Announcing Your J/F’19 Pregnancy

[dashook]

Any fun plans? When and how will/did you tell your parents? Siblings? Friends? Coworkers? Older kids? The world??

Leave it all here! STM+ feel free to also share fun stuff you did with previous pregnancies too for others to get ideas.

[sammysam]

Hehehe

I'm the worst. We don't announce anything.

With DD I told my mom and sister the day I found out since they knew we were trying. We told no one else until I was very obviously showing...and then only SO's mom. We just sort of said nothing. At our Xmas party (I was 8 months at that point) my family thought I was playing a joke on them and had a beach ball in my shirt:/

With the loss I told my parents and BFF (because she was trying to give me drinks). People mostly found out after the loss because I almost died and was in the hospital for a while.

With this one I told my mom and sister right away. My brother knows because he works with me and was there when I freaked out when I started spotting. I'm not hiding this pregnancy but won't be announcing it either. SO and I are pretty private IRL and neither of us is on social media (other than this board).

I'm still trying to figure out when to tell DD. I want to wait until after at least one good scan.

I LOVE seeing other people's announcements though so bring it on!

[stayingblonde]

I always like a good production.

My cousin gave me a box of old clothes, including a Big Brother shirt in R's exact size. When I got my BFP we were getting ready to go somewhere, so I told MH I bought R a new shirt I wanted him to wear and I stuck it on him. I did something similar for my 1st one...I had a NB size onesie that said "I love my daddy" in a gift bag that I gave to MH as a present when I got the BFP.

We're telling my parents on Saturday when we go over there to celebrate Father's Day. Will probably stick R back in the Big Brother shirt and either just casually let him walk in the house and see how long it takes them to notice or have him walk in the house wearing the shirt and holding a Baby balloon or something. (MH just told his mom and brother with no fanfare made whatsoever because he is boring.)

We won't announce on social media until we know the sex and I'm into 2nd tri, but I already have the photo planned because I'm super extra. We are Dinseyland annual passholders and we go about once a week, so we're going to take a picture of R in front of the castle holding either a pink or blue Disneyland balloon. I'll probably get some kind of shirt made for him, too, if I can come up with a clever saying.

[nikkipal]

With DD we told our parents (we have 4 sets) the day we found out. We also met up with our best friends that day for a baseball game and when they offered me a beer I couldn’t help but tell them (I do not have a great poker face).

I think with coworkers I waited about 8-10 weeks. Some coworkers I had to tell early bc I’m a nurse and there were certain medications I couldn’t work with, which affected which patients I could work with. We made an announcement on FB on Halloween by painting our due date on a little pumpkin.

So I found out today, and so far I’ve only told DH and HIH. I’ll probably tell my parents soon— we’re very close and I can’t imagine keeping quiet too long. I may tell my dad on Father’s Day. DD has been begging for a sibling, but I’ve been thinking I’ll try to hold out until I have that genetic testing at 10 weeks and know the sex. Not sure I can wait that long, but I really don’t want to disappoint her. I’ll also try to wait that long to tell coworkers.

[sammysam]

nikkipal DD very adamantly does not want a baby. I'm a little worried about telling her...

[TashaLa]

For DD I made a Christmas ornament and took a pic of us holding it next to the tree and announced on social media Christmas Eve.

I’ve already got this one planned. We vaca in Cape Cod every summer. I’ll be just over 12 wks when we go. I plan to buy this bathing suit


And take a pic at the beach... likely a super obnoxious family matching bathing suit shot

[dashook]

TashaLa that’s awesome! We go to the Cape in the summer too. If I see a woman in that bathing suit at the beach I’ll be sure to say hi 😆

Etf tag

[stayingblonde]

TashaLa Yessssss. I love it. Please dress YH up like the Hoff.

[sammysam]

TashaLa I love this bathing suit! Such a great idea:)

[sammysam]

So how are your guys telling your LOs about baby? And how long are you waiting? DD already knows the basics...daddy plants a seed in mommy's tummy and then it takes a really long time for the seed to grow into a baby. She does not like the idea of me having to go to the hospital to get the baby out (because of my hospital stay earlier this year) so she has been dead set against us having a baby.

I am going to wait until after at least one good scan to tell her...but if anyone has any advice I'd love to hear it. She is 4.5 and will be 5 when/if baby arrives so she is pretty clued in about stuff.

[nikkipal]

I’m thinking I’ll show DD the ultrasound picture. She’s seen her us pics, so I think she’ll know what it is. I was thinking we’d take her out to dinner and tell her.

It sounds like your daughter has fear related to the whole process. I would focus on helping her express her fears, and do some books and videos about pregnancy and about hospitals. Maybe later on she could visit the hospital with you so that she can get a more positive association with it.

[redhead610]

We have already told immediate family. We are waiting to tell ds1 & 2, either when the panorama results come back or after the NT scan next week. We had a loss at 12 weeks before, so we didnt want to tell ds1 (almost 5) until we were ready to broadcast to everyone. I have big brother t shirts and a little brother/little sister sleepers and I think we will just take a photo.

[sammysam]

nikkipal That's a good idea. I think the hospital especially would be good for her to see later on. I hadn't thought of doing that.

She has a "pregnant princesse" game on her tablet (don't ask) that has an ultrasound portion that she likes playing with. And at the science center near us there is an exhibit about babies and pregnancy and birth that also has a fake pregnant belly with an ultrasound wand that she has played with to find the baby inside. So maybe once I know things are ok I'll take her to one of my US and she can see the baby. I'll likely have to take her to the NT scan with me because it looks like the rest of my family will be OOT around that time anyways...hopefully I'll have had at least 1 or 2 scans by that time so there won't be any surprises.

[k]

With DS1 I woke DH up in the morning with a mug of coffee. The mug said “world’s best dad. Est 2014”

With DS2 I had DS1 wear a big brother shirt.

This time i told MH with this pic

I think we are going to do something with sparklers and announce to everyone else on July 5th after my appt.

[sammysam]

k So cute! I love this!!!

[dashook]

k, omg I love that with the hands! I might steal this idea to tell my parents.

[dashook]

So definitely started this thread and then bounced without posting in it.

I have lots so I'll break them up into different posts because otherwise I'll never find the time to post it all

For MH--

I didn't get to tell DH in any fun way with DS because I had gotten a blood test that morning and H and I both knew it and were just waiting for results (long story but basically I was too naive back then to realize I could have just POAS to confirm? idk). With DD I wanted to do something fun; I tested in the morning and was thinking of doing something silly like making dinner that night with "baby" foods and sparkling cider, but that went out the window when he told me he was going to be out late that night and the next. I didn't want to wait that long so I ended up just pulling up a pic of the pee stick on my phone and being like, "Look!" lol

This time I got to actually surprise him (which was not really that hard since I was so surprised myself). The day I got my BFP actually was our 9-year dating anniversary. It was already 7 pm or so when I tested but it happened to be a night he was actually coming home so I wrapped the pee stick in wrapping paper and when he got home I gave it to him and said "happy anniversary." He was all "oh no, I didn't get you anything" and I'm like "...I wouldn't say that." When he opened it and saw what it was, he was so shocked he exclaimed "Is this from now?!" Lmao as if I had saved one from 2 years ago with DD and just decided randomly to wrap it up now?

[sammysam]

dashook I texted SO a pic of my pee stick on his way to work when I found out about DD. He responded with "[insert name here] can no longer be reached at this number".

[sammysam]

So yesterday DD told me her French Teacher is having a baby. I thought it might be a good opportunity to test out telling her...so I asked her what she thought if mommy and daddy grew a baby.

She said "I definitely do not want a baby. Babies are SOOOO boring. If it's true then take the baby and throw it in the garbage or I will throw the baby in the garbage for you".

Verbatim.

I think this might be hard.

She has been VERY vocal about never wanting a siblind unless it's an older sister. Yeah. That ship has sailed kid:/

We have 2 bunnies and she always says she only wants to be a bunny sister.

I'm hoping if I just keep making little comments about babies and siblings etc that she'll come around. So glad I've got until February!

[notagoddess]

sammysam , yikes! Hopefully, she'll start to come around in all that time.

k , that's super cute.

I'm 5 minutes pregnant and I haven't told anyone IRL yet. I plan to tell H on Father's Day, either with a card or a big sister shirt for DD.

I don't want to tell my family for a while, but it'll be hard to avoid. They are very insistent with offering alcohol at every occasion. My mom is having a big milestone birthday next month, and there is no way I can not drink and not be noticed. Ideally, I'd wait until the 12 week scan when I know everything looks good.

[cch]

I told MH the morning I found out with a box of donuts and a note that said “Eat up Daddy, Mommy can’t be the only one with a belly” Baby H due 2019.” He thought it was cute and is super excited for #2. At the very least, we’ll be waiting until after our first u/s on July 3rd to tell the fam but would like to make it till 12 weeks if we can. Hoping to make it to 12 weeks to tell DD as well but not sure we’ll make it that far, especially considering she (out of nowhere) told me yesterday I have a baby brother and baby sister in my belly.. which really threw me for a loop. I wasn’t exactly sure what to say so I just shrugged it off. She went through a phase about two months ago telling friends/family and even strangers that I had a baby in my belly. I had to tell everyone that it was fake news and as I was most definitely not KU then.

[cch]

Jun 15, 2018 8:32:01 GMT -6 @amc said:

My kids are watching the Daniel Tiger new baby episodes this morning. We haven't decided when we're going to tell them about this baby, but Daniel Tiger will definitely be a part of the process. When I was pregnant with DS2, it really helped DS1 understand (as much as he could at that age) that a new baby was coming. DS1 and DS2 are 20 months apart, and #3 will be about 23 months younger than DS2, so I'm pretty confident he'll be able to "get it" within a few months.

We need to check out Daniel Tiger, I’ve heard so many good things! Wish it was on Netflix!

[sammysam]

cch It was DD's favourite thing for like 3 years. It's on YouTube. Just choose the full episodes:)

[Foxy]

I love all of these announcements!! I'm just catching up on this thread. They are great!

We are having a house warming party next week so anyone that comes that doesn't already know, we'll tell. We've been slowly telling people in person. I'm almost to second tri so when I get my NIPT results back we'll probably make an official announcement. I just have no idea what!

[dashook]

Tomorrow we’re going to tell H’s parents when we go over their house for Fathers Day dinner.

MH is the oldest of 5 so he remembers growing up every time his folks were having a new baby they would ask him to sit on the couch, and then they delivered the news. They still have that same damn couch so when we told them about DS, MH asked them to sit on the couch and they thought that was the best. With DD we had DS (who was 15 months at the time) walk into their house wearing a onesie that said “this kid is getting promoted to big brother.”

This time, we decided we are going to have DS (3.5) ask them to sit on the couch and DD (19 months) walk over with a Fathers Day card that has a US pic inside. Crossing my fingers that the kids nap tomorrow and are in cooperative moods so we can pull this off as planned because I think it could be really fun!

[stayingblonde]

Heading to my parents' house to tell them about #2! R is showing up in his Big Brother shirt and we'll just see how long it takes them to notice. I wrote it in my dad's card, just in case they really don't pay attention.

[Foxy]

Jun 15, 2018 21:08:41 GMT -6 Foxy said:

I love all of these announcements!! I'm just catching up on this thread. They are great!

We are having a house warming party next week so anyone that comes that doesn't already know, we'll tell. We've been slowly telling people in person. I'm almost to second tri so when I get my NIPT results back we'll probably make an official announcement. I just have no idea what!

Wow... major pregnancy brain. I literally forgot my birthday is next weekend. Really the fact i'm having a birthday at all this year completely slipped my mind. We aren't even having the house warming party until July. I apparently have no concept of time or dates anymore. I really need to look at my google calendar more then once in awhile.
:head smack:
At least I have more time to plan an announcement now!

[dashook]

I’ll just be here stalking to see notagoddess post about telling her H today 😚

[notagoddess]

Jun 17, 2018 4:20:34 GMT -6 dashook said:

I’ll just be here stalking to see notagoddess post about telling her H today 😚

dashook I ended up telling him yesterday. I had a freak out that the lines weren’t darkening enough and I needed to share with him. So I gave him a wrapped digital test as an early Father’s Day gift. He was cautious but super happy. The line does appear a little darker this morning.

[dashook]

Jun 17, 2018 5:47:15 GMT -6 notagoddess said:

Jun 17, 2018 4:20:34 GMT -6 dashook said:

I’ll just be here stalking to see notagoddess post about telling her H today 😚

dashook I ended up telling him yesterday. I had a freak out that the lines weren’t darkening enough and I needed to share with him. So I gave him a wrapped digital test as an early Father’s Day gift. He was cautious but super happy. The line does appear a little darker this morning.

Glad to hear it’s getting darker! Hope you guys have a nice Fathers Day together.