None of my announcements this time around have gone as planned. lol. So far, here are the random list of those who are in the know-
My oldest son: My H told him at 9 weeks + 6 because we have passes to Busch Gardens and I have to keep making up excuses to why I can't ride the rollercoasters with him. He took him on Falcon's Fury, which is a tower drop ride, and waited for them to get to the top right before he shared the news and they plummeted to the ground. It wasn't the way I planned to tell him, but I thought it was a memorable way to say it.
My H's mom and step-dad: She flat out asked me if I was pregnant at 10 weeks +2. Whaaaat?! I was so caught off guard! We had just finished dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and we're saying our goodbyes when she said, "So are you guys still going to be trying for a baby soon? Are you pregnant now?" My H says I'm a horrible liar, so we just confirmed it.
Two of my co-workers: One of my co-workers came up to me and another at Dave and Busters last week (10 weeks +5) and said, "Hey guys, I have something to tell you- I'm pregnant" and my initial response was to blurt out "are you serious? me too!" turns out we are 12 days apart. I'm excited to have someone to journey through this with.
My family still doesn't know, nor do our best friends and half of H's family. I'm still holding out for an adorable "Big Bro" shirt announcement the next time we are all in a big group.
As I said above, we haven't told anybody really yet, since we're waiting until next week after the NT scan. (I'm just ignoring the extra weight around my middle and hoping nobody else notices). This weekend though I accidentally spilled the beans. We were out for lunch with some friends (one of them is 33wks PG) and we were complaining about pregnancy things (me commiserating from my PG with DD) except then at one point I was like "but THIS time around..." and immediately stopped talking and wondered if I could save face at all before just having to own to it. Woops.
We all laughed about it but I was so awkward! Hopefully other announcements go better.
Most people who saw me in person before we started working from home and social distancing knew I was pregnant right away because bloat from IF meds and triplets is no joke. I went public online on St. Patrick’s Day with a rhyming poem I wrote that included a double rainbow, *TW* nods to our angels, and a message about it being a journey so far and a “trip” in the future. I burst out into tears at not directly acknowledging having lost one triplet and I was really fearing people using the word “twin” (because they aren’t and I’ll never consider them to be “just” that) but only one did. */TW* I got so many messages about how it brightened a lot of people’s days.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@NYTino24 that sounds like a beautiful announcement! I hope to honor my angel baby when we do our Facebook announcement. I just keep wanting to wait and wait. Part of me just thinks I should just do it. We are almost 16 weeks.
I was waiting to announce until after my gender scan 4/2 but I have a feeling it might get cancelled due to corona so I may have to just announce soon baby on the way and wait for my 20 week anatomy scan. I wanted my son to wear a big brother shirt and then post “baby BOY or baby GIRL (whichever it ended up being) and then due September 2020. So if it gets cancelled I’ll just do big brother to be September 2020 with the shirt still.
I announced the other day on social media! I posted a photo of H and I back when we first started dating (it was from his birthday) since I announced on his birthday. And then the second photo was this one in the spoiler with part of the caption saying “oh and we are expecting a tiny human to join us sometime in September 🤍” A lot of people were happy for us and some old friends who I had a falling out with 4 years ago came out of the woodwork to congratulate me. My bio dad (who I try my best to avoid) texted me that he was “upset and disappointed” that I didn’t tell him. That’s a whole other story haha but I expected it. oh well, im glad the news is out there now!
I’ve told most of my close friends and family but we are still doing a Facebook reveal this week (15 weeks today) just for fun🖤 my boyfriend and I are both gamers so we are sticking with that theme.
We’ve been going back and forth on when to announce on social media. We decided today was the day Easter/my birthday. We included our angel Jack in the photo.
Re: Announcements!
My oldest son: My H told him at 9 weeks + 6 because we have passes to Busch Gardens and I have to keep making up excuses to why I can't ride the rollercoasters with him. He took him on Falcon's Fury, which is a tower drop ride, and waited for them to get to the top right before he shared the news and they plummeted to the ground. It wasn't the way I planned to tell him, but I thought it was a memorable way to say it.
My H's mom and step-dad: She flat out asked me if I was pregnant at 10 weeks +2. Whaaaat?! I was so caught off guard! We had just finished dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and we're saying our goodbyes when she said, "So are you guys still going to be trying for a baby soon? Are you pregnant now?" My H says I'm a horrible liar, so we just confirmed it.
Two of my co-workers: One of my co-workers came up to me and another at Dave and Busters last week (10 weeks +5) and said, "Hey guys, I have something to tell you- I'm pregnant" and my initial response was to blurt out "are you serious? me too!" turns out we are 12 days apart. I'm excited to have someone to journey through this with.
My family still doesn't know, nor do our best friends and half of H's family. I'm still holding out for an adorable "Big Bro" shirt announcement the next time we are all in a big group.
BFP: 1/26/20 | EDD: 9/20/20
We all laughed about it but I was so awkward! Hopefully other announcements go better.
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
BFP: 1/26/20 | EDD: 9/20/20
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
We have been keeping a big secret...
We are excited to announce we are expecting not one but TWO sweet baby girls to join our family, Fiona Grace and Violet Renee. 💕
**last name** T W I N S due in September!