Telling other children you are pregnant

[Onion]

Hi when have people told their other children they are pregnant? My son is 9 and I am only 7 weeks ( I think ) I don't want to do it too early but there are some close friends I also want to talk to but don't want word getting round ( we live in small village)and him finding out from someone else!
I've got an early scan tomorrow so should find out if all is ok and if I'm roughly where I think I am x

 

[Loula]

I'm having my 12 week scan this morni g and my 5 year old is none the wiser. I had a scan at 6 and 8 weeks and everything was fine but we decided not to. Only a close few people know ie our parents and our neigh our as they saw us at the hospital before x

 

[Hoping for no2]

We didn't tell our 7 and 3 year till after the 12 week scan as think they are a little young to deal with it if things don't work out. Obv there is still no guarantee but your risk of miscarrying decreases so much after 12 weeks. I've had HG so it was quite difficult to keep from my older one as he was worried about me being ill. My friends who knew were just very discreet in from of them and didn't tell their own kids as I asked them not too X

 

[Wednesday]

I told my 5 year old at 13 weeks

 

[Lander]

We were debating telling my 11yr old step son when I got to five weeks as we were about to take him in holiday with us for a week. He then asked if I was pregnant again anyway. He's had enough sex education from us to understand that early on there is a risk of losing the baby. Thankfully so far we're good. Scan at 8wk was good and I'm 11wk today.

 

[CARNAT22]

Told my other 2 after the dating scan, so I was almost 13w.

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[JustTrying]

Told the step sons after 14-15 weeks. They are so excited and they always include the unborn baby in any family discussion

 

[ChloeNat]

My 4 year old watched the pregnancy test turn positive with me She's been begging for another sibling and it was so nice to include her. She knows the posibilities of it not working out as we lost one last year. Her granny also recently passed away so she knows all about people becoming angels. I'd say she's pretty mature about things like that.

 

[JoeyClare]

I showed really early and my then 3 year old just told me at 9 weeks that there was a baby in my tummy. We have no childcare down here, so we had to bring her to the 12 week scan. Thankfully all was ok and she loved it. She was also there at the gender scan and the anomaly scan. She started school in Sept and I feel a bit sad that she won't get to come to the midwife with me this week as she loves hearing the heart beat.

 

[megsmeadow]

My eldest was 4 and a half when we lost his little sister at 20 weeks. We hadn't told him I was pregnant since its a long time for those months to pass when your little.
The next time I got pregnant I was about 32/34 weeks before we told him, and he didn't suspect a thing!! This time we told him and his younger brother around 22 weeks as he's 7 now and I didn't want him to hear the news second hand!
We'll tell them about their sister when they are ready, for now that is our grief to carry.