omg you guys are so cute and creative! I've just been awkwardly blurting it out to my friends because I don't know what else to say...
Going to be announcing to the more extended family on Easter (11w6d), mostly because everyone will be there, and it's gonna be real hard to explain why I'm not drinking wine, or not eating my dad's signature lamb chops, or really not eating in general. (blegh, meat right now is so gross, amirite??) I'm nervous because the 12w appointment is the next day, and I am paranoid that something happened between the 8 week scan and now! I'm sure it's all fine, but hard not to worry!
@chopchop25 omg hahaha. I normally eat a paleo-ish diet, so I was alllll about the meats and veggies. But right now? Nope. GIMMEALLTHECARBS.
The best part about my complete aversion to veggies is that when we went on vacation a year ago, we were at a hibachi style restaurant where they cook everything in front of you...and this gentleman next to us was literally throwing a fit yelling about "NO VEGETABLES" and kept repeating it over and over and over to the wait staff to make sure they understood. Well needless to say they effed up our orders and they got vegetables and he was PISSSEDDD. So now it's this funny inside joke about "NO VEGETABLES" and it's so perfect for me right now.
We are announcing Saturday. My dog is normally very skittish around new objects (she barked at my husband for 3 weeks when he bought new sneakers lmfao) but she was surprisingly great about letting me put all this stuff around her
Me: 33 DH: 31 Location: Castle Rock, CO DD: 10.13.18 baby #2 due: 7.14.20
Is anyone else getting some cold feet as the timing for starting to make announcements gets closer? I don’t know why, but I keep recoiling after I come up with an idea because I’m just not sure I want to post something. I know I do, but something is putting a damper on my excitement and heightening my nerves/apprehension.
@chopchop25 I feel the same way. With DS I was so excited to post could barely wait till 12 weeks. This time I think because I've experienced a couple early losses...I'm so nervous. I know I'll post something but I think it might be closer to 14/15 weeks. That plus I haven't got a cute announcement idea yet! Bit I love seeing all the ones on here. So creative and cute
@chopchop25 - Have you considered taking a more personal approach for your closer friends and family and leaving the social media announcement for another month or two? There is nothing that says you have to post to social media.
@knottieamusements I've definitely thought about that, and most of our friends already know. I don't even think it's the timing - I'm guessing I'd be just as apprehensive about it if I was 8 months along. I think I just have weird body and vulnerability issues that are stepping into play that I need to sort through...womp womp.
@chopchop25 - Nothing wrong with that. I’m not actually planning to announce on Facebook - too many people who really aren’t my friends, just in my social circle.
I’m not announcing on Facebook. I didn’t with my boys either. At some point it did get on there, but it was very far into my pregnancy, like 8-9 months I think. My husband posted a birth announcement on there when they were born, but for the most part we keep the kids off there.
FYI - Facebook owns every photo you post and can do whatever they want with it. I’m surprised how many people don’t know that, but it is in their user agreement. There was actually a local mom that had a pic of her kids with Santa sold and published in a newspaper. Facebook never told her, she just happened to see the picture in the paper with credit to Facebook.
ETA - I’m not trying to dissuade anybody from posting announcements or pictures of your kids on Facebook, but I do feel like people need to be aware of it. I’m in some mommy groups on there and people act like since it’s a closed group, their pictures are safe. Nope, it’s still Facebook and Facebook still owns those, even in private groups.
We don’t do a social media announcement either. We aren’t really active on social media (besides my D16 group ). But anyone I want to know I’ll tell in real life. Don’t really care either way about anyone else finding out. I did do an announcement when he was born but more so as way to easily share the picture.
@chopchop25 When I was pregnant with my first child, I definitely got cold feet before announcing. The first few weeks I was so excited it was hard to keep it to myself, but as I got closer to the second tri, I found myself not wanting to announce. I believe it was because it was this sweet, beautiful secret that I was sharing with my husband and I knew once I announced everyone would have so many questions (when are you due, etc.). Once we did announce, it was great to get so much love and support, but it was hard to let go of that special time when only my husband and I knew.
I love how you articulated that @vizslalady! There really is something about this being a special time that's more intimate for me/our family...maybe that's why I'm feeling funny right now. Thanks for the thoughts!
I'm honestly feeling less and less like sharing it on Facebook. I'm a food blogger so a lot of my life is already out there for the world and I kind of like this being something that's just mine, at least for a little bit. We'll likely announce around 20 weeks when we do gender reveal photos. I feel like after Easter, everyone who needs to know will know and that's fine with me.
@chopchop25 I feel the same. I've been waiting so long for SO to tell his parents so I could announce. Now that he has, I'm not so sure if I really want to anymore. I have the cutest announcement for social media too. I just feel like it's really not the world's business anymore though. I'd rather just leave comments on baby/mom related things and let the people I hardly even know connect the dots if they care enough to. Might just end up posting a selfie with my belly showing one day. I'm not too into the social media announcement as much as I was a few weeks ago lol.
We didn't announce on fb until after I was home from the hospital with DS. I had every intention on posting something but I was so apprehensive I just never did. Honestly I'm not sure if we will announce this time around or wait again.
We don't put this stuff on fb. I'm just too paranoid about it. The closest we did with DS was say we weren't saying anything, but I would text people whatever they wanted, they just had to tell me. I have a Google photo album shared with out of state grandparents. But I figure if you don't know me well enough to see/know things from me, you don't need to see/know.
I know this is a rather unpopular opinion in society right now, and think everyone needs to do what they're comfortable with. I'm just not comfortable sharing.
Eta: But I love seeing other people's! I'm so contrary
I sent out my easter cards with a little scratch off for family and they all just got them today or yesterday. I am debating social media. I haven't yet and may wait a few weeks if I do.
We don't put this stuff on fb. I'm just too paranoid about it. The closest we did with DS was say we weren't saying anything, but I would text people whatever they wanted, they just had to tell me. I have a Google photo album shared with out of state grandparents. But I figure if you don't know me well enough to see/know things from me, you don't need to see/know.
I know this is a rather unpopular opinion in society right now, and think everyone needs to do what they're comfortable with. I'm just not comfortable sharing.
Eta: But I love seeing other people's! I'm so contrary
I love seeing other people’s too! I think the thing that made me really conscious of posting pics of my kids online is the day I was at the mall, saw 2 kids of a girl that I hadn’t seen in 10 years, recognized them and could have called them by name and then realized they were there with their grandmother (who may or may not remember me). What really struck me there was 1. I never would have seen/recognized their grandmother if I hadn’t seen the kids, whom I had never actually met, first & 2. I had absolutely no business knowing who those kids were, but I not only recognized them, I knew their names, approximate ages, their parents’ and aunts’ names, and the names of some of their friends and parents’ friends all because I went to high school with their mom 10 years earlier and she posted their pics on Facebook.
@purplegoldfish2 yikes! That certainly puts things into perspective.. I can definitely relate as most of my friends who have kids put them all over Facebook and Instagram. I feel like I know all their little one yet I've never met them, and they'd have no idea who I was if I started talking to them in town one day.. it's kind of a creepy thought actually..
@Mylitta yes i try to be good on social media but all my family is out of town. I only have like 150 friends on FB and all of them I know. I dont Accept random requests
I love seeing all of the cute ideas, but we’ve decided not to announce on social media. Neither of us are very active on it, so it would just be an AW thing, which isn’t our style. Also, all of this talk does make me realize I should purge my friends list, since there will inevitably be pictures of the LO on there for family that isn’t close
We won't announce on Facebook either. I told every I wanted to know, mostly via text. I know my family will spread the word to extended family which I do have on Facebook but don't really talk to.
@Sailing_Mama with you on the need to purge the friend list. Not sure why I can't bring myself around to do it...I've just been taking people off my newsfeed. FB isn't super relevant for us anymore-more Instagram people, but weirdly I take un-friending way more personally than I should (perhaps I'll save this for a FFFC.)
Unexpectedly, I asked H last night about it (he NEVER uses FB), and he was all pumped to announce to the whole interwebs...so I guess we're doing it? Not going to ruin the fun for him!
@muchwanted my dad was HUGE into April Fools jokes. So I totally understand that! I agree it not being great to do publicly, but if my dad was still around, I would totally be doing it to him on April Fools!!! (eff these hormones, of course now I'm crying)
We shared with our immediate families pretty early on (I suck at keeping secrets!!) but we are still looking for something fun to do for the rest of our family and friends! I'm thinking something Easter related (which means we'll need to figure it out asap. haha).
For our immediate families, I had a shirt made by a friend that said "Big Sister" and we just let her wear it. I was surprised at how well it worked after hearing stories of that not working for a lot of people.
My mom is a huge crafter and just bought a new cricut and heat transfer machine. She informed me yesterday she made me this shirt. We are announcing the sex to our family at dinner Saturday and then my mom will finish the shirt with a colored egg cutout for me to wear to Easter lunch. My aunt is disappointed I'm making her wait until Sunday.
@wolfpackgrl718 don't worry. Every time I start to think about my papa I fight back tears. He would be so happy to know that his "little princess" is having a baby.
I’m feeling this way about telling our parents! At first I could hardly wait and told a couple close friends but now that we’ve waited longer I feel so nervous and it’s getting easier not saying anything. I know they’ll be over the moon.. but I feel like I need to hear a heartbeat at least first. My appointment isn’t until next week but I’d like to share the news this weekend with them. Still don’t know how to announce to them. And not to crazy about posting on social media either.
I just got this from Etsy for my sister (will say 2018) - her Birthday is on Easter this year so she can open in front of the whole family. We’re gioing to post something of FB on Tuesday the 3rd, I’ll be 13 weeks.
@sammierose464 yea, my daddy LOVED kids. I know he would be super thrilled. He'd probably be more excited than anyone. He wanted us to have kids as soon as we got married. ha! But we were 22 and that was too early for us. Although sometimes I wish we did so he could have met at least one of them. Oh well. I feel ya girl. Big hugs!
Under the heading of “whoops!” I didn’t even consider that when Mom sent the letter to extended family, she’d post on Facebook. Umm... literally her first post on Facebook.
Now, I’m wondering if my dance community is going to know before I have a chance to tell them. Whoops! Oh well!
Re: Announcement ideas?
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Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
Going to be announcing to the more extended family on Easter (11w6d), mostly because everyone will be there, and it's gonna be real hard to explain why I'm not drinking wine, or not eating my dad's signature lamb chops, or really not eating in general. (blegh, meat right now is so gross, amirite??) I'm nervous because the 12w appointment is the next day, and I am paranoid that something happened between the 8 week scan and now! I'm sure it's all fine, but hard not to worry!
The best part about my complete aversion to veggies is that when we went on vacation a year ago, we were at a hibachi style restaurant where they cook everything in front of you...and this gentleman next to us was literally throwing a fit yelling about "NO VEGETABLES" and kept repeating it over and over and over to the wait staff to make sure they understood. Well needless to say they effed up our orders and they got vegetables and he was PISSSEDDD. So now it's this funny inside joke about "NO VEGETABLES" and it's so perfect for me right now.
We are announcing Saturday. My dog is normally very skittish around new objects (she barked at my husband for 3 weeks when he bought new sneakers lmfao) but she was surprisingly great about letting me put all this stuff around her
Me: 33 DH: 31
Location: Castle Rock, CO
DD: 10.13.18
baby #2 due: 7.14.20
And this week, I've been texting my friends who live far away this picture so they find out ahead of the social media announcement.
Me: 33 DH: 31
Location: Castle Rock, CO
DD: 10.13.18
baby #2 due: 7.14.20
FYI - Facebook owns every photo you post and can do whatever they want with it. I’m surprised how many people don’t know that, but it is in their user agreement. There was actually a local mom that had a pic of her kids with Santa sold and published in a newspaper. Facebook never told her, she just happened to see the picture in the paper with credit to Facebook.
ETA - I’m not trying to dissuade anybody from posting announcements or pictures of your kids on Facebook, but I do feel like people need to be aware of it. I’m in some mommy groups on there and people act like since it’s a closed group, their pictures are safe. Nope, it’s still Facebook and Facebook still owns those, even in private groups.
I know this is a rather unpopular opinion in society right now, and think everyone needs to do what they're comfortable with. I'm just not comfortable sharing.
Eta: But I love seeing other people's! I'm so contrary
Super cute!
Unexpectedly, I asked H last night about it (he NEVER uses FB), and he was all pumped to announce to the whole interwebs...so I guess we're doing it? Not going to ruin the fun for him!
We shared with our immediate families pretty early on (I suck at keeping secrets!!) but we are still looking for something fun to do for the rest of our family and friends! I'm thinking something Easter related (which means we'll need to figure it out asap. haha).
For our immediate families, I had a shirt made by a friend that said "Big Sister" and we just let her wear it. I was surprised at how well it worked after hearing stories of that not working for a lot of people.
@wolfpackgrl718 don't worry. Every time I start to think about my papa I fight back tears. He would be so happy to know that his "little princess" is having a baby.
Still don’t know how to announce to them. And not to crazy about posting on social media either.
Now, I’m wondering if my dance community is going to know before I have a chance to tell them. Whoops! Oh well!