Looking for cute ways to announce. I want to wait until I am about 10-12weeks. We are a blended family. Hubby has two from a previous marriage one girl (10) and a boy (8). I know they will be super excited when we tell them, both are hoping for one of their gender (gonna disappoint one of them haha).
I'm just going to take a pic of my youngest with a Big Sister shirt on, and send it only to the people I tell. This is our 4th, so I'm considering not even posting it on FB, as I'm sure we'll get the usual "don't you know how to prevent pregnancy?" remarks. Eye-roll.
I'm just going to take a pic of my youngest with a Big Sister shirt on, and send it only to the people I tell. This is our 4th, so I'm considering not even posting it on FB, as I'm sure we'll get the usual "don't you know how to prevent pregnancy?" remarks. Eye-roll.
I may retake it, but here's a pic I took today:
Lurker from July 17 because this amazing mama and I were good friends from Sep 15 BMB and I wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
@dinofreak I live in a tiny island town too! Mine isn't big enough to have a pharmacy (pop 220ish in Feb, 3000ish in July), and there's no way anything is a secret. The goal is mostly to tell people before they find out from someone else.
How fun is trying to explain ferry schedules to the scheduler? "I need an appointment between 9:30 and 11 - it must end by 11 - or after 2, unless I'm double booking appointments in town, but not on Wednesdays...and oh, please be flexible because strong winds from the west mean I WILL be late because the ferry has to take a different route!"
I'm just going to take a pic of my youngest with a Big Sister shirt on, and send it only to the people I tell. This is our 4th, so I'm considering not even posting it on FB, as I'm sure we'll get the usual "don't you know how to prevent pregnancy?" remarks. Eye-roll.
I may retake it, but here's a pic I took today:
Lurker from July 17 because this amazing mama and I were good friends from Sep 15 BMB and I wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Thank you, Cate! It's crazy we're preggo again together! Love you, lady!
We told immediate family on Christmas. I surprised my mom by having a big brother shirt wrapped up and had my son ask her to help open it. She started screaming. It was fun to tell her in person because we were living out of state when I announced my first pregnancy over the phone.
My Oct 13 group knew on DPO10 because I had a super squinter and needed the extra eyes.
I think I'll announce to the world (aka FB) on Valentine's Day. There are a lot of cute ideas.
We just announced to DH's immediate family yesterday. We've seen them four times since Christmas eve and my FIL was getting a little bit suspicious that I kept turning down every drink offered to me. I did not want announce this early but if we waited until the 2nd trimester they would have figured it out.
I made Champagne bottle labels on Phonto on my iPhone and had them printed at Staples. We taped them onto fancy Champagne bottles for everyone (sparkling grace juice for my 9 year old SIL and me) and wrapped them as gifts. It was definitely a hit! We saved one for ourselves for after baby's birth.
I want to tell my close friends in a special way. Do you have any ideas? One is currently pregnant, due this month. Should I tell her before or wait until after her baby is born? If after, how long should I wait so that I don't overshadow (or give the appearance of) her news/life event? I also don't want to wait until I'm going to announce to everyone. But there should be at least a month between. If my LO is born before September 1, our babies will go to the same school and probably play the same sports together. Me/DH and her/her DH currently do all sort of things together.
@oriole2017 I'm on a similar boat... my SIL is pregnant and due mid this month. my first appointment is on the 13th and she's due on the 17th so I kind wanted to wait until after she had her baby to announce ours (to family) but haven't thought to much about how long to wait.
In my experience, people who love you and also happen to be pregnant are thrilled to have someone to share the journey of pregnancy with. My SIL and best friend are pregnant. Correction, my best friend had her baby Jan 1 (she was due Jan 19) and I'm so glad I told her early because she was soooo excited that we were pregnant together even if it was a short time. SIL is due in June so she and I will be a lot closer in progression. We text just about every day about pregnancy stuff and our LO's (we were pregnant with our firsts together too and they were within 5 months of each other). I can't speak for everyone but I also would be thrilled if I was pregnant and a friend or family member told me they were expecting too!
this is how we announced it to our families. we brought dd to dh moms and let her see the shirt in person and i just sent the picture to everyone else.
This will be the first grandchild on my side of the family, so we gave my parents a "Grandparent Starter Kit" as a late Christmas present this past weekend. I put some newborn diapers, onesies, and toys in it (pic below).
For DH's family, there are already 5 grandkids so I didn't do anything too elaborate. We celebrated Christmas with them on New Year's Day, and we always take a big family picture in front of the Christmas tree. This year, instead of having everyone say "cheese," DH said "Ok, ready? Everybody say '[my name]'s pregnant!'" I was hoping to get everyone's reaction on camera, but I think they were all so surprised that it took a little while for it to register
@Jmccabe12210 I love this! I thought about doing a snow-related announcement as we are supposed to get a lot of snow tomorrow and don't usually get much in the south. Just can't figure out how to pull it off. Maybe with a snowman somehow? We won't post til February probably.
We are not announcing until the end of first tri but we took the pics today, they turned out so cute (I'm surprised they came out so well because my son did NOT want to wear the eye mask lol!!) ETa: I'm on mobile, so I apologize if these pics are showing up huge!
Is anyone announcing to the world before the end of the first trimester? My husband and I have already told a lot of people so we might make the "big announcement" sooner rather than later. I'm thinking our 6th anniversary is a good day, but I'd only be about 10 weeks then. We're going to do the ice-ice-baby announcement despite the fact that it's 5 degrees ☺️
@babyoakes, so far we've told our immediate families and a few close friends. I will tell extended family and other close when I see them over the next month or so. I probably won't announce to social media until after my 20 week anatomy scan.
@babyoakes Announce when it feels right to you! We've barely told anyone (just my sister and her husband) but we also like playing things close to our vests and are cautious ppl. This is totally one of those you do what's best for you situations!
Together: January 2002 Married: May 2008 Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
I'm pregnant with #2. I told basically my whole family, hubbys family, and close friends right away after my bfp. I plan to tell my boss and Facebook next week after my ultrasound (I'll be 11w2d). I hate keeping it a secret!
our family and close friends found out pretty immediately after I got positive pregnancy tests..Which was over 3 weeks ago. We verbally told friends and we surprised our families with a stocking wrapped that said my first Christmas and had the pregnancy test down in the slot for a photo. We had a tiny scare 2 weeks ago when I went in due to back pain and some cramping they did ultrasound and they didn't see a baby. We went back a week ago and there was the baby and a beautiful sounding heartbeat of 126 BPM. Turns out due to irregular periods I am a week off LMP dates. We are now 6 weeks 5 days. & although it seems crazy we did make a public announcement day before yesterday. . for me all I needed was to see that baby and heartbeat. We announced just as early with our 15 month old daughter. We are just so excited and can't believe we got pregnant without chlomid this time! I'll post a photo of the announcent.
@babyoakes I'm 10w5d and going to announce to my extended family tomorrow and Facebook on Wednesday (after ultrasound). I will be 11w2d. I'm just tired of hiding it!
This is our 3rd, so we weren't doing anything too over-the-top.
I told my sister first because she and her husband have been struggling with infertility and I wanted her to be able to process it without everyone around. I let her know we were announcing on Christmas morning (she has plans with her husband's family so she isn't usually there) but I gave her the option to be.
We told my husband's family at our Christmas get-togethers, and we told my parents, grandparents, and our kids on Christmas morning with a poem I wrote and stuck down in a gift bag. I had my son open it and read it out loud.
It was sweet and everyone is happy. My family doesn't need get overly excited about anything, so I've learned that big announcements end up being a flop. Lol!
We are first time parents and going to announce to the world on the 19th, which is our 8th anniversary of being together with this picture. Ill be 12 weeks then. We told our parents/siblings on Christmas Day when I was 8 weeks.
This was our NY day announcement. Told my family Dec 23 & my husband's mother unwrapped a "Pregnant" digital test on Christmas Eve. My family knows my health risks and needed more of a gentle news breaking, since it caused more fears than happy tears. Hubby's family boo-hoo'd with excitement.
One of my friends already announced on FB and she's due August 3rd (she was about 10 weeks when they announced). So I don't think it's CRAZY early. We have already told family but I will probably announce publicly around 12 weeks.
My husband and I are both really into Lego, and our Christmas card a few years ago was minifigure versions of the two of us. So I bought two of these and I'm going to take photos of the little Lego family with a caption like "our biggest build yet - coming August 2017."
We went with this this time around for FB/IG, and a PP asked about telling before the end of first tri. We did, because our families are SO FREAKING BAD about not telling people the second they find out, we just wanted to go ahead and avoid any awkwardness. People at church were already suspicious!
Homeschool mama Married 7.28.07 DS 9.16.10 DD 8.3.12 DD 3.1.15 #4 EDD 8.7.17
I went ahead and announced because I'm already showing and tired of hiding it and just want to be comfortable. I also hate secrets. This is what we posted during our big southern snowstorm lol Due August 7th
I'm late to this thread So we told our parents and my sis/BIL at Christmas. We just said, "We have one more present but it won't be here for another 7 months," and let it dawn on them. We've told a few select friends in person just because with the holidays it was going to be obvious I wasn't partaking in the imbibing, and swore them all to secrecy until I reach the second trimester. My boss also knows.
I really feel like this is an in-person thing and the cute photos are just for fun or to make things Facebook official (so old acquaintances aren't like, hah that DeansGirl is really letting herself go). We haven't decided how, or when, we'll make it FB official. I really just want to tell my closest friends in person or via phone over the coming weeks and then see where that all takes us.
But I will say, that Ice Ice Baby really cracks me up- haven't seen that one before! I have seen giving out wine with custom labels. An acquaintance of mine did that- we share a close friend so one day during the pregnancy, the friend and I drank the whole bottle and sent her a picture of us drinking it. On the one hand, obviously she expects people to drink the wine, but it felt a tad mean of us because she must've been missing the imbibing by that point!
@middy411 I haven't been able to get together with her and she's due this week. There were invites and opportunities but it hasn't worked out. I'm going to make a last ditch effort and then I'll just have to wait until their baby comes and give it some time to not overshadow that. Think I should tell them not in person?
@oriole2017 I'm sure it's no big deal if she finds out after she's given birth. I just wouldn't purposely keep the news in fear of "stealing someone's thunder" is all. Just because, in my experience, nobody has felt that way about others being pregnant when they're having a baby themselves. Good luck with your announcement!
@middy411 thanks for the assurance. I just want to be respectful and mindful and I know she wanted to be one of the first to know, so I'm like anxiously waiting myself to tell her!
Re: Announcing
I may retake it, but here's a pic I took today:
How fun is trying to explain ferry schedules to the scheduler? "I need an appointment between 9:30 and 11 - it must end by 11 - or after 2, unless I'm double booking appointments in town, but not on Wednesdays...and oh, please be flexible because strong winds from the west mean I WILL be late because the ferry has to take a different route!"
My Oct 13 group knew on DPO10 because I had a super squinter and needed the extra eyes.
I think I'll announce to the world (aka FB) on Valentine's Day. There are a lot of cute ideas.
I made Champagne bottle labels on Phonto on my iPhone and had them printed at Staples. We taped them onto fancy Champagne bottles for everyone (sparkling grace juice for my 9 year old SIL and me) and wrapped them as gifts. It was definitely a hit! We saved one for ourselves for after baby's birth.
Together: January 2002
Married: May 2008
Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
For DH's family, there are already 5 grandkids so I didn't do anything too elaborate. We celebrated Christmas with them on New Year's Day, and we always take a big family picture in front of the Christmas tree. This year, instead of having everyone say "cheese," DH said "Ok, ready? Everybody say '[my name]'s pregnant!'" I was hoping to get everyone's reaction on camera, but I think they were all so surprised that it took a little while for it to register
tomorrow and don't usually get much in the south. Just can't figure out how to pull it off. Maybe with a snowman somehow? We won't post til February probably.
ETa: I'm on mobile, so I apologize if these pics are showing up huge!
Together: January 2002
Married: May 2008
Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
Together: January 2002
Married: May 2008
Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
I told my sister first because she and her husband have been struggling with infertility and I wanted her to be able to process it without everyone around. I let her know we were announcing on Christmas morning (she has plans with her husband's family so she isn't usually there) but I gave her the option to be.
We told my husband's family at our Christmas get-togethers, and we told my parents, grandparents, and our kids on Christmas morning with a poem I wrote and stuck down in a gift bag. I had my son open it and read it out loud.
It was sweet and everyone is happy. My family doesn't need get overly excited about anything, so I've learned that big announcements end up being a flop. Lol!
My husband and I are both really into Lego, and our Christmas card a few years ago was minifigure versions of the two of us. So I bought two of these and I'm going to take photos of the little Lego family with a caption like "our biggest build yet - coming August 2017."
Married 7.28.07
DS 9.16.10
DD 8.3.12
DD 3.1.15
#4 EDD 8.7.17
We've told a few select friends in person just because with the holidays it was going to be obvious I wasn't partaking in the imbibing, and swore them all to secrecy until I reach the second trimester. My boss also knows.
I really feel like this is an in-person thing and the cute photos are just for fun or to make things Facebook official (so old acquaintances aren't like, hah that DeansGirl is really letting herself go). We haven't decided how, or when, we'll make it FB official. I really just want to tell my closest friends in person or via phone over the coming weeks and then see where that all takes us.
But I will say, that Ice Ice Baby really cracks me up- haven't seen that one before! I have seen giving out wine with custom labels. An acquaintance of mine did that- we share a close friend so one day during the pregnancy, the friend and I drank the whole bottle and sent her a picture of us drinking it. On the one hand, obviously she expects people to drink the wine, but it felt a tad mean of us because she must've been missing the imbibing by that point!