How to Tell People You're Pregnant
The 13 Stages of Telling People You're Pregnant
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Whether your pregnancy was planned or not, and no matter how many kids you've had before this go-around, there's a certain art to telling the people in your life that you're expecting. You'll obviously want to share your news with those closest to you first, but then what?!
If you've experienced the awkwardness that is trying to navigate your social life without everyone knowing your news right away, you've been through these 13 stages of telling people that you've got a bun in the oven.
1 Take a home test and immediately call your partner into the bathroom to freak out over the two pink lines.
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2 Which is followed by spending hours in the bathroom talking through your shock.
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3 Figure out a way to tell your family and best friends.
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4 And swear everyone to secrecy while you figure the rest of your life out.
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5 Find ways to get out of friend dates for the next few months, or spend many a sober night pretending that you’re “on a cleanse."
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6 Start wearing your baggiest clothes to work to avoid having to tell anyone about the baby.
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7 Begin cracking little by little as the 12-week mark passes and some of your closer friends start to catch on.
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8 Think outside the box to come up with creative ways to mask throwing up at work.
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9 Start to avoid the office kitchen because you know that it doesn’t ever get cleaned, which poses a big risk to your secrecy.
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10 After a while you’re not only starting to show but are having trouble keeping track of the people who don't know.
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11 Tell your co-workers and boss the news to finally settle the ongoing office argument about whether you're chubby or pregnant.
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12 Dodge calls from great-aunts you never knew you had and parents of your grade-school friends you haven’t spoken to in 20 years.
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13 Celebrate the fact that you can finally live your life as a hormonal pregnant woman with cravings up the wazoo.
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