@chucksmom15 ours is also coming home to two dachshunds! They love our daughter to death. They may explode with two kids in the house.
We have a dachshund & two bigger dogs. I'm actually more concerned about our dachshunds reaction because he can be a little asshole at times. Since I'm going to be in the hospital for a few days due to repeat c-section, DH will bring home one of the baby's receiving blankets with his or her smell on it to get the dogs used to it.
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I'm more worried about the dachshunds as well @SarahFoley725 and @rainafire77. They have attitude and are stubborn. Our lab is easy going and is well trained.
I just instagrammed this pic and with #13weekspregnant. Pretty much everyone knew already and I had a whole plan with a onesie and the sweater I knit for the baby and then I just didn't. I have a really nice photo DH took of me right after our transfer with me holding the pics of the embryo and first US that I may to as a TBT with a little more detail about our IF struggles but we will see.
I'm more worried about the dachshunds as well @SarahFoley725 and @rainafire77. They have attitude and are stubborn. Our lab is easy going and is well trained.
I totally understand. One of ours is probably the dumbest dog on the planet. The other one is my too smart for her own good-poops in the house out of spite-dog. They've both been around a newborn before because I have a nephew so we weren't too concerned. Here's dummy the day DD came home from the hospital and here they are last week/a year ago (4ish months old)
I love this group even more because of all the puppy love going on around here.
My two little ones won't even be a year old when baby is due, but they're so sweet and will love on anyone and anything that will put up with them. I'm a little worried about them all, but keeping my fingers crossed everyone can get along.
I haven't been able to tell many people as have been very sick. My partner told my mum, my mum told my sister and grandma. My partner has told his friends and his mum is complaining that I won't let her tell her friends. My sister said by email that she was talking to her friends about my pregnancy... I haven't told my friends yet as wanted to wait til my 12 week scan! Anyone else in the same position with everyone treating the news like it's theirs to tell? Except my mil who although complaining hasn't told anyone!
I haven't been able to tell many people as have been very sick. My partner told my mum, my mum told my sister and grandma. My partner has told his friends and his mum is complaining that I won't let her tell her friends. My sister said by email that she was talking to her friends about my pregnancy... I haven't told my friends yet as wanted to wait til my 12 week scan! Anyone else in the same position with everyone treating the news like it's theirs to tell? Except my mil who although complaining hasn't told anyone!
Not quite the same here but my mom keeps asking "can I tell people yet?" She doesn't mean it in a mean way and wants to make sure she doesn't overstep her boundaries, but she really wants to know when!! We will probably be announcing to our extended friends and family today so then she can tell whoever she feels needs to know! Lol
@knottiemorris I've learned some lessons with previous things I thought were secret in my family. BE EXPLICIT. If you don't want them to share communicate that to them very directly and clearly. People generally have good intentions and why're probably just excited, probably aren't seeing it from your perspective.
I haven't been able to tell many people as have been very sick. My partner told my mum, my mum told my sister and grandma. My partner has told his friends and his mum is complaining that I won't let her tell her friends. My sister said by email that she was talking to her friends about my pregnancy... I haven't told my friends yet as wanted to wait til my 12 week scan! Anyone else in the same position with everyone treating the news like it's theirs to tell? Except my mil who although complaining hasn't told anyone!
Yes! We told my parents and brother and DH's sister and dad the day after we found out. His sister I guess is so excited to be an aunt, she told everyone at her work which is a restaurant that is partnered with the restaurant where DH works. Both are next door to each other in a trendy neighborhood so many of our friends frequent them and found out from her, and many of DH's close friends work at those two restaurants. So pretty much all his friends and some of my friends knew before we had a chance to say anything. It was only about 7 weeks too! I get that she's excited and wasn't trying to be mean, but that was not her news to tell. I feel worse for DH since it's more his friends. We are over it and just resigned to the fact that it's not a secret. But... we decided to keep the sex a secret from everyone. Maybe it's a reaction to these events lol!
eta: who am I kidding? Not actually over it. We totally weren't telling everyone that early, only the few closest friends and family. That was totally none of her business to share. And not your sister's business either! I understand if you feel offended by it too! I'm just pretending I don't care, but I care.
I told a coworker that I frequently go out to lunch with around 8 weeks to be practical. My morning (all day) sickness was (is) horrible which limited my food options. I asked him to keep it to himself as I didn't want to announce at work until 16ish weeks? At 10 weeks he stupidly tells his boss as a ploy to get him to do something for me in haste "she's going to need it before she goes on maternity leave" it spread around the office like wildfire. I had to intercept my bosses to break the news much earlier than I wanted to before the news got back to them. Ugh!
As for family and friends? I'll "announce" by showing up overly pregnant around November/December for holiday parties I guess? This will be our third baby and we've only ever received negative reactions thus far so this time I'm not going to bother "HAHAHAHAHA....oh wait, you're serious?" "On purpose?" "But, why?" "Can you afford another baby?" etc.
Yeah, if I could somehow hide it the entire 9 months, I would.
@alice0218 I am the exact same as you! Pretending it doesn't bother me but it does! Didn't go to a big bbq yesterday as am showing but not ready to tell people... my DH went and told them all!!! The scan is tomorrow! What's the harm in waiting!
@kbrinks2 my MIL is the same! Only in a nice way but it's constant! My BIL had to tell her off as she was ruining dinner the other day talking about it! Her reasoning is I'm off sick so she isn't walking the dog and she needs to tell the other dog walkers I'm pregnant! Just say I'm off work! These are people I have never met, deary me! Told her she can tell whoever after scan tomorrow but I'm still not telling everyone yet!
@kbrinks2 my MIL is the same! Only in a nice way but it's constant! My BIL had to tell her off as she was ruining dinner the other day talking about it! Her reasoning is I'm off sick so she isn't walking the dog and she needs to tell the other dog walkers I'm pregnant! Just say I'm off work! These are people I have never met, deary me! Told her she can tell whoever after scan tomorrow but I'm still not telling everyone yet!
Lol you would think she couldn't just say that you are off work!! Most people would never ask why and if they did she could just say you are on sick leave! Mom's are too funny! I think they are excited and was to be the ones to tell certain people, but it isn't their baby!
Here's ours! I finally posted it at 14 weeks. I don't know why, but I just didn't want to put it out there. Even though we were telling people, it just felt weird to post it on SM. (And I'm generally a SM junkie.)
@meatballs37 we are announcing on social media after our anatomy scan at 19 (?) Weeks. Close friends and family already know, and pretty sure 1/2 the town can guess though!
Both of our immediate families have known since ~11 weeks and have somehow done an impressive job of staying quiet. Assuming all goes well at my 14 week appointment tomorrow I'll start slowly sharing the news with the rest of our family and friends. I work remotely from home and am not at all close to my coworkers so I haven't decided yet how or when to tell them.
We had some pics taken on the beach a couple of weeks ago & the photographer included a couple of announcement poses for fun. It felt so silly doing belly (or lack thereof!) pics this early but I knew we wouldn't get back to the beach before next summer so I went with it. I ended up loving them and will probably use a photo editor to create an email and/or Instagram announcement.
OMG these are so cute! @RaeleenD I loooove the dog looking in! @maddie008 that's similar to what I'm planning DH is getting on me for posting an announcement. I want to wait for the a/s (on Monday) even though we know it's a boy lol. Maybe its the FTM worry wart in me but I want to be sure it's a boy! (Stupid TB app telling me there's a 10% chance they get it wrong lol.) So soon, very soon!
Re: Pregnancy announcements.
@laurelraido - Both are adorable, but I am leaning towards #2.
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DD born 04/28/2002
Married DH 03/25/2017
1st MMC 08/13/2016 2nd MMC 02/14/2017
BFP 06/16/17 Rainbow DS Born 02/05/2018
"Our Family is Growing - February 20, 2018!"
My two little ones won't even be a year old when baby is due, but they're so sweet and will love on anyone and anything that will put up with them. I'm a little worried about them all, but keeping my fingers crossed everyone can get along.
I know @ash0625! Loving all the pet love!
eta: who am I kidding? Not actually over it. We totally weren't telling everyone that early, only the few closest friends and family. That was totally none of her business to share. And not your sister's business either! I understand if you feel offended by it too! I'm just pretending I don't care, but I care.
As for family and friends? I'll "announce" by showing up overly pregnant around November/December for holiday parties I guess? This will be our third baby and we've only ever received negative reactions thus far so this time I'm not going to bother
"HAHAHAHAHA....oh wait, you're serious?"
"On purpose?"
"But, why?"
"Can you afford another baby?" etc.
Yeah, if I could somehow hide it the entire 9 months, I would.
older siblings: ds 16 dd 14 ds 13 dd 11 dd 7
We had some pics taken on the beach a couple of weeks ago & the photographer included a couple of announcement poses for fun. It felt so silly doing belly (or lack thereof!) pics this early but I knew we wouldn't get back to the beach before next summer so I went with it. I ended up loving them and will probably use a photo editor to create an email and/or Instagram announcement.
older siblings: ds 16 dd 14 ds 13 dd 11 dd 7
We shared this right before going back to school (we're both teachers).
A grand adventure is about to begin. And we all can't wait. Arriving February 2018.
DH is getting on me for posting an announcement. I want to wait for the a/s (on Monday) even though we know it's a boy lol. Maybe its the FTM worry wart in me but I want to be sure it's a boy! (Stupid TB app telling me there's a 10% chance they get it wrong lol.) So soon, very soon!
We posted this yesterday!