# When did you tell people you were expecting a baby? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-tell-people-you-were-expecting-a-baby/298241 "2005-04-07T16:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-tell-people-you-were-expecting-a-baby/298241/21 "2005-04-08T14:24:36Z")
90 days. We decided anything less was jinxing toward a miscarriage. SO did tell her best friend. Everyone else had to wait. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-tell-people-you-were-expecting-a-baby/298241/22 "2005-04-08T14:56:00Z")
We told immediate family the same week we found out, and told others after three months. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-tell-people-you-were-expecting-a-baby/298241/23 "2005-04-09T13:00:15Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > The first child? I managed to tell no one, including the father, whom I was living with at the time, until about five weeks before she was born. _Really?_ I can’t imagine that I could have kept it a secret from anyone who knows me well for that long—but I certainly looked pregnant well before that time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-tell-people-you-were-expecting-a-baby/298241.md?page=1)