With my first I made an u/s picture with a santa hat. With #2 for family I put an u/s picture in an egg for our family Easter egg hunt. For fb, I posted a picture of #1 sitting in a double stroller. This time I'm planning to NOT announce on FB, but 12 weeks will be around my mom's birthday. I gave her a family tree for Christmas last year and for her birthday I'll give her another leaf for the tree that says Baby C #3
My parents: We gave them a 2 pack of pacifiers and a note that said the rest of the gift was back ordered until April 2017.
My aunt got a "Promoted to Great Aunt" tshirt, Grandma got a "Great Grandma to be" pin, and Grandpa got a "Great Grandpa to be" mug. My cousin was in the bathroom when we announced, so I told him he would have another cousin in April, and he pounced on and hugged the daylights out of me.
His parents: We're getting them a bottle of wine and got labels that say "The best parents get promoted to grandparents - Baby S to arrive April 2017"
His sister is getting a tshirt that says "Best Aunt in the World, est. 2017".
Everyone else will learn via Facebook when the 2nd trimester hits.
My sister and I had an order of wine in at a make-it-yourself business in town. She went to bottle it and somehow in the conversation, she said "Are you guys going to have kids?" I said "Well... That's a funny question" and the cat was out of the bag. I think I'm starting to get nausea now. I still don't really believe it, but as soon as I start puking, it will be set in my mind as that was the marker of my other term pregnancies.
I threw up yesterday, but it was after taking vitamins, which upsets my stomach anyway so I just chalked it up to that. :S
Pregnancy # 6 4 missed chances 2 loving children 1 on the way
Thanks all for the tips! I will have to check out Carters!
we will be announcing it to our parents today after the ultrasound. we are taking DD with us to see it. (I'll go in by myself first just to make sure all is good) Then DD is going to my mom's tonight so we will have her tell her exciting news! And since H wants to tell his parents the same day but we can't make it out to see them until tomorrow (what is the big f'n deal if they find out 12 hours later?) we will hopefully get the tshirt and send them a pic of DD. if we can't find the tshirt that soon, we'll save that for the rest of the family and will just send his parents a pic of DD holding the US print.
I'm almost over it. I am really doing this for DD because she will be sooo excited. She has been asking for a sibling for over 2 years and she hasn't skipped a day yet! So I want her to have the fun of saying it to the family!
I just want to say it; YES I am bloated, grumpy, pregnant, sick and I don't give a flying f what you think so you better be excited or get lost.
We plan to tell just our parents & my sister after next week (everyone else later on) and we made these cards: The name of the beer on the bottle is "tiny beautiful something". We are both hugely into craft beer so it fits us nicely. Took the photo myself and think it came out quite nicely
I've been following an online boutique on Instagram for a while now and snagged this for DD today! They also have big brother too!
Snagged this one for a friend currently going through IVF:
And I think this would be adorable for an announcement! They have Dad and grandparent ones too!
So many cute things. Here's the link if you want to check them out! (No affiliation, promise, other than giving them a large amount of money today ) https://tbeapparel.com
I'm planning to use something along the lines of this.... I had a MC in March. I had just gone public with it and then MC the next day. It was rough, but glad that I had the support that I got. Made the whole mourning process a lot "easier." My BIL is great at creating visual things like this on the computer, so I'm going to have him make me something like this. I already told my sister. And I know she already told him.
I got some small brag book photo albums and I am going to put some pictures of my little man and the last picture will be him wearing a 'big brother' shirt and an ultrasound picture. I am going to use the excuse that it is a late Grandparents Day gift from DS.
Here's the finished product! I'll be 6 weeks (when I MC'd in March) on 9/3 and my dads bday is 9/4. So I will probably tell him and then the rest of my family for his birthday. I will hold off posting on FB until I have a healthy U/S on 9/13 or later.
This was for my last baby, my youngest was grumpy and it just made the picture better I gave this to my mom for Mother's Day, I was almost 4m. This time I'm holding out until November or Christmas and giving my parents a gift with a girl and boy onsie say will it be a girl or boy, find out in April! Well that's what I have now. With it being the 5th in 7 years in not sure how fast I'll start showing, but I'm still fat from the 4th so that helps
I already told my sister and my best friend. MY sister because we just tell eachother everything, and my friend because she is a mum of 4 (with triplets!!) and i need her advice, she's been through this . For the family, I dont know what to do - we are seeing my whole family on 15 September, which will be 8-9 weeks. not sure if we should tell...
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
I had already posted our (possible) beach pic announcement on this thread, but the other day I came across a cute Christmas card preg announcement design that said, "The More the Merrier" and I'm really liking it. Wondering if I can possibly hold out announcing to our greater (immed family already knows) friends and family till Christmastime. We always do a professional outdoor family photoshoot for the card and so I know I could get some nice bump photos and we'd also know the sex by then which would be fun to include. Decisions, decisions.
something like this with our Australian Shepherd but instead of a sign that says big brother I got him a bandana that says future big brother, on the sign we'll put April 2017 and we'd do cowboy boots instead of tennis shoes
I'm torn between doing a rainbow baby announced or a Halloween announcement. I like them both. I feel like most people may not understand the rainbow baby though.
My sister is having a baby this week, I thought about taking a picture of me and her to send to our parents and say "guess what we have in common?" . My in laws already know, I had to tell them when I threw up all over their lawn. We will do a Facebook announcement using the "I'm a big sister book" or a chalkboard. I'm trying to think of something cleaver since it's baby 3 and most likely our lasy
We are going to announce just before Halloween with a photo of 2 large pumpkins, a smaller pumpkin and then a baby pumpkin with the saying "we're adding another pumpkin to our patch, April 2017"
Hey any STMs who had a registry posted on thebump before - you may want to google yourself. Just had someone find out because they googled me (to get inspiration for their registry) and my April "registry" with nothing on it popped up. "Pissed" is an understatement....
@Dannylion24 - yup. She said she just put my name and DH's name and registry and was like "Why is there an April date?" Maybe it's a weird glitch, but I am not happy and have changed a lot of the personal details on my account page.
Oy! My lunch almost came up as I feverishly googled myself... Think I'm in the clear as I don't *remember* linking a registry first time around. Sorry, @kcasset that's the worst. I also sort of think whoever saw it should have maybe kept it to themselves instead of stressing you out over it. Or maybe she thought she was doing you a favor by bringing it to your attention.
I am so excited for this, I can't stand it! Our parents already know, and going to do personal calls to close friends, but... DH and I are both huge skiers, and obvi I won't be skiing this season. So, big announcement will be a professional photo of him kissing me in front of the Vail Gondola, with caption that reads "This is the most action [My Name] will get on the mountain this year~ Baby S expected April 2017!"
@Mrs.Shoe I think that's a great idea! Me and DH are also gamers and play a lot of magic the gathering! Even though DH was practically in the bathroom with me whist I took a test, my original plan was to surprise him with a custom card during one of our games (but didn't exactly know how I was going to make one) How did you managed to create one, if you don't mind? I could even fo it as a social media announcement.
Pretty sure I already replied to this, but I love this picture. We told DH's parents, sister, and Grandma this weekend, but he has too much extended family to tell them all in person, so we took this photo and sent it via text.
I'm waiting for my 13 week only sound first (2.5 weeks away!), then we will announce. And by announce, I mean I'll either send a text for family or just call and tell them, lol. This is our 3rd kid. I'm not planning a huge announcement.
Re: How are you announcing?
My aunt got a "Promoted to Great Aunt" tshirt, Grandma got a "Great Grandma to be" pin, and Grandpa got a "Great Grandpa to be" mug. My cousin was in the bathroom when we announced, so I told him he would have another cousin in April, and he pounced on and hugged the daylights out of me.
His parents: We're getting them a bottle of wine and got labels that say "The best parents get promoted to grandparents - Baby S to arrive April 2017"
His sister is getting a tshirt that says "Best Aunt in the World, est. 2017".
Everyone else will learn via Facebook when the 2nd trimester hits.
Punk's birthday: 3-28-17
I threw up yesterday, but it was after taking vitamins, which upsets my stomach anyway so I just chalked it up to that. :S
Pregnancy # 6
4 missed chances
2 loving children
1 on the way
Thanks all for the tips! I will have to check out Carters!
we will be announcing it to our parents today after the ultrasound. we are taking DD with us to see it. (I'll go in by myself first just to make sure all is good) Then DD is going to my mom's tonight so we will have her tell her exciting news! And since H wants to tell his parents the same day but we can't make it out to see them until tomorrow (what is the big f'n deal if they find out 12 hours later?) we will hopefully get the tshirt and send them a pic of DD. if we can't find the tshirt that soon, we'll save that for the rest of the family and will just send his parents a pic of DD holding the US print.
I'm almost over it. I am really doing this for DD because she will be sooo excited. She has been asking for a sibling for over 2 years and she hasn't skipped a day yet! So I want her to have the fun of saying it to the family!
I just want to say it; YES I am bloated, grumpy, pregnant, sick and I don't give a flying f what you think so you better be excited or get lost.
The name of the beer on the bottle is "tiny beautiful something". We are both hugely into craft beer so it fits us nicely. Took the photo myself and think it came out quite nicely
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Me: 28 Him: 30
Married: 11/15/14
TTC: 02/2016
IF DX: MFI (low count & morphology) & mild PCOS
June 2016 BFP - MC @8w2d
August 2016 BFP - MC @6w1d
June 2017 - 50 mg Clomid + Ovidrel + IUI = BFP 7/6/17!!
Beta #1 = 422 (14dpo), Beta #2 = 810, prog - 12.3 (16dpo), Beta #3 = 5023, prog - 18.9 (20dpo)
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They also have big brother too!
Snagged this one for a friend currently going through IVF:
And I think this would be adorable for an announcement! They have Dad and grandparent ones too!
So many cute things. Here's the link if you want to check them out! (No affiliation, promise, other than giving them a large amount of money today
https://tbeapparel.com
ETA: forgot the link!
Baby #2 due April 2017
I had a MC in March. I had just gone public with it and then MC the next day. It was rough, but glad that I had the support that I got. Made the whole mourning process a lot "easier." My BIL is great at creating visual things like this on the computer, so I'm going to have him make me something like this. I already told my sister. And I know she already told him.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
Here's the finished product! I'll be 6 weeks (when I MC'd in March) on 9/3 and my dads bday is 9/4. So I will probably tell him and then the rest of my family for his birthday. I will hold off posting on FB until I have a healthy U/S on 9/13 or later.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
How did you managed to create one, if you don't mind? I could even fo it as a social media announcement.
Punk's birthday: 3-28-17