing!) I need to worry about!!

[secretname]

I'm not sure when I'm expecting yet (still!) so I guess I'll wait til I have my ultra-sound and find out.

We haven't told anyone yet (don't know how I've managed - everyone keeps asking me when we're planning to have #2 for some reason!). With the first bubs we told family at 8 weeks and some friends. I told work at 12 weeks.

This time around I guess I'll just tell everyone at 8 weeks (since there's no work at the moment anyway)!

[kej]

What is CMV? Just wondering if it's something (yet another thing!) I need to worry about!!

I don't think most people need to worry about it, but it is cytomegalovirus, which i think most adults have had. If you've already had it, and get it again when pregnant, then there's only a small chance it will do any harm.
Unfortunately, I am one of the few people who hasn't had it, which is bad news if i get it while pregnant.
The only reason i know about it and am worried is because child care workers are at the biggest risk, as snotty little children spread it around etc!!!
I just thought better safe than sorry, and my boss was cool, so i'm glad i made that decision.

[little bean]

Thanks kej

How do you know if you've had it or not? I've never heard of it!

Not sure if it's something I need to worry about or not - I'm a preschool teacher (4 and 5 year olds)

[kej]

The doctor can do a CMV test, and it will tell whether you've had it before or have a current infection. I think it's more of a problem with younger kids, as they excrete it in urine, faeces, saliva etc, they have accidents, touch other kids and just spread it around. If you're careful and wash your hands ALL THE TIME then it should be ok, especially if they're toilet trained.
It might be worth double checking you've already had it to feel a bit better about it.

[fionas]

were going to tell everyone on x-mas day as i will bw exactly 12 week. i can't wait cause since the day we got married everyone has been bugging us but we wanted to do the hole married thing first and just be us for a while. :reindeer: :tree: :xmas:

[sniper wolf]

well isnt this a hard one?

i'm thinking telling family on xmas day as well- but that will be 8-9 weeks.

too early?

friends and other might have to wait until 12 (although i've told one already:rolleyes:)

[Laine]

I have just officially put in notice to leave work.. I know its still a bit early to say anything but they all pretty much knew anyway so regardless I have told them I am leaving at the beginning of May. PERMANENTLY!!! :smiliedance: Very exciting!

Figure that even if I do go back to work at some stage I want to be in something different, this job wears me down way too much.

[kej]

I'm a bit disappointed that I've had to tell so many people early, as I wanted to wait 12 weeks and be all excited and say 'surprise'!!!
But since having to leave work due to risks in the 1st trimester, i've had to explain to 3 close work friends and my family why i'm not working.
Oh well, we'll wait until Christmas to tell the in laws and all our friends.

[little bean]

We've told both sets of parents and a couple of close friends but we're waiting til the first scan to tell everyone else. That's at about 13 weeks. Can't wait :yes:

[Chicco25]

Hubby's family already know, not by choice. When I did my pregnancy test at work I thought they were out of the office so i walked in waving my pregnancy test in excitement with both my inlaws looking at the test and realising I was pregnant. Then they decided they would tell the rest of the family.

My inlaws are my work - so my job is flexible.

Will tell portia and Jett at chrissy because I will be 12 weeks and will also tell all our close friends after chrissy as well.

Anita

[DramaQueen]

Well I told my mum today and she said "OMG are you serious?"

Lovely. :(

[TJ]

Oh babe sorry thats not exactly the reaction you wanted to hear :hugs:
Guess what?? Im hell excited for you tho :party:

[DramaQueen]

Oh babe sorry thats not exactly the reaction you wanted to hear :hugs:
Guess what?? Im hell excited for you tho :party:


Thanks hun :hugs: I should have known better from my mum though!!!

and by the way THE WHOLE WORLD IS EXCITED FOR YOU AND HUBBY - the most patient and deserving couple that I can think of!!!!!!:thumbsup:

[Alleykat]

thanks guys for the replies! some posts were so funny they diverted me from feeling queazy for a moment or two!! and Drama Queen that is true, we are all happy for you, and dont let anyone get ya down, some people are very hard to figure out, you just keep around positive people ya here!

[DramaQueen]

Thanks AlleyCat!!!!:thumbsup:

Hubby, me and the kids are excited so I guess that's all that matters!!!!!:smiliedance:

[mumma_jessy]

Aww honey, DF's mum said "ANOTHER ONE!" :eek: so i know how you feel, they think we are mad, and this is only our 3rd!

We are excited and although it puts a bit of a dampner on it, who cares about them, we will have new babies to love! :hugs:

[TJ]

Thanks hun :hugs: I should have known better from my mum though!!!

and by the way THE WHOLE WORLD IS EXCITED FOR YOU AND HUBBY - the most patient and deserving couple that I can think of!!!!!!:thumbsup:

Oh shucks :o :hugs:

Well i told my admin manager and the sales manager at work today, we were having a chat, well i was having a whinge about one of the other ladies there, and it was brought up about what we will be changing in the next few months, and i sorta just said well, come another 7 months-ish i will be on leave so i dont care at this point in time (this was about the lady lady not about the changes as a whole)
But im not actually planning on telling the directors that im a PA for until January.
Then again ill see how excited i am after the scan on Thursday!!

[mum2tara]

I know how hard it is to keep it a secret - and everyone seems to be asking me when we're going to start trying for another on - so it's particularly hard to not say anything then! Also hard to keep coming up with excuses for not drinking alcohol (or more importantly coffee for me)!

We were going to wait until at least 8 weeks to tell everyone but now that we've seen the u/s and found out it's 7 weeks we're still going to tell everyone now (mostly cos I know I can't wait any longer).

[DramaQueen]

I tried (real hard) to not say anything to anyone. I failed. I am going to tell the rest of my family tomorrow and DH will ring his family tomorrow night.

Feels real now!! :thumbsup: