Share Your Pregnancy Announcement Here

St0v3s

I thought it would be a fun thread to post your pregnancy announcement or announcements you are considering.

tennisbabymama

Fun! We haven't told the world yet (I'm 5 weeks 2 days) but we have told my husband's immediate family. We out candles on the desert for Sunday's dinner my mother in law made that said due 04 2016. I can't wait to tell my family. That should be within the next few weeks when we go visit, I think I'm going to take a picture with the group and tell them during the picture so we can get the reaction on video.

As for when we tell the world....NO IDEA! I'll be tuning in to this discussion to hear everyone's ideas!

misstopsail

We found out on vacation, so I snapped some photos, and I think we might caption one and send it out for the announcement

TKaiser91

We've told our parents. I made a little picture collage because we went and adopted a kitten three days before we found out so I pretended to show them a picture of him. We haven't told my dad and step mom yet because I'm going down to see them next week. We are still deciding how to do it. We are thinking either have DD point at my belly when I say where's the baby ( background info, she calls all cats and dogs babies lol). The other option is to take a photo of Dd with her new big sister shirt and then place it in a frame and put it on the table or counter and wait until they see it.

rel1988

I'll be lurking for ideas! Since 2nd tri will be in Oct and Fall is my favorite season I would love to tie that in, but I think the "adding a pumpkin to our patch" announcement is really overdone. 

kguitarchic18

I told my mom by saying I think im pregnant, but i was worried to jinx anything because I was still 4 days before my period at that point. But now I am almost 7 weeks We haven't told anyone else yet, and my husband asked when we should wait until, I was thinking after my doc appointment then telling immediate family, and then maybe 12 weeks before friends and co-workers.

I really want to do a cute photo with our dog, and I want to design a sign that says "Mom and Dad are getting me a human!" then below that, "Big Sister/Guard Dog Duty Starts April 2016"

loveymay

For our public/fb announcement, I'm thinking of maybe a picture of our cat with a caption saying he's about to be a big brother, or something cutesy like that. Or I was thinking of a picture of 2 suitcases and a small suitcase or something, with a caption like our greatest adventure is about to begin. I really like this idea because DH and I do a lot of international travel. I've also thought about something Fall themed. I plan on posting this around 12/13 weeks.

pregokinder

My dad passed away, so my whole family was already planning to get together for his birthday at our new house before we found out we were expecting.....so we decided that would be the perfect time to tell them. We made cupcakes and hid little plastic babies in them under the frosting. We put a candle in all of them so everyone would take one and make a birthday wish for my dad, and then we waited for someone to find a baby everyone was surprised, and got a little souvenir to keep! Plus it felt really special to be able to include my dad in the event.

Lilpenguin3

For bf's parents we got them a frame that said grandkids and put a picture of his niece and nephew and a zoomed in pic of the test and it said pic available April 2016. We filmed the reaction and it was awesome. His sis and bil we got them gifts that said uncle and aunt. We all just got back from a family vacation so we told them we brought back something from the beach for them.

We are driving up and telling my parents this weekend for my mom's birthday. I got her a willow tree angel, a bracelet that says grandma, and a frame that shows ultrasound and due date. She's going to flip. I'm an only child and this will be the first grandchild and great grandchild in our family. And I'll get to telly grandpa before he dies. (He's in hospice) I'm due near his birthday too. We got them a great grandma and grandpa frame. My mom is flying down in 2 weeks so she can give them the gift while we watch on Skype.

Sorry so long.

Julesby

I gave hubs a Michigan (his alma mater) onesie. 

We Facetimed with his family. For mine, we gave my parents and sister and BIL picture frames with a placeholder for Baby G coming in April. We are super close with my family, but my bro and his wife don't live near us and always learn family news last. So, we texted him the pic below when we knew he was by his phone. He and his wife are starting to settle down, so he absolutely loved it.

For our FB announcement, we're waiting until 20 weeks. Partially because I want to wait that long and partially because it will be the weekend of the UM/PSU game. We'll hold up onesies from our alma maters and have a caption that says something like "The battle for the next generation's school allegiance begins in April." (This school rivalry thing is a theme for us.)

yodiggity

I bought a big cousin shirt for my niece. We are going on a family camping trip next week and will tell them then. I am not sure how I will tell my dad. I bought a onesie that reads: "Baby (last name) arriving april 2016" but I don't know what to do with it. Maybe we'll post a pic of it for FB announcement.

seasidesweete

If my 4yo can keep her mouth shut. This is how we plan to tell the grandparents (all at once this time!) I can't wait!!!

Julesby

seasidesweete - Love those!

Sboivin313

My niece and nephew are wearing this shirt when we go camping for Labor Day with the whole fam!

ashleymarie1027

I'm embroidering a t-shirt with this logo on it for DS (says "promoted to big brother")

https://www.etsy.com/listing/226367999/promoted-to-big-brother-applique

We'll probably have him wear it during FaceTime/Skype calls with our families, since they're all far away

FB will have to wait... Hubby isn't a fan of social media so I'll hang back a while on that

Disneygirl921

We told my mom right away - I would want her support no matter what. So since she lives in AZ and hates cold weather my husband made the pic below to send her.
My dad and his girlfriend love to play scrabble. So the other pic is how we will tell them if all is ok at my appointment next week.

Disneygirl921

It wouldn't let me attach the pic for my dad so here it is

Daniep08

This is our 3rd and my parents 4th grandchild, so they are already grandparents. we are all going on a family vacation next week, parents and all my sibilings and their spouses. We play a lot of games on vacation so we pulled 2 cards out of our Apples 2 apples game. One says "exciting" and one says "having a baby". When it's my turn I'll pull out the exciting card and dh will play the having a baby card. Hopefully everyone will catch on! Looking for a fun way to tell my kids though, so I'll be looking here for suggestions!

mrstrax

We'll see both sets of grandparents on Sunday, so DD will be wearing an I'm a Big Sister onesie that I made- apparently big siblings only come in 2T+. My sister moved to Dc for school this week so we took pictures and mailed them to her new apt so that she gets to know at about the same time. We sent the same pictures to my SSIL in TN. Everyone else we will see in person.

Ready4theParty

I made DD a Big sister shirt for this weekend. DH and I like to bet so we have picke who will notice it first and when.

Margotsha

My daughter is 18m/o and I got a shirt that said "Coolest sister ever". We texted it to our imediate family, which was 16 people (yeah, we have a lot of siblings) and just said, "Thinking about you today, hope you're having a good one". Our sisters called us within 30 seconds, our mum's shortly after and then the dads. I think one of my brothers wrote back saying, "yeah, right back at cha". I'll always keep that because he had no clue lol

Ckamba

I told my husband by hanging a sign on our dog that says "If ellie is fur-baby #1 and I am fur-baby #2, what do we call the tiny hooman in mommy's belly?" 

And how i told my family was the best. It was my birthday 1 week after I found out so I picked up my birthday cake and brought it to my sisters for our birthday dinner. When they went to take the top off and it was supposed to say Happy Birthday, I instead had a riddle written on the cake 

What has a cute little nose

Ten fingers and ten toes

Sweet fat little cheeks

And in nine months you will meet?

They were so shocked! And frankly I was surprised I kept my mouth shut all week:) 

jcfitzgerald

I told my husband by giving him a wrapped gift of a baby bib that says "daddy loves me" with the positive pregnancy test under it. He was very surprised and having a bad day so he was very happy!!!

As for the announcement to the world...our Facebook, my husband wants to make a picture of a baby and write something about overlord fitzgerald taking over the world in April 2016 or something silly like that! He's a weirdo, it'll definitely be different! Lol

huskerfan246

We are having a Labor Day BBQ this weekend with just our parents and maybe my SIL and her family. We plan to announce we are expecting our first child to them with these cute little cards we had created online. It's nothing fancy but it will be special because our EDD is my DH's parents 40th Wedding Anniversary. I think my MIL is already suspicious of something just by the way she acts around me. Probably won't announce anything to extended family and friends until after 12 weeks though.

lnbtaa15

We got a shirt for DS that says "Oh Snap, I'm going to be a big brother."  My MIL read the shirt right away but when we went to see my family they kept looking at him and playing with him but we finally had to have my stepdad actually read the shirt because he was getting ready to leave.  My family is obviously not observant.  For our announcement to others we will probably just snap a picture of him in his shirt.  Since this little one if following the exact timeline as DS I may do something similar to what we did for him and do it on the exact day we announced last time, but instead of becoming a family of three we will be becoming a family of four.

yodiggity

Is it bad that I don't really want to tell anyone else until the baby comes? lol I told my family this week (with the exception of dad and sm) and they're excited. I will tell my dad on Saturday. Bf's family already knows. I have told everyone not to post on FB so hopefully they wont. So far, so good. I really thought I would want to shout from the rooftops but I really don't want to share this with anyone else. 

heidishomes6007

Had a miscarriage last year when we had told our family and 7 yr old son way too early (lesson learned). The worst part was telling everyone about the MC (especially our son who was heartbroken). So this time we haven't told anyone except our best friends . The plan is to let the cat out of the bag when we enter the second trimester ! Fingers crossed ! I am thinking we will do a pic of our son with a big brother shirt on and holding a sign that says April 2016! Hoping this little one sticks so we can do that !!

Jheaps

We will be waiting for a while, but I'm excited about my idea.  My DH is a HUGE disc golfer (I'm a beginner).  We played in a mixed doubles tournament on Saturday and won!  So we are going to use our disc trophies side by side and then add a mini disc next to it with a little "Arriving April 2016"  sign.

  Although it's pretty funny--the name of the tournament is "Chicks Can Flick too."  The printing kind of blurs together.  Does the writing look vulgar?!

mrstrax

Jheaps said:

We will be waiting for a while, but I'm excited about my idea.  My DH is a HUGE disc golfer (I'm a beginner).  We played in a mixed doubles tournament on Saturday and won!  So we are going to use our disc trophies side by side and then add a mini disc next to it with a little "Arriving April 2016"  sign.

  Although it's pretty funny--the name of the tournament is "Chicks Can Flick too."  The printing kind of blurs together.  Does the writing look vulgar?!

Zoomed out - definitely doesn't look like "flick", full size - no problem

Monicagail1

Sboivin313 said:

My niece and nephew are wearing this shirt when we go camping for Labor Day with the whole fam!

When we announced we were pregnant with DD2 to immediate family we had DD1 wear a "Big Sister" shirt to a family event.  NO ONE NOTICED!!!  Talk about an announcement fail.  Looks like we'll have to do something more obvious for #3, lol.

Julesby

Monicagail1 said:

When we announced we were pregnant with DD2 to immediate family we had DD1 wear a "Big Sister" shirt to a family event.  NO ONE NOTICED!!!  Talk about an announcement fail.  Looks like we'll have to do something more obvious for #3, lol.

Oh no! That's super dissapointing! 

cortney626

We told our immediate family right away. No secrets in our families. Even though it was early, if something was to happen they'd be there for us anyway. My husband couldn't wait to tell our families. He thought I would have told my mom before I told him. I got the results back from my Dr (bloodtest) then tested positive and showed him that night. The next day he made phone calls but I was able to send flowers to our moms that said "Are you ready for another grandbaby? Baby (lastname) arriving April/ May 2016!" 

For FB announcement, we'll probably take a picture of my DD holding a chalkboard that says "big sister" with us in the background out of focus. 

Jess5628

Baby Moore!

LunaBelle329

We are telling immediate family sooner than we probably normally would (I'll be 7 weeks and we won't have been to the doctor yet) just due to siblings being in from out of town / leaving to live abroad for the year. Ordered a few "aunt" personalized picture frames off of etsy to give them at family events this weekend. Would've loved to have had a sonogram, but our pup announcing it in photo form will have to do for now! Probably no social media post until 12+ weeks...Have to think more about it! Fun to see everyone's ideas! (Tried to post a photo, but doesn't seem to be working through the app)

LunaBelle329

blonde151188

Here's the one we sent to family and put on Facebook. Everyone loved it, and I think my youngest's face is perfect for it.

rayandbrit

My Mom & Sister happened to fly in the day I found out I was pregnant. I would never normally tell that soon, but I was so excited to have the chance to tell them in person!

I had my Mom, DH, sis, her 2 kids, and my 3 get together for a family pic, but instead of saying "say cheese" I had my friend hit record and say "say Britt's pregnant!!" I've watched the video a ton of times, it was so fun to capture their reactions.

For our FB announcement I'll prob just post the video.

kcbarbo78

I don't like emotional scenes and hate to be fussed over. I told my mother and sister by text message and asked my husband to tell his parents by himself while I was at the office. Because I have to be on bed rest and will miss a week of work, I had to tell my employer and did so by leaving a voicemail with my HR rep. I won't be making an announcement on social media. I don't plan on posting photos of my child on Facebook, and it just doesn't strike me as an appropriate platform for broadcasting my personal life because I'm "friends" with co-workers, former classmates, acquaintances and a variety of others I'm not terribly close with, in addition to family members and actual, real-life friends. I also know a few people struggling with infertility, and having been there myself I know that being subjected to baby announcements you neither invited nor can ignore is like having salt rubbed in the wound. I'm also just intensely private and making a fuss just isn't my style. When I got engaged while on a trip to Italy, I called my sister from Vernazza and asked her to tell my parents. To this day, I still don't know how they reacted to the engagement news. It never occurred to me to ask her. My husband recorded my FIL's reaction to the news that we're having a boy, the first grandson, and it was cute. I'm still glad I wasn't there, though.

NachosAndPeaches

ashleymarie1027 said:

I'm embroidering a t-shirt with this logo on it for DS (says "promoted to big brother") https://www.etsy.com/listing/226367999/promoted-to-big-brother-applique We'll probably have him wear it during FaceTime/Skype calls with our families, since they're all far away FB will have to wait... Hubby isn't a fan of social media so I'll hang back a while on that

Do you do embroidery? I do too! it's my mom job. we must chat!

NachosAndPeaches

When I got my BFP last time (when I miscarried), I ran to my sewing room and quickly made DS a big bro shirt with his name. Then I brought him upstairs in his diaper and asked DH to dress him. He was doing work even though it was a weekend and was PISSED off that I was bothering him, then saw the shirt. My parents live next door so we called them over and my mom saw the shirt. This time I just told him because I didn't want to embroider another shirt that wouldn't fit by the time I was ready to announce publicly lol! Plus I was low on inventory at the moment. 

For a fb announcement I have a few ideas. We did a mickey theme for DS's first year so I may do a play on that, or I may do something with our double stroller, since it converts, I can put DS in his seat and then an ultrasound pic in the second seat. I've also though about having DS be sully for halloween and me being mike for halloween by doing a belly thing, even though I know I probably won't be showing yet, or not much more than pudge. I didn't show last time until like 28 weeks but I still want to figure out a way to do this to "announce" i'm pregnant. Maybe ill just suck out all night.

MrsBennett0429

I'm so excited to announce. I have been telling a few people here and there but only because they are very close in my life and important to us.

I told my DH's family last week. Auntie and uncle each got a paci that had a note attached which said "please hold on to this until I come and visit in April" and then my mil and fil each got a frame with a cute poem inside since I hadn't had an ultrasound yet. Next week though!

For my sister I'm thinking about announcing it to her before I tell my parents...we'll see how that works out. And for my parents, mom will get the framed picture of the sonogram and dad will get a shirt that says "im not retired I'm a professional grandpa" since we are going out to visit for his retirement party.

So far all the reactions have been positive so I'm hoping they stay that way!