We're telling immediate family at Thanksgiving (I'll be about 13 wks)... will definitely tell my grandmother around that time as well, since we'll be able to do it in person then, and she's the only grandparent either of us have left. Struggling to decide when to tell extended family on my husband's side-- his brother is getting married the week after Thanksgiving, and so while we'll see them all then, I'd rather not take away from his/future SIL's big day. We may tell folks at brunch the day after the wedding, or wait until Christmas.
I'm for sure going to reveal at Christmas--I fought super hard for time off my job to be there in person. I plan to give my mom a gift (the last one to be opened) that says World's Best Grandma and watch her cry. The baby is going to be due right around the one year anniversary of my dad's death, so it's going to be really intense for her to find out. This will be her first grandchild. That's also why I won't tell her any earlier--I really don't want to put her on another emotional roller coaster if anything goes wrong. But I think it will be a really special Christmas. We'll Skype with my MIL after to tell her next.
I'm going to have the kids make my parents a cup that says "Lucky number 7 " (this will be their 7th grandchild, on both sides actually.) and see if they figure it out. We are also finding the gender out early so we will make a pink or blue cake and when they cut it open see if anyone asks why we made a pink/blue cake for xmas, lol.
I kind of wanted to tell them at thanksgiving, but i'll only be 10wks and I would rather be further along and know the gender because for some reason i'm not in the mood for everyone's guesses, lol.
I was thinking of posting a pic on fb of all our stockings with a small pink or blue one and saying "Merry Christmas from the 6 of us!!"
I'll be almost 10 weeks on thanksgiving & we have not told our families at all yet! So ... we are going to announce it then with a Christmas card of us & our puppy with a sign around her neck saying "big sister to be starting June 2016!" hopefully everyone will be so elated! Then we will tell everyone else when I get to the second trimester !
I just know my family will know if we didn't tell them on turkey day. I've been turning down wine at dinner & we usually eat raw oysters as appetizers on thanksgiving. I looove raw oysters & eat a ton every year so it will be very obvious something is up when I don't eat them!
We've told parents and each of our sisters (we both only have 1) and then a few of our very very close friends. We'll tell extended family after first ultrasound when we know things are good. I'll be 14 weeks on Christmas and after the crazy year we've had I'm going to put up something about Christmas blessings finally being with my hubby for Christmas and how excited we are, especially because it's our last Christmas alone and put the ultrasound up. Or something like that. Then I turn 30 4 weeks later and hope to know gender by then and I would love to announce gender on my birthday.
Yes! We planned in telling both sides at or on each families Xmas celebrations. We lost one in August, so we wanted to wait the full first trimester to start telling our families. My husband's fam is in San Diego, mine is in Cleveland. Looking like we are only going to tell my husband's family at Xmas though because I've already spilled it to my mom because she was just diagnosed with cancer, and my brother whom I can't support as much as I'd like while he takes care of our mom. My dad doesn't know, though, so that will be nice to see his reaction! Hard to wait, but it's going to be fun!
Married 4/2011 TTC since 4/2015 bfp 7/14/2015 EDD 3/22/16 m/c 7w0d bfp 10/2/2015 EDD 6/22/16 d&c 9w0d Status: Benched
We already told immediate family in both sides and I plan to tell my best friend next weekend when I see her. We will tell extended family at Thanksgiving and probably announce on Facebook during Hannukah (on the 4th night with a photo of 4 candles for our soon to be family of 4)
Yes! We planned in telling both sides at or on each families Xmas celebrations. We lost one in August, so we wanted to wait the full first trimester to start telling our families. My husband's fam is in San Diego, mine is in Cleveland. Looking like we are only going to tell my husband's family at Xmas though because I've already spilled it to my mom because she was just diagnosed with cancer, and my brother whom I can't support as much as I'd like while he takes care of our mom. My dad doesn't know, though, so that will be nice to see his reaction! Hard to wait, but it's going to be fun!
I'm sorry for your loss and your moms diagnosis. Prayers to a speedy recovery!
My husbands family is in Ohio and my family is San Diego as well.
We are telling everyone at christmas. Only my sister and two close friends know. I have shirts for the grandpas to be that say "Grandpa, The Man, The Myth, The Legand." I got the grandmas to be mugs that say "Grandma's The Name, Spoiling Is The Game." Great grandma to be is getting a Christmas card in her stocking that reads, only the best grandmas get promoted to great grandma, along with an ultrasound pic. Can't wait! Just hoping I'm not called out for not drinking at Thanksgiving!!
Yes we are doing the same! No one knows except my 2 best friends. We live far away, too, so face-to-face at Christmas will be the best time . We plan to give cards to our parents/grandparents with the little u/s picture inside! I'm so excited
We have only told my parents. We plan to announce at Christmas as well when we see the in laws in person. We plan to make a card that says "your Christmas present has been back ordered..." And then on the inside it will say "arriving June 2016" with the ultrasound picture.
Then we will announce on Facebook. I plan to take a picture of DD by her chalkboard that says "DD got everything on her Chirstmas list" and then list a few things and have "become a big sister" checked off on the bottom of the list.
I bought some really nice bottles of wine for our parents and was going to attach a label that says "Drink this for me, I'll join you soon because baby E will be joining us in June." I'll be finding out the sex before so insert baby name but I was trying to figure out how to incorporate the framed announcement pic in there but I don't know... So maybe one or the other? I'm getting pics done within the next couple of weeks, I'll attach what we're going for and maybe someone can suggest what/which I should do?!?!
Re: Anyone else planning to announce at Christmas?
I just know my family will know if we didn't tell them on turkey day. I've been turning down wine at dinner & we usually eat raw oysters as appetizers on thanksgiving. I looove raw oysters & eat a ton every year so it will be very obvious something is up when I don't eat them!
TTC since 4/2015
bfp 7/14/2015 EDD 3/22/16 m/c 7w0d
bfp 10/2/2015 EDD 6/22/16 d&c 9w0d
Status: Benched
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
Then we will announce on Facebook. I plan to take a picture of DD by her chalkboard that says "DD got everything on her Chirstmas list" and then list a few things and have "become a big sister" checked off on the bottom of the list.