Easter plans?

muybueno · March 2016

What's everyone doing for Easter?

We're going to our church's early service and then hosting brunch at our house for my immediate family (siblings and mom). We are going to announce my pregnancy at brunch. I've held off telling my sisters until my mom could come in town and hear at the same time. They are going to be shocked (I've had fertility issues and I've really waffled about wanting a third) so I'm expecting a big emotional reaction from the women, while the husbands try to calm things down

Anyone have fun plans?

shamrocandroll · March 2016

We considered announcing at Easter, since it's one of very few days a year that we see both sides of the family, as we live in a different state. However, this is my first pregnancy, will be the first grandchild for both sets of parents, first great grandchild for my grandmother... and we still haven't had our first appointment yet (it's scheduled for 3/31). I want to make sure we do this right and wait until we know everything is going well before we announce. The next time we'll get to see both sets of parents will be Mother's Day, so now I think we're waiting until then, which seems like an ETERNITY, but I want it to be special!

comealongponds · March 2016

We are heading to DHs parents cottage with his parents, brothers and his grandpa and will be doing a big turkey dinner on Saturday. The only person in that group that doesn't know we are KU is his grandpa, so we may tell him this weekend but not 100% sure yet.

zrain · March 2016

We're going to breakfast with my cousin and my BFF (who happen to be married) and then spending the rest of the day with DH's family. We plan on telling them then

EmmieAnn22 · March 2016

I think Easter announcements sound like so much fun! Hubs and I can't keep a secret to save our lives so our families knew the day we took the test. I wish I had it in my to keep my mouth shut and plan something really fun.

we aren't a religious family but we do get together for Easter. There are only 11 of us so it's low key and fun. My mom hides baskets, real eggs and plastic eggs for my nephews. The oldest is 14 though and this may his last year he will run around the yard for eggs. Hoping it will be nice so we can get a wiffle ball game in. Not sure if that all constitutes 'fun plans' but I'm looking forward to it.

Mksbc · March 2016

We'll go to church in the morning. Then I volunteered to host and cook a big traditional Easter dinner, which I'm regretting already since I can barely handle making a bowl of cereal for breakfast recently.

shamrocandroll · March 2016

Has everyone who plans to announce on Easter already had their first appointment? I'm just really nervous about telling anyone until it's been confirmed that everything is looking good. The more people we tell too early, the more people we have to "un-tell" if anything goes wrong (awful to think that way, I know, but I'm a worrier like that). My first appointment isn't until 8w5d, and I feel like it's taking FOREVER to get here!!!

ShallowSeas · March 2016

Me and H's immediate family already knows, so we won't be doing anything fun like announcing my pregnancy. I invited my parents to me and H's church on Easter and they are coming. We just moved into a new building so I'm excited for them to see it. They have never been to my church. H is playing bass for the worship band so I'm excited they'll get to see him play for the first time too.

We are having Easter dinner at H's parent's that evening. Not sure what they're making, probably ham. I just hope my stomach cooperates.

m6agua · March 2016

We are having my family and DHs family over for Easter dinner. We plan on telling them all then. I have not had my first appointment yet. But having their support for my loss last time was amazing so I want them all to know even if something goes wrong. I would rather be happy and celebrate with them now and possibly have to give bad news later than to have to give them the news that I was pregnant and having a loss all in one breath.

muybueno · March 2016

@shamrocandroll

I've had a couple of betas that were good. I'm not sure how I'd feel if it was my first pregnancy. Given that I have two boys already, both of my sisters have three (this will be my mom's 8th grandchild), and it's my very immediate family, I feel more than comfortable. Honestly, I've felt really weird keeping it secret for two weeks- especially from my sisters whom I tell everything. It almost feels like a lie at this point- ha.

No one else will know until after my first u/s 8w3d and most people won't know until after 12w. I can trust my family not to spill the beans, but not everyone's family is like that. For example,I'm not telling my dad yet (he and my mom are divorced, so telling her isn't a risk) because he'll space out and share my news before I'm ready. The people finding out on Sunday won't tell a soul.

Everybody has a different comfort level with announcing.

shamrocandroll · March 2016

@muybueno Yeah... this is the first of a lot of things for my family, and with no prior history or confirmation that everything is A-OK, I just want to do it right. I absolutely HATE having to wait this long (especially since next good opportunity isn't until week 15) and having to "lie" about it, but I feel like I just need absolute confirmation first!

zrain · March 2016

shamrocandroll said:

Has everyone who plans to announce on Easter already had their first appointment? I'm just really nervous about telling anyone until it's been confirmed that everything is looking good. The more people we tell too early, the more people we have to "un-tell" if anything goes wrong (awful to think that way, I know, but I'm a worrier like that). My first appointment isn't until 8w5d, and I feel like it's taking FOREVER to get here!!!

**TW loss**

I haven't had my first appointment yet, and I won't even have a first ultrasound til a week or two after that. I plan on telling people anyway (and I've already told a bunch of coworkers and friends and my parents). I had to un-tell my family and a few friends last time and it helped me a lot to have their support going through my loss. I want that support if I lose this baby too, so I'm not waiting to tell people. I want to enjoy every little bit of it this time and celebrate every day that I'm pregnant. Easter seems like an extra-good day to celebrate this baby with my in-laws

shamrocandroll · March 2016

@zrain That's a nice way of looking at it.

I guess part of me just wants to shield them from anything bad that might happen. My mom has been through a lot of loss, and I'm not sure I could bear to tell her if something went wrong. I know that risk is there no matter how long we wait, but I just want to minimize it. But at the same time, I want to blab the news to everyone!!! So torn about it!!!

MollySm · March 2016

We are hosting family here for brunch and an egg hunt. And then we will do another egg hunt and Easter dinner at Grandma's. Both of these are drinking occasions usually, so it's going to be a long day of fake drinking for me.

muybueno · March 2016

shamrocandroll said:

@zrain That's a nice way of looking at it. I guess part of me just wants to shield them from anything bad that might happen. My mom has been through a lot of loss, and I'm not sure I could bear to tell her if something went wrong. I know that risk is there no matter how long we wait, but I just want to minimize it. But at the same time, I want to blab the news to everyone!!! So torn about it!!!

That's really considerate of you. If you wouldn't tell her even if a loss occurred, then it probably makes a lot of sense to wait for confirmation. I hope the decision doesn't stress you out too much!

doraleigh35 · March 2016

We will go to 11:00am Mass and then head over to my MIL's house for Easter dinner. My family is in the US and H's Dad and extended family is on the other side of Canada, so there will only be a few of us at dinner. They already know that I'm pregnant, so no big announcement.

@shamrocandroll- we told our parents and close friends right away. My first appointment isn't until 10 weeks and I wanted the support no matter. Last time I felt that the unspoken grief of a loss was worse than un-telling the people that knew. You have to do what you feel comfortable with!

rspalding001 · March 2016

Our city does an Easter Egg Hunt on the beach for the kids. Its free so I think Ill take our daughter.

mrsmoose5 · March 2016

We're going to church early, then taking DS to an egg hunt in the afternoon and hosting my parents for brunch. My mom already knows because she lives across the street from us and there is no way I would be able to hide it from her. We're really close and I would tell her if anything happened anyway. We don't want to tell anyone else until I've had my first appointment and everything appears to be ok, so it's going to be hard to hide it from my dad. He is already super suspicious and has been on the lookout for me to be pregnant for months. I'm thinking I'm going to empty a bottle of white wine before he gets here and pour white grape juice in it and pour myself a few glasses of "wine" throughout the day to throw him off lol

muybueno · March 2016

mrsmoose5 said:

We're going to church early, then taking DS to an egg hunt in the afternoon and hosting my parents for brunch. My mom already knows because she lives across the street from us and there is no way I would be able to hide it from her. We're really close and I would tell her if anything happened anyway. We don't want to tell anyone else until I've had my first appointment and everything appears to be ok, so it's going to be hard to hide it from my dad. He is already super suspicious and has been on the lookout for me to be pregnant for months. I'm thinking I'm going to empty a bottle of white wine before he gets here and pour white grape juice in it and pour myself a few glasses of "wine" throughout the day to throw him off lol

Are your parents together? If so, mad props to your mom for being able to keep that secret from him! Impressive.

mrsmoose5 · March 2016

Haha no, they're divorced, but they get along so we always celebrate holidays together. They actually talk on the phone every once in a while too and my mom told me a couple weeks ago my dad flat out asked her if I was pregnant. And she just said, "Look, I'm sure if she has anything she wants to share, she'll share it!" lol

Edited: for privacy reasons

beforeyou · March 2016

We're headed to my mother-in-laws for Easter dinner. Nothing too exciting planned.
I'm excited to hear about all these reveals from you ladies telling at Easter! Update us after you tell.

mrsasolomon · March 2016

We are going to church and then having an Easter egg hunt and early dinner with the family. We will be announcing to those who don't know (my parents already know) at the egg hunt. I'm hiding hints in some of the eggs.

I I have not had my first appt yet but like PP have said. I'm not waiting as I want to celebrate every moment.

rooftop · March 2016

DHs family knows and I'll probably tell my sister on easter but I'm waiting to tell my mom cause she stresses me out. I hope to be getting an ultrasound tomorrow

loko08 · March 2016

We're going up to H's parent's house for dinner, and will announce to them and his siblings then. My family is out of state, so we'll skype with them in the morning and announce it. We got his parents a onesie for a local sports team with our last name on the back, and my parents one as well for their favorite sports team. I'm really excited for them to find out! It'll be the first grand kid for both sides, and it's my first pregnancy as well. It's been so hard to keep this a secret.

My first appointment is tomorrow. H and I wanted to wait until after the first appointment to tell our families, so I'm really excited it's finally here!

MrsDho11 · March 2016

I will probably wake up, forget it's Easter, try to go to the pool, find that it is closed, and then come home and sulk.

honeybeewebb2424 · March 2016

We paint eggs for good Friday and were planning on telling my Dads side of the family then, but we couldn't help but tell them Sunday at dinner! I had a really cute egg idea so I think that we are still going to do it to share the news with my step grandparents. For Easter, we always do a breakfast at my step grandparents, then hit my husbands parents house, followed by my grandmothers house. (Easter is our least busy holiday believe it or not!) With the way Im feeling about my mom, sister and aunt right now, Im pretty sure we are skipping my grandmothers house and Ill just bare the wrath later from Nana. We did get to see a small flicker of a heartbeat last week, but I think that we are waiting for our 10wk apt to make sure everything is going okay. We will announce to the rest mothers day I think.

earichar23 · March 2016

We'll be going to mass with my in laws then to their house for lunch. I'm making a lemon cheesecake. Can't wait for dessert! We announced to our parents immediately but will be keeping the rest of the fam in the dark til my 8w u/s so I'll be fake drinking all day.

kibylou · March 2016

We are going to my parent's house Saturday for their yearly Easter egg hunt and dinner. DD is 3 and is so excited for the egg hunt. It's cute. We are going to tell our siblings that day too. I am going to attempt making a picture like this today to slip into some family pictures I already had printed for everybody (minus the oops, I might use a Cadbury egg or a tiny bunny). We saw the heartbeat this week and I feel good about announcing to family. My sister supported me though previous losses and I would want to know if one of my siblings was having a loss. We will text the picture to DH's siblings that day too.

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