Telling Parents and Family

Married ladies or at least those with stable relationships. When did you tell your parents you were pregnant? My mom and dad live 3.5 hours away from me. I’m seeing them this weekend. I feel like there are so many factors in telling them vs not telling them. One of them being that I will only be 4 + 2 weeks.

My dad was diagnosed with dementia at Christmas time and I definitely wanted to get pregnant sooner rather than later because the last time he saw me he rubbed my belly and said he couldn’t wait to see a baby in it. He will be in a rehab/nursing home or assisted living for the rest of his life unless my mom has 24/7 care.

This Friday is the anniversary of my brother, my only sibling passing away, and I will be seeing them Saturday. My dad also keeps mistaking me for having kids when it was my brother who hd 2 and we haven’t seen them in 6 years (long story).

But then, my mom can tend to be overbearing, ask a million questions on a daily basis. And will immediately decide they need to move closer to us. Though I still love her immensely and she and I are super close it can be a little much.

My husbands father and his step mother live in Florida. I’ve seen his dad once at our wedding. So my desire to tell them right now isn’t that great. And as much as I’d love to tell my sister in law. I really want to wait to come up with a fun way to tell her.

So basically don’t know what to do.