March 2016 Moms

Cute ways to announce pregnancy... (2nd for me)

Were not quite ready to announce, but getting excited thinking about cute ways to do it! What have you done, or suggestions/plans? I am not sure if we will have to do it from a distance (we live away from family). We might try to make a trip back, and if that's the case then we will need to come up with a reason to get my family together over Labor Day weekend... (12 weeks that weekend).
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Re: Cute ways to announce pregnancy... (2nd for me)

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  • This is how we're announcing our pregnancy at the beginning of September, we'll be holding these signs in pictures

    How precious!!!
  • jrv28jrv28 member
    So sweet!
  • Eh, family and all of our close friends already know, even bosses and some co workers know, so for the rest of the world I'm thinking of just posting the ultrasound to Facebook without a saying a word about it. We actually have never wanted to wait until 12 weeks, the chances don't drop so dramatically from week 7/8/9 until 12, from 5% down to 2%, so we felt comfortable sharing the news with immediate family and a few very close friends right away, then about week 6 we really started telling more people and now we are ready to go public. After tomorrow's ultrasound.
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    BFP 1/1/14 ~ EDD 9/6/14 ~ CP 1/4/14 @ 4W2D
    BFP 6/24/15 ~ EDD 3/6/16 ~ Here's hoping 3rd time is a charm!
  • I am buying a chalkboard sign and daughter will be in pic. But for family we are prob telling labor day weekend (we will be 12w)
  • TorpedogirlTorpedogirl member
    edited July 2015
    We announced already. I had a sign made on etsy and had my youngest hold it. It says, "now it's my turn to be a big brother. Porch baby #4 due March 2016
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  • we are going down to WDW for my sons birthday. I'm planning to have pictures taken in front of the castle with him holding a sign.
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  • My current plan is to take a picture while we are in Disneyland in September, but I'm not sure I can wait that long.
  • DS wore a big brother shirt to my parent's house so when my mom opened the door that was the first thing she saw. We wanted to do something 'big' since we didn't do anything last time (I was living with them at the time and husband was at basic training) but I've been so sick this was the best I could come up with...
  • BCH818BCH818 member
    We only told immediate family since I'm only 6.5 weeks and wouldn't see them again until September. I had a shirt made saying "Promoted to Big Sister" with her name underneath. We also made an eviction notice and had her give it to her Grandparents. I have NO clue how to tell the world creatively!
  • I announced in our Facebook Christmas card using my son :)

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    DS1 - 9/21/11
    DS2 - 7/4/14
    DS3 - 2/21/16
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    Our family of 5 is complete!!  Love our boys!

  • We announced already. I had a sign made on etsy and had my youngest hold it. It says, "now it's my turn to be a big brother. Porch baby #4 due March 2016

    I love this! This is #4 for us and we have all boys now. I thought it would be cute to have the youngest be the one to announce saying he's a big brother now too!
  • We always put the smallest in a Big Brother/Sister shirt for family (especially hysterical when was pregnant with #2 bc they don't make big sibling shirts in 3mo sizes so we had to make is ourselves and both sets of grandparents thought it was a joke). On fb we have posted a pic of them wearing the shirts before. This time we posted the safety pins pic (like my avatar here) and this one of the kids taken at my first OB appt

    March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality

    Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09) 
    AP, BF, BW, CD, CLW, CS, ERF, Catholic mama 
    to Evan (7/'10), Clare (8/'11), Dean (3/'14), ^F(12/'15)^, Rose (3/'16)
    *no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
    <3 but i still feel bigger on the inside <3
     Autism mama! 
  • mb0112mb0112 member

    We always put the smallest in a Big Brother/Sister shirt for family (especially hysterical when was pregnant with #2 bc they don't make big sibling shirts in 3mo sizes so we had to make is ourselves and both sets of grandparents thought it was a joke). On fb we have posted a pic of them wearing the shirts before. This time we posted the safety pins pic (like my avatar here) and this one of the kids taken at my first OB appt

    The safety pin pic is so cute! Never seen something like that before!

    I thought I didn't want to do any pic on Facebook or public announcement but cute ideas make me reconsider!!
  • Thanks! I saw a similar one (on Pinterest maybe?) when I searched for pregnancy announcements and made one that fit our fam :)

    March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality

    Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09) 
    AP, BF, BW, CD, CLW, CS, ERF, Catholic mama 
    to Evan (7/'10), Clare (8/'11), Dean (3/'14), ^F(12/'15)^, Rose (3/'16)
    *no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
    <3 but i still feel bigger on the inside <3
     Autism mama! 
  • I called myself Pregosaurus last go around so I might have to do something with dinosaurs this time.  Like Daddysaurus, Pregosaurus, Biggestbrothersaurus, Bigbrothersaurus, Babysaurus.  I don't know, might be really dumb.
    DS1 - 9/21/11
    DS2 - 7/4/14
    DS3 - 2/21/16
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Our family of 5 is complete!!  Love our boys!

  • Me and my husband are having a garden party in 2 weeks I'll be just over 10 weeks and we are getting a huge cookie made with baby Dobson due March 2016 on it, That way all our family find out at the same time and can celebrate together. We are going to announce to everyone else with a picture of the cookie on fb after my 12 week scan x
  • DS's birthday is right around labor day weekend this year. We will have our families together. I'm planning to have DS wear a t-shirt that says something along the lines of 'best day ever! It's my birthday annnd I'm going to be a big brother!'
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  • Oh man, I just blurted it out over the phone. I'm not really crafty or cutesy, and I'm a HUGE procrastinator, so I wanted to just tell people once we knew. Plus, we live across an ocean (we're in Hawaii, families are on the mainland) and we wouldn't be seeing them in person to say it.

  • JLaVO888JLaVO888 member
    edited July 2015
    When we went on our vacation to San Fransisco we found a onesie and had another random tourist take a pic of us holding it while standing in front of the bridge. We sent it to each of our family members with the quote 'Guess whose going to be a grandma, auntie etc.)??? It was so fun looking for the onesie and getting the pic taken ... After about 20 failed selfie attempts. When we announce it publicly I'm not sure what we will do yet. (Btw it's my pic on TB now because I was dying to post it somewhere and FB was not the place... Yet.)
  • going to do a labor day saying in a chalk board on Labor Day! can't wait!
  • Smom901316Smom901316 member
    edited July 2015
    Edit : Sorry another poster made good point about posting image of DD online

    My announcement is three photos side by side of her holding a sign that says "Big Sister March 2016"


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  • Birthday231Birthday231 member
    edited July 2015
  • Okay I realize this sounds morbid, but I think I will announce either on my MC's EDD (10/13) or National MC & Infant Loss Day (10/15) or if I can hold it in I will wait until Halloween.  We will be well out of the woods at that point (18+2wks) and maybe we will know the gender too :-)

    I was thinking of doing something with pumpkins, I love the Fall!
    BFP 2/11/15 (EDD 10/13/15). MMC 3/30/15 D&C 4/3/15 "We will always love you"
    DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16).  "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
    DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18).  "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
    BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21).  "Round 3 FIGHT!"
  • @mb0112 you are right about National MC day why didn't I think of that.  I think I will aim for either the 13th or the 31st if all goes well.  I figured I could make something beautiful out of a day that will be forever ruined for me.
    BFP 2/11/15 (EDD 10/13/15). MMC 3/30/15 D&C 4/3/15 "We will always love you"
    DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16).  "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
    DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18).  "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
    BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21).  "Round 3 FIGHT!"
  • We have 2 girls so I'm thinking about ding something like this.. As for family we have to fly across country and plan to tell them at 10/11 weeks in person :)
  • I think we are going to try and wait to announce it to the world until October 10th because that is our anniversary. @bntfroggie A friend of mine did a pumpkin reveal and it was adorable. I love the fall as well...hence the fall wedding. 

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  • @JLaVO888 that is adorable!!  I may just have to wait until Halloween ha ha I'm torn :-)
    BFP 2/11/15 (EDD 10/13/15). MMC 3/30/15 D&C 4/3/15 "We will always love you"
    DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16).  "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
    DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18).  "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
    BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21).  "Round 3 FIGHT!"
  • I love the dinosaur idea! It's cute!
  • It's our first baby. Nicknamed her Ziggy (Zygote) ... No clue how to announce it to family. My mom and dad aren't together. I took three pregnancy tests so I might give one to each? Is that gross?
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