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profmcgonagallprofmcgonagall member
in October 2020 Moms
I know we’re still early but the some of us are reaching the end of the first trimester and I was curious if anyone had announced yet and cared to share pictures? Or just share what you are planning for your announcement. 

I think we will wait until after my cerclage is in place and definitely working. I want to incorporate my daughter who passed away into our announcement but I’m not quite sure how to do that yet. 
Me: 27 DH: 27
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


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Re: Announcements

  • babyodobabyodo member
    We've only told our families and a few close friends. After our 10 week scan turned out great, we were tempted to announce, but decided to wait until after we get the results of the NIPT. I was supposed to have that done this week or next, but with everything that's going on at the hospital, I have to do a phone consultation with a genetics counselor first before they'll put me in for labs, so that's added an extra step and extra time, so it'll probably be another month or so before we're going to announce. I'll be around 15 weeks then.
    Me: 37 / DH: 41
    Due with baby #2: Feb 2022


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  • carrotsandpeas3carrotsandpeas3 member
    I've been very conflicted about this. I don't think we are going to do anything public or anything. We did send this photo to immediate family on St. Patrick's day. Planning on telling work and some other friends in another week or so (I'm supposed to have another appointment at 12+4, so figure I will wait until after that.) 
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  • anitamargarita_82anitamargarita_82 member
    I’ve been looking on Pinterest for Halloween themed announcements.  Last time we did a Seattle Seahawks theme with our dogs which was my husbands idea.  This time I want to do what I want.   Although I really don’t feel a need to put anything on social media.  There are 3 other women in the immediate family and we’re all due within a month or two of each other and they’re all young and pregnant with their first babies.  So I just kind of feel like at this point nobody will really care about mine.  
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  • ginevereginevere member
    I want to do an easter/spring themed announcement. I have a few baby chicks on order and I'm hoping to set up a little picture with the chicks and maybe some chicken eggs and a plush Jellycat bunny (my fav bunnies!!). I have an easter Egger chicken that lays light blue eggs and the Jellycat I bought before everything shut down is the same color. I was thinking of doing the typical letterboard with "Something's Hatching! Oct 2020" or something like that. I was planning on announcing to my extended family at our Easter gathering, so now I'm thinking of sending this in the mail or something so it feels a little more personal since I can't announce in person.

    I am struggling to figure out how to tell my 3 best friends. They are all at a very different stage of life than me where babies and even marriage aren't really on their minds so I've been unnecessarily nervous to announce to them. I was hoping to of course do it in person, but now I feel like I have to do something that will still make them feel special since we can't get together. Maybe sending them each some kind of auntie thing? 
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  • AB518AB518 member
    I thought that I was going to try to not tell very many people until I was about 15 weeks.  I originally was planning to limit the number of people that I told at work, but I kind of was forced to tell everyone due to Covid-19.  I've told my parents and siblings, but we haven't told DH's side of the family yet.  We'll probably tell them soon; we were waiting for the NIPT results to come back, and I received the results a couple of days ago.  I haven't decided how to tell my friends or the rest of the family.  My best friend is going through a difficult time, so I feel like there really isn't a good time to tell her about my pregnancy.  **TW** Her toddler has cancer, and there is a chance that he might not survive. **end TW**  I also don't want to take any attention away from one of my cousins who is expecting her first child this year; she had struggled with getting pregnant for a long time.  Right now, I feel like there isn't a good time or way to announce my pregnancy, but I'm still looking for cute ideas just in case I change my mind about announcing.
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  • kboydbowmankboydbowman member
    I figured people needed good, non-COVID news, so I made a silly Facebook post about beating the COVID baby boom with my ultrasound photos after my dating ultrasound.  Even with my age and previous miscarriages accounted for, it's less than a 3 percent chance of miscarriage at this point, so I figured why the hell not.  I called my mother first though to tell her.  She had been asking when I wanted her to visit this year (family is on the East Coast and I'm in Cali), so I told her how about a few weeks in late October, since that's when my baby's due.  Most people at my work have already assumed I'm pregnant (and I've been acknowledging it when asked) for weeks because I so visibly look pregnant.
    Current pregnancy -
    First BFP on 1/4/22.  Due date 9/13/22.

    Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.


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  • morethanamamamorethanamama member
    We just told my work and announced on Facebook. We have the NIPT results back and ultrasound and bloodwork looks good so we felt good about it, plus we also thought people wanted to see some good news. I took a picture of my toddler next to a letterboard that said: 12 weeks - here we go again! Baby #2 due Oct 2020. The post said that my toddler wanted to share that his sibling will join us in October :)

    For my first we did a little video game themed announcement saying "player #3" was about to join the game.
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  • MJDsquaredMJDsquared member
    I've been just texting the remaining family members, and sent a Marco Polo video to one of my brothers where I asked my DD what was in my belly. I don't think we'll do an official FB announcement. I think maybe I'll just nonchalantly post a family pic or Instagram story later on where I have an obvious bump and if people ask I'll confirm. 🤷
    Me: 29 || DH: 29
    TTC #1 4/2016 || dx NIR PCOS 7/2016 || BFP 4/2017
    DD - 12/28/17 <3

    TTC #2 3/2019
    BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
    BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
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  • baseballismyfavoriteseasonbaseballismyfavoriteseason member
    We have told family and several friends but nothing “official.” We decided after our first miscarriage that we were never going to keep it secret from anyone we would want support from in the case of another miscarriage—we wanted to be able to provide happy news for at least a little rather than “I was pregnant but I had a miscarriage.” We put our son in a “big brother” for the family we were on a trip with, and sent a photo to non-local family. 

    With this one, as we did with the last one, will probably do a social media announcement after our ultrasound next week. Haven’t decided what that will look like, but we don’t post pictures of our toddler on social media so that rules out a lot of what I’ve seen on Pinterest. 
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  • mamahoschmamahosch member
    We are planning on making an announcement the week of Easter with an Easter themed post since I’ll be 12 weeks - eggs in a basket and one that says Baby Hosch. But now that my 12 week appointment was cancelled due to COVID-19 and isn’t until 16 weeks I’m nervous to do it, because what if something happened to baby in there and I don’t even know it 😔. But I ordered a fetal Doppler so if it picks up the heartbeat we will still announce!
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  • angela444angela444 member
    We've only told the to-be grandparents so far, and that was a blast.  We both live across the country from our parents, and this will be the first grandbaby on both sides.  So we ordered some cute coffee mugs that said 'grandma and grandpa, est. 2020' and got them shipped to our parents' homes, without telling them. We made sure the packages had our names on them instead of theirs, so they'd ask before they opened them, so we could facetime them and see their reactions.  Those were fantastic moments, I loved it.

    With all the social distancing lately, I haven't been in the same room as my friends in a few weeks, and expect it will be a few weeks yet, maybe a couple months, before I see them in person again - I'm kinda hoping I've got a bit of a belly by then and can just surprise them that way.  But not sure how much longer I can sit on the secret......
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  • JLaVO888JLaVO888 member
    @courtneyjoy247 Cute!!

    Probably going to do an Easter announcement. Maybe DD and DS hold Easter baskets and US pic or baby shoes in a smaller basket. I love holiday announcements. We told our parents on Valentine’s Day and with our last pregnancy we did our gender reveal as our Halloween costume (DD gumball machine, DH quarter, my belly a blue gumball) 
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  • coldbrewcoldbrew member
    I wanted to announce after our ultrasound (today) but seeing that it’s April Fools Day we’ll wait til tomorrow. I just took a pic of our girls holding the ultrasound pic. 
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  • babycakesdaybabycakesday member
    We did a cute picture with DD holding our ultrasound picture. We sent it to our closest friends and our parents. As far as everyone else, I was going to announce on Mother’s Day, but I may just wait until our next appt which isn’t until the end of May. I love the idea of announcing on Easter. I think it’s such great news to share during this crazy times. 
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  • annarachannarach member
    Seen as how this is baby #4, and a total surprise, we have only told family and very close friends. This was our announcement: 

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    Anniversary

    BabyFruit Ticker

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    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    Anniversary

    BabyFruit Ticker

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  • baseballismyfavoriteseasonbaseballismyfavoriteseason member
    We also went with the Easter basket theme. Posted to Facebook and Instagram this afternoon. 

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  • shaunanwshaunanw Newbie
    I'm a FTM and sadly my announcement to my parents did not go as planned! I ordered a custom mug from Etsy that said "Promoted from Dog Grandparents to Human Grandparents," and planned to tell them not to open it until we FaceTimed once I got a shipment confirmation from the seller.

    Well, for the first time in my 15-years of ordering off the internet, a shipment confirmation was never sent. (Neither was a delivery confirmation.) Amazingly, the mug arrived in less than two business days after ordering it. (I swear, that would never have happened if my life depended on it!) I received a phone call from my parents saying "So, we got a mug..."

    That was 3 weeks ago, and ladies I am still heartbroken. My parents have never been grandparents, and I so longed for to witness that moment as others on here have done. 💔 Any words of empathy/encouragement would be just lovely.

    In other news, we announced to the rest of the world at 14 weeks on Easter and it went quite well. :)



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  • angela444angela444 member
    @shaunanw I went through basically the same thing with my parents, mugs and all haha.  It sucked not to see their faces when they got the news about their first grandbaby.  My mom phoned me in tears as soon as they opened it but it's definitely not the same.
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  • JLaVO888JLaVO888 member
    @shaunanw Seeing them hold their grand baby for the first, second, third, millionth time will make up for it. Our families live far away so we never saw their reactions when we announced either. 

    Omg types this like a week ago and never posted it! 🤦🏼‍♀️
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  • JLaVO888JLaVO888 member
    ^ haha three days ago! Leave it to covid to make three days feel like weeks. 
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  • JLaVO888JLaVO888 member
    @Cosmomom129 those baby wranglers! 😍
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  • Cosmomom129Cosmomom129 member
    @JLaVO888 I know! I just love them! ❤️



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  • psmk521psmk521 member
    I announced on social media after we hit 12 weeks, with this photo of our cats and a photoshopped book
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  • kboydbowmankboydbowman member
    @psmk521 that is hysterical!
    Current pregnancy -
    First BFP on 1/4/22.  Due date 9/13/22.

    Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.


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