Has anyone thought about...

[SunUp]

How you would tell the OH or Family/Friends after you get your BFP? Not when you would tell them, but any cool ideas?

 

[Darlin65]

I have thought about making a postcard to send out and on it have a picture of my belly with a hello my name is sticker on it and I want to write baby on it. DF said we should get a picture done together of us wearing them too but ours will say mommy and daddy and see who catches on to what the tags say lol I am super super excited for this! Or I just want to show up in one of those shirts that has a loading bar on it and see who catches on

 

[TheNewMrs]

I think we'll wait till the 3 months are over and were feeling safer,
I haven't thought too much about it, maybe buying our Mums a cup that says "Nana" And wrapping it up with a card that says CONGRATULATIONS.. And "Grandad" for our Dad's.

I think that would be really cute.

 

[welshgirl21]

I love the mug idea, that's so cute. My parent's collect fridge magnets so I'd like to get a magnet that says 'world best grandparents' and wrap it up for them. OH's parent's I don't know as I'm unsure how they will react (long story but related to OH being married before and me feeling his family are just waiting for me to do something to affect our relationship).

Telling OH I'd buy a baby gro saying 'Worlds Best Dad' from Mothercare and put it in a gift bag for him.

 

[TheNewMrs]

Welshgirl, HOW COULD YOU CONTAIN THE EXCITEMENT FOR THAT LONG???

I dont think I could hold it in that long, to go to town and buy it and wrap it without bursting with JOY!!! Although the idea is so beautiful!

 

[joeybrooks]

I would have to tell my mum, dad and sister almost immediately, after it had sunk in with me and OH first. If it coincided with a birthday or with christmas, I would send a card and sign it from me, oh and soon to be grandchild/neice/nephew.

However, if not, I think I would maybe by a book about being a grandparent/aunt and wrap it up. Get them all in a room together and hand out the gifts, and watch their reaction as they opened them.

Mum and dad are itching to be grandparents and my sister isnt personally ready for children yet, but she would just adore being an auntie, so it is going to be an extremely exciting time!

 

[inpghttc]

I love these ideas! i was wondering how I would tell my parents and sister as well! I want it to be a really fun experience!! Let me know if any of you guys think of anything else and I will do the same!

 

[JennaLynn]

I have thought about buying OH a giftbag and putting a bib w "best dad" or whatever and some baby food jars and maybe some little booties (green or yellow of course) but for his family I haven't decided! I really like the "worlds best grandparents" idea on a shirt or mug!! So exciting to think about!!

 

[Mazzy17]

Im going to head down to the local football shop and get a Everton baby outfit and a gift bag then get a card with a poem basically saying i love you Daddy see you in 9 months

 

[jeoestreich]

I would tell my hubby right away. We would also tell our parents. I will probably get them a card or something. Then we would tell everyone else at 8 or 12 weeks. Haven't decided yet.

 

[unapologetik]

Aww! I love the mug idea!!

My OH takes the pee sticks as soon as I pee on them and hovers on them and will not let me see them.. so in essence, she'll likely know before I will if we're pregnant! Ha!!

I also like the idea of waiting at least 12 weeks, since I've had a prior m/c at around 12 weeks, so at least I'd know I was past my own personal "danger zone."

Still, practically everyone I know, knows I'm TTC.. my OH's whole family, most of mine, and all of our friends. They get frequent updates, like, "today is cd11" or "in 5 days we'll know for sure" .. so I think 12 weeks for the "general" populus of my friends/family, but everyone in my daily life will know the same day we do.

I'm not telling my older sister and my aunt, because they wouldn't approve. My older sister thinks we're not ready, and my aunt thinks we should wait until we've been together longer or have graduated college. It's their opinion, but I disagree. So I think about how I'm going to go about telling them. I can't claim it was an "accident" or anything convenient like that, since I'm a lesbian using donor sperm.. I would have to come clean about us TTC, in spite of their protests.

I think I would take them out to eat (separately) and tell them over lunch or dinner, and let them know we're excited, happy, and this is what we want. I feel like everyone has an opinion on when it's the "right time" to have a baby, but tend to be excited anyway when their family falls pregnant.

Still, would it be better to tell them early - so they don't think we were hiding it from them? Or wait, 'til we know the baby stuck for sure? (so past 12 weeks)

Any suggestions?

 

[prepping]

I dream up all sorts of corny ideas about how to tell. The most likely thing to happen is that I show DH the stick and not have any idea what to say beyond that. LoL
But... here's some ideas (corny or not, they make me smile at the thought)

DH: He's a MAJOR hockey fan. Give him a set of booties of his favourite hockey team with a card saying that it's to get a headstart for when he/she is ready to go pro. (he dreams of having a son in the NHL)

DH or Mum: fill their car with pink and blue balloons. Wait to see their reaction.

Mum: have a bunch of helium balloons in living area with strings. Our puppy LOVES balloons so will have a field day showing them all to my mum... wait until mum comes into room in process of saying "now where did you get those?!" and see one with a "CONGRATS GRANDMA" sign (she loves printing out homemade signs for everyone's bdays, anniversaries, etc).

MIL/FIL/SIL & nieces (one household): Give them a Make-a-bear (there's a store here where you can put together a stuffed bear). When we go to our first appointment where we can hear the heartbeat, we'll record it for the bear. Our nieces are twin 9 yr olds and an 8 yr old so they would love it.

Dad: Send him an e-mail with the ultrasound pic and heartbeat audio. Tell him he has to call me before he opens it. (he lives across the country -- e-mail's easiest ) Maybe I'll make a slideshow of some pics of us and the animals so that the ultrasound is a surprise at the end.

timeline: DH and mum would know immediately. DH's family can find out at 3 months (but his mum has an uncanny ability of dreaming who is pregnant before she's even told). Dad will find out at 3 months or after I get the ultrasound pic.

 

[MintChocChip]

I am so excited about this! Think I'd tell my mum and sis early on but wait til the 12wk scan before telling everyone else. Can't wait to plan an exciting way to tell everyone

 

[citymouse]

Well, if it's this cycle, they'll know for sure because we have a family party and normally I'd be drinking a bit.

For DH's parents, they have a long-running joke about naming a baby after a type of cheese. So I think it would be funny to hand them a hunk of cheese.

If it's not this cycle for us I would rather wait til 8 weeks or so.