How did you tell everyone you were Pregnant?

[piglet too]

I really don't remember what I did for DS#!, as we were not yet married, and I knew it was going to cause problems, at least at first.

With our DS#2, I told my husband to go into our bathroom (we were still living with my parents at the time) and he saw the HPT. We told my folks by saying that we were really looking for our own place as we needed to be out by April. (my parents had said we could stay there as long as we needed so long we did not have a second child) We told the in-laws with a "expecting to be a big brother" t-shirt when they came to pick up DS for a weekend trip. I had to point it out to them as they had been there a 1/2 hour, were getting ready to leave, and sill had not noticed!!

With DD, I called my husband at work, then went next door to my friends house and asked her "a positive is a positive no matter how light, right?" (There were three of us in our 6-unit building who were pregnant at the same time! One of the other units was two guys and another had a older lady, we joked that the other lady who is my age had better not drink the water!!) We told our parents at Thanksgiving the next month by giving them cards with the news in it.

 

[luv2nascar]

with dd#2 my mom actually had to tell me I was pregnant
Dd #1 got the flu and passed it on to me
we were really sick for 3-4 days
dd got better after a week
it was two week before Thanksgiving
by Thanksgiving I was still not feeling better
I was so weak, tired, nausea, vomiting, etc
My mom said to me this is going on to long. You're not sick you're pregnant.
A little light bulb went on in my head
Hey I think I am late??? Duh
I waited three more days until we got home to buy a test
couldn't decide what the results were asked DH and he didn't know
9pm at night back to cvs for 2 more tests in different color
took one that night still couldn't believe it
took another test in the morning before deciding yes I was pregnant
What the heck was I thinking

 

[Lewski709]

I didn't have to tell anyone but DH, he did all the telling for me. Anyhow, I gave him the stick for #2....just left it in the bathroom. For #1, I gave him a father's day card with the Dr's note of confirmation pasted inside.

 

[always quiet]

With our first 2, we made the announcement rather quickly. After we lost our 3rd (stillborn), I discovered I was pregnant a few months later. I knew many people in my family had told me flat out that they thought I shouldn't have another child, so I really didn't want anyone to know. I didn't even tell my parents! At the time, my mother was sick with Altzheimers and I would go to their house daily, lugging a 3 yr old and an 18 mon. old, to take care of my mom. No one seemed to notice (lots of oversized t-shirt and leggings!). Gradually, my dad started to make comments about my weight. Still, I kept quiet. Finally, I couldn't take anymore. He had gone out shopping and came back with a gift for me....a work-out calendar complete with diet tips! I broke down and just about yelled "Dad! I'm not fat, I'm pregnant!!" The look on his face priceless.

 

[laurie31]

With dd #1, we found out on Dec 20th. I was so excited I called my parents right away. I also went to Babies R Us, and bought Christmas presents for the baby and a button (the kind that pins on) for me that said, "I'm due in August" and one for my Mom that said, "Grandmother-to-be." She wore it to our family Christmas dinner and waited for someone to notice. When someone did, then we announced it to everyone. I sort of stole my little brother's thunder as he was anouncing his engagement that day -oops!

I wore my button to work and waited for people to notice - it was fun. However, most people found out on Christmas Eve, which fell on Sunday that year, when our pastor ANNOUNCED IT FROM THE PULPIT!!

My DH does the sound for our services from a booth in the balcony, and our pastor, in front of a capacity Christmas crowd, gets up and says, "Ol' Brad up there in the loft can do something besides run the sound! He and Laurie are going to have a baby!" I about DIED!! And btw, since we'd been visiting my parents before Christmas, we hadn't had a chance to tell his yet - this is how they found out!!

With dd#2, we were still very excited but I waited to tell my parents in person. When they came to visit, I asked them if they were free in October. When they asked why, I replied that I hoped they would come and help me with the new baby! We also made sure to tell Brad's parents in person. (we didn't want to chance a repeat of the dd #1 announcement!) We always go on vacation with them after Christmas and I always have trouble getting off work. So I told them I wouldn't have any trouble getting off work for our trip this year. They of course asked how I managed that and I told them I would be on maternity leave. It was fun to watch their faces as it dawned on them

As for telling DH, he was there with me staring at that line, wating for it to turn pink, so we found out together, but I think it would have been fun to surprise him, too.

Laurie