Telling Others You’re Pregnant
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Sharing the news that you’re expecting a new baby can be an exciting time. When I was pregnant with my first child, we gave my father-in-law a picture frame carved sayings about grandparents. We wrapped it up and gave it to him for his birthday. He was so happy!
When FishBaby FishChick2 was in utero, I staged the above photo. FishChick3 was a toddler and the known “baby of the family.” It took some people awhile to make the connection that “the baby” really wouldn’t be wearing a “Big Sister” tshirt. I’ve enjoyed being a little clever when I spread the news of an impending arrival.
Yes, yes, I have.
There are a multitude of ways to share your good news with others. And I bet you know of quite a few!
I need ideas on how to surprise my BLIND father with baby #2!!! With Baby #1 my hubby and I recorded the little guy’s heartbeat using a home Doppler and I had my dad listen to it by saying it was a song i wanted him to hear 😂! We also waited until we were 12 weeks to tell them, but this time my husband wants to tell them this Monday or Tuesday when we’re 8 weeks! Thank you for any suggestions!!!
Maybe get a recording of a baby crying? I love that you recorded the Doppler!
For our son we bought digital picture frames for each of the grandparents. They had pictures of us from our wedding and then in the middle of them we made a picture that had baby feet and “Coming around July”. For the Great Grandmas we got them a picture frame with a picture of us and Great Grandma saying in the middle and then the same picture that was in the digital frames on the other side. It was fun. We were there when my parents opened the frame and watched as the last picture came on and it took a moment for my mom and she was very excited. 🙂
With our first three children, we just came out and told everyone the exciting news. With our 4th baby, it just so happened to be April Fool’s Day when I told my mom and sister. I handed them the positive pregnancy test, and said, “This is NOT a joke! We’re having another baby!”. I loved how excited they all were…it was a precious moment I’ll never forget!:-)
We had been ttc for a 2 yrs and ended up doing IVF. It worked the 1st cycle – with twins and I am currently 7 wks prego! There are NO surprises during IVF as my hubby was with my thru all my appts. I wanted ONE surprise for him so I told him our blood pregnancy test with the doc was rescheduled the day after from the date he thought. After I got the + result I ran over to the Five Below store and picked up a kiddie size soccer ball. My hubby LOVES soccer!! I left it in our back yard. We are getting a new patio/fire pit put in so when he came home I said “Let’s walk out & see the progress the contractcors made today”. We are looking at the patio outside and I asked “why is there a soccer ball out here?” and he says “They were probably playing it over their break”. I said back, “But it looks like kid size ball hun! Go pick it up”. He said “I’m not messing with their stuff!”. He TOTALLY wasn’t getting it. So I go over & pick up the ball with my back facing him & say “hun, there is a note on the ball!!” and he asks, “A NOTE!!? What?!”…so I turn around holding the soccer ball in front of me and the note I stuck to the soccer ball read “Will you play with me in 8 months Daddy” and I had a second note below it that read “ME 2!”…he was STILL perplexed! I had to finally say, “We’re pregnant…and with TWINS!”. He thought it was a joke for a few seconds and was saying “Wait….the blood test is tomorrow!!” I said, “I got you!! Surprise!” He cried and cried and couldn’t believe I pulled one over on him without him knowing. 🙂
That’s sweet. Congratulations!
My husband and I want to get pregnant this year. He will also turn 30 in December, so it’s going to be a big year for us! I want to do something very memorable to spill the beans. I’m thinking about taking him to the top of the skyscraper in Atlanta where he proposed and telling him there. The staff there is very willing to accomodate special requests and would be willing to take pictures, set up balloons, etc. Afterwards, we could eat at the same restaurant he took me on the night of our engagement. I am the oldest child in the family, so this will be my mother’s first grandchild. Her father (my Papa) recently passed away. Im thinking about getting some balloons and telling her that we are going to send them to Papa to tell him congrats on his first great grandchild. If I don’t do that, I might leave a letter from Santa on the mantle (we’re hoping to be pregant by Christmas) addressed to my mom, which will announce my pregnancy. We shall see!
For our second child, we got our first one a shirt that said:”Hey Everyone, guess what? I am going to be a big brother!” We gave it to him after we had spent the weekend at a work thing of my husband’s- our son spent the weekend with my ILs. My MIL read the shirt out loud and then paused and then said, “Is this some kind of joke?” Our sons are almost 8 years apart, apparently, she had given up on our ever having another kid!! So DS had to say, no, my mom’s having a baby!
Goodness I’ve had so much fun reading everyone’s stories! Now its time to share ours…
Baby #1 we wait til 12 weeks to tell people. So for my parents we delivered them a gift bag that was filled with diapers! My mom was so excited she screamed, jumped, & then cried. This was grandchild #11 for them! My inlaws lived out of state so we sent them an invitation that said u r officially invited to ur 2nd grandchilds birth in January! My husband was on the phone with his mom when she opened it! She cried too!
Baby#2 we made it to 10 weeks before we told people (I show really early, it wad getting hard to hide the belly!) We showed up at my inlaws one day with our daughter wearing a “big sister” shirt. It took them awhile to notice het shirt but when they did it wad hilarious! We did the same thing for my parents. I asked my mom, “did u see Ryanne’s shirt?” And she said ya it says big sister & then thought for a minute & let out a big scream!
We r prego with #3 right now. We’ve decided that I’m going to wear a shirt that says “eating for two” when my parents come for Thanksgiving. And for my inlaws my husband wants to invite them over for dinner & at the end of the dinner prayer he will say something about being thankful for the new baby! Our friends did it that way for their first & thought it was hilarious! For the rest of our can & friends we will just conveniently say something about it in our Christmas letter!
Super fun post! We are expecting #2 and I wish I would have found this sooner!
For #1, I put a t-shirt on our DOG that said, “I’m gonna be a big sister.” Hey, she’s pretty much one of us:)
For #2, we told fam but then i wrote a poem and posted it on my blog.
“It’s not trick, just a treat.
By next spring our family will have grown by two feet.
What’s it going to be? Go ahead and give it a whirl.
The doc has confirmed it, we’re having a baby girl!”
Our first was a HUGE surprise and we knew our families had no idea. I made a shirt for my little brother that said “I’m Going To Be An Uncle” I was so sad I was going to be so far away and couldn’t see their reactions, so I had my sister open her “birthday” package with me on the phone. As soon as she saw the shirt she started screaming! I then had her put the shirt on my little brother and video tape as my parents saw him in the shirt! Their reaction was PRICELESS!
Thanks for the ideas! We just found out we are expecting #2 in June. 🙂