Announcement Thread

runningyogimama · July 2022

I don’t see that we have one of these threads yet - share how you’ve told or plan to tell your partner, kids, families, friends, etc, about your pregnancy!

tessiesmom26 · July 2022

I told DH by leaving the positive CBD on his nightstand next to his phone. Because of our history, I knew that no matter how I told him, he wouldn't "believe" it until the first US.

We haven't told DS yet, but he's only 3.5 so I'm not sure he'll even understand.

As for everyone else, I have a plan but not sure how/when I'll do it. Since this will be a rainbow baby, I bought little felt hearts that are rainbow colored. We also always wear Vans as a family, so I was thinking of taking a picture of our feet in our Vans, and I took down an old pair of DS' Vans from when he was little, so I want to incorporate that as well.

LaceyBee522 · July 2022

@tessiesmom26, I love that idea with the rainbow hearts and the Vans.

We haven't announced yet, but I did finally tell my Mom and Dad last week after our initial scan. They spend so much time with our family, it was going to be too hard to keep it a secret.

I'll turn 41 right after I enter the second trimester, so I was thinking of having a little get-together with other family and friends and just put the twins in "big brother est. February 2023" t-shirts and see who notices. Not sure how we'll tell my in-laws because they're still in NYC. In an ideal situation, we'd fly out for a short trip and get to tell them in a similar manner. But, not sure how COVID will be then, so that planning is on hold.

runningyogimama · July 2022

I just texted DH a pic of the test since I was about 4 days into Covid and was also spotting.

We haven’t told the kids yet - I’m thinking we will print an u/s pic and wrap it up with a onesie or something? My older two are 9 and 8 so will definitely get it - my youngest is 3.5, and my older two were 3 and 4 when we announced to them about him, and they didn’t “get” it really, lol, and were pretty indifferent at that age.

I am so honestly thinking about just texting all of our parents an u/s pic. We’ve announced every other pregnancy in person, but we lived closer, and I just really don’t want a huge deal made (I’m an introvert and pretty private), but also starting to show being #4, so feel we need to announce to parents/siblings rather than wait until after my 12 week u/s. I’m stressing about it because I don’t want to hurt anyone‘s feelings, but also don’t want any negative comments.

….anyone else ever just announce via text before? 😬

angbaby83 · July 2022

@runningyogimama we announced to my husbands sisters by text with our first. My sister in law promptly posted our ultra sound photo on her Instagram. That aside it was the easiest way to reach them all at the same time. I don’t think a text is a bad way to go.

@tessiesmom26 we are a Vans family too!

love that idea.

LaceyBee522 · July 2022

@angbaby83 omg, what did you say to your SIL?? I would have been pretty pissed.

angbaby83 · July 2022

@LaceyBee522 my in laws are weird. I was super pissed but everyone was just like whatever about it. The next time we announced we made it explicitly clear it wasnt to be shared with anyone. And we didn’t share any photos. His family thought I was making a big deal about nothing.

As for me we’ve told most of our families. And I’ll tell my friends after this first appointment. I’m not great at keeping secrets. And also I feel like trash most of the days and that is hard to hide from people. My kids are too young to really understand but we will probably tell my daughter after 12 weeks.

paigemm23 · July 2022

So far only my best friend and husband know. I woke up my husband when I saw the faintest line on my test but he didn’t think it was real. So everyday it got darker I would show him and he finally started to believe it. My friend lives in another state so I texted her with a picture of my test💕 I bought an ultrasound frame for my mom (this will be the first grand baby on my side) to give her when I see her in a few weeks. I also have sisters that I’ll tell after my mom probably over FaceTime since they’re in other states as well.

This will be the 5th grand baby on my husbands side. We want to tell everyone all at once while on a family vacation in august. Not sure exactly how we’re going to do it though. Anyone have any ideas on how to tell a dozen people at once? 😅

Paturkey · July 2022

@paigemd23 You could get everyone together for a group photo and when everyone says "cheese" say "I'm pregnant!" or say, "Now everyone say 'PaigeMD23 is pregnant!'" Otherwise you could just say it as a toast or something.

kelsdoogs · July 2022

We gave the conversation hearts to our parents over dinner

seeds_of_joy · July 2022

I'm thinking I might take 6 separate photos. The first would be my oldest with a "biggest brother" sign ...my daughter with "big sister", my now middle child with "middle child" and then the next would also hold up a "middle child" sign and the 4 year old would have something like "not the baby". And of course I would have to have something to symbolize the new baby...

ladykaty91 · July 2022

So, I told my work yesterday (because I’m terrible at keeping good news to myself) and I just have to share, lol. I’m the HR Manager at a small company (about 50 people, most of whom I’ve hired in the last 8 months). There was no HR dept before I started here last summer so we’re still working on adding policies, etc. I walked into the CEOs office yesterday and pulled in the COO and said as seriously as I could, “Ok, we have an HR issue… How do we handle maternity leave?” And now I get to write my own maternity leave policy 🤣 They we’re thrilled and we joked about having a bassinet by my desk and having an office baby, lol. I’m feeling very blessed 🥲

paigemm23 · July 2022

Hi ladies! Can I get your input on my current plan to tell my mom? So I’ll be visiting my mom in a couple weeks and this will be her first grand baby. With living in different states I’d like to do something special with her! I’ll be 9 weeks by that time and I’ve had two scans already where we were able to see the heartbeat the second time around to confirm viability. I won’t have another scan until august. I was thinking of doing one of those short private scans and surprising my mom by bringing her. I’d tell her right before the appointment. But then of course my fear of having a missed miscarriage kicks in and what if the baby hasn’t grown? And there’s no heartbeat? That would be devastating for both of us. Is this fear just something I should put out of my mind? Or should I be cautious and just tell my mom without bringing her to the ultrasound?

lolly-pop · July 2022

@paigemd23, my thought process on telling/bringing my family to appointments even when there could be bad news: if they are a person I would turn to if the worse happened, I want to share my joy with them too. I have never been one to wait to tell my closest family members, my parents and sisters have always learned about my pregnancies the same week I do. When I lost my second, my (at the time) husband was deployed to the Middle East, so having my family and a few close friends there to support me was essential.

We have already told my family and a few close friends here (it's a bit hard to hide my constant vomiting from people we see for a fews hours at a time, several times a week). DH has a bit of a strange relationship with his family, so I am following his lead and we are waiting to tell them until we are able to see them in person in August. We have also waited to tell DS because he is at his dad's for the summer, and we didn't think it would be fair to him make him process a MC solo, should the worst happen. I pick him up Aug 12th and should be 14wks. After we have told DS, this is how we plan on announcing to the rest of the world...we are uber nerds! 🤓

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/w4/ujm68hd7zm9j.jpg

(it's a DnD 5e character sheet, just in case you are not a nerd)

runningyogimama · July 2022

I’ll Be 11w tomorrow, and we finally told our other kids (9, 8, and 3.5) last night! 3 year old had A LOT of questions (and got super clingy after), but they are all super excited! My oldest immediately grabbed a blue paper and pink paper and started making a list of baby names.

We should be seeing my mom, the ILs, and my dad and step mom all within the next week, and my plan is to just hand them a picture of the ultrasound when we see them. Still kind of nervous, since this will probably be the biggest shock/most unexpected!

ttc3y · July 2022

@runningyogimama Your children’s reactions are so sweet! My heart melted when I read your post.

Because we did IVF, my parents have been aware about our journey and I have been updating them through each milestone (day of transfer, hcg testing, ultrasounds, etc…). A few weeks ago, I texted them a video of our little one’s heart beating at the 6 week mark. My dad (being a retired engineer and physics enthusiast) asked me if I had sent him a picture of a black hole. I told him “No Dad. That’s a picture of my uterus and your future grand baby.” 😂 Honestly, when we FaceTime , you can see the elation on their faces. They are excited. This will be their first grandchild.

codex · July 2022

Does anyone have a fun way to tell family members over FaceTime?

Both our families are on the other side of the country so we can’t tell them in person but I’d love to find a way to do a cute Facetime announcement rather than just saying oh hey we’re pregnant.

seeds_of_joy · July 2022

This is just a quick thing I made to tell our parents and siblings. This photo was taken a day after the youngest broke the TV with a plastic bowl. He had just asked if he could watch TV and I reminded him why tv watching would not be happening. He isn't actually this depressed about the baby. Apparently he already told my mom.

seeds_of_joy · July 2022

And our fur baby...

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LaceyBee522 · July 2022

@codex could you send them a package in the mail with like a onesie and a copy of the ultrasound (or anything fun you want to send). But tell them not to open it until you’re on your schedules FaceTime?

codex · July 2022

@laceybee522 I thought about doing that but I think they would figure it out the moment we told them there is something coming in the mail but don’t open it. Although maybe we could get some family members in on it like our sisters and have them help out

tessiesmom26 · July 2022

@runningyogimama Love your kids reactions!

We told DS this weekend and he has been staring at my belly and asking a lot of questions. He keeps lifting my clothes to look at my belly hoping to see baby lol. He even attempted to look in my belly button hahaha. He has said he thinks baby is a girl, so it will be interesting to see if he is right! We should know this week when out NIPT comes back.

runningyogimama · July 2022

Has anyone had to announce to a sibling after a recent miscarriage for them? Or experienced the opposite? After telling my mom our news yesterday, she told me my brother’s gf had a mc a couple of months ago. I was just going to text him to let them process it on their own and before we see them next? Is that the best way to handle it?

tessiesmom26 · July 2022

@runningyogimama As someone who has had 2 MC, I would want a text to process on my own time and to know before seeing that person so that I could process my feelings appropriately. I hope that makes sense.

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