How are you going to tell people whe you do finally get that BFP?

[midget em]

Hi Ladies,
I've been on a mega positive thinking drive this month.
Trying to imaging myself with a big fat baby belly and snuggling on the sofa when our LO arrives.
I worked out if we do get our BFP this month then our 12week scan will be due the end of November sometime. This lead on to me imagining how we would tell people. I decided I'd like to use my scan picture to make my own Christmas cards saying 'Our Christmas wish came true, hope yours does too.' or something like that.
I was so excited to hand out our wedding invitations now I'm so excited to hand out my Christmas cards already!

Have you ladies thought how you might break your exciting news to people??

Baby dust to all x

 

[wishingalways]

Hi Midget em, OMG i have thought about that so many times.... I still dream about it. I would love to be able for it to be a huge huge surprise for my husband, maybe go out for a meal, hopefully around some special occasion so he doesnt get suspisious maybe xmas, birthday, holiday, anything really and then give him a gift with some littel boots in it or something.............. but in reality I would probably go running down stairs with the test stick out the front door and down the street screaming so it would not be a secret for long. LOL

x Its nice to think about it though, because it will happen one day! I hope. x

 

[Cheesepuff]

I had it all planned, I would go and buy a little baby outfit and hand it my hubby with a card.....
But after trying for so long that when I finally got my positive, all I could do was to hand the stick to hubby. He actually throught it was the themometer (I was temping) and didn't realise what he was looking at.
I explained that it was a prenancy test and we're pregnant.

It took a while to sink in, he then asked:" Did you actually pee on this ????"

 

[stellargaze]

I've thought about this for years! And I'm also trying to be positive this month. I've also been imagining laying in bed with my big belly, or holding my child in the back garden. 9 more days til I can test!

I'd tell my husband over dinner the same day I test, I would probably bring up baby-names, as we talk about them from time to time and then put my hand on my stomach and say something like, 'hmmm, I really don't think our baby will be ****' whatever awful name he has said. But he knows me so well, I expect he would figure it out by just looking at my face because I don't think I'd be able to stop smiling! I'm so scared that something could go wrong, that I don't think I'd celebrate too much until I passed the first few weeks.

But my big plan to tell the family, is that on or just before xmas (depending on how much I show in this hypothetical reality) when we are visiting my husband's parents, I would serve the tea and coffee in 'Grandma' and 'Grandpa' mugs and see how long it takes them to catch on! We always have tea and coffee and snacks together. They already have mummy and daddy mugs, so I figure this would be perfect!

 

[SpicyWolf]

There's no way I could wait to tell DH after all this time! I'll be running out of the bathroom pee stick in hand I would like to do something cute for our parents though. My younger brother already made mine grandparents but we still have a chance with DH's. Maybe a super cute card would be really fun

 

[honeybee2]

First I'd double check with about 10000 tests. I think I would first wait until DH comes home. Maybe make him a special meal and tell him when he notices Im not touching the wine!

For the others I'd wait until my first scan and email it to them or something like that. I'd have to find a really brilliant way of telling my MIL as she is so excited and cant wait.

 

[stellargaze]

I think I will have to take a few thousand tests too! Otherwise I won't believe it.

I have to say this is a great thread midget! Good to have so much positive energy for us ltttc ladies!

 

[midget em]

... but in reality I would probably go running down stairs with the test stick out the front door and down the street screaming so it would not be a secret for long.

Cheesepuff: It took a while to sink in, he then asked:" Did you actually pee on this ????"

Haha that gave me a few giggles!
Loads of great ideas ladies.

My DH works night and in the past has come home at 6am woke me up to ask "Do you need a wee?" He's totally into this baby making and will definatly be there when I find out. We'll prob both burst into tears then jump round the bedroom screeming!!

For my parents I thought I'd buy baby grows that say 'I love my Gramdma/Grandpa' on. I plan to put them in a cheap shop carrier bag and casually say "Oh I saw these and thought you might like them"

It seems so much more worth while making a special effort because we've all waited so long. So excited to create special moments to remember forever.

x

 

[wishingalways]

It took a while to sink in, he then asked:" Did you actually pee on this ????"[/QUOTE]

Love it, such a typical man thing to say but probably so true

 

[Armywife84]

I've thought about this for years! And I'm also trying to be positive this month. I've also been imagining laying in bed with my big belly, or holding my child in the back garden. 9 more days til I can test!

I'd tell my husband over dinner the same day I test, I would probably bring up baby-names, as we talk about them from time to time and then put my hand on my stomach and say something like, 'hmmm, I really don't think our baby will be ****' whatever awful name he has said. But he knows me so well, I expect he would figure it out by just looking at my face because I don't think I'd be able to stop smiling! I'm so scared that something could go wrong, that I don't think I'd celebrate too much until I passed the first few weeks.

But my big plan to tell the family, is that on or just before xmas (depending on how much I show in this hypothetical reality) when we are visiting my husband's parents, I would serve the tea and coffee in 'Grandma' and 'Grandpa' mugs and see how long it takes them to catch on! We always have tea and coffee and snacks together. They already have mummy and daddy mugs, so I figure this would be perfect!

Grandma & Grandpa mugs, I love that. I'd be way too excited to come up with some creative like that.

Although we live a considerable distance from our parents, so I can see us making a surprise visit to share the news.

 

[NavyWife84]

When I do test, I purposely do it when he is at work. That way, I will be able to go out and buy a little Navy onsie (he is an airtraffic controller for the Navy) and have it in a bag or something to give him when he gets home. I might also make him a cute dinner...does anyone remember the show Full House? Rebecca told Jesse she was preggo by making him a meal of all baby things...veal, baby carrots, etc! I know we will both cry and cry!!!

For my mom, she already has 3 grandchildren, but she likes to make a quilt for each one and she already talks about making one for my baby. So, I am going to get her a gift certificate for her favorite quilting store and some fabric and put it in a box. On top of it all, or maybe underneath, I will include a sonogram pic. (Dad will be there when Mom opens it.)

I can't think of anything cute for my MIL. She was a young mom and says that she is not ready to be a grandma...like it is her choice or something. She also says that DH has a lot of growing up to do before he has a baby...I'm 27 and DH is 28...it's hard to get excited to tell her, but I know the rest of DH's family will be excited. So, we will go to his family's church and when they ask for joys or concerns, we are going to stand up and say Winnie (DH's grandma) is going to be a great-grandmother!

Ahhh...this post just made me really excited! Thanks for the thread!!!

 

[Damita]

I would do the test alone if positive then I would pee on every test I could get my hands on, tell DH and I would wait to tell people as I am so scared of miscarriage..

 

[Soili]

I actually have never thought about it. I know that as long as I see any sort of second line, I'll want to get second opinion from DH So there will be no surprise, we'll just squinting at it together. Others? I'll phone my mum and my sister as as soon I find out for sure. In-laws? Probably wait at least a few weeks.

 

[NavyWife84]

Oh yeah, everyone that knows we're trying knows that they won't be told until we are through the first trimester. The only one that will know right away will be my DH and my doc! My SIL miscarried the day before her 12 week appointment and she had already told everyone that she was expecting. It was devastating I couldn't imagine going through that, especially after waiting so long for my BFP!

 

[nevernormal]

DH will get a bowl of ice cream with pickles hidden under it the day I get my bfp.

I haven't come up with anything really to tell the family yet, but I want to come up with something creative. The inlaws we may mail them a cigar and let them figure out (DH bought FIL a cigar box in the Caribbean when we went on vacation... None of them smoke, but FIL was like, so since there's so cigar there's no baby? My family never did the cigar/baby tradition, but I guess DH's did). My parents live overseas and their mail is sketchy, so not sure yet how I would tell them.