How are you announcing your pregnancy to your husband/so?

morgarita

So I'm remaining positive that a BFP will come soon and I was thinking of ways to announce to my husband that I am pregnant. 

What are you guys planning on doing?

I'm trying to think of something to include our dog. Or buying shoes or a onesie (but I buy baby stuff all the time so that wouldn't be out of the norm).

 

lesleyn21

I'm too impatient to keep secrets or anything. I planned something for when we were ttc #1 and then just freaked and told him I was on the way to the hospital for a blood test cuz I got a positive. Lol so I won't plan anything for baby #2

BlckRoses

I'm probably going to come out of the bathroom and show him the pee stick.  I'll probably be in too much shock to say anything. 

I do want to do something cute to announce to my parents, though.  Probably give them a onesie with "World's Best Grandparents" something like that.  

mamabear214

I'm always dressing our two DSs in " big brother" " little brother" shirts. So I'm going to put them both in big brother shirts and see how long it takes him to notice.
If I manage to hold it in that long.. with both previous pregnancies I ran out of the bathroom screaming there's two lines on ALL OF THEM and waving my armful of pee sticks around.
I'll have to test when he isn't home.

MusicFanatic

I sense the whole production will be rather boring.

Like, we'll probably look at the pee stick together. Or I'll look, and run out and tell him.

But last cycle I tested, he actually wanted to come in and look.. so.. whatever floats his boat  It will go something like that, no big surprises to surprise him with.

kdr115

I won't be able to keep it a secret for long, so will likely just tell him between the tears - he will know what is up.  I would like to try to catch his reaction on video to be part of a keepsake for our future child, but I have a feeling I will be too excited to remember to do that without being obvious. Good luck!   

missnacholover

Part of me wants to have sex with him and roll over and say, "So, you know how you've been so excited to have sex with me when I'm pregnant...well..." 

He sent me on a sort of treasure hunt to propose, so I may very closely mimic that.

He also wants a minion doll for Christmas so if I get a BFP before then, I'll get him one and tell him he'll have his own little minion on X date.

Or, what's more likely to happen is that I'll be so excited that I'll just tell him and shove the pee stick in his face.  It really all depends on when it happens and if I can sneak out and buy something. 

TeeJ526

At this rate I'll probably just run down the stairs squealing like a little girl.

dogperson11

I don't have anything too fancy planned. I'd love to catch it on video, but a camera out if the case on the counter would be a big giveaway. I did buy a mug for my mom that says "only the best moms get promoted to grandma" and a onesie for my sister that says. "I love my aunt".

Siamese253

We both get ready for work at the same time, so normally when I'm POAS he's in there brushing his teeth. I typically leave the stick on the back of the toilet and he tells me what it says while I'm showering.

I imagine there will be a fair amount of high fiving and maybe some "take that, ovaries!" But I'm not planning on some flashy announcement.

gscoville

I had a custom onesie printed for when I got my BFP last December and gave it to my hubby as a Christmas gift - it was super cute, but unfortunately that ended in ectopic surgery/loss so the onesie now sits hidden away deep in my closet so I don't have to see the painful reminder.  I can't bring myself to try something cute again, if I do get another BFP, it'll be more a 'stumble out of the bathroom in mingled excitement and terror and blurt it out the best I can through the bawling' scenario. 

Manateearmz

I'll probably ask him how many lines the pregnancy test has because I'm blind without my glasses.

snooks721

I hope DH is with me when I find out. I've always envisioned us finding out together.

MrsMac613

I got him a mug that says Daddy-to-Be on it. I decided to tell him over hot chocolate. DH loves hot chocolate (especially with Baileys in it). So I am going to put the hot chocolate in his mug and see how long it takes him to notice. We just got a video camera on black friday so hopefully I can set it up to capture it all. Hopefully that will all occur this month. FX!

EmeJay

If it's like last time, it will be in a non-romantic way while arguing about the fact that there is a line or not on the test and to just do a new one tomorrow and all there, you see it now bitch?

EmeJay

.. or, I'll wait long enough to do this:

EmeJay

Who says my husband is the father?

KingLED

The first time I'll just tell him the pee stick had two lines.  Then he'll fall back asleep and forget that I ever said anything. 

A few days later when I whine about being in pain from not being able to take one of my meds he'll look at me like I'm crazy and I'll tell him again.

Or at least that's how it usually goes. 

SCSmith2011

It will pretty much go like this:

::calls DH at work::

Me: Hey the RE's office called. My beta was ::insert the perfect beta number, which will allay all my IVF fears/worries::. Then there will probably be shocked silence and then laughter and tears.

/Fin

This is how it's all going down tomorrow in my head at least.

JustCricket

either we'll be looking at the stick together, or I'll show him the piss stick. Nothing fancy or complicated. No need for that, for us.

jojosmommmy

This is going to be hard! My husband doesn't have access to a phone all day (he's in the police academy so they're super strict) and he leaves at 6 AM while I don't get up until 8. I got a onesie from Gap Baby that says "i love my daddy" and will have that wrapped up and a huge meal for him when he gets home and we can finally talk!

cr230

After being at this for 13 months and 14 cycles, I will just be shocked to see two lines and will walk out of the bathroom waving the test in disbelief.  No cute announcements here.

Belou52579

My husband doesn't pick up on subtle hints (hence the constantly dirty house) so I will just have to show him a digital test that spells it out for him. I've tried going the "can you see this line" way and that ended in hurt feelings.

mikescutie7

I will either give him a onsie or put the pee stick in the coffee cabinet for him to discover because that is the first place he goes in the morning

mamadomino

It went a little something like this:

I walk downstairs all in shock.  Ask him what he's doing, he gives me some long winded answer that I wasn't listening to.  He asks me what I'm doing, I say nothing and continue standing there.  Then he's all "why are you being weird?" And then I'm all "I just peed on a stick and there's a line" and I try to turn on the light.  He goes, "if you have to use a light there's no line".  WTF?  So I POAS again this morning, BAM, line.  Told ya, hubs. 

MaidenFan

I bought two onesies: one pink and one blue. I get ready/am in the bathroom before DH and I plan to grab the onesies and ask him if he thinks we'll need the blue or the pink. Then do the obligatory shove the test in his face for proof.

craftymomma111

I will probably demand that he cleans the cat shit.

prncsz

We are huge saints fans so I'm planning to buy a little saints onesie and wrap it up with the digital pregnant stick as a gift.

BeachLover2885

BlckRoses said:

I'm probably going to come out of the bathroom and show him the pee stick.  I'll probably be in too much shock to say anything. 

I do want to do something cute to announce to my parents, though.  Probably give them a onesie with "World's Best Grandparents" something like that.  

This. I figure I will just tell DH and show him the test. I've thought way more about how we would tell our parents! I would love to get a grandparents frame and put an US pic in it and wrap it up as a gift for them. 

nikiz628

I wanted to do something creative with our first BFP. But I was just too excited and ran out of the bathroom with the pee stick in my hand. I was jumping up and down and shoving the stick in his face... he was like dude I can't even read it.

I hope I can be a bit more creative with #2.

divinemsbee

Why do I keep opening this thread?! I've been really good at trying to not make hypothetical plans because when I get into fantasizing about this it makes not having it so much worse and my period will be due just days before Christmas and I don't want to be a wreck. All that being said, IF this is it, I will probably test on a Monday while H is at work and then run to Target and get one of those tiny stockings and put it on the tree (yes, I am a cliché) with the test in it. I will also get one of those make it yourself mugs at Starbucks and do a World's Best Dad mug for him. I also hate to do this because with my loss record it's probably something I'll end up having to hide. Or I can say it's from the dogs. I'm hoping that now that my insane plan is out there I will be able to let it go.

stacyslo

With #1 I put the pee stick in a ziplock, wrapped in a onesie that said "I Daddy" and told him while he was moving furniture upstairs at my mom's, right before 4th of July weekend. I cried, he was surprisingly calm, then we went downstairs and told my mom because I suck at keeping secrets from her. Then we told his family that night. It was great. For the next one, I would love to be able to tell the family on Christmas Eve but that will be a longshot. And I really like the idea of putting my ds in a big brother shirt and seeing how long it takes DH to notice.

victoria+james

I had a dream the other night that I spray painted our garage door to say "I'm pregnant". It might be over board, but I woke up thinking... what the hell, we can always repaint it!

Jellyfish42

My initial plan was to cook him a nice dinner or take him to our favorite restaurant (its always private) and give him a scrapbook that I planned to make. He has since decided to be a bigger part of the testing and would like to find out when I do. I still plan to get him a little onesie to pull out and give him, but I will pee on the stick, set on the back of the toilet, walk out and then after the time is up, we will walk back in hand-in-hand and look at the test together. I forsee hugs and tears and kisses and lots of jumping up and down! Lol.

kmaty13

Buying a onesie that says "Congratulations! You're going to be a Dad!," customizing a fortune cookie (DH randomly did this for me once while we were dating), or baking a cake that says "Thanks for knocking me up."  Apparently, I've given it a lot of thought.  I'll probably be too excited to do any of those things though & will just wave the pee stick in his face.  I don't think he even knows what a pee stick looks like.

angeltennis3

I will probably buy a generic onesie and a daddy how to parenting book and give them to DH. I was out shopping last weekend and I also stopped at Barnes and Nobles to shop, but decided against it. I don't want to jinx myself this cycle.

ngolimento

I'm boring, and will probably just scream and jump on him like a crazylady.

I'll have to be pretty blunt with my mom because she's hilariously bad at guessing things. My sister tried to announce her pregnancy by giving her a birthstone for her ring (she wears all of the family's stones). My mom didn't get it at all, and was like "I don't know anyone who has this birthstone". Lol mom.

jjsmommy0714

Our son is, for some reason, obsessed with John Deere. I have no idea why because he only sees them at Lowe's (our tractor is a Ford lol). Anyway I have a friend who works at a place that makes tshirts and I'm going to have her make one for our son that says "Someday I'm going to drive a Deere but since I'm still too little, I guess I'll settle for being a big brother instead" or something along those lines. I haven't quite figured out the wording yet.

Texasgurly0313

I'll probably just stare at the pee stick blankly, and walk out of the bathroom with a shocked look on my face.  Or I'll scream really loudly.  I would like to be cute in how I tell him, but realistically, I think I'll just tell him right then and there after it happens.  

And then call my best friend, and bawl like a baby.

jlbeanza

I always thought I'd do something cute, but last time I was like..."wait a minute, after all those negatives IS THAT SERIOUSLY A LINE?!" and I made him look at it. It'll probably go a whole lot like that again.

blondetron

I'll probably stick our pups in big brother shirts and see if he notices.. I'm having a much more difficult time figurung out how to tell his family via skype.