With DD we told our families about 8 weeks, friends about 10 (email with three pumpkins one was a small one inside of a big one) and Facebook about 14 weeks. It was Thanksgiving so we said we were thankful for our baby on the way!
I wanted to phone the ILs and my mom today but my H said no. We are visiting them next weekend so we will tell them then. I am thinking of just putting DS in a "big brother" shirt and seeing when they notice.
With DS we put a gender neutral sleeper, hat and bib in a box and had them open it. We gave random reasons. For my mom it was because we "saw something that totally reminded us of her" and for MIL it was a housewarming thing because they just had their offer accepted. I really wish i filmed the reactions!
We announced last week to my H's parents. We are staying with them currently until August, and I didn't want anyone to suspect, since I keep on having to run away to barf. I wanted to give our news away, as opposed to them asking questions, ya dig?
So, we put DS in a "I am going to be a big brother" shirt and just let him loose one day. It was fabulous.
My side of the family does not get to know until I am in second tri. My mother told EVERYONE last time around (and I mean everyone). She is kind of an attention whore so I guess I should have known. But yeah, I don't want her to know until the world is ready to know.
I told my mom immediately because I drove to Utah and spent the weekend with my family there with her. I would have told her anyways because I tell her everything. My brother knows because he was out working with us when we found out.
I accidentally told my MIL because she went with me to the dentist and I couldn't come up with a reason to explain why they wouldn't do an X-ray to find out what was wrong with my tooth. Her comments so far have been that she 'hopes' to keep it quiet, that she doesn't want to be a grandma yet, and that I'm going to get fat. She says everything so nice like, so her comments come off as 'just joking'.
Oh, and for harvest she brings us food sometimes, and I was forced to turn down the fried spam sandwich with miracle whip (She knows I don't like mayo or MW) and velveta cheese. Oh wait, it had jelly on it too. I cannot make this up.
Anyways. I'll tell my dad after the first ultrasound at 8 weeks, we weren't going to tell anyone else, including MIL until the second trimester. No idea how we'll do it, I kinda want one of those shirts that says baby on board or something, then just post a picture of me and the bump on FB. We might do something cute for the gender reveal though, I have ideas for that.
We weren't planning to tell anyone until after 12 weeks but my parents and DH's parents are here as is DH's sister so we told them but made them swear not to tell anyone else. I didn't announce my last on FB and probably won't do it again this time. I'll tell the rest of my family and friends at 12 weeks.
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Post by summerrain on Jul 16, 2016 15:36:18 GMT -5
Quinstar the thought of that sandwhich is making my stomach churn.
I am terrible with cute announcements, but since this is *most likely* our last I want to do something more fun than just blurting it to family and friends after the first ultrasound. Following for fun ideas.
Post by bluedaisy0627 on Jul 16, 2016 15:44:47 GMT -5
We told my mom and step-father and our in-laws within the first week. With our loss history and difficulty getting pregnant, we are wanting to celebrate as much as possible. I also had to tell a lot of people at work, because my job can be dangerous. We aren't telling anyone else until after my dating ultrasound on Monday.
When we announce on Facebook, there will be a picture with Nathan's dinosaur (part of our comfort kit in the hospital), Sweet Pea's Red Sox blanket (I had wrapped it up to tell him we were expecting), and the Orioles blanket I got this time and dropped on his lap while he was sleeping. The caption will say something like, "Hoping the 3rd time's the lucky charm! Baby (last name) coming March 2017."
summerrain, kristhegirl, yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
summerrain, kristhegirl, yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
Lolol. A bitch can't get some water?? What a peach.
I told my mom last Saturday and told my Dad last Tuesday when he was over for dinner since my mom knew.
I also told 4 close girlfriends the week I found out because we had a wine and cheese night and I didn't think I could fake drinking wine all night.
Alot of people know. Lol. Its hard for me to hide my non-drinking and makes it more stressful for me to try to hide it.
For my parents I did the same thing- I gave them a framed picture of a baby monkey that had text on the top "little Jorgito coming soon". The nickname is a family joke that happened last year and everyone in my family started calling my future baby Little Jorgito.
ETA- I think we will tell the rest of the family 10-12 weeks and annouce it on Facebook closer to 20 weeks.
I mad the mistake of telling my mom and she told literally EVERYONE. Even my little niece and nephew. It sucks because of all the stuff that could go wrong with this pregnancy. The little ones are already asking when they can see the baby. 😵
We still haven't told DHs family. I'd like to wait till the 2nd trimester for that.
As for facebook I'm not to sure. I don't want a lot of "told you so" comments because DH and I were OAD... Maybe I'll just surprise everyone with a baby pic in March. 😂
summerrain, kristhegirl, yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
summerrain, kristhegirl, yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
Wow- a grotesque sandwhich and nothing to wash it down with? She sounds nice.
I told two of my closest friends right away but they knew we were trying and I had to tell someone!
I wasn't going to tell my mom but when I had some spotting awhile and didn't handle it well and needed my mama to talk me off the crazy ledge. I think we're going to wait to tell the rest of my family till after our first ultrasound. My inlaws probably not till the second tri. They can be insensitive assholes so if something were to happen I'd rather not deal with them.
We got a "big sister" shirt for E and I'll probably just use that to tell.
Facebook will probably be after a/s though so like 18-20 weeks or something.
I'm most excited to tell my brother. He loves being a uncle and had hounded H and I about kids for years. His bday is in August so I'm going to think up something special for him.
summerrain, kristhegirl, yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
Wow. She sounds...fun. I hope she can calm down with her pregnancy advice. At least offer some water?!?
summerrain, kristhegirl, yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
Lolol. A bitch can't get some water?? What a peach.
The only person I've told is a girl I work with. We've shared infertility support for a few years, and both had babies last year. She told me last week she was pregnant again, and so i couldn't help telling her!
DDs 1st birthday is in 2 weeks. We will have our first ultrasound a few days before that. So I think after the cake smash, I'll change her into a big sister shirt. It will be family and close friends that I'd want support if something were to happen.
Like others, I probably won't announce on FB until much later.
As long as everything goes well, we don't plan on telling family/friends until 2nd tri. (My co-workers in the OR already know bc I can't be in certain cases.)
I have an idea to put the kids in Xavier shirts and say something about how they're expecting the third musketeer. Also, since we LOVE college basketball, we'll say something about this march being madness!
summerrain , kristhegirl , yeah, it was pretty much everything I hate, rolled into one nasty ass sandwich. And she brought DH a soda, and some tea but didn't bring anything for me because "you're not supposed to have caffeine when you're pregnant".
Lolol. A bitch can't get some water?? What a peach.
Oh, I had my (warm) water jug, but after drinking water all day you kinda look forward to something a little different at lunch. I told her that I wasn't going to be too hard on myself for drinking maybe one soda a day during the week of harvest, earlier in the week... And yet...
I shouldn't be complaining, to be honest I don't think she plans or thinks about these things... She just does them. I'm sure she honestly was just trying to be nice. She just forgets that I don't like spam, miracle whip, velveeta cheese or... jam on any of that. Either that, or she's punishing me for getting pregnant after she pretty much told us not to. Could be a little of both...
Announcing on facebook probably won't happen until I'm like 20+ weeks for me.
We are thinking of just posting a pic after s/he is born.
That's seriously what i did with Dylan. My close friends and family all knew but didn't post anything about being pregnant until the day I gave birth. I don't post much on Facebook though so there's that.
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We are thinking of just posting a pic after s/he is born.
That's seriously what i did with Dylan. My close friends and family all knew but didn't post anything about being pregnant until the day I gave birth. I don't post much on Facebook though so there's that.
Yeah I dont post much either. About the only thing I posted with Chad was a picture announcement at 17ish weeks and maybe 2 more random posts. I keep getting notifications from facebook to change my profile and timeline photo because it has been 3 years lol.
Wow. I am so sorry you have to deal with that shit.
This is exactly what I was going to post! What the hell?!
It's been a long road of becoming callous to the shit falls out of her mouth, but it barely bothers me anymore. Lets see, her reasons were that she waited for five years after marriage to have kids, she's too young to be a grandma, and oh, we're too poor. She assumes.
Also, at a big family dinner she told me it wouldn't be the end of the world if we were infertile, because DH never really wanted kids. At the dinner table, once she found out we were trying, and had been for a while. She's also stated she doesn't want to babysit, ever. But then she's buying these horrific, ugly outfits saying 'when I have a grandchild'. She's on many medications. Sometimes.
Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack such a fun thread with my BSC MIL stories. I've got a million of them.
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