Sharing the news..

Aguyer101 · May 2015

How will you share the news? We just got our BFP after a miscarriage 3 months ago. We'll wait to tell our families but I'm thinking this to tell the hubby? Maybe changing it to his screensaver. He's a big gamer..

FemShep · May 2015

I'm a big gamer, and so is DH. I actually find the graphic insulting-getting pregnant doesn't mean the end of fun, it means even more fun!

How about a picture of a Lvl One Human onesie from ThinkGeek, or a onesie themed to match his favorite game? ThinkGeek and RedBubble might have some options.

fionamarley · May 2015

We are big Game of Thrones fans so I took my pregnancy test and used a pretty ribbon to tie a card to it that said "Winter is coming..."

Sprinkles07 · May 2015

I love the gamer idea! DH is a huge gamer so I will have to do something like that for him. MIL does some photography so I am going to ask her to do some 2 year pics for DS and have him wear a big brother shirt or something. Not sure about my parents or FIL. For Facebook I am going to order a coke bottle with share a Coke with "Baby" on it. I have one with the rest of our names. I will take a picture of all of them lined up and use as a cover photo. Although Facebook won't know until the second tri.

bookqueen · May 2015

I like the gamer idea.

we don't have plans for sharing yet. Waiting until first tri is over so plenty of time to plan that, lol.

Sprinkles07 · May 2015

Here is another video game idea to use as a back drop or w/e. Feel free to make it your own. I watched a video on the "top ten kids in video games" and put most of them in it. I'm hoping this works better than what I did for DS. (I made a onsie that said Daddy's future caddie. DH didn't get it. He thought I bought it because it was cute and didn't put it together for like an hour. Which made for a very awkward car ride to dinner.)

Aguyer101 · May 2015

I definitely see how you could see it as insulting but I guess that's just our humor! I rarely stop him from playing video games.. I support him in having fun and getting his guy time. I used it for him but when we tell the world we're going to do something nerdy and fun as well that's different!

AggieKim · May 2015

We're big gamers too, but I kept it lame and texted him since we thought we were out this month. And I can't keep a secret long enough to do anything fun anyways! Those ideas are so cute!

futuremrsskowronski · May 2015

My husband is also a big gamer and he would love if I told him that way. We also had a miscarriage 4 months ago and got a positive on a digital! We are very excited but cautious!!!

Sprinkles07 · May 2015

I ordered this to send to my parents as our announcement. I thought it was adorable

I also got these stickers for my progression pictures.

bookqueen · May 2015

Sprinkles07 said:
I ordered this to send to my parents as our announcement. I thought it was adorable

I also got these stickers for my progression pictures.

I love those stickers!!!

Sprinkles07 · May 2015

bookqueen said:

Sprinkles07 said:
I ordered this to send to my parents as our announcement. I thought it was adorable

I also got these stickers for my progression pictures.
I love those stickers!!!

bookqueen said:
Yes! They are so much cuter than the ones I used with DS.

HBirdie · May 2015

I put DS in a Big Brother shirt and waited for him to get home. He didn't notice and I had to ask him what the shirt said, but then he reacted so adorably.

It was killer to wait the four or five hours though!

I think the gamer thing is cute.

mrs3615 · May 2015

DH and I found out together.... but we will be sharing the news with his parents once they are settled into their new home (probably fourth of july weekend)... not sure how yet, but we will see. They are moving from Illinois to Colorado to be with us, and the have had such a stressful move - this will surely be rewarding (fx we are very healthy at that point still!)

I might tell my dad as early as Friday (I'd be four weeks exactly). It's super early, but he keeps talking about his "grandkidS" (he has ONE right now), and seeing as how he just moved to Colorado from CA, he will appreciate the great news, also! Besides, if something happens, I will definitely need his support!

As for other friends and family..... I think we will wait until after the first trimester

MrsJG3 · May 2015

Aguyer101 said:
I definitely see how you could see it as insulting but I guess that's just our humor! I rarely stop him from playing video games.. I support him in having fun and getting his guy time. I used it for him but when we tell the world we're going to do something nerdy and fun as well that's different!

A lady on another board found a onesie with a "player 3 has entered the game" and a pic of a controller. That would be cute.

abrandt31 · May 2015

I wish I had done something cute with DH, but I was just so shocked to see somewhat of a line that I rushed out of the bathroom and asked DH if he saw anything. For my parents, I'll probably put DS in a big brother shirt when we go visit them in a few weeks.

sheashea407 · May 2015

With DH, I said I wanted to watch a movie with him and "I knew just the one." We had been lying in bed and I reached to my bedside table and handed him an unopened copy of Nine Months. He looked back and forth between the movie and me and said--"Are you....?"

For family, I'm not quite sure. I was thinking a 4th of July thing if we decide to tell soon after the first ultrasound. I have a shirt pinned off Etsy for DD:

If we wait until after 1st tri, for family and friends who live nearby, we'll probably just put DD in a different big sister shirt.

For FB family & friends, I was thinking of a Disney theme, since we're big fans (& going to Disneyland in September). Something like:

or

I hadn't really given it ANY thought, though

bookqueen · May 2015

Awwww @sheashea407, I love it!!!!

I'm gonna think more about it once I finish this class and have the free time to focus on anything else, lol.

DH wants to do a photo with all of our computers, my son's tablet, and then a small baby laptop. If that makes sense. I think it's kind of meh...so I told him I wanna do two different ones. lol

tigerfish227 · May 2015

My edd is my dad's b day so I'm gonna get him a b day card and write a cute little note that says something about I already started making your present. Last time I sent a mass text with my us photo to all my extended family. I didn't say anything, just sent the picture.

MrsJG3 · May 2015

tigerfish227 said:
My edd is my dad's b day so I'm gonna get him a b day card and write a cute little note that says something about I already started making your present. Last time I sent a mass text with my us photo to all my extended family. I didn't say anything, just sent the picture.

Mine EDD is DH's birthday. I sent him a text, while sitting next to him, letting him know he was getting a special present next year. Not super creative but we have 3 nosey kiddos and it is Summer break so I wanted to keep it on the down low for now.

AggieKim · May 2015

Ya I didn't do anything cute either. I texted my hubs a picture of the positive (he was sitting in the same room) with the comments: wanna see something random and weird? (Our timing was just not that likely compared to other months!)

bookqueen · May 2015

I just told DH, lol. He was still laying in bed when I peed. I said "we got a positive".

jennymack79 · May 2015

I dragged DH out of bed to come stand over the FRER with me while we waited for the last minute on the timer. Then various shock/freaking out ensued.

tigerfish227 · May 2015

bookqueen said:
I just told DH, lol. He was still laying in bed when I peed. I said "we got a positive".

Lol! I walked out of the bathroom and sat on the edge of the bed (still a little in shock) and have him a kiss. He woke up and told me he loves me. I said "love you to daddy!" The response.. "Really?!?!" The damn timer wasn't even up yet!

Eta spelling is hard

MrsSmithA · May 2015

I was obsessively testing early and got a verrry faint positive. My husband was fast asleep and I nudged him awake and told him "I think I'm pregnant". I probably should've waited until he was actually awake. It was our first month trying and I was just so excited to tell him. In hindsight I wish I had done something a little more romantic/special

HBirdie · May 2015

We told my parents tonight. Took DS over there with a "Big Brother" shirt on. My mom didn't notice at all, even though she said something about him wearing a new shirt (she had seen him earlier in a different shirt), and after a couple of minutes my dad was like, "Oh... his shirt! Hon, did you see the shirt!" and then the screamy excitement happened.

It was cute. They're sooo excited. Except they're already telling me it'd better be a girl.

We'll see.

shelly333 · May 2015

DH and I struggled with fertility for over 3 years so when we finally got out BFP i couldnt keep it from him. My dad's birthday is Monday so we are telling him at his birthday dinner on Sunday and the rest of family. Will tell the the MIL for her birthday dinner when we do it sometime in the next couple of weeks.

MrsJ2522 · May 2015

I had so much planned on how I was going to have this fun announcement but with IVF everyone knew everything by the time I got my BFP. My mom still cried but it wasn't as grand for my first child as I wanted it to be.

Sprinkles07 · May 2015

@tboslet You'll have to just do a really fun gender reveal!

MrsJ2522 · May 2015

@sprinkles07 My parents know the gender already too! haha

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Sprinkles07 · May 2015

Ooo you got the fancy gender blood test!? My impatient self needs one of those. Do the party for friends then!

ETA @tboslet

MrsJ2522 · June 2015

@Sprinkles07 No blood test but we went for the chromosomal testing of our embryos because we had already gone through genetic testing and I came back positive as a carrier for cystic fibrosis. So we wanted to be cautious after all the money and time we were spending on IVF.

CaissieBaby · June 2015

I had this plan to give hubby a onsie that said "Daddys little Packers fan" but I bought the test very last minute and he knew I was taking it, as he was home, kinda tossed my cute idea out the window. Instead just sat on the couch opposite of him, stunned, and said "it says pregnant" lol
Hoping to tell our parents in the next month and then we'll officially announce on our anniversary which lands right around the end of the first trimester. We'll have it better planned once I get blood test results.

Congratulations to everyone here!!

mrs3615 · June 2015

We told my dad last night- he was pretty excited!! For some reason I was super nervous!!! We aren't telling anyone else until the Fourth of July

strlitemiss · June 2015

I had Ds give DH a card. I think we will just put a big brother shirt on Ds and let everyone figure it out. Dh wants to wait a while to tell though.

jennymack79 · June 2015

We came up with an idea on how to tell DH's parents. We're going to ask them to come up the weekend after (or near) the 4th. Then, we're going to hang a sign on the door to our 3rd bedroom (door is right next to the room where they'll be sleeping) that says:

Baby's Room

Under Construction

Opens Feb 2016

Then we'll see how long it takes them to notice. I think for my parents, we've decided to somehow tie it in either to Father's Day or the 4th. We'll be at their house for the holiday weekend, and that's most likely when I'll give my dad his Father's Day present. So, either we'll make some cute sign or photo announcing it and have it printed on a puzzle to include with his present, or I'll buy a t-shirt to wear and see how long it takes them to notice.

Sprinkles07 · June 2015

The baby booties and poem finally got shipped off to my mom! I'm super excited

I've been dying to talk about it with her. Now I have to figure out when to tell the in laws. I think with DS we waited to get the ultrasound

CaissieBaby · June 2015

We plan to announce on FB on our anniversary too @Sprinkles07 ! Ours is August 9th, so happy early anniversary from us to you! We just had a canvas and a coffee mug made for my Mom and FIL, hoping to make it until the end of June before we tell them, we will see! So far only his best friend and my best friend know, so these forums and threads are my lifeline with questions since I cant ask anyone else! I'm sure many of us are in the same boat

CaissieBaby · June 2015

Oops! Wrong thread! Oh well!

Sprinkles07 · June 2015

CaissieBaby said:

We plan to announce on FB on our anniversary too @Sprinkles07 ! Ours is August 9th, so happy early anniversary from us to you! We just had a canvas and a coffee mug made for my Mom and FIL, hoping to make it until the end of June before we tell them, we will see! So far only his best friend and my best friend know, so these forums and threads are my lifeline with questions since I cant ask anyone else! I'm sure many of us are in the same boat

Awe that's awesome! Happy anniversary (Early) to y'all as well!

CaissieBaby · June 2015

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