Plans/Ideas for pregnancy announcement

slaven · March 2017

What are your plans for pregnancy announcements?
Timing is obviously a personal choice, I'm thinking more of the cute ideas and such.

slaven · March 2017

We're in South Korea right now and the cherry blossoms are about a month away so I'll be 8 weeks then. I'm thinking of doing a small photo session with DH and our dogs with some kind of quote about blossoming or whatever haha. I don't think I would send out the pictures until closer to 12 weeks but the Cherry Blossom season is short. I think it'll be a nice way to memorialize our time here and the fact that Nugget was conceived in Korea.

janvier112 · March 2017

We are going on our honeymoon to Ireland in April (we got married in October 2016). We want to use one of the pictures we take over there and caption it "We brought home a souvenir but we can't open it until November!" I found a cute maternity sweatshirt on Etsy that says "Irish I could drink" with baby footprints on the belly that I may wear in it too

ArtificialRed · March 2017

Ohh, good thread!

I'm wondering if I'll let DS handle telling close family for us. I don't have any particularly cute ideas either way. I'm super excited about having some sort of "gender" reveal though. We didn't with DS but I've seen so many super fun ones since then that I want one too lol. Last time I didn't put anything on fb until 20 weeks/after the anatomy scan, and I might do the same this time.

Dumbgurl04 · March 2017

I was going to suggest this thread! Love it!
So far only me and my husband know. Since this will probably be the last new grandkid for my parents and MIL. I plan to wait until we have out first appointment and frame a picture of the ultrasound and mail it to them. I think that would be a nice way to tell them.
As for our full on announcement since me and my hubby are total nerds and like star wars (plus we used star wars theme to announce our daughter) I'm going to give her a lightsaber and make a sign that says "Every master needs an Apprentice, mine arrives November 2017"

I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out

slaven · March 2017

Well I got our photographer booked. She has to wait and see when the Cherry blossoms are predicted to bloom before she makes her schedule but she's scheduling based on who paid first so I set that up right away. It'll be about the first week of April or so and since it'll probably take a few weeks for her to do edits, it'll line up perfectly with announcing at the end of the first trimester.

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kschref · March 2017

With my son, we did a cute little video for our pregnancy announcement that I don't think I can put here. I found out I was pregnant with my daughter when he was only 4 months old, and I think we announced around 12 weeks so he would have been about 7-8 months old. Here is the picture I posted:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/kx/dcg99a8qg4xo.png

Yikes! Sorry that's so huge! We had the anatomy scan in October that year and my husband wanted to do something with pumpkins. We did gender reveal photos with both a "boy" pumpkin and a "girl" pumpkin the day before the scan so as soon as we knew, I could post the result. The day before the scan I did this post:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/1i/6eccd2ih16vj.png

And then as soon as we found out, I posted this.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/2p/0yi3g0lb40o9.png

No ideas what we're going to do for this one, but I've been trying to brainstorm cute ideas - I'm thinking something along the lines of being outnumbered because that's actually my biggest fear regarding having a third child, lol.

janvier112 · March 2017

@kschref a friend of mine did a "tie breaker" post to announce she was pregnant with her third, and posted the winner after finding out the gender...very cute!

Ladybentspoon · March 2017

We're thinking about filling Easter eggs with cute baby things, and giving them to everyone on Easter. Haven't figured out all the details yet.

slaven · March 2017

@Ladybentspoon I saw some cute Easter ideas on pinterest, if you haven't checked that out already.

Dumbgurl04 · March 2017

@kschref that is so cute with the pumpkins. I plan on doing a gender reveal party and a friend of mine said we should light up a light saber. I told her it would be pretty hard to surprise people since some of the people at the party would know the color just based off the handle. So I thought why not have a light saber battle. LOL Will just make up a little light saber battle and the winner will be the gender of the new baby. Not something you see everyday when it comes to gender reveals.

mrsorigami · March 2017

With dd, we were celebrating dh's 30th birthday. All of his family was there so we did an announcement. We had everyone together for a photo but he had his ipad set up taking video while a friend "took the photo" of the whole group. While everyone was getting settled to take the pic/smile, he blurted out that I was pregnant. So we got the whole thing on video and it's still really funny to look back and watch.

DD turns 4 this May, so I am thinking of doing something cute for her 4 year photoshoot, like a big sister training camp set of photos.

I got her a teepee/tent for christmas this past year which would look perfect in the photoshoot.

flowerpower5838 · March 2017

Haven't given it much thought for this time around, but this is what we did with DS. I am sure we will stick with some sort of Harry Potter related announcement.

av2323 · March 2017

DH is into TMNT so we are going to try to use them in our announcement. One idea we have tossed around is making 4 Ninja Turtle Easter baskets. Maybe have DH's full of beef jerky, video games, and "manly crap", Mine full of prenatals, juice, a book on how to survive 2 kids, Henry's with a big brother shirt, and baby stuff for the new little one. Or something like that.

av2323 · March 2017

@flowerpower5838 We did Harry Potter for our first announcement!! It was the Mauraders Map and it said "I solemnly swear that we have been up to no good. Mischief expected December 2015.

BayCamp · March 2017

DH is a HUGE Detroit Tigers fan (although we leave in the Tampa area) so we got DS a shirt made in Tigers colors that says Big Brother on the front and our last name 1 on the back, and a matching onesie with 2 on it. We're going to a spring training game in 2 weeks so we'll take some photos at the ballpark and post when we are ready.

baker1jm2 · March 2017

You ladies are very creative!! The best I could come up (without copying what friends have done) with was DD in a big sister shirt holding the ultrasound pic. Going to try to come up with something more fun since this might be our last..maybe easter themed. I saw someone had their daughter wearing a shirt that said "this chick's going to be a big sister" with easter props

Dumbgurl04 · March 2017

@flowerpower5838 and @av2323 love the idea of a Harry Potter theme announcement.

c+mpeachey · March 2017

We've already started our announcement...... we are being cheeky. Every week i am taking a random photo of how big the baby is in fruit (poppyseed then appleseed then sweetpea etc) and randomly posting it on my instagram feed. With no comment. And dh and i are just sitting back and waiting. To announce to our parents and siblings we took a photo of our feet on the sand at the beach and in between us i had made baby foot prints in the sand. Sent that photo to them via text. No words.... just let it sink in. Everyone got it in less than 5 mins. We live away from family so yay for technology. We've not told our other children yet. Waiting till 3 month scan. And then will give them photos and ask them what they think it is....

slaven · March 2017

@c+mpeachey Technology is great. We're in Korea while our family is in New England. I just texted my parents a picture of the tests and we Skyped my ILs and told them. I was going to get something off Etsy and send it to them but my parents are divorced so I'd need 2 for them and 1 for the ILs and through in shipping and the cost added up fast haha

adirat · March 2017

You guys have some really cute ideas! I hope you'll share how they come out with us

Just a quick PSA about sensitivity... for those of you who are announcing on a public forum like Facebook or at a crowded friends/family event, please do be sensitive and remember that some of the people you know and love may be struggling with infertility and/loss. This is not to say you shouldn't announce the way you choose, but you may want to avoid hurtful statements like talking about how easy it was to get pregnant or getting upset if someone doesn't react with the level of excitement you expect. When people in my life announced pregnancies during my TTC & IF journey, I was simultaneously happy/excited for them and deeply saddened for myself. It was really hurtful to me to hear things about how easy it was, even as jokes (bragging about "We got pregnant our first cycle" or "We just pulled the goalie on a dare!"). If someone reacts strangely in the moment, don't hold it against them. They may be going through IF or a recent loss. They'll get there. Be kind.

slaven · March 2017

@adirat Good point. My cousin announced that his gf was pregnant by joking about how the condom broke. I was glad we're in Korea because there was no way after that announcement that I wanted to go to the shower or anything. Side note: he also used our deceased Nana's name for his DD without asking family and it's been on my baby name list for years which upset me too. At least it's just her middle name and we're just cousins, not siblings.

Tourmalily · March 2017

@c+mpeachey omg, I love that!

I have already told my closest friends and most important family members so that I have support at home, but everyone else? I was actually thinking of just not announcing it on any of my social media accounts as long as possible until I can't hide it anymore. Like a game, maybe? The elephant in the room except it's in my uterus lol

thj101 · March 2017

We are planning on telling close friends and family at the end of this month, and then making a cutesy Easter themed post for Facebook on Easter. It's so hard right now to keep this a secret. But it's nice to have the community here to talk about it!

Beth Belt · March 2017

I am planning on doing a cute photo with a onesie I had specially made for pregnancy after infertility, the ultrasound picture, and a Hobbes crocheted stuffed tiger. I'm pretty excited to tell, but we're going to wait until 8-10 weeks.

elsieisamoocow · March 2017

I've told close friends and my internet mommy groups but our parents don't even know yet. Kind of backwards but we want to wait until the first scan to tell them. I'll need to dig up my announcements from my other pregnancies. They were cute. I haven't really thought of what I want to do for this one yet, but I do know that I plan to reveal to all of my dad's side of the family when we go on a Disney cruise with them all at the end of April/beginning of May. I'll turn 12 weeks right before going so I ordered a tank top that says "bun in the oven" and I think I'm going to wear it to dinner the first night since we are all dining together, and just have a cardigan or something over it that I'll take off to announce it!

slaven · March 2017

Oh we're also getting a onesie that says Made in Korea since we're stationed in Korea. I think we'll put it in our Cherry blossom photoshoot, either hold it or something.

WorkingMom562 · March 2017

I've seen so many good ideas, it's hard to pick just one! I think we're going to hold back on any social media announcement. For DD#2, we never made an official announcement, ppl just started asking based on what I was posting.

I saw a really cute idea that has the older sister teaching the younger sister with a sign that says big sister training school. So far, that's my top pick!

Not sure if we'll do something more low key for close family and friends though.

Roliepoliecoley4 · March 2017

I bought jumbo Easter eggs, a plastic crate that looks like a little produce crate, and grass. We are going to put an ultrasound pic inside the egg, and give them to our parents on Easter with note saying "hatching Nov 9".

DuchessOfCambridge · March 2017

We're going to have a setup of three suitcases (two bigger, one little), three passports (one baby sized) and DH and I will hold hands above it and say something like "Baby ____ arriving to take up the middle seat Nov 2017"
DH and I are known for traveling a lot so I think it'll be cute and not too mushy

jess0211 · March 2017

We don't live near our families, except my baby sister who relocated here, so we had planned to visit around Mother's day and I'd like to do something cute for a Mother's day gift to tell our Moms. But I haven't decided what yet. For the rest of the family I am thinking about get a cute, geeky, announcement shirt from somewhere like cafe press and just wearing it to dinner (we all usually go out when we visit). Because we don't live near our families we have to really think this through so someone who should hear from us doesn't hear through the rumormill. I also want to tell my grandma by getting her something that says, "The best grandmas get promoted to great grandmas".

adirat · March 2017

For those of you who want to announce to everyone at once, at dinner in public (restaurant/cruise ship), may I respecfully offer another perspective and ask you to reconsider? What you are describing would have been a nightmare scenario for me while I was going through IF. Unless you KNOW that no one who will be there is experiencing IF or a recent loss (which you can't really know unless no one is of reproductive age), this could be a really unkind thing to do because there's no way for them to take a few minutes without drawing unwanted attention. They're trapped essentially. If everyone is at dinner in public, it is glaringly obvious if someone gets upset or has to step out to collect themselves, not to mention they then have to stay there at the table the rest of the meal and hear about it whether they're ok or not.

Just a few days after I got my IF diagnosis, I was at a work meeting where people were talking about pregnancy -- how wonderful it was, the joys of pregnancy and parenthood, the day they'd get to meet their baby, all that good stuff. And I can tell you that while I was and am very happy for my coworker, it was awful to have to sit in that meeting -- because just like the family dinner you're describing, there's no way to excuse yourself without arousing suspicion at best and anger at worst. It was a shock, and I had to pretend everything was fine when inside all I could feel was the devastation and fear and anger about my new diagnosis. I went back to my desk afterward and cried. If people told me in a way that gave me a few minutes to feel sad for myself and get past that, then I could be truly happy for them, no pretending. But being trapped in that moment is horrible.

jess0211 · March 2017

@adirat that's an excellent point. To clarify, when I said go out to dinner, for our family that means take out at someone's house. Sorry, I should have clarified. Luckily all the folks who would be at said dinner are done having kids so I don't think it should be an issue. But I will definitely take your suggestion to heart and if our plans change I will be sure to be considerate of the impact it may have on others.

heatherdubrow · March 2017

+1 to what @adirat said.

Kater-cole · March 2017

Everyone has such cute ideas. I didn't do anything cute with my DD since DH is so against all of the pregnancy announcements and gender reveals. We just called up people the night after the first appointment and told them.

This time, my parents are going to be visiting for Easter and DH said it's up to me how I want to tell them. So I'm thinking of putting DD into a big sister shirt just before she goes to bed. My mom usually gets her up in the morning when she's visiting. I also considered putting something in an Easter egg in DD's basket that she can give to my parents.

tlq0726 · March 2017

@elsieisamoocow I'm right there with you with not telling family yet. I've told my two besties who both live in different states, and the two ladies I work with who have helped me through my IF journey for the last year. I'm still not even sure when we'll tell family about #2, much less how. I'm ama, so I'm sure we'll be doing the genetic testing and find out the sex early, so maybe we'll just wait until then...

@c+mpeachey That's a BRILLIANT idea!!!!

CubsFan7 · March 2017

We told my family by having my son wear a shirt. The same with hubby's mom. For his dad, we're having cookies made that have the month and year at the top and the day highlighted in a big font as well as cookies of onesies, rattles, and ones saying we're expecting. For facebook, we're going to do the calendar with the date marked with a heart and a pair of baby shoes and the ultrasound photo.

kwaldy · March 2017

I think it would be fun to hold off on telling everyone until we know the sex - so we can do one announcement and call it a day.

Wishful thinking though. DD didnt uncross her legs to show us until 30 weeks

pawcall · March 2017

We for sure won't be telling our families until we have a nice reassuring heartbeat. So, I think with my son we told immediate family around 9 weeks, when my OB said it wouldn't get much "safer" to tell until he was born.

Our very very closest friends know already. Other friends/facebook can find out once we officially hit the 2nd Tri.

For my mom - I will let my 6yo color a picture for her. Kind of an inside joke, but she keeps referring to the prospect of us having a baby as "adding a bathtub" to our house. So he'll color a picture of a bathtub and we'll mail it to her (she lives in FL).

For FI's mom, we'll be giving her a mug that my friend made - this one, but personalized a bit obviously with 2017 and she stuck a fire hat with FI's station number on it.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/9c/a1fk8a5o0cdp.png

For facebook, we're going to line up FI's firefighter boots, my 6yo's rain boots that look like firefighter boots, a pair of plan black rain boots for me, and then teeny tiny little booties - and take a picture.

gipfish · March 2017

Above is my Facebook announcement from 2 years ago for DD. Below is the Facebook announcement I made for this one.

jess0211 · March 2017

@gipfish that is soooo cute

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