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I'm 24 yrs old and pregnant with my 1st child. I'm not married but I've known my baby's father for 10 yrs and have been in a relationship for 6 yrs. There's always that one parent who would vouch for you despite the situation( or at least that's the role my mom played so far). If you also have a parent like that, use that to your advantage. My boyfriend and I plan on getting married before the baby arrives.

I would also wait to tell work until you are 12 weeks unless work conditions permit you to inform them sooner. You are definetly going to need some emotional support...sooo if you have a close friend who has went through pregnancy, tell her. She might be some1 you can share your experience with because she already been though it. Good luck and hope it all works out!

I would wait to tell work as late as possible, but before its obvious (i.e. showing). If you are having trouble with M/S you might want to mention is sooner if you are taking a lot of time off. We had two 2nd trimester losses and I won't tell anyone that doesn't NEED to know until after my ultrasound clears everything between 16-20 weeks. I have told immediate family and really close friends though because you do need a support system in case something happens.

Its a personal choice, i waited the 12 weeks to tell anyone!! Which was nice because i used the ultrasound pic and gave it to my mum in a frame for her bday!

Thank u ladies I'm glad I heard from your experiences...this is my first pregnancy so everything is all new to me..I look forward to telling my closet friends and will hold off telling my job for a few more weeks...

with my first 3 pregnancy's I told everyone pretty much as soon as I done the test, as having a mc never even crossed my mind, I told everyone at 4 weeks with my 4th and that ended in a mc at 11 weeks( IM so glad I told people early as U need the support from people after a loss)
with my 5th pregnancy I was going to wait till I was 12 weeks but I had a early scan at 7 weeks and everything looked fine so I told 2 best friends his mum and my mum ( my mum cant keep a secret so she told my sisters :) ) I had my dating scan at 10 weeks 2 days, so this is when I announced it on my facebook.

I told my DH (we're not actually married, but common-law) right away and a few of my best friends at 5-7 weeks as I needed their support because I was feeling like crap. We haven't really spread the news as at first we wanted to make sure everything was fine (I have fertility issues), and since then we both aren't keen on a lot of attention. We told our families at 12-13 weeks, and I still haven't told my employers. It's easier for me than for most as I'm a self-employed contractor and work from home 2/3 of the time, so I just stay home when I'm feeling horrible to the greatest extent possible. It's up to you, but I would hold off telling your employer for a while, unless your performance on the job is negatively affected as some employers will discriminate against you in terms of promotions, etc. if they know you're pregnant even though they're not allowed to. If, however, your job performance is negatively affected, it might be better to tell earlier. PS - I'm 18 weeks pregnant

I told my fiancé, brother (who I'm close with)and best friend right away, and my mom a few days later. At 8 weeks I told my other brothers and Dad (I deff didn't want to tell my dad) I told my main manager at work then as well, but only because I was having horrible morning sickness and she was concerned about it. I told my grandparents, and friends at 12 weeks. I waited to put anything on Facebook until I could talk to all my close relatives face to face to tell them (which turned out to take longer than expected, and killed me to wait that long, 16 weeks) Pretty much I told the people I knew would help me through rough times if anything bad happened. I'm glad to have waited at least 12 weeks to put it on Facebook though, I think it's in very ill taste to do it before then. (I know 4 people who all just found out they were pregnant and put it all over Facebook, and felt it was not well timed at all, waiting gives not only you but your boyfriend to grasp everything