Just found out .....
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Topic: Just found out .....
Posted By: nicci
Subject: Just found out .....
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 1:53pm
OMG!!! I found out yesterday that we are expecting our first in March of next year ..... simple question, when do we tell our parents? 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 1:56pm
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Hi nicci,
Firstly welcome to Ohbaby, and secondly congratulations, i think there is a due march 08 thread in the pregnancy section, where you will find others that are due then too. again welcome to OB ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:02pm
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Tell them whenever you want! Although (and this is from experience) if you dont want them telling the world (cos they will be very excited) make sure you say you arent telling anyone else until such and such a time. We told ours at 5 weeks both times, and hald the town knows already thanks to my ILs.
Congrats as well and welcome to OhBaby! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:02pm
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Tell them when you want. With our first we told them the day we found out. The second the day after we found out. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Gwen_
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:03pm
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Hey Nicci, welcome to OhBaby, and congrats. As kazzle said there is a march 08 thread- do you no your EDD? two of us are due on the 11th and another lady is due on the 12. Look forward to seeing you around. ------------- We're in America for 3 months with Mummy and Daddy! http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:08pm
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CONGRATS!!
Make sure you tell them in person so you can see their reactions  We found out in Europe whilst on holiday and had to wait till we got home at Xmas to tell them as we sooooo wanted to see the look on their faces. It meant I hardly talked to my mum before that as I was scared she would "just know"
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:08pm
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oh congrats as a mother of a march baby (shes 9 now) you have got alot to look forwards to, she has lived up to the Pices trates (mainly the 'emotional' one LOL)
Anyhow about telling the parents. depends when YOU and DH want to - there is no rule. We told straight away with #2 and #3 with #1 I was in Uk and not married (ended up being a single mother) so i waited a week to tell them - but so wanted it over and done with.  Awww how cool  ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:14pm
Thanks everyone! We are not good at keeping secrets, especially with our parents. 
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:27pm
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We told both parents & siblings pretty much within a week of finding out! Ofcourse they couldn't keep their mouths shut (though they would've if we'd told them too), so once family was told, I'd tell my close friends. I felt that since it was happening to my body & it was constantly on my mind there was no way I couldn't tell anyone... & I got severe morning sickness so people would've found out soon enough.
But really, it's totally up too you!! Good luck with it all - such an exciting time . ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:32pm
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congrats - I too have a march bubba - Gabriella is a march 07 bubba.
tell them when you want to....we told my mum early and everyone basically knew when i was 7 weeks! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:40pm
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Congratulations and Welcome to Ohbaby!. Totally a personal choice when you want to tell anyone and everyone the good news ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:52pm
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Oh congrats how exciting!!
With #1 we told my parents the day I found out cos I took the test in the morning and DH had to fly to Dunedin to work for 2 weeks and my parents were in Oz so I felt like I was all alone with my exciting news, the for the Inlaws we told them 2 days later. For #2 we kept it a secret from our parents for 2 weeks then thought we better fess up as alot of our friends new by then |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 5:52pm
| congrats! We told our parents straight away with every pregnancy. I found that if things went wrong (which for us they did) we needed them anyway so there was no point not telling them. Good luck |
Posted By: Leelee
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 6:34pm
| Oh wow big congratulations, what an exciting time for you and your dh. I think you should tell them when you are ready to, no right or wrong time |
Posted By: jamesmum
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 6:37pm
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Congratulations We told our parents at about 10 or 11 weeks (I was 19 and a little scared of how they would react)
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Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 7:07pm
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Great to hear when everyone told their parents, know I'm wondering how to tell them. We want it to be really special.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 7:53pm
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Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: 11 July 2007 at 10:49am
Ignore me ... I'll just practise for a while.
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 11 July 2007 at 11:33am
| Congratulations, we told our parents straight away as I hate secrets (especially ones being kept from me lol) |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 11 July 2007 at 12:17pm
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welcome nicci and congrats.
OMG march 08 babies already wow this years flying. i told my parents before i took the test and then called them straight after ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 11 July 2007 at 12:27pm
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Welcome to Oh Baby! and congratulations!
We told our parents pretty early on with our pregnancies too. Hope you have a good pregnancy and it goes nice and quickly for you ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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