So you've confirmed it, and then just for sure, yet again: you are indeed pregnant. So who do you tell? When? and how?

The "who" I would think is pretty easy. For most women, it would be the "partner-in-crime" that would be first to know, of course. And then perhaps parents and close family members. Friends and work colleagues comes next.

But when?

Believe it or not, a lot of pregnancies end up in a spontaneous abortion within the first trimester. If it weren't for the advent of accurate pregnancy test kits that are able to detect pregnancy reliably at an early stage, most spontaneous miscarriages would go unnoticed. Because of this, it is usually recommended to wait til the first trimester is over, when most problems are likely to occur, before making announcements. Either that, or at least after the first medical check up returns a clean bill of health.

Personally, when it comes to family and close friends, I think there's no reason to withhold the news for that long. Whatever happens, I know that these people will stand by me and I can count on their support, so with both my pregnancies, I broke the news within a few days of confirmation (a part of me wanted to savor the news first and keep it a secret between me and my husband for a few days).