When is it safe to announce your pregnancy"
First things first: There is actually no wrong time to announce that you?re pregnant.
?Patients ask me all the time, ?When is it safe to tell everyone we?re expecting"?? says Heather Bartos, an OB-GYN in Cross Roads, Texas. ?And I always tell them the same thing: Use your discretion. The decision is entirely up to you.?
It can also be a slow roll-out, if you prefer. ?Announcing your pregnancy to one person?or one group of people?does not mean you need to tell everyone all at once,? says Bartos. Your boss does not need to know at the same time as your mom or your best friend. (Just be sure your news-holders can keep it under wraps.)
Take me, for instance: While I waited until I was about 13 weeks to tell my officemates, my husband and I called my in-laws with the happy news moments after my pregnancy test yielded that awesome-scary-life-changing double pink line. (In fact, I?m pretty sure we dialled the grandparents-to-be before the stick had finished calculating all of my changing hormones.) My husband and I cherished those first 10 weeks or so, when so few people knew our news. It was our special secret. And delaying the ?we?re expecting? announcement also helped us gradually adjust to the idea ourselves.
Of course, my reasons for spilling and not spilling may be different than yours. There are a variety of factors to weigh when deciding the perfect time to share?and with whom. Here?s what to consider before you announce your pregnancy.
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