July Sparklers 2016!

[TTC74]

I won't be 12 weeks until a couple weeks into January but wish I was able to announce for Christmas. That would be a great "Christmas" card!

 

[Carlinator]

Oh that's so exciting you guys! What are some of your announcement ideas, if I might ask?

Not sure when we want to tell OH's family...I'm still kinda really mad at them for NO ONE coming to our wedding...His parents are 4 hours away but his brother and sister live just 10-15 miles away. Trying to let go, but the pregnancy hormones are keeping that emotion high. SO MAD.

My first thought was to just take a picture of 4 white coffee cups - write OH's bday on the biggest with a marker, then my bday on the middle, DD's on a small one and try to find an eensy espresso cup (or kids tea cup) with baby's due date! But I don't know, there are so many cute ideas!

I'm using pinterest for nursery ideas! Right now our middle room is halfway OH's office with a desk and computer, and halfway a complete and utter disaster because I've been doing crafts & art in there

 

[Hollynesss]

I'm going to steal an idea that DandJ gave me! We're going to set up two adult beach chairs and one little tiny beach chair on the beach, and put some tiny sunglasses and flip flops on the tiny chair, and write in the sand: "Baby (last name), Coming July 2016!" Its going to be awesome

We haven't quite decided how to tell my husband's family yet. There are already 3 grandbabies on their side, but its my husband's first and he is the oldest. We'll think of a cute way to tell them. I'm going to tell my mom by sending her a framed picture of the the ultrasound along with her christmas gift. It has killed me not telling her yet, but I really want to make sure everything is okay and see that heartbeat before telling her. She would be so devastated if I told her and then something happened, so its just better this way

 

[tgrich]

We have not decided when we are going to announce yet I'm still to anxious.

We had a scan Friday and I was 5+3 so I expected to see a sac and yolk sac but all we seen was a sac I have never had an ultrasound this early and the doctor didn't say much about it just to come back in 2 weeks for another scan.
Does anyone have any experience with this it made me so much more nervous.

 

[TTC74]

My favorite idea at this point is a pic of our lab saying (with a sign or thought bubble depending upon cooperation) - mom and dad are getting me a human in July 2016!

Also, I'm feeling great about my beta tomorrow. It was less than 10 last Monday. So, I was hoping it would at least be over 100 by tomorrow. Well, it looks like it's well over that.

 

[babydustcass]

Some awesome announcement ideas here

I am off to pintrest for a nosey

 

[luvmyfam]

I am going to tell my Mom after our ultrasound. It is scheduled for December 4th and that weekend we are going to dinner for my Moms birthday. I am going to get a frame with a spot for each grandchild and in the 6th spot I will put a pic of the scan and put "coming July 2016!".

 

[luvmyfam]

Those are awesome reveal ideas Holly and Carli!

TTC74 looks great!

Tgrich it's probably normal if they didn't say anything. I've never had a scan that early.

 

[Miss Bellum]

Carlinator so sorry to hear your oh family didn't come to your wedding that's very sad.

We won't be doing a reveal until early Jan as think it's unlikely we will have a scan till then. Will probably tell close friends and family after 8 weeks. Lots of great ideas on here.

 

[SCgirl]

We've debated as far as telling. I was very public about my losses- it really helped to learn that I wasn't alone, and had several people who had been through the same thing thank me. But I hated that nobody has known until I started "i WAS pregnant"... So at 8w with DS, after seeing the heartbeat at both the 6w scan and 8w scan, we made it public.
Not sure what we'll do this time. We have a scan at 7w, but with all of the holiday things coming up I wouldn't want to make any bad news public at that time. We're currently thinking of telling parents soon, then rest of family at Christmas, and maybe everyone else on new year's (something cheesy like DS wearing a big brother onesie, and a "looking forward to 2016" message)

 

[Psalm23v6]

Hi all! Thanks for the lovely welcome! You have all got some great reveal ideas. Not sure what we will do for the more public announcement (especially as some of you mentioned, for us we won't be 12 weeks until middle of Jan). Both sets of parents already know about our BFP since we were going through IVF and they have been our support throughout. Does anyone else feel weird not telling their closest friends though? My DH has been so worried throughout this IVF (understandably so) that he really doesn't want anyone else but our parents to know until 12 weeks. I feel like I am lying to my best friends who know we have struggled with getting pregnant. Am I being crazy?

Also, think I felt some terrible nausea earlier today and if that's what it's going to be like for months I am going to be in for a bad ride!

 

[Cowgirl07]

I found it really hard not to tell some friends as well, but we will not announce until after 12 weeks either to anyone but the parents. Ivf made us both more cautious and less likely to announce it early.

 

[jjbuttons]

Telling family on Xmas day with a card saying From partner daughter me and bump

Thinking of telling everyone else new yr day with daughter holding a sign

Had abit more energy today but not eaten much

 

[dimmu]

Some lovely ideas there! I'm not planning to tell relatives until after the 12 week scan in January. Have told a couple of friends already but unlike my mum and other family they knew we were ttc.

My DH seemed very quiet earlier and I asked him why and finally he said that I have been awful to him all day, just constantly at him. Looking back he's absolutely right and I've been a complete bitch all day. Somehow I hadn't noticed that myself, although I have noticed I seem to have less patience with DD recently and seem to be snappy with her as well. Feel awful now, can I blame this one on the pregnancy?

 

[Hollynesss]

Aww dimmu, it happens Your hormones are going nuts right now, and you aren't always aware of your words. The important thing is he was honest and you can move forward.

 

[WantsALittle1]

dimmu, absolutely. It happens to all of us. Today everything has been making me cry. Yesterday, I was grumpy and snappy. The day before, I was just fine. Really major mood swings over here.

I find that if I'm feeling frustrated, a nice brisk walk by myself helps. DH has called me out on being snappy too, and I just flat out had to apologize and assured him that I will work to deal with my emotions better, and we just had a good hug. I think that's all we can do. And there's also chocolate for when things get really bad.

 

[dimmu]

Thanks Hollynesss.

Yeah I'm glad he told me, I really didn't see it myself. Have to be more careful now. Funny how you can find someone so irritating but don't realise it's actually you who's having issues.

 

[dimmu]

I think walking and exercising is a good idea, will try and fit some in even though evenings are short.

Sorry to hear you're also suffering from mood swings WantsALittle1, but at the same time I'm glad it's not just me!!

 

[babydustcass]

Dimmu I have been exactly the same, with little patience for anything or anyone. Although at the time I am sure everyone is doing it on purpose to make me frustrated, in hindsight I am just short, moody and unable to control my hormones. Yesterday it was DDs party, for a treat they had macdonalds happy meals. I gave dh the order form But dh brought back 5 less happy meals and the ones he did were completely wrong. I could feel my blood boiling and I was do cross he didn't check them before returning. His excuse that he'd told the person serving him more than 5 times that the order had to be right! Well it wasn't and I was crazy pissed that he'd just taken their word for it. My friends there did a good job of diffusing the situation and ended up sharing the meals out. And it worked out fine in the end because they are only little and barely ate what we gave them anyway plus they had fruit bowls and cake too. So disaster averted and then I felt awful for the way I spoke to oh. I was a total bitch and it was uncalled for. What's worse is it was in front of other people but I am forgiven, my friends probably think i'm a total bitch behind closed doors but ill explain at a later date it was all hormones.

 

[Hollynesss]

Question for all of you mommies who already have little ones: What were your sleep arrangements when you first brought baby home from the hospital, and for the first few weeks/months? When did you transition baby to their crib?

I've been reading that it is recommended to have baby in your room in a bassinet or side sleeper for the first few weeks at least, and then to transition to a nursery. My original plan was to have baby in the nursery from day 1, but after doing some research I'm re-thinking!

Thanks!!