For anyone that waited longer than 12 weeks to announce: What is the longest you’ve waited?

I suffered a miscarriage at 16 weeks last year. It completely tore me apart. I never made a formal announcement about the miscarriage because I couldn’t bare it. I only told people about it if they asked how the pregnancy was going.

We weren’t trying to have another baby yet, but here I am. I’m due 10/5ish. I’m trying to go as long as possible without telling anyone, not even my parents (they become really obsessive/nosy when I’m pregnant, especially my mom with her “advice”). I also just can’t stand the thought of having another miscarriage, then having to tell people over and over about it.

So if you waited a long time, how long did you wait? Did you hide it from everyone? How did you try and hide your belly? Were you successful? Any tips?