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Post by ajm on Oct 13, 2017 12:29:08 GMT -6
I've told my mom, sisters and two BFF's but that's it. I'll tell the rest of my family after my first US when I'm 9 weeks. I think at that point I'll tell daycare as well. And then probably a FB announcement around 12 weeks. The only think I'm struggling with is when to tell DD? She's 2.5 and I'm excited to tell her but I'm also nervous about what I would say if something happens. I'm not sure how much a 2.5 year old would even understand though... We haven't told DD either. I'm not sure we will until after we tell family and friends. She's at the point where she remembers everything and she would tell anyone. Lol.
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Post by budders on Oct 13, 2017 13:15:41 GMT -6
I told V the other day that there was a baby in my belly. He looks at me and says “no, in daddy’s belly”.
We went back and forth a few times before I decided that we’ll try that conversation again next month.
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Post by Risscaboobs on Oct 13, 2017 13:39:04 GMT -6
Occasionally, Lexi asks about “belly baby”. But mostly I don’t think she really remembers or understands what that means yet.
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Post by kookie3631 on Oct 13, 2017 13:57:09 GMT -6
We haven't told DD yet, but the other day she came up to me and asked if there was a baby in my belly. But one of her best friends at daycare is a new big brother so I think she's a little jealous of that. She wants a baby so badly. LOL
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Post by lily on Oct 13, 2017 15:05:39 GMT -6
fatpony wow, your FIL... way to double down on selfish decisions, dude. I’m sorry you had to go through that during your time of loss.
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Post by lily on Oct 13, 2017 15:08:00 GMT -6
I told V the other day that there was a baby in my belly. He looks at me and says “no, in daddy’s belly”. We went back and forth a few times before I decided that we’ll try that conversation again next month. DS tells me no, the baby is growing in his tummy, not mine. I’ve yet to convince him otherwise. His logic: he grew in my tummy, so now the new baby is growing in his.
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 13, 2017 15:12:27 GMT -6
I told V the other day that there was a baby in my belly. He looks at me and says “no, in daddy’s belly”. We went back and forth a few times before I decided that we’ll try that conversation again next month. DS tells me no, the baby is growing in his tummy, not mine. I’ve yet to convince him otherwise. His logic: he grew in my tummy, so now the new baby is growing in his. This reminded me: when I was pregnant with my second, our first was 3. She was born about 6 weeks prior to his fourth birthday. Anyway, he spent my pregnancy telling everyone he met that I had a baby growing in my belly, BUT HE HAD A GIRAFFE GROWING IN HIS and that was SOOOOO much cooler than a baby.
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lily
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Post by lily on Oct 13, 2017 15:58:32 GMT -6
tinyjoys that’s the best. I hope the baby gave him a new giraffe toy!
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Post by sarah on Oct 13, 2017 17:01:36 GMT -6
I planned on doing a Halloween announcement. I bought DS a cute shirt. But then the other day I had some spotting. The OB said he could see a hematoma on the ultrasound and that was what caused the bleeding. The heart beat was good and my cervix was closed, and the OB was very reassuring. I have another ultrasound at 12 weeks and now I'm thinking I should wait until then to announce.
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Post by bebbysue on Oct 13, 2017 18:45:45 GMT -6
I've told my mom, sisters and two BFF's but that's it. I'll tell the rest of my family after my first US when I'm 9 weeks. I think at that point I'll tell daycare as well. And then probably a FB announcement around 12 weeks. The only think I'm struggling with is when to tell DD? She's 2.5 and I'm excited to tell her but I'm also nervous about what I would say if something happens. I'm not sure how much a 2.5 year old would even understand though... We haven't told DD either. I'm not sure we will until after we tell family and friends. She's at the point where she remembers everything and she would tell anyone. Lol. i thought the same thing. L is a blabbermouth 😂
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Post by charliefox on Oct 18, 2017 11:27:28 GMT -6
Just found out but I've told DH, and all the ladies on DS's BMB lol, some of whom are IRL friends too.
Not planning on telling anyone else until after my first scan which will be around 10/11 weeks. I'm sort of dreading it because we tried for so long and no one knew what we went through, I dunno - it's complicated. It'll be easy to keep a secret because our family all lives out of state and we'll be so busy with Halloween and travel between now and the.
We didn't announce on social media with DS until I was almost in the 3rd tri, we'll see how this pregnancy goes before we decide when to announce. I've had a big brother shirt for DS for months so we might take photos on our trip to use later.
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Post by daisy818 on Oct 19, 2017 10:54:16 GMT -6
So my immediate family, several friends, and several coworkers know about the IVF and stayed up with me on the process, so they all now know. IVF kinda ruins the surprise. DH and I still need to tell my stepson (we have him every weekend, so he hasn't been over at our house since we found out, and we wanted to tell him in person). He's old enough that he can probably keep a secret. I'm not on social media because of my job, so I won't really be doing any kind of public announcement. But I do love those with a well-planned announcement!
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Post by sammichcat on Oct 19, 2017 18:50:36 GMT -6
Speaking of funny pregnancy things, DS1 was 2.5 when DS2 was born and when asked what he thought we should name the baby he replied "Armadillo" pronounced 'Armadiyo'(the mexican-spanish way to pronounce ll). We have no idea where that came from or why he pronounced it that way.
We compromised by naming his new stuffed bunny Armadillo instead.
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Risscaboobs
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Post by Risscaboobs on Nov 11, 2017 22:28:30 GMT -6
Bumping because we announced today at 14 weeks (though family, close friends, and work already knew).
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Post by tinydancer on Nov 13, 2017 7:56:03 GMT -6
So cute Risscaboobs! We have only told our parents and one of my best friends so far. I'm up for a promotion at work in December and even though I know it will be ok, I want to wait to tell them until after that's decided. So we won't be making any public announcements before then. Last time we did a facebook announcement around 20 weeks. This time, I'm not sure we'll do one at all.
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Post by tincupchalice on Nov 14, 2017 21:23:44 GMT -6
We announced on FB after the first ultrasound.
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Post by jessila on Nov 15, 2017 12:53:36 GMT -6
This is what I used to announce at work this week. Still think I'll wait until we know the sex to announce on FB.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 10:19:59 GMT -6
We got our family photos back and will announce with this one!
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Post by Speedy on Dec 26, 2017 13:51:19 GMT -6
I know I'm super late with this, but I just made my announcement today with this pic :-)
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Post by onlymee on Dec 29, 2017 11:54:31 GMT -6
We announced on FB after the first ultrasound. Omg I love these shirts! Is the smallest one a onesie? Where did you get it?
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Post by tincupchalice on Dec 29, 2017 14:37:13 GMT -6
We announced on FB after the first ultrasound. Omg I love these shirts! Is the smallest one a onesie? Where did you get it? They're all t-shirts (smallest is a 6month size) and I actually made them myself!
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Post by larzhope on Dec 29, 2017 23:19:25 GMT -6
We announced when I was around 17 weeks on Facebook. We are big travelers and were getting ready to go on our last big international trip before baby. Sorry if it's huge, I'm on mobile.
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Post by budders on Dec 30, 2017 23:03:04 GMT -6
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Post by larzhope on Dec 31, 2017 2:32:13 GMT -6
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Post by itsmemeg on Dec 31, 2017 9:49:41 GMT -6
All the announcements are super cute!
I’m plagued with second child syndrome lol. We did all the cutesy stuff with our first. I told one of my close friends right away cause she knew we were trying. Then I told my mom around 8 or 10 weeks or so by showing her the ultrasound photo.
Then we just text our other parents, siblings and friends a pic of the ultrasound lol.
We did a family photo announcement with our son on FB when we were ready.
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Post by budders on Dec 31, 2017 12:27:45 GMT -6
I may put up an announcement on FB tomorrow. I waited until 30 weeks last time, for no real reason, but New Years seems like a good time since I’m past the halfway point and close to viability. I got these shirts in the mail yesterday, I might use this pic:
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Post by adeline on Dec 31, 2017 16:23:09 GMT -6
I was *this close* to posting an announcement on FB last night (New Years eve) because that’s when I announced with DD, but for a few reasons I just decided not to. Looks like there will be no announcement until she’s here. And maybe not then either? I don’t know. It’s a hard decision.
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Post by budders on Dec 31, 2017 18:16:22 GMT -6
I was *this close* to posting an announcement on FB last night (New Years eve) because that’s when I announced with DD, but for a few reasons I just decided not to. Looks like there will be no announcement until she’s here. And maybe not then either? I don’t know. It’s a hard decision. I considered posting today, but I saw that my sister posted hers when I went on to FB this morning. I figured I would give her the day and wait until tomorrow! I don't even care much except that I do have former colleagues and extended family who don't know the news yet, and it's a good way to reach everyone.
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Post by numbears on Jan 2, 2018 6:49:35 GMT -6
Everything posted is so adorable. You guys are so creative. I need to take lessons.
I never announced it was a boy and I guess I should. When people ask, I've just been telling them.
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Post by adeline on Jan 4, 2018 2:00:24 GMT -6
So after thinking about this again, I went and saw some (of DH’s extended) family today and they seemed a bit offended I hadn’t told them about my pregnancy. I hadn’t seen them in person since first tri so no opportunity face to face yet. So I realized some people wanted to know and I decided I need to get over my anxiety about something going wrong late term and just do an announcement. So I did. Ahh. I feel lighter.
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