[Pippa26]

I'm currently TTC#1 and have been quite secretive about this. I dont like lying to ppl so when Im asked about when Im going to have a baby I usually say a vague answer like 'I dont know' or 'not for a while' (9+ months is while right ).

I know lots of ppl approach TTC differently so have you told ppl you're TTC? Are ppl supportive or annoying (asking if you're pg yet, watching everything you drink/eat)?

This post has been edited by Pippa26: 16/01/2013, 11:14 AM

[jacqg]

We didn't tell people we were trying in case it didn't happen but then we didn't announce we were pregnant until 12 weeks either.

I didn't want the questions like "Are you pregnant yet??" if we ended up having trouble conceiving or having to untell everyone if we announced and then lost it early. And I hate drawing attention to myself as well.

[ParadiseAlly]

Nope, we didn't tell anyone and just kept it to ourselves.
If we do again, it will be the same thing. Just Dh and I and again I won't be telling anyone I'm pregnant till 16 weeks.

[PrincessPeach]

I was going to say no & then realised we have told a few people we are TTC. When asked, we tell people children are on the radar, but just not at the moment.

Thankfully the people we have told are not asking us every second if we are pregnant. They know quite well we will tell when we are ready.

[la di dah]

My parents and siblings know. My gyno knows (she's a person, right?) and a couple girlfriends know. Aside from that and EB-peeps, no.

I haven't had a direct "we tryin' to TTC!" with DH's parents but we've talked about hypothetical children and blah blah blah so since we've been married several years I assume they know what could happen.

[Escapin]

We didn't tell anyone. In fact, quite the opposite, everyone thought we'd decided not to have kids. Was MUCH easier for me as I didn't get bugged about it by anyone, and if I had an orange juice at lunch I didn't have everyone staring at my tummy. If people did ask if/when we were going to have kids, I'd just say 'not this week' and laugh it off.

[PrincessPeach]

if I had an orange juice at lunch I didn't have everyone staring at my tummy.

See I don't drink & never have, so I don't actully have this problem either.

[MrsLexiK]

We did, but I have issues which hamper fertility and we didn't want to hear the "when are you having kids" as we assumed (along with my dr) that we would need some assistance (which we were not going to seek for 2 years) We also announced to our family at about 5/6 weeks and to our friends at 9 or 10 weeks. Reason being we were seeing majority of our friends due to two parties on the same weekend so we could tell them in person, and also we had seen the heart beat 3 weeks ago and whilst I had a subchronic heamotoma to us it was very real and these are people we would have told had we had a miscarriage. We told our wider circle and made it Facebook official at 12 weeks.

[Satay chicken]

DH and I made a bit of a joke about it when we started TTC conceive thinking it would happen within a couple of months...

Fast forward three years and IVF, we eventually got there... worst thing we ever did telling people, alot of my friends became uncomfortable around me and often were not sure what to say - I felt very abandoned at times.

So, if I were you, keep it quiet as long as you can, you don't need the pressure.

[~Peaches~]

We didn't tell anyone when we were TTC #1, I didn't want people asking me all the time if I was pregnant yet.
I did tell a few close friends when I was 6 weeks pregnant, only to have a miscarriage at 9 weeks, so then had to un-tell them Made me glad I hadn't told our familes or other friends yet.
So then those same friends obviously knew we would be TTC again.

This time around I have only told my 2 best friends we are TTC, as they've both been pregnant in the last year and told me straight away (one of them even told me before she told her husband lol!) so I know I can trust them and they won't be asking me if I'm pregnant every 5 minutes. I personally prefer not telling people when we are TTC, as if they know it makes me feel a bit more pressure for it to happen quickly, when we actually have no say in when it's going to happen

This post has been edited by ~Peaches~: 16/01/2013, 01:01 PM