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Pregnancy announcements.

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Have you done a cute one? Are you planning something special? When are you announcing? 
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  • mblomq2mblomq2 member
    We are announcing to our friends today at our yearly bday party for DH. I'm so nervous! So far it's only been family that we've told. I'm 10 weeks along. I'm making a video for social media and that will take me a while, it'll be cute but definitely in august. Probably in the beginning of the second trimester sometime. Other than that I'll do Christmas cards this year and probably stick a belly pic in there somehow! December will be third trimester and I'm considering maternity photos. 
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  • caitb13caitb13 member
    We've told most of our family and close friends, but I'm going to the beach first week of August and I'm thinking of writing something in the sand and "decorating" with some beach toys for a social media announcement.    
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  • farmrosefarmrose member
    @alice0218 I'm the same way with social media. I also don't post any pictures of my kids on fb, but then I'm weird like that. We've told my side of the family already and we'll tell the IL's the first weekend in August at almost 13w. No fun pictures/announcements. Maybe I'll get DD2 a big sister shirt or something. We're actually going to a wedding shower so I'm trying to figure out how to tell them without stealing the bride's attention. I think we'll tell them after the shower. It's DH's cousin who's getting married so their whole family we'll be there and it'd be convenient to tell everyone then...But I think it's kinda rude to spill the beans at the shower. Maybe at the end once most people have left?
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  • MrsJ2410MrsJ2410 member
    A bunch of people already know: close friends, parents, siblings and a handful of cousins. I'm a knitter and my IG is mostly knitting stuff so I am knitting a sweater for the baby and I have a "baby bird" onesie and I will post a pic of that sometime when 2nd tri starts. We will be visiting very good friends right at the turnover time so we will probably tell them in person and then announce on social media. 
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  • BrittaniLCBrittaniLC member
    I had this shirt made for DD and we took family and big sister pictures and telling our families by having them pick out what picture they want from the stack of pictures. They will look through the pictures and DD will be wearing this! We took them on Saturday. Can't wait to see how they turned out. We will probably tell our families after my u/s on the 24th. I will be 10w5d when we tell my parents. 
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  • karcerplus3karcerplus3 member
    I founds a shirt yesterday that says "Promoted to Big Brother" that I can have my youngest wear but I don't know how or when i will do it. I've already told the closest people and I've got extended family I'll see this weekend. Social media will find out at some point I'm sure.  
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  • pandappandersonpandappanderson member
    clc515 said:
    When we told our parents, we put this cute little onesie in a pink bag/blue bag (one for each parent) to tell them: https://www.amazon.com/Guess-Pregnancy-Announcement-Onepiece-Months/dp/B01GUK69PI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500301956&sr=8-1&keywords=guess+what+onesie

    Told a small handful of our very best friends in person, will probably call the others close to us (but live far away) around 12-13 weeks after my next appt. Don't think we'll do a social media announcement, but if we did, I'll probably make some decorated sugar cookies along the lines of saying "something special in the oven" (I bake/decorate sugar cookies as a side hustle so cookies regularly appear on my FB). But we'll see. 

    Side story - my dear mother can't keep her mouth shut (as expected). What I didn't expect was her friend/my auntie to post on my FB wall "I HEARD THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!" I didn't see it til a random friend texted me asking what the news was and if I was preggo, and I promptly deleted it and adjusted all my settings. Check your FB settings folks lol! 
    I am so worried about this!!! we tell my inlaws on friday and I am going to have to really reinforce her not to tell anyone. she doesn't have fb at least but I can see her immediately calling people. sigh. 

    My nana is the worst too so we cannot tell her until we are ready for people to know because she cannot keep her mouth shut. 
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  • marissajcmarissajc member
    pandappanderson said:
    clc515 said:
    When we told our parents, we put this cute little onesie in a pink bag/blue bag (one for each parent) to tell them: https://www.amazon.com/Guess-Pregnancy-Announcement-Onepiece-Months/dp/B01GUK69PI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500301956&sr=8-1&keywords=guess+what+onesie

    Told a small handful of our very best friends in person, will probably call the others close to us (but live far away) around 12-13 weeks after my next appt. Don't think we'll do a social media announcement, but if we did, I'll probably make some decorated sugar cookies along the lines of saying "something special in the oven" (I bake/decorate sugar cookies as a side hustle so cookies regularly appear on my FB). But we'll see. 

    Side story - my dear mother can't keep her mouth shut (as expected). What I didn't expect was her friend/my auntie to post on my FB wall "I HEARD THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!" I didn't see it til a random friend texted me asking what the news was and if I was preggo, and I promptly deleted it and adjusted all my settings. Check your FB settings folks lol! 
    I am so worried about this!!! we tell my inlaws on friday and I am going to have to really reinforce her not to tell anyone. she doesn't have fb at least but I can see her immediately calling people. sigh. 

    My nana is the worst too so we cannot tell her until we are ready for people to know because she cannot keep her mouth shut. 
    When we told our parents/siblings last time, I casually mentioned that if anyone blabbed before we announced, they wouldn't get to hold baby. I kinda smiled after but it got the point across that we simply didn't want the world to know until we were ready to tell! I know not everyone is the same way, but we don't talk about every aspect of our lives online so when people read news about me, I want it to come from ME!
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  • clc515clc515 member
    @pandappanderson and @marissajc I explicitly told my mom to not put anything on FB and not tell anyone, but also know her and expected her to tell some friends. But most aren't on FB and certainly aren't my friends on FB so I thought I was safe. Plus that whole "common knowledge" of not saying anything until the parents actually say anything. Wrong! I changed my settings so I have to review any tagging, and no one can post on my wall except me. It was such a tough decision because I KNEW my mom would tell, but I also really wanted to share the exciting news. Risk v. reward I guess. 

    I was super angry last night though, and lit her up saying that a) yes her friend was the one who blabbed, but it's rooted in my mom's telling her to begin with, b) this is why I historically never tell her anything, and c) I'm not telling her anything else about this baby til its born! That last one may or may not be an exaggeration... but she doesn't need to know that yet!
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  • kbrinks2kbrinks2 member
    clc515 said:
    When we told our parents, we put this cute little onesie in a pink bag/blue bag (one for each parent) to tell them: https://www.amazon.com/Guess-Pregnancy-Announcement-Onepiece-Months/dp/B01GUK69PI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500301956&sr=8-1&keywords=guess+what+onesie

    Told a small handful of our very best friends in person, will probably call the others close to us (but live far away) around 12-13 weeks after my next appt. Don't think we'll do a social media announcement, but if we did, I'll probably make some decorated sugar cookies along the lines of saying "something special in the oven" (I bake/decorate sugar cookies as a side hustle so cookies regularly appear on my FB). But we'll see. 

    Side story - my dear mother can't keep her mouth shut (as expected). What I didn't expect was her friend/my auntie to post on my FB wall "I HEARD THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!" I didn't see it til a random friend texted me asking what the news was and if I was preggo, and I promptly deleted it and adjusted all my settings. Check your FB settings folks lol! 
    This happened to us with our first pregnancy! My Father in Law posted on his Facebook that we were expecting and tagged both of us in the post!! Luckily my Sister in Law saw it on his and phoned me ASAP! My hubby had to call his dad and tell him to delete it immediately!! I just don't get why people think they get to be the one to share the news with the world when we haven't even told all of our family! He won't know until the rest of the family knows this time around! Lesson learned! 
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  • smorzandojsmorzandoj member
    Such drama with FB. I have FB but don't use it anymore. Why announce to a bunch of people that could really care less? If these aren't people that you speak with on a regular basis in a format other than FB I don't understand why people are concerned with how to announce. And that's probably a FFFC but I don't care. 
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  • farmrosefarmrose member
    kbrinks2 said:
    clc515 said:
    When we told our parents, we put this cute little onesie in a pink bag/blue bag (one for each parent) to tell them: https://www.amazon.com/Guess-Pregnancy-Announcement-Onepiece-Months/dp/B01GUK69PI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500301956&sr=8-1&keywords=guess+what+onesie

    Told a small handful of our very best friends in person, will probably call the others close to us (but live far away) around 12-13 weeks after my next appt. Don't think we'll do a social media announcement, but if we did, I'll probably make some decorated sugar cookies along the lines of saying "something special in the oven" (I bake/decorate sugar cookies as a side hustle so cookies regularly appear on my FB). But we'll see. 

    Side story - my dear mother can't keep her mouth shut (as expected). What I didn't expect was her friend/my auntie to post on my FB wall "I HEARD THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!" I didn't see it til a random friend texted me asking what the news was and if I was preggo, and I promptly deleted it and adjusted all my settings. Check your FB settings folks lol! 
    This happened to us with our first pregnancy! My Father in Law posted on his Facebook that we were expecting and tagged both of us in the post!! Luckily my Sister in Law saw it on his and phoned me ASAP! My hubby had to call his dad and tell him to delete it immediately!! I just don't get why people think they get to be the one to share the news with the world when we haven't even told all of our family! He won't know until the rest of the family knows this time around! Lesson learned! 
    @kbrinks2 yeah...FB...My MIL has posted the news on fb with #1 & #2 despite being told not to. With #2, that's how BIL & SIL found out. They were butt hurt, but we aren't that close so I really didn't care. I was more upset with it being on fb. MIL has no internet sense and posts way too much personal info for my comfort and safety and I'm really particular about my kids info/existence being online.
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  • smorzandojsmorzandoj member
    Starynightsky24 said:
    smorzandoj said:
    Such drama with FB. I have FB but don't use it anymore. Why announce to a bunch of people that could really care less? If these aren't people that you speak with on a regular basis in a format other than FB I don't understand why people are concerned with how to announce. And that's probably a FFFC but I don't care. 
    I only allow people to be friends on fb if I know them and talk to them on a regular basis. I'm not a fan of people who literally only want to be your friend to stalk you. It's creepy. If you don't know your friends on fb why add them? 
    Knowing people and them being a part of your life are two different things. You may know hundreds of people from high school but chances are you could give a flying fart about their life aside from being better then the Jones'. And by you I mean people in general. Social media has done very little positive for our society, especially youth.   
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  • clc515clc515 member
    smorzandoj said:
    Such drama with FB. I have FB but don't use it anymore. Why announce to a bunch of people that could really care less? If these aren't people that you speak with on a regular basis in a format other than FB I don't understand why people are concerned with how to announce. And that's probably a FFFC but I don't care. 
    I thought I was mitigating drama on FB by keeping it to only people I actually talk to or are family - most live in other states/out of the country. It's a super efficient way to tell my peeps in one shot that doesn't lead to a huge email chain. That being said, it's my own fault for not having stricter permissions on there, but that's been fixed now. The only way to control people not talking is to not tell them anything til you're ready for everyone to know, am i right lol. 
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  • Starynightsky24Starynightsky24 member
    smorzandoj said:
    Starynightsky24 said:
    smorzandoj said:
    Such drama with FB. I have FB but don't use it anymore. Why announce to a bunch of people that could really care less? If these aren't people that you speak with on a regular basis in a format other than FB I don't understand why people are concerned with how to announce. And that's probably a FFFC but I don't care. 
    I only allow people to be friends on fb if I know them and talk to them on a regular basis. I'm not a fan of people who literally only want to be your friend to stalk you. It's creepy. If you don't know your friends on fb why add them? 
    Knowing people and them being a part of your life are two different things. You may know hundreds of people from high school but chances are you could give a flying fart about their life aside from being better then the Jones'. And by you I mean people in general. Social media has done very little positive for our society, especially youth.   
    Yup... like I said, that's why I limit the people on my fb. I don't understand why people friend ransoms like that. 

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  • pandappandersonpandappanderson member
    clc515 said:
    @pandappanderson and @marissajc I explicitly told my mom to not put anything on FB and not tell anyone, but also know her and expected her to tell some friends. But most aren't on FB and certainly aren't my friends on FB so I thought I was safe. Plus that whole "common knowledge" of not saying anything until the parents actually say anything. Wrong! I changed my settings so I have to review any tagging, and no one can post on my wall except me. It was such a tough decision because I KNEW my mom would tell, but I also really wanted to share the exciting news. Risk v. reward I guess. 

    I was super angry last night though, and lit her up saying that a) yes her friend was the one who blabbed, but it's rooted in my mom's telling her to begin with, b) this is why I historically never tell her anything, and c) I'm not telling her anything else about this baby til its born! That last one may or may not be an exaggeration... but she doesn't need to know that yet!

    I talked to my husband about it and he was like, it will be really hard to convince her not to tell her sister. Who would probably then tell her daughter. Who would tell her husband, who works with my brother, who does not know yet.... So i think I may actually bring up that chain of events to her to show her the potential impact of her 'JUST telling her sister'
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  • clc515clc515 member
    meatball37 said:
    We have family photos on thursday and I have been searching for a good way to do a twin announcement with our DD. I just am drawing a blank. Anyone have any good ideas? I was thinking about having her in a onesie that has a "1" on it and DH and each holding a onesie with a "2" and "3" on it. It seems fitting also since she is turning one in a few weeks. 
    LOVE that! Such a cute way to announce. Plus forces people to do math, lol. 
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  • soulcupcakesoulcupcake member
    I'm not sure when or how we'll announce. I'm not really good at doing cute announcements. 
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  • keshupe29keshupe29 member
    In ordered a cute big sister dress. And a book. And I'll try to take some cute pics and see what happens. Lol. 
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  • meatballs37meatballs37 member
    @Ashoes123 DH has already asked if we can do the clone wars photo lol! I said no. Ha! 

    And when we announce we still won't know the sex. :( it is tempting to get the blood test, but our insurance does not cover it. I'm guessing we will find out maybe around 16 weeks since we will have a scan at every visit. 
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    Me: 33 DH:30
    DD: Aug '16
    10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks.
    10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero surgery
    11/2/17 Twin A & B born 
    11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
    Benched 6 months 
    BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18  BO
    BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18



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  • TattoosandLaceTattoosandLace member
    farmrose said:
    @alice0218 I'm the same way with social media. I also don't post any pictures of my kids on fb, but then I'm weird like that. We've told my side of the family already and we'll tell the IL's the first weekend in August at almost 13w. No fun pictures/announcements. Maybe I'll get DD2 a big sister shirt or something. We're actually going to a wedding shower so I'm trying to figure out how to tell them without stealing the bride's attention. I think we'll tell them after the shower. It's DH's cousin who's getting married so their whole family we'll be there and it'd be convenient to tell everyone then...But I think it's kinda rude to spill the beans at the shower. Maybe at the end once most people have left?
    Definitely rude. 
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  • TattoosandLaceTattoosandLace member
    meatball37 said:
    We have family photos on thursday and I have been searching for a good way to do a twin announcement with our DD. I just am drawing a blank. Anyone have any good ideas? I was thinking about having her in a onesie that has a "1" on it and DH and each holding a onesie with a "2" and "3" on it. It seems fitting also since she is turning one in a few weeks. 
    Stop it. That is too cute. 
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  • chelsea7611chelsea7611 member
    My parents always make home made pizza on fridays. So I decided to find a fake pizza deliverer and get him to deliver a pizza for me. Inside the box I'm too f to write "if I'm going to get fat, then so are you" hahaha we always jokingly call each other big or fat at some point as a joke so thought it would be so funny
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  • jillkain84jillkain84 member
    We've told our immediate families and a few close friends. I gave my Mother the go ahead to tell my Aunt's. I'm not doing a FB announcement until the end of the month, though. I'm very strict on whom I friend on FB, so it really is only people who I actually know and see. Otherwise, we aren't 'announcement' people. Just letting everyone know, no cute mailers.
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  • ashhsaashhsa member
    @keshupe29 this is so cute! That's sort of what I want to do! Love it! 
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    ashhsa said:
    @keshupe29 this is so cute! That's sort of what I want to do! Love it! 
    Thanks! Found the dress on Amazon. Also had a few different colors. Same one was on Etsy for more expensive! 
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  • dfc813dfc813 member
    We are telling family tomorrow. Nothing planed for social media or work until start of September.
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  • winnie1122winnie1122 member
    Told most of the grandparents today, still have my mom left to tell hopefully tomorrow. We put DS in a 'Promoted to Big Brother' shirt and let them figure it out, which took a few minutes lol. Still won't tell many others til after first tri. I'll try telling my brothers in person in the next week or so but they might end up with a text since they are really hard to pin down for a get together. Told my best friend yesterday. This one definitely feels different than the first one, I'm much more content to keep it a secret and just enjoy it, so I'm not really in any hurry to tell anyone else until I kind of have to. I mostly wanted to tell close family and one friend since they will notice the morning sickness and if anything were to happen I need those people to know. So yep, that about does it for me! 
    Married 6/1/13
    BFP #1 7/2013 MMC 9/17/13
    BFP #2 5/2014 MC 6/15/14
    BFP #3 11/13/14 (Found in ER with ruptured cyst) Diagnosed MC 11/15/14
    BFP #4  4/2015 MC 7/1/15
    BFP #5 10/21/15  EDD 7/3/16 Praying for our rainbow! 
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