How long did you wait to tell parents/siblings that you were prego?

Question

I just got my BFP this weekend. Yay! DH and I are psyched to tell our fam and the oppprtunity would be great this Sunday; it's (Canadian) thanksgiving and my parents are hosting a dinner, with just close family and his parents will be there too. The opportunity is perfect, all four of the baby's grandparents and all the aunts and uncles will be there! 
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​However I feel like it would be really early; that's about 5 weeks in (by my calculation, I won't know for sure until my dr appoinment 2 days after this dinner.) To tell or not to tell? This is the first baby on both sides, it's a big deal.
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​(Side note: I wouldn't be ashamed to talk about miscarriage with the family, but I worry that if I do miscarry, a big announcement will seem bittersweet after the fact. So I'm weighing whether I should at least go to the dr first.)

Answer

I announced early at Christmas last year. Was at 5 weeks...miscarried at 6 :/. Some of the hardest phone calls I've ever made. 
​With that said, I told my in laws THIS TIME at week 5 again & MY family at week 7.  We are now at week 13!! :) 
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​Do what YOU feel comfortable with!

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I told my family and best friends right away. Told work just before 12 weeks, and am announcing publicly next weekend when I'll be 13 weeks

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I told my mom ASAP.  My brother and sister I waiting until I was 3 mo to make sure.  But I feel like whenever you want is the right time!  I have my brother and sister congratulations cards with one of the first ultrasound pics in it and wrote in you'll be an aunt/uncle :)

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Thanks everyone! It's good to see a lot of others break the news early. My only real hesitation is that I'm not going to the dr beforehand. I'm curious did any of you earlybirds tell your folks before seeing the dr?

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We told our parents at 7 weeks and our siblings and the rest won't know till after the scan xx

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My family is incredibly close, so we shared the news after the BFP with the parents and at 6 weeks with siblings. There was no way to keep it from them. The rest of the family we'll tell at 12 weeks.

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We waited until 12 weeks, just to be safe. Knowing my mom, she was over the moon and couldn't keep the news to herself, and I wasn't ready for the whole world to know early just in case.

How long did you wait to tell parents/siblings that you were prego?

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