So I finally told my mom last night that we were expecting. I asked her if she had any vacations planned for the end of August and she responded back,"no, why." Then I told her because we are having a baby and she screamed and cried at the same time on the phone. It was such an awesome reaction and even my younger brother (who's not so young at 28 anymore!) was excited. She was very excited and happy for us and it made me tear up because somehow telling my mom made this more real to me. We originally wanted to wait until we were 12 weeks, but have already told some people because they guessed (I have a tiny bump) and I'm not good at telling white lies. We are telling my dad in person over the weekend. My husband told his parents over the phone a few weeks ago, and their reaction was pretty great as well. It's starting to make this baby experience real.
How did you parents and families react?
Re: Breaking the news
What and awesome reaction! My mom we told the day of our beta so she was excited but a bit reserved still. My in-laws we also told a bit earlier than we wanted to because we had vacation planned with them at 8 weeks and I couldn't hid the morning sickness. My MIL was happy but she's a quiet person normally anyway. My FIL is jumped out of his seat and started making plans for his grandbaby right then and there. It was pretty sweet:-)
Congrats again on a great reaction from your family and especially your mom!
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Me 28 DH 32
TTC naturally 05/2011-10/2012= All BFNs
Nov 2012 Jan 2013 Clomid= BFN
IVF #1 scheduled for April 2013 Stims started 04/09 ER 04/19/2013- 26 Retrieved and 24 Fertilized 3 day Fert Report- 10 are 8 cell ET cancelled-all embryos arrested at day 3
IVF #2 scheduled for June 2013 -Transferred 1 day 5 Blast
07/04/2013 HPT- BFP! Beta 10dp5dt-35Beta 12dp5dt-82 Ultrasound 6 weeks 4 days- Heart rate 123bpm!!
Team Green turned Team BLUE!!!
Baby M born premature at 33 weeks 5 days, he spent 22 days in the NICU before coming home!
I think ill tell her first about being pregnant, then get one of my aunts (whos like a 2nd mom to me) on 3way and tell them both about having multiples. Ill find out tom if ill be announcing twins or triplets lol FX
6 rounds of clomid = no luck
IVF w/ ICSI & AZH #1 - Jan/2011 = ET cancelled OHSS
FET #1 & #2 - March/2011 & June/2011 = Chemical Preg.
IVF w/ Half ICSI #2 New RE - May/2012 = BFN!
May '12 - Sep '13 - Took A Break
Dec '13 IVF w/ Half ICSI #3!!!!! Switched RE
Protocol - Lupron trigger/Follistim/Ganirelix/Estrace/Vivelle/Crinone
6/27/14 - Emergency C/S @ 30w2d - Baby A 2lb 14oz, Baby B 2lb 11 oz
Me 28 DH 30
After 4+ years TTC
DH and I had gone on a trip with my parents before Xmas, so we have them an Xmas card from the baby with ultrasound pics. It was so sweet! My mom cried and my dad grinned! Later that evening, we called everyone else to share the news. My brother has been very protective.. He calls me now 3-4 times a week to make sure everyone is ok. It's very sweet!
8/15 FET #1 - transferred 1 thawed embryo - Pregnant with Baby C, it's a girl! Due April 2016.