However, you might be reluctant to share the news so soon. Some women like to wait a few months to make sure everything is okay with the pregnancy. Miscarriages happen most commonly in the first trimester so waiting to make sure all is well isn't such a bad idea.
Let's do a little breakdown so you know how long you'll be preggers:
From conception, pregnancy is 10 months...But what about the 9 months you were told??? Yeah, another lie...
Do the math...10 solid months if you make it to full term...or you might go longer.
There are three stages of pregnancy called "trimesters" that help us figure out where we are:
1st trimester: 1-12 weeks
2nd trimester: 13-28 weeks
3rd trimester: 29-to the end
Some of these weeks vary depending on the source you look up but there are definitely three solid parts to pregnancy and are great indicators of the milestones you'll be making.
My personal preference was to wait until my second trimester to tell people that I was pregnant. For one, I didn't find out until I was 6 weeks pregnant and then you don't usually see the heartbeat clearly on the ultrasound until a little later than that. I found that it was more enjoyable to not have to answer everyone's questions and just take the time to breathe (or sleep and puke) in those first weeks. Everyone has an opinion about what you should do and what the names should be and what you're having and yada yada yada. It's nice to postpone that for awhile.
Whatever you decide, take some time to really understand that there is a life inside of you! Whether it ends in miscarriage or there are complications involve...it's a beautiful, wonderful human being that is growing inside of your body!
