Telling family but not your own kids...?

We want to tell our parents & family that we are expecting, but I feel like we shouldn't tell our kids just yet

One of our DC's is VERY chatty and we think will tell everyone they see!! Do I not tell the kids for a few more weeks? I want them to be excited, yet I don't want the world knowing just yet and I don't think they get the idea of a secret

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lol. I don't have kids so I cant say for sure, but I think that if you're NOT ready for the world to know then don't tell the children. I work at a preschool and had one little boy this past year randomly tell me "I'm having a baby!" lol. I connected that his mom was probably pregnant, but since she wasn't announcing anything I kept it to myself. She didn't 'come out' for at least another month, but it made me wonder how many other people her very exciting 3 yr old son had already told. lol.

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I didn't tell my girls about the pregnancy until after the ultrascreen. They were 4.5 and just under 3 at the time.

It had nothing to do with them telling people or not. Not to be a downer, but I didn't want them to know before then because of the risk of miscarriage. I had a m/c at 9.5 weeks prior to my last pregnancy and I was so glad I didn't rush to tell them...

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My mother had a miscarriage when I was 6 years old, and I got mad at her about it because she SAID we were going to have a new baby. She understood why, at that age I really couldn't wrap my head around a loss like that. I think you can tell your family without telling your children right away, just let them know that the kids don't know yet. I would worry more about that than them telling the world.

We didn't want to tell our nephew who was 3 and a half right away. We told him over the weekend (I'm 19 weeks) and he didn't really understand.