Announcing on Thanksgiving?

midwestmommy90

Anyone else planning on announcing on thanksgiving?! I will be 12 weeks, but I'm still terrified to announce. Maybe because I've never done it before. This will be my parents first grandchild, so we are letting them sneak in the announcement during the blessing. What are your plans for announcing?! Whether it's during thanksgiving or not?

MrsCaliRN

Yes! Planning to announce on turkey day over here, too! Will only be 9weeks and 4days, but we have our first US on Wednesday. We have a shirt for DS that says "Only Child EXPIRING June 2017." We plan to ask my mom to change DS after dinner (because he will probably spill food on his shirt) so she will technically be the first to know. Nice thing is it will be only 8-10 of our nearest and dearest family members there so I'm looking forward to announcing on an intimate level so I'm not overwhelmed! 

OP, I  your way of the announcement being made during the blessing. How exciting and special!

FSUNole31

Our families and some close friends already know, but if all goes well at my NT scan on Tuesday we may make the big fb announcement on Thanksgiving.  I am not planning how to do it until after the appointment though because PGAL brain makes me think if I have it all ready I will jinx it or something. 

awillis13

We are announcing at Thanksgiving.  During dinner we all share what we are thankful for, and DH is going to share that he is thankful for his 3 children (we have 2 right now).  I'm we do the "what we're thankful for" like we did last year...we anonymously wrote them down and then pulled from a bowl randomly to read them.  Then people might have to figure out who it is

gabadoo

We're also planning on announcing on Thanksgiving...will be exactly 12 weeks! Just had my NT scan yesterday, which showed a good HR and growth from my initial scan...have my 12 week appt on Wed., so feel okay about finally sharing the news (we've basically told NO ONE except for a colleague at work to help me avoid prolonged radiation exposure at ~6.5wks). Have a shirt that I bought on Etsy for my 2yo son to help reveal the news...planning on having my parents see it first somehow and then will ask them to keep quiet until someone at the dinner table spots it and figures it out. We'll have 40 of our closest family and friends there, so are excited about finally spilling the beans. November is a big month for family/friends birthdays and celebrations in general. Just hope things keep progressing well with the pregnancy at this point...

doodleoodle

I'm thinking about it. I have my 12 week appointment on Monday and if the heart rate is solid I think I may be comfortable announcing. I was planning on making DD a big sister shirt to announce as I couldn't find one small enough to fit her, but then I realized that I'm way too disorganized for that. If someone asks me what I'm thankful for I may mention it, but I'm thinking i may hold out until Christmas... I'll definitely be showing by then though so I don't know! I'm too awkward for these big announcements! Last time I just told my grandmother because I knew she'd blab to everyone lol

silliegirlie143

I have a Big Sister sweater for DD to wear to Thanksgiving. I'm sure my sister will figure it out/ notice it first. We're having dinner with about 25 family members on Thursday and about 15 from the Mr's side on Saturday. So far the only one who knows is my Dad and he LOVES surprises so I know our secret is safe with him for this next week.

If nobody notices right away, I may ask someone's help getting the sweater off DD so I can reuse the same announcement at both dinners. 

LMMama

We are planning on Thanksgiving right now too. I have an ultrasound on Wednesday. I'll be 11 weeks. So if everything looks good we'll go for it. My BF's sister is due the 17th (I'm the 15th!) and she's announcing then too. 

Jendink

I'm planning to announce on thanksgiving.  I'll be 12 1/2 weeks by then. We have an outfit for my dad to wear that says "big sister" on it.

halfthetree

Oh man! Can we have a mass thread on announcement details for everyone's Thanksgiving? I'm so excited for everyone!!  

Mtnmommy

silliegirlie143 said:

I have a Big Sister sweater for DD to wear to Thanksgiving. I'm sure my sister will figure it out/ notice it first. We're having dinner with about 25 family members on Thursday and about 15 from the Mr's side on Saturday. So far the only one who knows is my Dad and he LOVES surprises so I know our secret is safe with him for this next week.

If nobody notices right away, I may ask someone's help getting the sweater off DD so I can reuse the same announcement at both dinners. 

I'm doing something pretty similar. I have a Big Sister t-shirt for DD. But we are only revealing on Turkey Day to my parents. We will tell H's parents soon after their weekend guests leave. I'll be 9 weeks at that point and our first u/s is this Wednesday. I don't plan to go totally public until after 12 weeks.

Assiram42

I've already announced to most of my family, but I'm hoping I get the call from my NIPT results before then (doubtful, but one can hope) and if so, I'll announce the sex to my H and DDs, as well as the rest of my family on Thanksgiving in some special way.

rmarble23

we are telling our parents for thanksgiving.  i took a picture of my furbaby "reading" the book "what to expect when mommy's expecting a baby" so that will be given to MIL at our first stop.  second stop is my parents and my sister found this video on FB of a game where you wear oven mitts and try to open a gift in the time it takes the next person to roll doubles on dice then it moves to that person to try to open the gift with the mitts on while the next person rolls the dice.  inside the box will be the same picture.  my sister is probably more psyched about this than i am.  

noellehm

Loving all these cute announcement ideas involving siblings and dogs!

We are going to tell my in-laws and the extended family at the Thanksgiving gathering, if all goes well at my 12 us on Wednesday. My in-laws are hosting and my parents will be there as well (we all live within 2 hrs of each other). The one catch is I told my parents weeks ago so I need to figure out how to break the news to the in-laws without making this obvious. I think we will stay at the in-laws on Wednesday night so we will probably just tell them early. Still trying to think of a fun way to break the news though.....

JessErinF

Parents and siblings already know, but yes we are telling everyone this week!

Today we had birthday/pre-thanksgiving party with DH's family and he wore a shirt that said "Dad team Rookie squad 2016) or something like that and I wore one with a turkey on it (with a baby turkey in its belly) saying "I'm eating for 2 this thanksgiving!"  Everyone was very excited and supportive.

It's our first and we struggled to get pregnant for a long time so we are super excited and everyone is sick of asking... haha so I think its gonna be great.    Thursday Turkey day is at my mom's with over 30+ people there (mostly close family) so that's gonna be chaos, but still using the shirts idea hehe.

bornmommy

**TW**
We did our family Thanksgiving last weekend and announced then.  (Its really difficult getting everyone together because many work retail or medical jobs that require holiday work.)  My SIL found out that her due date is only a few days after mine and everyone knew about her (only she and another SIL knew about me) so I got her an apron that said "bun in the oven" that she wore for a while while dinner was cooking ... then I came downstairs in the same one as dinner was being served.  It took a good 15 minutes, even standing next to my SIL before anyone noticed.  It was awesome.  My last three announces **TW**(I miscarried the last)**end** everyone said "they knew it!" and kind of ruined my surprise.  This time around, everyone was so focused on SIL being pregnant that I was a last thought.  Perfect.  (Pic below of our aprons.)

meilay

Also announcing on Thanksgiving! Our immediate family (parents and siblings) know but extended family doesn't. I ordered a maternity shirt that has "this is what I'm thankful for" written over the belly and I'm just going to wear it and see how long it takes to get noticed. My bet is my nosy younger cousins will call it out immediately. 

Wino0920

I'm a loud mouth and tell everyone. Everyone who will be at Thanksgiving already knows. 

awoodruff27

We are announcing to our families over the phone on Thanksgiving. We have our second ultrasound on Wednesday and with itty bitty measuring behind I need the reassurance. Then we are going to make it "Facebook official" on Friday. We always put up the Christmas tree and I want to take a picture in front of it with the caption "do you believe in miracles? We do!" I'm showing so hopefully it will be obvious haha. I'll be just over 10 weeks. 

berg

We live out of state, so we are announcing to our immediate family on Thanksgiving and some friends on Friday.  This will be the first on DH's side.  His MIL passed away suddenly in July, so this has been very bittersweet.  He's excited but sad not to be able to tell her in person.  So telling my SIL will be very emotional.  She called yesterday to check on what drinks I wanted and if I was good for jello shots.  Safe to say she has no idea.  I think we are going to put the u/s on the fridge and just wait it out.  For my parents, they have been, not so patiently, waiting for news of grandchild #6 for a while now.  My biggest fear is walking in and my mom just knowing.  My boobs are so huge I'm going to have to layer up to try and hide them.  We haven't exactly decided on how to tell them, my siblings, and the cousins.  I do have a shirt that says, "this isn't pumpkin pie".  But we'll see how it goes down.  It'll be a game time decision.  I can't believe this week is finally here!

acrose0226

Yes! We are telling our immediate family members on Thanksgiving - I will be 10w1d and we haven't told anybody yet. None of my family lives local, so we will tell my in-laws in-person at Thanksgiving dinner, and we will tell my family via Skype. Very excited / nervous!! We are waiting to tell friends until mid-December when we are hosting a big holiday party.

huskermom14

We're telling extended family at Thanksgiving and then will probably go ahead and throw it on Facebook as well. We'll be 10 wks on Friday, but after hearing the heartbeat and seeing baby move around last Friday, I feel like we can go ahead and tell everyone. 

brij2006

We're announcing on Thanksgiving.  I'll be almost 13 weeks.
We have a shirt for DD that says "Thankful to be a big sister."  We'll have her wear it and see who notices first.
Our parents don't even know, so this will be fun.

SnarkasaurusRex

Lurking from April17...

We've told family and close friends, but will announce on FB/social media on Thanksgiving (I'll be 20 weeks). We should find out the sex on Wednesday, so we'll spill the beans for that with the family at Thanksgiving dinner (provided baby cooperates and shows us the goods).

With my DS, we announced to everyone on Christmas, and it was super adorable. I love holiday announcements! Good luck to all of you ladies who are announcing this week!

Waiting4Fred

We're announcing to our kids (can't WAIT) and MIL on either Wednesday or Thursday.  Initially, we had planned to do it on Thanksgiving, but my step-daughter (14) and my MIL will probably notice how sick and lazy I am soon after they arrive on Wednesday, and now I have a totally undeniable blump, so waiting until Thursday might not work.

amberp1528

We are only eating with immediate family and they already know. I did call my grandma after my appointment at 9weeks and told her because she is not doing well and really needed happy news which now means my uncle, aunt, cousins and other grandparents know, which is fine because this is my parents first grandchild so they are having  hard time keeping the new to themselves!   

Assiram42

huskermom14 said:

We're telling extended family at Thanksgiving and then will probably go ahead and throw it on Facebook as well. We'll be 10 wks on Friday, but after hearing the heartbeat and seeing baby move around last Friday, I feel like we can go ahead and tell everyone. 

Please tell me you're from NE? (Not to be super creepy or anything, but I felt like the lone Nebraskan.)

Elizabethsbp

We are going to announce to the Facebook world on Thanksgiving. I'll be 10 weeks. My brothers new girlfriend made me a photo announcing it from my DD that passed away but then my husbands sister crocheted us a Rainbow blanket that says hand picked from heaven by my big sister. I think I might put them together and use the sonogram picture and the picture my brothers girlfriend made us. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings and I love them both. I don't know what I want to do. Any advise I'd love to hear it.

amberp1528

I would put both they are both so great!!! You only get to do this once so do it the way you want it will be perfect! 

midwestmommy90

You should definitely do both! They are both adorable and will mean a lot to your family! Love it! 

zseirecarg

My parent's know. We are planning on telling DH's family at thanksgiving after my parents and Grandmother leave. Since i'll only be 9w5d we think it's best to hold off telling my grandmother for another week or so. My cousin had told my Grandmother early and then had a miscarriage, it was really tough on my grandmother (we plan on taking her out for dinner and telling her closer to 12w). For DH's parents we ordered them a Christmas ornament that has a stork on it and says "expecting". My MIL has already been talking about the ornaments they got us and are giving us over Thanksgiving, so it will be fun to give them something back. Here's hoping the ornament shows up before we leave for our trip to the in-law's on Wednesday... it should have been here by now!

ladylolly89

Assiram42 said:

huskermom14 said:

We're telling extended family at Thanksgiving and then will probably go ahead and throw it on Facebook as well. We'll be 10 wks on Friday, but after hearing the heartbeat and seeing baby move around last Friday, I feel like we can go ahead and tell everyone. 

Please tell me you're from NE? (Not to be super creepy or anything, but I felt like the lone Nebraskan.)

I'm from NE!

I will be 11.5 weeks on Thanksgiving, but even though we have already had an ultrasound with a good heartbeat, we are still planning to wait to announce to most of our family after 13 weeks (one of my SILs who just had a baby herself knows). We waited until second trimester last time as well. I'm such a private person that I don't really want anyone to know should something happen this early. But everyone's Thanksgiving ideas sound super cute!

I'd kind of like to wait and announce at Christmas, but there's no way I'll be able to hide it that long! Second baby and the little bump has already made its appearance. We'll see how long we make it!

tjvan

My parents and brothers know, but we are telling my husband's immediate family at thanksgiving. Can't wait! We're going to do it during a family photo, so hopefully we get some cute pictures!

Praying41

We are telling everyone on Thanksgiving. Only my best friend and photographer sister in law know. We usually go around and say what we are thankful for and at the end we wanna say our daughter has something to be thankful for and have her show the ultrasound pic we just got today. She's only 11 months so not sure how it will go but I'm super nervous telling everyone. For DH's family they are doing pictures later in the day and DH is going to yell out we are having a baby just as they snap the photo. Hoping for a good reaction and good photo. 

Mistiemorning

Our original plan was to announce for Christmas but with just 3 days until thanksgiving I am having 2nd thoughts. 

Short background. With our angel we announced right away then found no heartbeat and growth stopped at 8w3d at our first ultrasound. With our rainbow baby here I am grateful to say that our first appointment was the opposite. Good hb and measured with my ovulation day which pushed our due date to an earlier date of June 19th. 

Our angel would have been due Nov. 26th so now I'm thinking it would be so nice to announce that we are expecting our rainbow because our family will no doubt be thinking of how hard this is for us being so close to our due date. It would shine a light on a dark memory. I'll be 10w3d on thanksgiving. I'm leaning towards that but I'm so nervous! 

Knottie42089123

We're having second thoughts on waiting till Christmas. I'll be 10 weeks 5 days on Thanksgiving. I'll have very little time to think of a surprise!

Mistiemorning

Knottie42089123 said:

We're having second thoughts on waiting till Christmas. I'll be 10 weeks 5 days on Thanksgiving. I'll have very little time to think of a surprise!

I am in your shoes exactly. I had all this time to plan a Christmas announcement but now 3 days before thanksgiving I'm having second thoughts and kinda want to announce on thanksgiving. Short notice for changing my mind. Lol

marybpoppins

We are just announcing to our families, I'll be 11 weeks.  I was debating for the longest time, because we spend Thanksgiving with my husband's family and we don't really have a big family gather in the near future. But I settled on emails my side so that we can tell his in person.  I tried finding a shirt at the last minute with no luck.  So I'm baking some brownies and writing on the top the good news!
We won't be announcing to social media until my next appointment on 12/9.

michaela0704

I'll be 11w1d... my parents and brother know but my mom's parents and my kids don't know.  My grandmother has had such a hard time with the loss of my uncle/her son to a long battle with cancer along with her own health issues, I just don't think she can emotionally deal with any more loss... and she'll tell the whole world, bless her... haha!

I'm thinking that we'll tell the next 'group' of folks at Christmas which will be grandparents, our kids, work, etc. but hold off any facebook or social media announcements.  My plan for telling my boys is to add a stocking on Christmas Eve with the baby's name... we're doing NIPT so we will know the sex.  They'll notice the new/extra stocking and we can tell them then... from there they can tell my grandparents when we see them later that day at my folks' house.

Still tinkering with the idea of adding a pic of my younger twin son (so you have to be close enough to us to know our kids - tell the twins apart - AND know which one was born first) in a big brother shirt... maybe adding a clue that says #promoted.  The older twin already has/wears big brother shirts and the younger one wears little brother shirts... so not out of place, people would just have to pay attention.  This would only be if it is a girl though, no social media posts if it is a boy - I want ZERO comments about my boy mom status from anyone as I just want a healthy baby and will be just as thrilled to have a healthy boy as I would to have a healthy girl.

mombod

@Elizabethsbp Your announcements just made me cry so many happy tears for your family. I think you should do both!

Assiram42

@Elizabethsbp, you should use both!

@ladylolly89, where are you from? If you don't mind saying. I'm in Lincoln.