I think it's hilarious that whenever I tell people I have news, they automatically assume I'm pregnant.
It always makes me think, "How would I tell people?"
By email? A cute photo? Show up randomly on Facebook with a big ol' belly?
Equally fun to think about is how I would tell all my awesome blogging friends.
Would I bust out an outfit post and see if anyone says,
"Hey Branflake.... uh... did you eat a lot last night?"
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I thought it might be fun today to talk about how you announced you were pregnant.
And for those who have never been pregnant, how would you tell people?
33 comments:
When I found out I was pregnant, since I lived away from my family, I just called and told them.
I see some pretty wacky stuff these days as far as announcing pregnancies go. And gender is a whole other issue.
I have to say though, I loved Krystal's approach. Oh hey! I'm having a baby in a couple of months, by the way!
nice posting.. thanks for sharing.
Im not gonna tell them:) its really mine body, mine life, and if iam gonna have finally belly, ok they will sure ask that stupid question: oooh youre pregnant? no i eat big elephant
Well, I am guilty of being a reader who immediately assumed your good news was baby related. *Sheepish grin*
I've never been pregnant so I am not sure exactly how I would announce. I've never thought about it! Sidney over at The Daybook did a super cute outfit post while using apples as props. It was tastefully done.
Yikes I don't even know. I think it would be such a joyful time in my life that I don't think I could contain my excitement so I'd probably broadcast it every way I could :) xoxo
Lisa- NO worries! It doesn't ever bother me, just makes me think of how I would tell people.
Hollie- It WAS the best! And I am so happy for her!
I think I would send a photo of an ultrasound to all my friends with the caption "Welcoming my little squirrel into your inboxes!"
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I've never really thought about it before... but I'm bad at keeping secrets so I'd probably just tell people lol.
I had a friend that totally did just change her profile pic to one of her with a big ol pregnant belly and a baby chair. People flipped! I totally flipped!
With my first pregnancy I was about 8 weeks along when I mentioned to my husband that we should probably tell his family soon since I was so sick and it was extremely hard to hide. And the fact that they kept probing and asking and I'm a horrible liar! My husband took that as announcing it at a family bbq we were having that night. (not what I meant honey dear-soon doesn't mean right now and without warning me first). My eyes were wide and I really wanted to punch him!
The second time, I was just about 12 weeks and we bought a book for my daughter titled, "I'm Going to Be a Big Sister". Took some pictures of her reading it and sent a cute announcement with a video of her saying the title of the book as an email to family and friends. :)
With my first, we happened to have all the family in town right after we found out, so we made sure they were all loudly talking in one room and then yelled out, "We're pregnant!" and it was the perfect moment of disbelief followed by, "Really?" followed by pure excitement.
With our second, we were at a family gathering and my father was talking about how we had one grandchild around the house and I said, no technically we have two.
With our third we had both sides of the family together for the 4th of July and sent our son around to start telling people there was a baby in mommy's tummy.
I'm terrible when it comes to breaking news to people. I would probably just blurt it out at a random time :)
Well, with my first, I didn't blog and I didn't use facebook yet. So, we just told everyone mostly by phone. We also told them very early b/c we had been trying for a long time and were very excited.
When I got pregnant with the twins, we told family and a few very close friends (I starting showing pretty early since I am sort of petite, it was hard to keep a secret). Then at 10 or 11 weeks after we had had several good ultrasounds, I said something funny on facebook, but wrote a "pretty" post on my blog.
I don't think there are any etiquette rules for it all. Some girls come up with creative ways to tell their husbands, but since we went through fertility, our tests were always done through the MD...so my husband was always there finding out at the same time as me.
I think it is really cute when people have creative announcements...I was just always too excited to wait. I always like it when people who already have a child take a picture of the child holding a sign or wearing a shirt saying "big brother or big sister."
When I read the title, I thought a Branflake Jr. was on the way! :)
Anyway, I don't know how I'd tell people; i've got a big family, so maybe i'd had everyone over for dinner.
When I do get pregnant I want to romantically tell my husband in an intimate setting and then further down the road I would love to tell my whole family in person at once
We only did something special for the grandparents. We bought them the Little Critter books "A Day With Grandma" and "A Day With Grandpa" and wrapped them up. They were so happy when they opened them. Everyone else we just told. I think I gave my sister an "I love my aunt" bib.
i know i know...picture ;) and reading the comments was fun! so it took me/us to get used to the idea since it was quite a surprise so thats why we didn't say things sooner. and then i'm weird and don't want to just be the pregnant lady, i think thats my not liking the attention on me thing...but then i figured i had to say something at some point since i'm showing now! btw, we need to be real life FB friends because there's something hidden in my pics for you ;)
what a beautiful picture!! I did nothing too special on announcements ;( called mom first and then the rest of the world. you will look so pretty with a big ol' belly ;))
I'm a 48 year old medical miracle!
Oh man... great topic.
I think I just called my mom, older sister, my then boyfriend's older sister and told them the news. I was so young then, that it was sooo scary. But they were happy for me.
By the third son, I think my family were just used to me being pregnant haha
I don't kno about me but a friend posted a photo on FB where her 1 year old daughter had a onside that said I'm going to be a big sister... Very clever!
I think I would pop a photo on Facebook once I got the belly! Of course I'd tell immediate family as soon as I got the news. I'm having some serious baby fever these days with all of my friends having babies... its tough to wait!
With so many darling ways to do it, I don't even know where to start! But it's awfully cute to think about...
I've never had anyone tell me in a creative way. One of my sisters was "outed" by my other sister because she wasn't drinking at a family dinner haha, and then my pregnant sister was appalled that this was such a giveaway. it was pretty funny.
Soooo random that you posted this today... I finally decided to announce my own news today : )
I decided to wait a while before sharing. I was nervous something would go wrong. But I finally just went out and said it. It had to come out at some point!
xo
The excerpt from your book is amazing!
and we did things the traditional way: just called family and friends and told them. No weekly bump-date posts, no big brother shirts on dog and definitely no sonogram pics on facebook. I subtly annouced it on my blog when I was pregs with Bennett, but onnly because I was showing and it would become obvious. Everyone is different though!
i feel like when that day comes ill want to tell everyone right away and ill have to remind myself to wait! i think i'd like to figure out a special way of doing it tho.. probably involving food! xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreams
I honestly have no idea. I don't think that I'm ever going to have kids of my own, so I don't actually feel that I'll ever find myself in this situation; but if I did, I would probably keep it low-key and just tell whoever. :/
P.S. Re: Eye shadow application. I use a cream eyeshadow (bronze colored), and literally just stick my finger in it and swipe it across my eyelids. I'm not sure if it's the proper way to apply it; but it always looks gorgey! :P
OMG Brandon and I have big news coming up and every single person close to us thought we were pregnant. so annoying! hahaha
I've thought about this before, and would love to do something different and creative, but haven't landed on an idea. No kids yet for me : )
I found out I was pregnant (took the pee stick test) two days after moving to Hawaii. My hubby was still back home packing the rest of our stuff to ship, so instead of calling him I used my cell phone to text him a picture of the plus sign on the pee stick. His text response: "Does that mean what I think it means?"
no kids yet, but I imagine I'd lean more towards the announce-by-baking type of thing. (a baby themed cake?) If I could hide it long enough, I'd probably tell people when we find out the gender. people don't usually wait that long, but I can't imagine being one of those people who tell everyone the same week I find out... I want a chance to keep it to myself (plus, miscarriages are so much more common that people realize and I would also hate to have to tell people AFTER I've already announced it). Just my thoughts on the topic. :)
THE HORROR. at my ripe age of 41, a pregnant me would be akin to a horror flick. something like rosemary's baby. not good.
to clarify, i am old and i am on a medication that would NOT be good for a baby. it would be terrible. sooooooooo, i will not be having a kid. ever.
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