This time round we kept it quiet far longer than 12 weeks, as I had wanted to. We told parents and siblings (and accepted that other family would then find out through them) at about 17 weeks (only cos DP wanted to). Everyone else started to find out after I posted photos of a trip to QLD in June, when I was 6 months on, but there was no 'announcement' (again, that's how I wanted it) and people either saw my belly grow and said nothing or just asked if the bump was a baby! I didn't really show until I was abot 21-22 weeks, anyway, but it was perverse fun to have people unsure to ask in that in-between stage After all, they only want to know, they don't need to know until it's either really close to the due date or the baby is actually here!