Announcing

twinkletoes3126 · August 2014

When is everyone planning on announcing and does anyone have any cute ideas? I'll answer my own question. We plan on telling immediately family now and everyone else after the 1st trimester is over. We told my parents today. When they came over I had DS in a "Big Bro" shirt. It took them awhile to notice, but their reaction was priceless. I think we will tell my MIL the same way. DS is having his 2nd birthday pictures next weekend, and I am going to have the photographer snap a few announcement pictures too for when it's time to announce on Facebook.

twinkletoes3126 · August 2014

katnhiding said:

I think for family further away I want to try to record the sound of the heartbeat at my first appointment on my phone and then send that to them with some sort of message.

For my boys and closer family we bought the boys t-shirts that say "This guy is a big brother" and "This guy is going to be a big brother". I actually gave H the shirts to tell him and it was awesome. We'll give the boys the shirts after we've been to the first appointment and everything is okay, then we'll take a picture of them wearing the shirts and caption it somehow. We'll send that to family first, then probably use that with an ultrasound photo of some sort to announce on FB.

I don't plan on telling anyone until we're sure everything is okay at the 8 week appointment and most people not until the first trimester is over.

Cute ideas!

MiraK03 · August 2014

Not sure when I'm going to tell my family yet but I'm going to get a big sis tshirt for dd. We skype with my parents often so I'll probably just have her wear that and wait for them to notice.

evakatharina · August 2014

My husbands birthday was yesterday (Saturday) so I saved the news for a birthday surprise, even though I got my BFP on Tuesday. I knew we were going out to lunch with his mom and brother, so I planned the surprise for then. First I gave him a card that said "happy birthday and congratulations! I got you a baby!" And then I gave him a bag of baby related goodies including all my positive pregnancy tests (I took... A lot), a onesie of his favorite football team, an I love dad onesie, and a couple daddy related books. He was so excited! His mom and brother were so happy too. His mom cried. Right after we called my parents and asked "have you ever thought of what you wanted your grandparent name to be." And they figured It out right away. This will be the first baby in the family on my side and H's side, so everyone is super excited!!

So, so far we have only told people whose support we would want I'm case of a loss. We will tell other close family members in person (like the great-grandparents-to-be) in a couple weeks when we visit, and then we'll tell the world at large at the end of 1st tri.

sarahchrismck · August 2014

I called my mom as soon as I got the BFP. I wanted her to know right away because she knew we were TTC and if anything bad happened, I'd want her to be able to know so I could count on her for support. Told my dad and my sister too and they're excited.

We haven't told DH's parents yet, although I'm dying to. DH wants to wait until we see them in person, which should be in the next couple of weeks. We're not planning anything really, we're just going to tell them "we're expecting!"

As far as everyone else, we decided we would wait until our first doctor's appointment just to make sure everything is OK. I'm bursting with excitement and want to tell everyone, but I'm working on my patience. I don't know what kind of announcement (if any) we will do. With a future pregnancy, I'd LOVE to do the big brother/big sister shirt idea! Sounds adorable!

GR8TDANEMOM · August 2014

I have told a select few people already. When I had my miscarriages they were my support so If anything happened I would want them to know. For family that doesn't already know I don't know what we will do. We will wait until the 8 week appointment though. For Facebook we will do an announcement on our Disney trip in the end of October. We may have DS sitting in front on the castle in a Mickey ears hat with a hat sitting on the ground and say something like, As of May 2015 I will have a friend to ride rides with in Disney! I'm pinning lots of ideas.

twinkletoes3126 · August 2014

@GR8TDANEMOM‌ Love it! We are headed to Disney next month! We will have to compare notes.

kat0217 · August 2014

We've already told immediate family and close friends. They're all people who would be supportive if anything bad happened, so we didn't see a reason to wait. Also, since the day I got my BFP was the day my husband left for almost 6 months of military training, we felt it was best for others near me to know. We will probably tell a few more friends as we see them, but the general public will be kept in the dark for the first trimester.

My parents live 4 hours away, so I sent an email with pictures of the shower remodel my husband has been doing in our guest bath for the past month. At the end, I included a picture of a onesie with a caption on it that said, "Baby T: Spring 2015!" I called as soon as I sent it and asked my mom if she got the pictures. She didn't want to get off the couch to look at them until my dad said, "Oh, now I know why she wanted you to see this!"

I told my in-laws I saw some books that made me think of them. I handed my MIL "The Granny Diaries" and my FIL "Don't Sweat Guide for Grandparents". It took them a second and then they both cried. This will be their first grandchild, so it was a little extra special telling them (my parents have 4 grand kids already).

I have some ideas for when we make it public too but I haven't decided which one to use yet.

smash1228 · August 2014

We will probably tell our parents and siblings next weekend! I'm thinking of buying a "big sister" t shirt for my dd to wear. Nothing crazy! Haha

admac3 · August 2014

I will tell my mom today and my siblings some time in the next week or so. We won't tell ILs until after my 8 week ultrasound. I think we will wait until closer to 12 weeks to announce to the world. I have our family pictures scheduled for the beginning of October and will do a cute picture with the kids holding signs or something.

amandamarie2 · August 2014

We're planning to tell our close family (parents, siblings, grandparents) after I've had my doctor's appointment this week and get a due date. Two reasons for doing it so early: 1) DH is in the military and we should tell his chain of command right away but I'm not doing that before my family knows, and 2) they're the people whose support I would want most if we had a loss. We'll probably tell friends/extended family in late September/early October and say feel free to tell people in October as I'm from a small town and everyone will want to know haha. Probably not going to post on my facebook at all, just a personal preference.

10Nessie · August 2014

I wasn't able to tell H right away because we have a lot going on lately and hadn't had the right opportunity to tell him. We met for lunch on Friday and as we were eating I looked at his diet coke and said, "Man I could go for a diet coke, I wish I could have one." Luckily he picked up on it and his eyes got HUGE, haha. He is excited.

We might tell my parents in the next couple of weeks, but haven't decided if we'll do anything special or just tell them.

For everyone else we'll wait until after 12 weeks. Since Halloween is at 14 weeks, I'm thinking about sending a Happy Halloween family pic to friends and family. Me in one of those Halloween skeleton baby shirts and L in her costume and H in whatever and have it say something like, Happy Halloween from H, Nessie, L and our new little pumpkin arriving in May.

momtosam · August 2014

We have told most of our immediate family. I still have to tell my step-brother and his family. And we still have to tell one of DH's sisters. I have told several friends. Pretty much those who I know I would want support from if we were to have another loss. Yes, it would be hard. But having gone through a loss with NO support I do not want to experience that ever again.

I told DH with a photo shoot I had set up months ago. Just was waiting for the BFP to put it into action. I told DH at the photo shoot. It is a bit of a joke with us, as we are a first responder family, so I tried to add in a little humor. We have used the picture to tell our friends and family. I will use it to announce to the world when we are ready to do so as well. Sorry if you are seeing this again. LOL

lisa3044 · August 2014

I'm looking for unique, cute ideas!

falfal923 · August 2014

Telling my parents only until we hear a heartbeat then will tell his parents and siblings. Everyone else will be at 12 weeks. My parents just got a new car and my husband is a car nut. We are going to hand them useful gadgets for their new ride including a baby on board sign, a kick pad and my test.

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mylittleladies1229 · August 2014

We are only telling our parents at this time, close friends when we hear a heartbeat and everyone else after 1st trimester.

xcjump · August 2014

@momtosam that announcement is adorable! Love it!

ChristinaC2012 · August 2014

We intended to wait to tell our parents until a few weeks from now. But I'm a terrible secret keeper and was bursting with excitement. So we told my parents last night.

We will tell the ILs next weekend!

We are desperately trying not to tell anyone else until DH's parents are in the loop, but there are so. many. friend/extended family events over the next few weeks.

maybebride · August 2014

Same as last time, a few of our best friends, my parents, and my brothers knew right away. ILs we will tell later this week. With DS, I had wanted to wait, but DH could not stand it. We went public in person after the u/s at 8 weeks, which we will do again. "Facebook official" and basically being open with it after 13 weeks, same this time, I imagine.

DH did the same thing for my mom both times. He took pictures of the test(s) and had my mom looking at his phone for some other reason and she just scrolled to the picture. I no other cute announcement for anybody else, but this time I do want a Big Brother shirt for DS.

roundtwoOMG · August 2014

I'm not sure - last time we told our parents at 8 weeks and everyone else at 12. My dad is currently living with us so I don't think I will get to 8 weeks before he knows. Plus (if it is even possible) I think I'm already showing.

Love all the ideas though!

flyinghorses6 · August 2014

I dont think we will tell anyone until about 10 weeks when we can hear the baby's heart tones. Even then I think we will only tell our parents and siblings. I think we will announce the pregnancy when it is safe...so 14 weeks which would be November 10th (not that I'm counting down or anything).

sabriel1 · August 2014

We will announce to close family at 12 weeks when we hear the heart beat. I think this time around I will not be announcing on facebook at all.

LolaBelle515 · August 2014

We plan to wait until after the 8 week appointment to tell our parents a a few other close family and friends....then after the 12 week appointment to tell everyone else and announce on FB.

For the FB announcement, our state fair has an alphabet city where you can take big letter signs and display a message on them for a photo. We took one of our son holding the letters for Big Brother and it turned out adorable. We'll post that as our cover photo when it's time:) We're excited: simple, yet unique.

MrsF0831 · August 2014

I really want to do this

https://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/9b/00/88/9b0088071374abda62f81f62da93d0c2.jpg

I don't think we will tell anyone until after our 1st trimester. No one knows we were ttc.

edit- removed the link showing my pinterest account lol

twinkletoes3126 · August 2014

@MrsF0831‌ That is really cute!

wlrtimes2 · August 2014

We are being super cautious this time. I don't think we are going to tell anyone until I am 20ish weeks after we do our ultrasound. We live far from home and won't see anyone until we go home for Christmas. We want to tell them in person...so I guess I am just going to show up with a baby bump.

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