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DS EDD: 6.23.18
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June 2018 Moms
sunshineandwhiskey
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** Pregnancy Announcements **
sunshineandwhiskey
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I thought it might be nice to have a thread where we put how/when we are announcing. I think we are starting to reach that point where we are getting ready to. I've included some questions - feel free to answer them if you want. And of course pictures are always appreciated 
[If possible, use spoiler boxes]
1. How far along are you? EDD?
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
[If possible, use spoiler boxes]1. How far along are you? EDD?
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
Re: ** Pregnancy Announcements **
9w2d - June 10
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
First or second week of December, depending how fast we get our pictures back from the photographer. A few close friends know, no family knows yet.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
Same as above
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
Maybe around Christmas, definitely after our family finds out. Maybe only on Instagram.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
I had had a few ideas for announcing, but this one fits the theme of our photo shoot which will be at a Christmas tree farm. We’re going to send out Christmas cards announcing - and we’re going to cut down our tree that day too
ETA: spelling
DD: 09/16/14 @ 37 weeks
Baby #2: BFP 09/29 @ 11 DPO | EDD: 06/11/18
Betas: 10/04 - 235 | 10/10 - 2,975 | 10/13 - 8,150 | 10/16 - 21,987
1. How far along are you? EDD?
10+5 may 31st
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
immediate family and a few close friends know already
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
I'm pretty sure we announced publicly with DS by now. but this time, not till the mat21 results come back (if all is ok). hopefully in the next couple weeks. I'm readdddy!!
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
yes. same as above, once those results come back good. I'd like to do it with a pic of DS.. maybe holding an ultrasound pic? or a sign? we have fam pics on the 19th. but I don't know if we'll have them back before we want to announce, so we might have to wing a pic ourselves. we should also know the gender within days of the results, so we could also just post a video of DS reading the results from the card we asked them to mail us.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
I'm anxious to see any pic ideas you girls have! I need more.
DS: born oct 2012
TFAS: BFP #1 aug16. miscarriage sept16
BFP #2 nov16 MMC dec16. d&c jan17
BFP #3 sept17 EDD 5/31/18
fingers crossed for our rainbow baby
2. We announced to parents immediately. Most close friends know now too.
3 + 4. We will announce to extended friends/family around thanksgiving. I believe we
are going to do our social media announcement on Thanksgiving.
What I’m thinking of is a picture of the ultrasound and if I can find a chalk board I would like to write “Handpicked for Earth by my sister in Heaven”. Then something cheesy like this Thanksgiving we are thankful for...
Married 6/15/13
BFP #1 5/8/16, EDD 12/31/16- DD born 9/10/16 at 24 weeks
~In our hearts forever~
BFP #2 10/14/17, EDD 7/1/18
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? One friend knows because they knew we were trying. We didn't tell them in any particular way. She just straight up asked me. We told my mom and her wife last weekend. My mom straight up asked me but I made her wait until her wife got home and then gave them a card that just said "oh baby" on the front and I wrote a note to them inside. We will tell the rest of our immediate family at Thanksgiving when I will be 10+3. We are going to get my in-laws Grandma and Grandpa mugs. It will be their first grandbaby so I feel like it is a little more special. My dad, his wife, my sister and my step brother will be coming to our house on Friday and I'm going to wear a shirt that says "the turkey isn't the only thing in the oven." Also they might notice our pumpkins when they walk up (spoiler)
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? I want to send out x-mas cards to aunts and uncles. We would send those out just before Christmas when I will be 13-14wks. I like the "more the merrier" cards (spoiler) and we are having our friend that knows who is also a photographer come over to take some pictures in front of our Christmas tree
5. Anything else you'd like to add? I am stupidly excited that we will get to announce around the holidays. I may or may not have planned (and hoped and prayed) it that way.
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
@catlady1215 That is the same reason I wanted to start this post! I wanna steal ideas
@profmcgonagall love love love the "handpicked for Earth by my sister in heaven" - such a sweet idea
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? I told all family at 7-8 weeks, all close friends at 8+4 weeks after our ultrasound
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? They’ll find out on social media because I don’t differentiate between them and randoms if I don’t speak to them frequently?
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? In December we’ll do a post. I’m a graphic designer so I’ve made a few images, loosely based off the olly moss Star Wars posters. If you’re curious, PM me; because of google image search I don’t want them linked back here lol.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? I’m so happy I told everyone. Honestly waiting was torture. I told everyone about our loss, I would tell them all again, so for me there is no risk. And it’s sooo nice to not hide it, to be able to talk about what’s on my mind.
One question, though: for those of you whose SOs get family leave, when are they telling their bosses? DH will get a month off paid.
6W+3D, 6/30/18
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
The day before our wedding at our rehearsal dinner. I'll be 8W. We originally wanted to wait until Christmas but FH's father was just hospitalized for congestive heart failure so we don't want to wait anymore.
3. When will you be announcing to extended family/friends?
Middle of December, once I'm 13W
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
Yep! We're having a photo shoot at the Eiffel Tower on our honeymoon during Thanksgiving and will have a picture taken of us holding Mylar balloons that spell out BABY and sharing those on social media when we announce in December.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
Terra sweet potato chips are delicious XD
1. How far along are you? EDD? 10w4d (EDD: June 1, 2018)
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? We told my sister and her husband this past weekend because she was visiting from out of town. We want to wait until after I get the Mat21 test results to tell everyone else (around 12 weeks). However, my MIL is in town this weekend and DS is telling EVERYONE that he is a big brother. So, he may spill the beans. We will tell my Grandmother and extended family at Thanksgiving.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? I'll tell a group of friends and extended family at Thanksgiving.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? Around 20 weeks - - that's what we did last time. I'm not sure how yet though - - maybe just a big brother shirt around Christmas.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
DD: 09/16/14 @ 37 weeks
Baby #2: BFP 09/29 @ 11 DPO | EDD: 06/11/18
Betas: 10/04 - 235 | 10/10 - 2,975 | 10/13 - 8,150 | 10/16 - 21,987
You ladies have great ideas already! AFM:
1. How far along are you? EDD? 8w 3d - June 16th
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? Both sets of parents know, and some super close friends. We had DD wear a shirt "Only Child Expires 2018." My ILs watch DD on tues and thurs, so we waited to see how long it took them to figure it out
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? Not sure yet. Definitely not until after our ultrasound monday.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? We waited until like 20 some weeks with DD, but i think I want to sooner this time. Not sure how. I want to do something cute though. with DD we took a picture of a ruler in snow - marked at 24" and said "Expecting another two feet in July 16" with a pair of baby shoes and an ultrasound picture.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? This will most likely be out last, so i want to do something meaningful - just not sure what.
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? Probably not until December/Christmastime. My FIL is having his surprise 70th birthday party right after Christmas, and DH wants to tell him then. I’ll be ~15weeks at that point.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? A lot of extended family will be at this party so two birds one stone sort of thing. My family, I think I will tell them at Christmas.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? I’m not sure when I want to announce it on FB. I was ~13w with DS before I announced. Maybe I will at some point. It doesn’t feel like a huge priority honestly. I’m one of those who isn’t an avid personal life poster. Maybe I will around 20w when we know if we have a boy or girl. Idk.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? Hash browns are life.
ETA: words
DD: 09/16/14 @ 37 weeks
Baby #2: BFP 09/29 @ 11 DPO | EDD: 06/11/18
Betas: 10/04 - 235 | 10/10 - 2,975 | 10/13 - 8,150 | 10/16 - 21,987
@doxiemoxie212 both of our employers already know. My appts affect our normal work day, and we wanted their support if anything happens/happened
@fitzandgiggles I am so sorry to hear about FH's Father
@marcus7676 Even though DS is telling everyone - that is so adorable
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
•10 weeks 4days
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
•they already know. We FaceTimed them. We told them a few days before Halloween. It was getting hard to keep Turing down invitations from family because I was so sick so we just told everyone.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
•they all found out via Facebook/Instagram on Halloween
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
•we put our son in a shirt that says big brother and we took a picture outside our house. I was wearing a shirt that said we’re adding another pumpkin to our patch (I’d add the picture but 1. I don’t exactly know how to do that and 2. I don’t know how to make it a spoiler).
Edited to add: when we were pregnant with our son who was due in July our announcement was on Christmas. We gave our family a mug or wine glass that has their new title on it “grandma, aunt, uncle. Etc” and had them open them all at the same time. And for our social media announcement we took a Picture in front of the Christmas tree with a present box and in the box was out ultrasound picture.
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? Close friends know already, family will know on thanksgiving
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? Christmas cards will include a picture. I’ll include it below.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? We will go fb official on Christmas or New Years.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? We are hosting a “Friendsgiving” dinner on Saturday following Thanksgiving (two days after Thanksgiving). So this will be our main announcement to family and friends.
At this point, only my best friend knows. So we will be announcing to everyone else at Friendsgiving (except my mom - my mom can’t make it to Friendsgiving, so we will be telling her earlier that week when she comes to visit). So I will be 11 weeks when we tell my mom, and then 11w4d when we tell everyone else.
How we are announcing at Friendsgiving ~ Since it is on Saturday, we are going to spend Friday going and cutting down our Christmas tree and decorating the house for Christmas. We will hang four stockings on the mantel (one that says Momma, one that says Daddy, one that says DS’s name and then one that is just blank) and see if anyone picks up on it. If nobody does (I am sure they will though), when we sit down for dinner I will walk over and put the ultrasound photo on the blank stocking.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? Same as above/below
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? So the reason we haven’t told anyone yet is because last time we told immediate family right away and MIL blabbed it to extended family way before we were ready for people to know (like weeks before we even had an ultrasound). So we are holding off on telling anyone until we are ready for everyone to know.
Therefore, either that same evening after everyone leaves from Friendsgiving or the next morning, we will post a picture of the stockings on the mantel (with ultrasound) and writing that says “Coming June 2018” on social media to publicly announce. That way MIL doesn’t have much time to tell people before we can.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? I’m debating just putting the ultrasound photo on the stocking from the very beginning for Friendsgiving instead of seeing if people pick up on it with being blank. I’m not sure though.
ETA ~ I just scheduled an elective ultrasound for mid December to find out the sex. So we will be announcing the sex to our families in their Christmas presents which I am excited about. At that point either my mother or FIL will find out the baby Ian being named after them, so I’m excited for that.
8w,1D. Due June 18
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
DD is turning one this weekend, so will tell grandparents before everyone arrives at the house for Saturday’s party. We have our ultrasound Friday, so if all is well, I’m comfortable sharing with close family. Close friends already know, just wanted to hear a heartbeat before telling our parents because their excitement level will be on 1000.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
We will tell extended family at Thanksgiving when I’m 10 weeks.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
I’m thinking about getting DH, DD and me matching pajamas, then ordering a tiny version to put in a gift box. Will have a friend take a couple of pics in matching jammies in front of the tree opening a tiny onesie with a “surprise” look on our faces. Corny, I know. But I’m doing it!
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
Yay for Christmas announcements.
NTNP: May 2015
TTC #1: late August 2015
PCOS Dx: January 2016, starting Femara Feb 2016
BFP: 2/29/16 - Happy Leap Day!
9+1, 6/11
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
We are telling our parents this weekend, and I'm really excited. There is a ton of bummer-y stuff happening in my family right now, and my mom takes everyone's burdens on her shoulders, so I'm pumped to give her something to be happy about. We got this shirt from Amazon for my son to wear when we visit them this weekend:
I think we'll probably re-use this shirt a bunch of times when we see close friends in the upcoming weeks.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
Still thinking on this. We'll see all of our extended family at Christmas, so we could certainly tell them then. I don't anticipate doing anything fancy...just being like, "Hey, I'm pregnant. That's why I'm not drinking heavily while we play *sshole." I just like the idea of doing it in person. If we did it before Christmas, it would probably be through text/email.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
I am not really a social media announcement type. With my son, I just ended up posting a picture of me and my husband that had my bump it in...and that was how everyone on Facebook/Instagram who didn't already know found out. I imagine this time will be similar. My son turns 1 in January and I'm sure I'll post lots of pictures then, and the bump will probably sneak in.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
I might be lame about announcements, but it's so fun to read about everyone's plans!
ETA: I am sort of dreading telling my work. They are super flexible and awesome and stuff, but my pregnancies are kind of close together, and I am feeling bad about being out again so soon. (For my last, I took leave for a quarter, worked from home for the next quarter, and then had off for the summer like usual, so it feels like I've only been back at work since September, even though I actually came back to work in April, if that makes sense.) Trying not to stress unnecessarily!
Husband: 35
Married: June 2007
Son Max born 1/10/17
BFP #2: 10/5/17; EDD: 6/11/18
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? We announced to our families at DD birthday party a couple weeks ago. After she opened her gifts I picked her up and had her say thank you to everyone. Then whispered I get ear to say “ Mommy’s got a baby in her belly”. DD looked an me surprised and then shouted it out loud. Like half our families cried. It was very sweet.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? We are probably going to do some sort of announcement on our Christmas cards. My NT scan is the week of Thanksgiving, so we will be comfortable with the world knowing after that.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? I’m not sure yet, maybe just post the Christmas card picture on Christmas (I’ll be 17w). Or we will wait until my a/s and just announce when we know the sex.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? idk why I’m nervous to announce this LO publicly. I just feel like people with judge us for having 3 kids in 4 years. I’m probably over thinking it since no one we know who verbally say that to us.
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? We each chose one or two person to tell early (I picked my sister and a close friend who is also pregnant, DH picked his brother and another friend). Our parents and other close family and friends will find out on Christmas day.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? With DD we did a Facebook announcement at 20 weeks, after we found out she was a girl. We will most likely do that again this time.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? See above for the when. With DD I took a picture of DH reading the book "Dude, You're Gonna Be A Dad!" And he made that his profile picture and that was our announcement. This time I'll take a picture of DD sitting on DH's lap reading a Big Sister book, and repeat.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? For our Christmas announcement we are buying mugs for each of our parents that say "Grandma/Grandpa (Again!) 2018. We are going to dress DD up in a Big Sister shirt for Christmas dinner with the rest of the family and see who notices first.
9+4. June 18.
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
We announced shortly after we found out. My family tends to have adult beverages when we all get together for a meal, and they would've known right away. I put DS in a "Best Brother Ever" shirt and took his picture. I bought a frame that said "Grandkids give the best hugs" and put the picture on it. Tada!
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
They all aready know... I play softball and had to tell my teams when I found out because I wasn't playing the same way I usually do. I'm super competitive, so that was a stretch. Our extended families found out after we told our immediate family. DH family is super jealous and if we hadn't told them all on the same day they would have been upset. It's complicated...
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
We already did. Everyone already knew (mostly) and I was afraid I would "slip" and share an article or something along those lines. I posted the picture of DS from the frame and captioned it "My role as an only child is coming to an end, because Mommy is due with my new best friend." We announced our pregnancy with him pretty early too. I understand why people don't, I'm just a talker so it's either post it and not worry about it, or slip and make someone mad... Because you know, it's all about everyone else... *eye roll*
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
The holidays are super stressful for me. My family caters to whatever "schedule" we need, but DH family is super controlling and they think that we should do whatever they want us to do, including 3 different get togethers for Christmas, and 2 for Thanksgiving. This was not a big deal until we had DS, then we decided to put our feet down and say we were staying home until at least 11 on Christmas Day, and that made his family so mad at us that they did not speak to us for a few weeks. SIL didn't speak to us for almost a month after we told them we were expecting this baby. The drama in his family is more than my pregnant self would like to handle. UGH!
DH: 29 years old.
Me: 25 years old.
DS: born 12/30/14
Baby #2 due 6/8/18
•We haven't really planned any "announcements", but when we make it "FB Official" it'll also be our announcement to extended family. I have a huge family, and really don't feel like going out of my way to tell them all when we're not really close, so they'll just find out at the same time everyone else does!
•We have planned the sex reveal already, though. H is an avid shooter and wants to fill a balloon with powder correlating to the "typical" sex colour (blue vs pink) and shoot it to find out the sex. I have zero plans of having a party for it, because what's the point? But have every intention of video taping it to share, as that's what he really wants to do.
•I'm thinking we'll probably announce closer to Christmas? I have to go through Pinterest to find some nice ideas that aren't overdone, but we'll figure it out eventually! Maybe I'll ask DSS what he thinks would be a good idea...
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? I told my mom and sister the day I got a positive test. We've been trying for a long time (and they knew) so it was very exciting. I told the rest of my immediate family a few days after once I saw the test line darkening. I've told a couple friends and a couple close coworkers (including my supervisor who cried when I told her).
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? I have a second ultrasound on the 21st to confirm growth and I'll be about 12 weeks then, so probably a week after that assuming there's nothing alarming.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? I'm not planning on making a social media announcement until we know the gender at the anatomy scan. Most people I know will have already heard by word of mouth, FB would just basically be for very extended family, and it feels more fun to announce with gender
5. Anything else you'd like to add? Is there like a set second trimester week? I've ready anywhere from 12-14 weeks. Does it really matter? I read the risk of miscarriage goes down significantly once you've seen the heartbeat, and once I've seen growth at our second ultrasound it doesn't seem like a week or two will make any difference.
Me: 32 | DH: 36
Married June 2005
1/2016 - TTC#1
4/2017 - Initial RE visit, Dx: Severe MFI (Varicocele, 14% motility, 3% progression, but normal count)
7/2017 - Stage 3 endometriosis discovered during laparoscopic removal of ovarian cyst
9/27/2017 - BFP at 10dpo (cycle 22), baby boy due June 9, 2018
@kmurdock925 I love that idea, we don't have a mantel. Hmmmm.... but maybe someone could use a custom Christmas ornament
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? Told close family about 2 weeks ago after 1st ultrasound, told close friends slowly. I have one more friend left, and my oldest brother to tell.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? Thanksgiving
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? I'm thinking Dec. 7. I'll be 13 weeks & 1 day. My step mom's birthday is Dec 6, my husband's frat's founder's day is Dec 4 (yeah its actually kinda a big deal like a mini unofficial holiday for them), so after all that blows over. I'm also considering Dec 1 (12 weeks 3 days) to get a jump start on those events IDK yet. I want to avoid Christmas only because we got engaged on Christmas. It was great but I don't really want to do that again (take all the attention all day). Plus I'm fine with leaving Christmas as the day we remember our proposal.
I made a cute video on my phone that has like the timeline of our relationship (meet, fall in love, propose, get house, get married) and it ends with baby June 2018. His family loved it, but I think it may be too cutesy (and possibly braggadocios) for facebook where a simple picture would get the message across just fine. My other idea is my niece in a shirt that says "My favorite auntie is busy making me a cousin."
@RatParade always confusing, I just say 13 weeks bc 40 divided by 3 is 13.3.
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
2. My best friend from growing up knows, because she visited me while on leave (she lives in Japan for 6 more months), I wanted to tell her in person AND I couldn't keep it in anymore and needed to tell someone other than DH. So now she and I can text about it which is a relief.
We plan to tell my family on Thanksgiving when we are all together for dinner and his family the next day when we do Thanksgiving with them. For my family we got a onesie that says "Cousins make the best friends" for my sister to open. She is due in December so it won't be weird to hand her a gift. She knows I've been buying things for my future niece constantly. For his family we picked up baby Sperry's and baby Ray-Ban knock offs for his mom to open because we have a running joke that she has some baby Sperry's hiding in the closet for when we announce. They've been wanting us to have kids for four years now.
3. Close friends will probably find out right after my family. It will be hard for me to keep my mouth shut after my family finds out. Extended family will likely find out at Christmas. I haven't decided if I'll do a Christmas card announcement for them or if they'll just find out from people telling. To be honest, they will probably find out before Christmas since a few family members aren't the best at keeping secrets. My workplace already suspects it because they know there are four different employees trying to get pregnant right now and I didn't attend the last happy hour. So... I think I'll be telling them earlier than most people tell... the week after thanksgiving before our Christmas party.
4. At some point I think we'll post on social media but probably not until after Christmas. Maybe a new years post?
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? I've already told my Mum, Nanna and a couple of close friends. My H wants to wait till Christmas to tell everyone else.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? as above.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? Yes around about Christmas time but I haven't thought about how
5. Anything else you'd like to add? I'm not sure when I should tell my supervisors. My thoughts are to say now from the off - just feels the most open thing to do.
8w2d June 18th
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends?
We just told my parents on Sunday and telling my IL's today. A few friends already know because I felt comfortable texting them but we wanted to tell our parents face to face.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends?
I think around Thanksgiving, we are all getting together. I was thinking about sticking ds in a big brother shirt and let that be the announcement.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How?
I'm not sure this time around, I'm not that active on social media and I just don't have a desire to post anything. I guess if we do it'll be around Christmas maybe Thanksgiving with a photo.
5. Anything else you'd like to add?
Everyone has known we've been trying and since getting BFP nobody has asked about it. It made dh and I feel like they all somehow just knew, but we wanted to do something different with our parents this time around instead of saying that I'm pregnant. So I bought little gift boxes and folded up a onesie, put a pacifier on top, and a little note saying "baby #2 ready to meet you in June 2018" their reaction was THE BEST. My mom instantly started tearing up and my Dad shot up out of his chair just out of excitement, I wish we got it on camera. I'm excited to see my IL's reaction even though I think it'll be about the same.
1. How far along are you? EDD? 10+1, 6/5 or 6/6
2. When will you be announcing to close family/friends? We've told my parents and sisters and just a few very close friends already. Hopefully we will be able to get together with the ILs this weekend to tell them. I want to tell other close friends individually and in person if possible and that will take some time so over the next month probably.
3. When will you be announcing to extending family/friends? Maybe around Christmas? DH isn't sure he wants to wait that long though.
4. Will you go Facebook/Social Media official? When? How? I haven't decided yet. I go back and forth...I am pretty active on social media, mostly of the kids, most definitely not selfies, but I kind of like the idea of being like all of the sudden, surprise, we had a baby! But like someone else here said, this will be our last baby and I don't want to regret not announcing and make it seem like it was an accident or not wanted.
5. Anything else you'd like to add? I am thinking about getting another stocking for the fireplace mantel, taking a picture of the four of us in front of it and the Christmas tree and then just have the extra stocking on the fireplace for our Christmas card. I usually do New Years cards but maybe I'll be ahead of the game this year and actually send out cards before Christmas.
BFP #2 February 2009 | m/c March 2009 | 4 weeks 3 days
BFP #7 10/15 | DS born 6/4/16 @ 36 weeks
BFP #8 9/28/17 AHHH!!! | EDD 6/6/18
All are welcome!
and @BumpAdmin stickyyyy pleaseeee
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
Planning to get each of my moms matching pendants with their new titles ('mom-mom', 'may-may' & 'bee-bee') engraved and put the ultrasound pics inside the cards.