How did you tell family?

FishNchips1 · March 2011

That you were having 2U2. I was thinking if I got pregnant this year then I would have to tell my family, not so sure how they would react. How did yours take it? How long did you wait to tell them? TIA

MammaBear81 · March 2011

It was a LONG time ago when I had my first two under two, but we bought a "big brother" t shirt for DS1 and he wore it after Thanksgiving dinner. It took a while for some people to put two and two together, but it was cute

rosesandpeonies · March 2011

i told my parents the same night I found out. My mom was driving (she was on her bluetooth) and she ended up missing her exit and getting lost My siblings I told a few days later.We waited to tell DH's family until after the first ultrasound at six weeks. Close family we told when I went to my parents for two weeks around 11 weeks.Everyone else found out after my ultrasound at 16 weeks. That is when I told facebook I had some friends that were going through some very difficult times with fertility treatments so I wanted to be sure to talk to them before announcing it to the world.

Reactions were good. My mom and dad couldnt say much because they had 2 under 1 in their forties (my brother and sister). They were happy. Everyone else was happy too. The only strange comment I got was from my sil. My husband and I had gone through a little rocky time a little bit before finding out I was pregnant and my sister in law commented that she was surprised that we were pregnant after what had gone on (it really wasnt all that bad ).

JessLingle · March 2011

I put the picture in my siggy in a nice picture frame from MIL for Christmas. She barely even realized what it said until we pointed it out. She went nuts!

roundtheworldgirl · April 2011

We just told them. "Hey, I'm pregnant." I don't even think the pee stick was dry yet. We always tell our families ASAP, though.

They were shocked and we got a few less-than-enthusiastic comments, but mostly everyone was excited and supportive.

katie052409 · April 2011

We just had our DD's picture taken at Babies R Us with a onesie that read "Big Sister" We plan on framing them and giving them to both sets of grandparents on Easter.

kcisthebombdotcom · April 2011

Last father's day, we had DS wear a "big brother" shirt and waited for people to figure it out. It was really fun. I was only 10 weeks at the time and I ideally like to wait until 13 weeks to tell (that's what we did with DS), but it was nice because we got to tell our whole family/extended family all at once. Plus I had an ultrasound at 9 weeks so I knew baby was ok.

Everyone was happy-if they were less than enthusiastic they didnt let me know. The only people who were ever rude were strangers.

mannasmommy · April 2011

We told the family right away-I must have been like 4 weeks. We got a cake that said "Surprise! Baby #2!" and a few bottles of Welch's sparkling grape juice and when everyone was in the living room playing with our daughter we set up the table and then had everyone come in:)

PhilsWife07 · April 2011

DH's parents were excited. My mom was pretty obnoxious, stating my relationship with DS1 would never be the same and how she hoped I would have waited until he was two to have another, etc. Both my mom and dad said "you're stopping at 2, right?" Well my mom said, "don't have a third." Lovely! We plan to TTC #3 when DS2 turns two. Can't wait for the next announcement. :-p

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