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Need ideas to announce our pregnancy to the family....

BSTmamaBSTmama member
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We are having ALL of the family (20+ people) to our house for Thanksgiving. I will be 9 weeks at that time and will have had my 1st u/s. I'm trying to think of a fun way to tell them that we are expecting our 5th  baby. I thought of putting up my kids school pictures in frames (we just moved in so nothing is on the wall yet) and then having a 5th matching frame with the u/s pic in it.....just see who notices. Any ideas? I know someone has to have something good.
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  • BSTmamaBSTmama member
    There may not be a "need for a song and dance" but that's how we prefer to do it. Some people are super simple....we usually are but I've NEVER announced my pregnancy just by saying I'm pregnant. Blah, too boring and simple for us. We have 4 children and they will also be finding out at the same time so we thought we'd make it a little fun for them.
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  • delujm0delujm0 member
    We're planning to tell our families at Christmas because it's the first time we'll see them in person. I'll be 14 weeks then, so they'll probably be able to tell the second they see me. If by some miracle I'm not really showing yet we may give the grandparents ultrasound photos as gifts.
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  • SouthMinnieAppleMamaSouthMinnieAppleMama member
    We are hosting thanksgiving too and plan to announce with my youngest running around in a Big Sister shirt.

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  • ariaforte8ariaforte8 member
    With our first we gave MIL a Christmas list for us that included "baby stuff" and a grandma related bib. It was their first grand baby so there was no confusion on what it meant and they were ecstatic.
    This time around I think I'm going to announce on Christmas morning if I can make it that long. I'll probably give them some kind of cute gift to open. My family is the kind to make big deals out of milestones so they love the song and dance.
    If I can only make it to thanksgiving, I'll probably get everyone to say what they're thankful for and say I'm thankful for a growing family when it's my turn.
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  • BSTmamaBSTmama member
    Ive thought of putting my youngest in a big brother shirt. Cafe press has some cute maternity shirts about having a little turkey inside but I won't be big enough at that point to wear one and it might not make sense if I'm not showing.
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  • namara5532namara5532 member
    I'm visiting my parents in a couple of weeks, and I'm planning on sticking DS in a big brother shirt to start the convo.  Last time I was pregnant, I just called and told them, but I want to see their reaction this time. ^_^
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  • AmstreagleAmstreagle member
    edited November 2014
    Bliss+Berry said:

    We announced our 2nd pregnancy at Thanksgiving last year with DD#1 wearing a shirt that said she was going to be a big sister.  

    I like ideas like this because it's simple enough to not take away from the original reason for the gathering or go over everyone's heads but still cute and gets the point across.
    Like the turkey shirt OP mentioned. I would assume you were making a play on words with the holiday considering most people end up with a "little turkey" in their belly's.
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  • jandibrolacyjandibrolacy member
    I say write it on top of s pie or cake whatever you decide to serve, and just bring in the cake/pie and set it down! :) wait for people to like at it and let the fun begin!! Then you get to enjoy the cake/pie!!! :)
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    delujm0 said:

    We're planning to tell our families at Christmas because it's the first time we'll see them in person. I'll be 14 weeks then, so they'll probably be able to tell the second they see me. If by some miracle I'm not really showing yet we may give the grandparents ultrasound photos as gifts.

    FTR I didn't start to look noticeably pregnant until a little after 20 weeks. Even then people weren't confident enough to ask about my pregnancy until 25 weeks.
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  • normandyn7normandyn7 member
    I like the idea of going around the table saying what everyone is thankful for and you guys can say you're thankful for another baby or whatever. That way it doesn't take away the whole thanksgiving thing. I'm not big on AW so I would keep it simple. Or do something with your youngest wearing a shirt saying big brother or sister and let people figure it out.
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    delujm0 said:
    We're planning to tell our families at Christmas because it's the first time we'll see them in person. I'll be 14 weeks then, so they'll probably be able to tell the second they see me. If by some miracle I'm not really showing yet we may give the grandparents ultrasound photos as gifts.
    You most likely won't be showing by then. Sorry.
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  • delujm0delujm0 member
    Sorry all I'm a ftm and figured I'd be showing by then. I'm normally pretty thin and though I wouldn't expect most people to come right our and ask about it at that point, I expect our families who know we're ttc and who last saw me at our wedding when I was basically at my all time thinnest to notice that something is amiss. I'd love to not show until closer to 20 weeks though, that would be awesome, especially for hiding it at work purposes.

    I guess a ultrasound pic wrapped as a gift is most likely the way we'll go. Probably with the due date written on it. And the sex if we decide to do the first tri genetic testing and know it by then.
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  • mrsfilliermrsfillier member
    Not all women hide a pregnancy that well, i was showing by 14/15 weeks even though id dropped almost 10 pounds.
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  • BriarmakxamBriarmakxam member
    Pregnant with our second im a tiny girl and at 5 weeks my tummys not flat nymore everyone is different
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  • AmstreagleAmstreagle member
    edited November 2014
    Briarmakxam said:
    Pregnant with our second im a tiny girl and at 5 weeks my tummys not flat nymore everyone is different

    Congratulations! You're bloated! At 5 weeks baby is the size of a sesame seed and still behind the pelvic bone.
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  • Dpatto93Dpatto93 member
    I'm English so have no clue about thanks giving. Do you have cake for afters? You could get the scan picture printed onto icing and put them on cupcakes. That's how I wanted to do it but I ended up blurting it all out lol!
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    Just like these
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  • LadymouseLadymouse member
    There's the standard "I'm thankful that we're expecting a baby" Thanksgiving announcement.

    Really, I've found that just saying "I'm pregnant" induces a song and dance anyway.
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  • BSTmamaBSTmama member
    Typically after Thanksgiving we have pumpkin pie, not something we'd put anything on other then whip cream YUM YUM. I think I might hit up pintrist to see if I can come up with anything.

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    Ladymouse said:
    There's the standard "I'm thankful that we're expecting a baby" Thanksgiving announcement.

    Really, I've found that just saying "I'm pregnant" induces a song and dance anyway.

    Similar to this, my grandfather always says grace before our Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter meals. One time he announced someone's pregnancy (planned) and one time he said my little cousin wanted to add something. She said, "God bless Mommy's baby" and there were tons of exclamations. It was really cute.

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    Apparently, OP is off to baby&bump. Not enough "cute ideas" there @BSTmama‌ ?


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  • missphilmissphil member
    For thanksgiving, we normally go around the table and share what we're thankful for. I'm going to have an u/s at 9 weeks and by thanksgiving i'll be 11 weeks, so we're probably going to put the ultrasound picture in an envelope for each family member and have them open it at the same time. Waiting is so hard!
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  • lcouch24lcouch24 member
    We are telling our family at Thanksgiving, too.  I was excited to read this post and it's replies for ideas as well.  It's a bit frustrating when so many people say keep it simple, just tell them.  And that is just fine if that's how they chose to do it, but I'm with you.... I've been searching high and low for creative ideas!
    We have only announced the news to our parents so far and told them, literally through a song :)  We bought a big brother shirt for my son to wear to our thanksgiving dinner for the announcement.
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    delujm0 said:
    Sorry all I'm a ftm and figured I'd be showing by then. I'm normally pretty thin and though I wouldn't expect most people to come right our and ask about it at that point, I expect our families who know we're ttc and who last saw me at our wedding when I was basically at my all time thinnest to notice that something is amiss. I'd love to not show until closer to 20 weeks though, that would be awesome, especially for hiding it at work purposes. I guess a ultrasound pic wrapped as a gift is most likely the way we'll go. Probably with the due date written on it. And the sex if we decide to do the first tri genetic testing and know it by then.

    I'm almost 24 weeks and JUST started showing. I'm also very thin. They probably won't notice just by your appearance
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