We announced yesterday. Pretty unoriginal but it did the job. ETA - Due date is 4/30 now but I'm sticking with you, especially because DD was late 4 days last time.
I sent this to my parents. We had this pic taking during our family reunion, these are all of their grand-kids, mine are the ones in yellow! Haven't decided on the FB announcement yet.
I'm due May 19, so only 10 weeks today. I'm debating just putting a hamburger bun in my oven and posting the picture to see who gets it, or not posting anything online and just going word of mouth.
@slam1110, I admit I thought the same thing too. It's SUCH a great family photo, very creative! Are those mostly boys? I'm part of a grandkids set that's all girls, so I'm interested in those dynamics.
I ordered this sign from Etsy. I took DS to a pumpkin patch and snapped a few pics. I plan to spread the news by sharing the pics in a couple of weeks.
I'm 95% leaning toward no announcement until New Years. We live abroad and I want to walk into Christmas and just be like heyyyy! 23 weeks pregnant here!!! We haven't been able to tell any of our family (immediate) in person and I'm kinda bummed about that. We've only been able to do skype or phone calls. Obviously our friends here will know before then. But we don't have a super big social media presence anyway so it's be easier to hide.
Eta. If my cubbies win it all though, I may reconsider because I think it'd be fun to work in an announcement with a "new fan" coming for our repeat year type of thing!
TTC1: May 2015
Primary IF May 2016; Failed HSG; Scheduled Lap Sept. 2016
I was going to do a fall/pumpkin type announcement, but may wait until Christmas and do something like "making room for two more stockings on the mantle" with a picture of our mantle/fireplace decorated for Christmas with 6 stockings. Maybe a piece of paper stick into each with our years of birth in them.
@SKZW Yes, all boys except for my DD - she's #6! It's actually really cute how sweet the boys turn when they play and interact with her. Now granted she can mostly whip them all in a pinata game, but still!
@Luckyu317 I like the idea of the Christmas announcement too! That way by then I technically should know the sex too, so it would be nice to add that to the announcement.
@sarah0985 I'm totally rooting for the Cubs to take it all only because my Royals didn't make playoffs and I so love Zobrist I haven't designed an announcement yet, but I plan on doing a Royals/ baseball fan one.
Love these! Don't think we are doing an announcement this time. Hubby doesn't want to put anything on social media this time for some reason and I will respect his decision on that. Kind of disappointed I don't get to do something fun though lol!
Due May 27th - I think we will have some pro pics done for a Christmas card this year and announce that way. Our immediate family we will tell at Thanksgiving when we are all together!
I am also still very early (9 weeks tomorrow) and nervous from a prior mmc so we are going to wait and put it on the back of our Christmas card. We will do another of hubby and I with our girls (dogs) and then plan to put a picture of a small stocking on our mental and put coming May 2017 on it. We will only send to the people we would normally send it to. We don't want to do any social media as for us we want to keep our business private and others can hear by word of mouth.
We're adding new "genes" to our family! I didn't want the cliché photo with my son wearing a "big brother" shirt
@rschroe8 very original! I guess I'm gonna be cliché, because our son is going to wear "soon to be a big brother" shirt... but only because that's how I told my husband! I'll try to add something unique to it , though, to represent us all too!
We had my mom help him open his presents on his birthday from us. We got him skates and the book. Later, we took him to my In law's and told him to show grandma his birthday presents. She didn't get it at first we had to keep telling her to read the book. She didn't see the Spanish version on bottom so she didn't even try.
Re: When are you due? Birth announcements.
Married 8/27/2011
BFP #1 9/28/2011 DS born 5/22/2012
BFP #2 4/24/2013 m/c 4/25/2013 at 4w
BFP #3 1/31/2014 DD born 10/14/2014
BFP #4 1/20/2016 m/c 2/12/2014 at 7w2d
BFP #5 8/19/2016 DS2 born 4/29/2017
BFP #6 3/7/2018 EDD 11/18/2018
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
BFP #1 12/23/12 EDD 9/3/13 DD #1 8/26/13
BFP #2 2/25/16 EDD 11/5/16 MMC 4/15/16
BFP #3 8/31/16 EDD 5/12/17 It's a GIRL!
Haven't decided on the FB announcement yet.
Edited to correct typo
Eta. If my cubbies win it all though, I may reconsider because I think it'd be fun to work in an announcement with a "new fan" coming for our repeat year type of thing!
@slam1110 I love that they're sweet with her, that's really cute (and that she's tough! good for her!)
11.2011 - DS1
02.2013 - loss at 6 wks
06.2014 - DS2
10.2015 - loss at 12 wks
03.2017 - DD
We will likely go to the same route with this one.
May '17 labor memes
#1 DD Aug 2014 @39weeks via CS
#2 Due May 2,2017 hopeful VBAC
I made this, but we aren't going to announce for a few weeks still. Due 5/19.
Me:31 DH:32 Married 11/06/10
DD: Born 8/23/13 (clomid+ovidrel+IUI)
BFP 9/9/16 EDD 5/19/17
DS1 7/24/15
DS2 5/7/17