How did you share your pregnancy news?

by Bethany Sanders (Subscribe to Bethany Sanders's posts) Apr 19th 2008 11:00AM

Categories: Pregnancy & Birth, Relatives, Playground Bureau

"I'm pregnant."

There are few other phrases in the English language that create such a whirlwind of feelings -- joy, fear, elation, excitement, anxiety, worry. Sharing those words with loved ones, especially your partner, is a moment you'll remember the rest of your life.

My first pregnancy was hard won, so that was news that was especially fun to share. I remember my mom staring at me hard; I think she was trying to figure out if she'd really heard what she thought she'd heard. It's so much fun to have a thrilling secret and then to share it with the people you love.

If you're the creative type, Babies Online has 10 fun ways to share your pregnancy news with your loved ones. You could stick a sonogram in a stack of photos before you share them, wrap up a photo frame with a note inside that has your due date on it, or give your parents a book especially for grandparents.

Did you do something creative when you shared your pregnancy news?

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Wendy Mac 4-19-2008 @ 12:10PM

Since my family lives far away, we decided to bring my daughter into the fold.

First, we gave my daughter a teddy bear with a shirt that said "Best Big Sister". Then we took a picture of her holding the bear, and we sent that picture to our family.

My daughter was surprised by the bear, and the family took longer than you'd think to figure it out! (But they eventually did...)

LS 4-19-2008 @ 12:11PM

Didn't say a word. Just showed up at my parent's house for a family get together (we had them weekly, so it wasn't a big deal), and surreptitiously stuck the sonogram on the fridge amongst the plethora of family photos that were up there. It took people a while to catch on - most of us don't even look at that fridge anymore, because we're so used to pictures being up there.

The jig was up when my brother casually walked into the livingroom and said, loudly... "It's about time" and just sat down. That got everyone wondering, and pretty soon, my mom noticed the picture and started shrieking. It was hilarious.

darah7 4-19-2008 @ 12:16PM

My dad is blind, so we had the local university's disability services dept. print out a little 'congrats, grandpa! can't wait to meet you in November!' message in Braille. We framed it (with no glass) and wrapped it up as a gift. It was a great moment and one that I'll always treasure. It was really important to me that he be the first to know on that side of the family and this way he was.

angelafay 4-19-2008 @ 12:47PM

With our second pregnancy I gave our first daughter a ribbon that said "I'm a big sister!" to give to her dad. I was surprised to see how long it took for him to catch on.

Eva 4-19-2008 @ 1:27PM

I tried, but my husband didn't get it so I just had to tell him.

Michelle 4-19-2008 @ 1:58PM

We gave the grandparents-to-be picture frames with ultrasound pics (not ours) printed from the internet of a fetus at our gestation, wrapped it up and gave it to them.

For the second, we put our 15 mos old daughter in a tee that said "I'm the Big Sister". My Mom was a little slow, she said "The Bis Sister of what?" I think she thought we had gotten a dog.

I was too sick during both pregnancies to withhold the news for very long, at least from those closest.

My poor husband just got the news blurtesd to him. With the first, I took about 4 tests 2 days before Valentines Day, and tried to wait, but I called him and woke him up to tell him. With the second, we both were sick, and I just showed him the test and said, I know why I'm sick, now what's your problem?

RobMonroe 4-19-2008 @ 8:12PM

We have family both close and far away. I posted on our blog how we told each:

Family that lives close: http://abby.mdmonroes.com/2006/12/finally-our-post-of-poem.html

Far away family:
http://abby.mdmonroes.com/2006/11/telling-our-secret-episode-2.html

Telling my Mother-In-Law (also far away, but fun in itself)
http://abby.mdmonroes.com/2006/11/telling-nana_11.html

That's a lot to say that it sure was fun for us to share!

Rizza 5-16-2008 @ 2:57AM

i think when a woman got pregnant is the happiest thing that happen to her especially to her husband and her family. You should tell to your family the good news that you are pregnant.

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