The Pregnancy Announcement

A key milestone in any pregnancy journey is announcing it to your family and friends – when and how you choose to do this is a totally personal choice and you should always do it in a way that you are happy and comfortable with.

Personally, for us, we waited until after our 12-week scan before we told our family and friends as that’s what we felt most comfortable with. Our scan was booked for our 13th week as we were on holiday in Greece when we reached 12-13 weeks.

Being away on holiday with only the two of us knowing was such a precious time for us and we were able to enjoy those initial stages as a couple, which we found lovely. It also meant we had the excitement of our scan and sharing our news with family and friends the day after we returned home.

After the scan, we told our immediate and close family and friends first – choosing to visit our parents and grandparents to unveil the news face-to-face with them along with a scan picture.

Once we were happy that we had personally told all of our close family and friends, we decided to post an announcement on our social media a couple of days later.

Here’s a few tips I would give for making a pregnancy announcement:

1. When to tell – Although most people wait until after the 12-week scan, it is totally up to you whether you tell people before of after this. As long as you feel happy and comfortable with who you tell, and you trust them not to share your news further if you don’t want them to. There is a certain time before your Estimated Due Date (EDD) that you need to tell your employer though so remember to find this out.

2. Who to tell – again, a totally personal choice who you tell and when you tell them. Like us, you may want to visit or contact close relatives and friends first and then tell others later.

3. How to tell – Some people like to make a big announcement on social media with a photograph and others prefer just to call, text or tell people face-to-face. It’s completely up to you how you want to tell people. We did an announcement with a photo on social media as this is what we wanted but we only did it after we had personally told all of our close family and friends – this included visiting our parents and grandparents as well as calling / texting close family and friends.

I’d love to hear how you made your pregnancy announcement and any tips you have, so please feel free to comment below.

Take care

S x

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