Announcing!

thatcma · November 2016

One of my coworkers who just had his daughter a week ago, came back to work yesterday. When he was giving me a hug (as thanks for all the support) he asked when my turn was next, and since I can't lie I just smiled. So he knows now. Ooops!

jsweet-2 · November 2016

osucma said:

One of my coworkers who just had his daughter a week ago, came back to work yesterday. When he was giving me a hug (as thanks for all the support) he asked when my turn was next, and since I can't lie I just smiled. So he knows now. Ooops!

I cant lie either, so if someone out right asked me I would probably give it away. Thank goodness after my IF struggles no one will ask anymore! If I manage to keep this secret until Christmas it will be the first time in my lyfe.

Cynth0104 · November 2016

Thinking of this for a Christmas time announcement!

thatcma · November 2016

@cynth0104 cute! I am thinking about getting one of these two:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/480415949/new-bundle-of-joy-insert-date-bella

https://https//www.etsy.com/listing/458696278/preggers-shirt-pregnancy-announcement

Leaning more towards the Christmas themed one though since that is when we are announcing.

cheriep3 · November 2016

For those of you planning on announcing at Christmas, how are you going to hide it until then? My symptoms are already bad enough that we're getting questions. I'm not sure if we will be able to hold them off until Christmas!

ashaw512 · November 2016

@cheriep3 Symptoms should be somewhat subsided. Although some aren't, I was nauseous my entire 1st pregnancy, and almost nothing with the second.

thatcma · November 2016

@cheriep3 It will be easy to hide from DH's family because we wont' see them until then. As for my family if my symptoms worsen to where I can't hide it I will be telling them at Thanksgiving.

vwsfy6 · November 2016

Hi everyone! I just introduced myself in the introduction/ edd thread! I'm love reading how everyone is announcing! I love the shirt idea! I've had "Big Brother" and "Biggest Brother" shirts tucked away for my two boys, since we started trying in July. Also thinking about telling everyone on Thanksgiving while we go around the table and take turns saying what we are thankful for. We have told everyone for the last two years that we were done having kids, but changed our minds and have been secretly trying. I can't wait to tell everyone!!

thankfulheart · November 2016

So many fun ideas! This is our 4th (in 6 years) so not sure how long I can cover what will be a quickly popping bump. lol I have a feeling my closest friends will know any day, when they see food avoidances & behavior they have seen 3 times before, lol. We are reeeeeeaaaly hoping though to hold off till Christmas (first appointment is the week before) and have a new infant carseat for our kids to unwrap in front of our family. This will be hard since my mom comes to visit at least a couple times a week, but we're going to try! lol Can't wait to hear how long everyone holds out!

SaphireSweetie88 · November 2016

@thankfulheart - If you hold out until Christmas you'll be better than me. My family already knows lol

SaphireSweetie88 · November 2016

@Cait32 - So excited to see you here! Love your idea about telling your family!

ryanpartyof4 · November 2016

Every year we get our parents a calendar filled with pictures of our DD with corresponding months for Christmas (so like pictures from January of this year would be on the January 2017 page). We're going to put a picture of the ultrasound in the July section, and probably make the cover something with DD like wearing a big sister shirt to make it more obvious.

We actually haven't told anyone yet. Not even DD. I want to think of a really special way to tell her, but its not come to me yet.

SaphireSweetie88 · November 2016

@Cait32 - Ah got ya! I couldn't wait to start posting lol. Unfortunately due to some scary issues going on, I ended up telling my parents sooner than I wanted to and not in the way I wanted to.

thatcma · November 2016

So! After talks with my husband we are moving up our family announcement timeline. I will be telling my family at Thanksgiving and we will tell his the weekend after at his birthday dinner. I said I still didn't want friends or facebook to know until after the holidays.

I will be wearing the shirt both times that I linked above. Let me say I am STOKED. =D

boymomstrong · November 2016

I have no idea how to announce this time! Most of our family know we did IVF so they ALL are waiting for the news Monday evening... but i like to wait for FB and friends for a while... and IF we discover twins i may keep that to just family not FB knowledge... hubs suggested snowmen family, since it will be feb/march before we tell people... i dont know yet though... but i LOVE to hear about how others announce!!! :-)

SaphireSweetie88 · November 2016

@kfdecarie - I was going to announce by putting a picture of my sonogram in a frame and then giving it to the parents but circumstances made me have to change that a little bit

boymomstrong · November 2016

@SaphireSweetie88 with my first we did that, "babies first photo" with our second we did pictures! But now i dont know what to do! Lol

SaphireSweetie88 · November 2016

Lol. I Googled announcing pregnancy / announcing pregnancy to parents, etc to get ideas. @kfdecarie

caribbeanmama-2 · November 2016

@osucma I like the preggers one

. Did you see they have ones for thanksgiving on Etsy too?

Kelsey813 · November 2016

My best friend told me she was pregnant less than a week before I got my BFP so I ordered best friend onesies to tell her in the next few weeks! Her daughter was born the day before my son July 2014 so I'm super excited to have close babies again! For family, I'm going to have my son wear a big brother shirt when we see them on Christmas. My dad/step mom are in Florida for the winter so I'll mail them a little Christmas box with baby stocking and a note a week or 2 before Christmas

satsumasandlemons · November 2016

I think we're going to try and hold off on announcing to our family until after the nipt. I'm definitely looking into an NIPT which would take me to about mid-December if we scheduled it around 8 week mark and results probably won't come in until after Christmas. I just want to make sure we have a healthy pregnancy.
i don't know if we'd do anything cute - DD is old enough to get what's going on and I don't want to tell her until 2nd Tri.

thatcma · November 2016

@caribbeanmama I did however I ordered that shirt under the pretense we were telling at Christmas, and unfortunately since it's custom they won't do cancellations/refunds. Oh well! It will still be cute.

knit-sew-mama · November 2016

We're planning to tell our parents at Thanksgiving/right after Thanksgiving when we're visiting. DH is a paramedic and works Thanksgiving so I'll be alone when telling my parents. We go to his parents for the weekend after Thanksgiving for a family event when he is off. We figured we want our parents to know even if something happens. Plus my mom will probably guess before she gets her gift.

We bought these for our moms: https://www.etsy.com/listing/256030765/the-best-parents-get-promoted-to?ref=shop_home_active_7 (MIL doesn't drink but we figured we could put it on some sparkling apple cider or something like that)

These for our dads: https://www.etsy.com/listing/255106350/the-best-parents-get-promoted-to?ref=shop_home_active_8

And for our brothers (who we are currently waiting to tell until Christmas but I'm already thinking we may tell them at Thanksgiving): https://www.etsy.com/listing/255106808/the-best-brothers-get-promoted-to-uncles?ref=shop_home_active_3

We're going to tell extended family at Christmas. I'll be 11 weeks then so not quite out of first trimester but everybody will be together.

I'll tell coworkers when I get back from winter break (I'm a teacher) in January. My principal doesn't like finding maternity leave subs so he won't be happy because of that. However timing is nice because I'll be home for a month before baby comes (and even if they're early it would still be after school is out hopefully) and I hopefully can start my official maternity leave "late" when school starts (which here is late July for teachers...kids start July 31st next year...)

mars8k · November 2016

@manillabar Reminds me of my mum on my first pregnancy! I wanted to just tell her and my sisters and she kept bothering me about having to tell my grandmother (who would tell the entire family) then someone blew it and told everyone anyway.

this time i didn't restrict them, i put DD in an "im going to be a big sister" t shirt to reveal to my immediate family and funny thing is they still haven't told anyone

chiquita928 · November 2016

My BFF and Sister both had miscarriages followed by successful pregnancies recently, so we told the people we would turn to should we need to. I was so excited. For DS we were one month off the pill and surprised by the pregnancy. I was terrified then. But we were actively trying this time, so I can't wait to share. I will prob wait until the drs appt on 12/9 to share with anyone at work (if I can keep the secret that long). All this talk about showing early has me nervous. With DS I didn't show until 18 wks (he was a super small baby). How quickly are you all expecting to pop?

SaphireSweetie88 · November 2016

DH and I couldn't wait any longer after the blood test results so we just announced to all our family and friends.

theglitteredpterodactyl · November 2016

@chiquita928 I've heard you pop earlier with the second one. I know that between the ten puns I didn't lose front my last pregnancy, my mom tummy and the early pregnancy bloat I've got a decent sized pregnant looking belly but it's still eat to hide with sweaters and loose tops

LoveLee85 · November 2016

chiquita928 said:

My BFF and Sister both had miscarriages followed by successful pregnancies recently, so we told the people we would turn to should we need to. I was so excited. For DS we were one month off the pill and surprised by the pregnancy. I was terrified then. But we were actively trying this time, so I can't wait to share. I will prob wait until the drs appt on 12/9 to share with anyone at work (if I can keep the secret that long). All this talk about showing early has me nervous. With DS I didn't show until 18 wks (he was a super small baby). How quickly are you all expecting to pop?

With my first pregnancy, DS, I didn't even look pregnant until 5 months! When I told people at 4 months, they thought I was mistaken and was only 4 weeks. Annoying. I'm hoping to keep this a secret until 12 weeks or 20 week anatomy scan! I just keep hearing "your body knows what to do and you show a lot earlier with any pregnancy after your first!" From friends and family. I'm kinda nervous hoping it don't pop early. Right now I'm crazy bloated!

LuLiLaEv · November 2016

We don't usually wait the typical "out of the first trimester"
We plan on telling my family at Thanksgiving and we'll tell everyone else after my first ultrasound if everything looks good!

knit-sew-mama · November 2016

@LoveLee85 - my mom didn't pop until well into month 5 or 6 with my brother. He was born in September - she and my dad got married in May and you cannot tell and her dress was drop waist and fitted around her midsection.

KelAnn310 · November 2016

I have already told my mom right when I found out so right now her and my step dad know. I will be telling both of my brothers and my sister in laws at Thanksgiving next week. I told my husband that he can tell his mom now if he wants to and then we'll probably tell the rest of his family on Thanksgiving as well. My first appt is on 12-7 so as long as everything goes good then I will announce it to everyone else then, that's what we did with my two other children as well.

Hdhtk4 · November 2016

We will tell our parents this weekend using DD's big sister shirt. See how long it takes them to notice. We'll tell extended family after our first ultrasound and everyone else after 1st tri.

awillis13 · November 2016

I have told 3 people at work (my secretary, and 1 coworker in each school I work in - the people who would cover for me if I'm out), my son's ABA therapist and his BCBA because he's been exhibiting some behaviors that I will only be able to intervene with for so long and I want a plan in place (he's diagnosed with Autism), and my best friend. Oh and we had to tell a couple of people in our curling club (like stones on ice curling) because I was spotting and my dr has nixed that as an activity, so we needed to deal with logistics there (I was supposed to play in a tournament and had to withdraw, things like that). Oh and DH told his dad the other day, but he's been sworn to secrecy. It just kind of came out in a conversation they were having that was somewhat heavy/serious.

This pregnancy was completely unexpected, and the timing is not exactly spectacular. I fully expect my parents (my mom especially) to be a little judge-y about the whole situation. I'm not sure how we're going to tell my family, but we are telling DH's family at Thanksgiving. We rent a house with his siblings for the weekend, and his whole family (usually 25+ people) get together. There's no way I will be able to hide the non-drinking or pretend drink the whole weekend. We haven't figured out how we are actually sharing the news this year, though.

MrsMaxwell95 · November 2016

I told my dad, sister & bff. DH told his parents and siblings as well. Everybody else we're going to tell at Christmas

MrsMaxwell95 · November 2016

Haven't thought of a actual plan yet. I want it to be amazing though obviously

LoveLee85 · November 2016

baxgirl said:

@LoveLee85 - my mom didn't pop until well into month 5 or 6 with my brother. He was born in September - she and my dad got married in May and you cannot tell and her dress was drop waist and fitted around her midsection.

Was he a first child or second born?

And yep, for me it was annoying because I was so excited to be pregnant and nobody could tell forever! Ha

knit-sew-mama · November 2016

LoveLee85 said:

baxgirl said:

@LoveLee85 - my mom didn't pop until well into month 5 or 6 with my brother. He was born in September - she and my dad got married in May and you cannot tell and her dress was drop waist and fitted around her midsection.

Was he a first child or second born?

And yep, for me it was annoying because I was so excited to be pregnant and nobody could tell forever! Ha

He was first. She popped sooner with me.

cssme13 · November 2016

We don't plan on telling anyone other than close family like parents and sibling until we are over the 12 week point. I'm thinking about not announcing on Facebook until we know gender but I might cave before then. I did call my best friend who has had lots of trouble trying to conceive to let her know before everyone else so that she would have time to deal with the news however she feels best before we tell the world.

GeorgiaWife6912 · November 2016

I do vinyl/heat press so I quickly made this shirt to tell DH last night by having DS "show it to daddy." He will wear it at Thanksgiving to tell our parents but I haven't thought about what we may do for friends and people outside our immediate families because it will still be a while before we tell them.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/7m/4rh31xrqa3kl.jpg

chiquita928 · November 2016

@GeorgiaWife6912 that's adorable!!!

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