How Will you or how did you announce??

lincbeesmom · September 2017

share pictures or ideas of how you are announcing this LO!

lincbeesmom · September 2017

@justsuzie

lincbeesmom · September 2017

I just bought this shirt for my son on amazon. We moved to Wyoming a couple weeks ago so I’m going to have a picture of him wearing it on Facebook and Its going to say,

”My parents went to Wyoming and all I got was this T-Shirt”

or something along those lines

MissusTexas · September 2017

I think we'll go get pumpkins and do some sort of combination of these ideas I found on Pinterest.

sparkymcgeee · September 2017

I have a bunch of ideas bubbling around in my brain. I'll collage my faves and post.

sparkymcgeee · September 2017

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We we plan on doing a Harry Potter nursery so I want that, we want to announce at Halloween so I want the pumpkins. We want the kids involved so I want that. I want to incorporate the fact that this is a rainbow baby.

Essentially i cant decide.

sharkmama39 · September 2017

We're going to do something like this

Poppy0419 · September 2017

We showed up at my moms house in this shirt. I have no clue how or when we'll announce on social media. IRL I haven't kept it under wraps.

BlackAndGold09 · September 2017

We're doing "adding a final pumpkin to our patch" on Halloween bc my first appt/us is 10/30

3littles3angels · September 2017

We announced a week ago after seeing the heartbeat a 2nd time. He said our due would probably change (confirmed today at our appointment). So I put April instead of May:

psgoulet · September 2017

I kept it to myself for a few days and then I decided to surprise my husband by putting a stork on the mailbox and sending him to get the mail. I watched through the window with a camera! When he opened the mailbox this is what was inside:

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psgoulet · September 2017

My first ultrasound will be Oct 2, at which point I will be 8 weeks 3 days. I'm waiting until we get a confirmation of good growth and healthy heartbeat, and then we're going to announce to our parents by giving them these cute little eggs I found on etsy. When you crack them open there's a little message inside. Mine say "A little birdy came to say, we have a baby on the way!" I got one for each grandparent-to-be and we'll record their reactions.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/99714768/crack-me-pregnancy-announcement-quail?ref=shop_home_feat_1

hges83 · September 2017

We plan on waiting until closer to christmas to announce on social media. I am going to do a pregnancy/ possibily a gender reveal. IRL we will probably announce it on Thanksgiving. Say something along the lines of that we are grateful for the chamce to have a baby again. Only DH and my BFF know now.

justsuzie · September 2017

I'm and artist/teacher so I found an awesome pop art shirt from an 80s NYC street artist. We are going to NYC in a month so I'll probably wear this at the top of Empire State Building and put a caption that says masterpiece in the making. We won't announce on social media until after second trimester.

mommabmb · September 2017

Anyone have any t-shirt ideas for larger families?
Right now I'm considering having shirts made that say:
FS: Biggest Brother
DS: Big Brother
FD: Biggest Sister
DD: Big Sister

But- I'm not sold. I feel like people will just assume we have a new foster placement. Or maybe I could put a caption on the picture itself?

HELP.... LOL

suchaglencoco · September 2017

We have a family photo shoot booked for the end of next month. I am praying for another good scan or 2 before then and will talk to the photographer and see if she has any cute and easy ideas we can add in at the end to use for an announcement photo. I plan to announce on or around Halloween with something like "it's not a trick, but a special treat. May 2015 our family grows by 2 more feet".

I also recently bought a cricut machine and made our twins shirts to announce to their one grandma (MIL). Apparently, the shirts were confusing so I have to make a different set so we can announce to the last grandpa and grandma (FIL). Since we don't think "promoted to big sister/brother" works well for us because DD is only a minute older, I did "sister x 2" and "brother x 2". Supposedly, that makes people think I have twins again.
My mom knew when I handed her my test to explain why I needed her to babysit last minute so I could go for bloodwork.

MissusTexas · September 2017

All these first baby announcements for dad and grandparents make me nostalgic!

This is our third and we told my ILs as they were dropping off our two cranky and crying kids. They asked DH to move the car seats and he just said, "Yeah... we'll be needing a third car seat." They were so tired it took them a minute for it to click but then they were excited. There has just been no good time recently to tell them because the girls are always around demanding 100% of their attention.

holli0801 · September 2017

I'm dying to tell my mother. I have been avoiding her haha... but husband is a little superstitious so he wants to wait for the first scan (one more week!).... I have a "promoted to big brother" shirt for DS, so we will probably FaceTime family with him in that. And use that shirt in a photo for social media later. With the dogs as well. First time around, we got a onsie that said "my siblings have tails" and set it next to the dogs for a photo.

loko08 · September 2017

We haven't told our families yet. We plan on doing that after the first U/S in a couple weeks, with DD just wearing a "big sis" shirt. I'd love to wait to tell my family in person over Thanksgiving, but I don't think I can wait that long to tell them (and they'd be upset if I waited that long).

I'm torn on if we're going to share the news on social media. If we do, I'm leaning towards waiting until we know boy/girl, and doing it after the holidays.

ladystinson · September 2017

I don't know if I'll make it until December so it may just be a post on FB instead of a Christmas card, but this is what we'll probably use for our public/social media announcement

justsuzie · September 2017

@3littles3angels Where did you buy that onesie?
@sparkymcgeee I think the gold balloon idea is cute.

sparkymcgeee · September 2017

justsuzie said:

@3littles3angels Where did you buy that onesie?
@sparkymcgeee I think the gold balloon idea is cute.

A friend of mine said I should do something like that but have a small bunch of white balloons for DD and DS and then a rainbow bunch for this one. I'm really liking that idea. I think the kids would have a lot of fun with it.

justsuzie · September 2017

I haven't decided if I am going to share my loss history when I announce. I guess I am still pretty guarded about it.

Kaysquared2 · September 2017

We already told grandparents with a big brother t shirt but for social media I want to wait until I hear the heart beat around 12 weeks and I’ll take a picture of 4 pumpkins (family of 3 right now) and out were adding one more to our patch. Super generic but easy and cute and we love fall.

suchaglencoco · September 2017

justsuzie said:

I haven't decided if I am going to share my loss history when I announce. I guess I am still pretty guarded about it.

****stuck in box****

We were pretty quiet about our losses until after our twins arrived. After that, I felt a huge weight off of my shoulders and became open about our losses and our fertility problems.
I think it's great our generation is being more open about the dark side of pregnancy. With that being said, it is all on each woman's terms on how, when, or if she ever makes others aware of her struggles. Yes, lots of women have suffered losses, but they affect everyone differently. So if you don't feel ready, that's ok. Maybe someday youll feel it's the right time and opportunity.

mileswithmyles · September 2017

We have told close friends and family in person. For my mom, we put DS is a "Big Brother" shirt. Everyone else we just told. We are heading to Disneyland this weekend and I think we are going to take a picture in front of the castle with DS in his Big Brother shirt. We are going to buy Mickey ears with our EDD and hold them in the picture. That's what we will use on social media to announce once we hit second trimester.

MelHay · September 2017

We decided to slowly tell family and friends after our ultrasound on the 2nd. We got DS a “big brother” shirt so I think we’ll send photos of him doing cute things in it and let them put it together that way, and FaceTime our parents while he’s wearing it. But we’re doing a big Facebook announcement on Halloween. Everyone in costumes, me eating a bowl of Halloween candy, and a cute little poem. We did the same on Valentine’s Day for DS in 2015. Haven’t quite worked out the rhyme just yet. Maybe something with “trick or treat”...

sparkymcgeee · September 2017

DH had this idea of doing our own HP thing with a sign saying, "To be sorted: 2029" I think die hard HP fans would get it but it might be a bit vague for the muggles.

jessnoel89 · September 2017

Since we'll be announcing around Halloween (though with as sick as I am many have figured it out) I'm thinking of taking a picture of us each with a pumpkin and a fourth pumpkin that says new little pumpkin coming in 2018. I don't have it all figured out yet but something along those lines lol. I love the HP idea @sparkymcgeee

cups4 · September 2017

Going to put DS in Woody pjs and then put a Buzz Lightyear onesie on my stomach, so a picture like this. @Kennedy0830 and I should take a pic and caption it "the Kylie to my Khloe" lol

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yesthisiskim0401 · September 2017

We are announcing via our Christmas cards. We will do a "this years top 10" and have #10 be that we are expecting. I already scheduled our family photos and I will probably do foil number balloons.

fraufarbissina · September 2017

Last time I announced on social media with a picture of me, my husband, and our pets with the caption "1 cat, 2 dogs, and 3 humans are in this picture. Baby Lastname is due January 2017". So I might try to do something with that again.. maybe something about humans finally outnumbering animals in our house.

artlea2013 · September 2017

The grandparents and aunts/uncles know at this point, and we'll be telling our 4 best friends, 2 couples, this weekend as we're doing a brewery tour and I won't be able to hit the samples with them. After that, we'll probably slowly tell other people in person after our first ultrasound the day before Halloween

We didn't do a social media announcement until after we found of the gender last time, so I'm thinking about Christmas pictures at this point to see what we want to do. I might just do something subtle with DH, DS, and myself sitting together with 4 presents or 4 stockings and put a tag on the 4th that says "Do not open until April" as I'm almost guaranteed to either go into early spontaneous labor (9 days early last time) or have a repeat c scheduled before May hits.

justsuzie · September 2017

suchaglencoco It's silly but I was actually ashamed and embarrassed about my losses for a long time. You're right there was a stigma and it's beginning to be talked about more but I had no idea how common it actually was until I found out about so many others in my friends and family. I think once we have this take-home baby I may be able to open up more.

rachelg777 · September 2017

Both sets of our parents know, and my sisters. I think we are gonna wait to tell everyone else until 20 weeks. That is around 2 weeks before Christmas so it would be nice timing with a Christmas card. If I decide I can't wait that long, maybe Thanksgiving. I haven't run these plans past DH yet though so maybe this won't happen... he isn't always big on big announcements.

suchaglencoco · September 2017

@justsuzie, that is not silly at all. I know a lot of women who feel/felt the same way, myself included. No one in my immediate family had suffered a loss so I definitely thought I was "broken" for a long time. And that definitely isn't the case.
You just do whatever you're comfortable with. And talk it out with those people who do know, even us.

kpc914 · September 2017

ETA: to add how we told our parents.

We bought mugs for our dads that said "Grandpa Est 2018" and then for the moms we bought them the glassybaby called "Grammy." They are these hand blown glass votives that are super sentimental that all have their own name/quote. My mom collects them. Here's the link for the "grammy" one. https://www.glassybaby.com/grammy

My dad is such a low-key, doesn't show much emotion kind of guy. and he looks at the mug and is like "whats this?!" and my mom said "really!?" But, then we got a second gift for my dad, a onesie that says "Actually, yes, my grandpa is a rocket scientist"...because my dad is a rocket scientist. Anyway, he thought it was hilarious and they are very excited. My mom's sister passed away last week, so we are all having a hard time getting too happy about anything these days, but I think it's going to be good for everyone.

My in-laws on the other hand have been begging us to have a baby since before we even got married 5 years ago.....so they were jumping for joy when they realized what the gifts meant. My FIL opened the mug and nonchalantly said "yeah...I will be a grandpa" and DH and I said "yeah! you are! next year" and he looked shocked and said "wait?! really? I am going to be a grandpa!?!" They were stoked.

Probably not doing a big social media announcement. Going to tell all aunts uncles, cousins, grandparents etc. over the next few weeks. After that, we will just tell all of them that we aren't keeping it secret any more and they are more than welcome to spread the news by word of mouth.

My mom is really into Christmas cards, so the only real formal announcement will probably be on my mom's Christmas cards, but I am leaving that up to her.

sourapple1784 · September 2017

We plan on not telling anyone and announcing with pics of the baby after he/she is born. Majority of our family lives up north so we can easily skip seeing them during the months where I start showing and will give birth. The ones who will see me, we’ll wait until we can no longer hide it. No one knew we were trying seeing as how our kids are older and everyone thought we were done. They’ll really be surprised when they find out that this isn’t the last baby

Ceridwen77 · September 2017

sparkymcgeee said:

We we plan on doing a Harry Potter nursery so I want that, we want to announce at Halloween so I want the pumpkins. We want the kids involved so I want that. I want to incorporate the fact that this is a rainbow baby.

Essentially i cant decide.

We did a Harry Potter nursery for DD. I loveeee it!!

tincupchalice · September 2017

i made these shirts for our announcement

alli392 · September 2017

The number of Harry Potter fans in our group makes me so happy!!

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