How did you tell DH (and/or your parents) you were pg?

[cat_loverpq]

I loved reading this thread on the *other* site, and as we move closer to our TTC date I would really like to get some more ideas. Please post away!!

How did you tell DH you were pg?

How did you tell your parents?

Any special gifts that you gave them (grandparents' photo album, baby name book, etc)???

TIA!! :D

[December27JJB]

Hey there!

When I told DH and my parents, it was nothing 'special' I just 'told' them.

DH: He was 'in school' online with headphones (listening to a class lecture) I brought over the + test stick and mouthed to him, "Do you see a line?" lol

My parents: Well, my sister and I went out to lunch and she asked me, "So when are you gonna have a baby" (I was already pg) I just stared at her and she could read me, she started jumping up and down "Omg omg omg!!! Are you serious?" Right then I knew I had to tell my parents or she would've beat me to it. DH and my dad were out playing golf (I think) so I said "Mom come here, I love you, I am pregnant." lol My mom started crying. Then when DH and my dad came back, my mom went to my dad and said "We're gonna be grandparents!!"

Sorry, I wish I could help you. But I've heard people doing some neat things!! I wish you and your DH all the luck in TTC!!!!! I cant wait to read a post from you saying "I am PG!!!" :D

[aligirl]

DH: It was our anniversary so I wrapped up the + HPT. He opened it and looked at it like WTF? So I told him what it was - then he was happy :D

Parents: We took our parents out to dinner (all at once!) and told them there. Nothing fancy. We didn't give them anything - they're not into that.

[Daniel's Kitty]

If you don't mind me asking, when?

He already had a really good idea that I was and told me I couldn't test until I was late. I did the test and it said I was, but he wasn't sure he believed it or not. We did a second test and he was there for that one. He was so excited, that he would talk to my belly.

We told our parents with Christmas cards, and then had the fun of the shock hitting them, other than my mom who had it figured out.

[cat_loverpq]

Daniel's Kitty ~ If you don't mind me asking, when? Do you mean when are we going to TTC? Tentatively we've scheduled for August/Sept of this year. :)

[Txfish]

Bump! I want to see some more answers -- I may need help SOON! :D

Rebs

[jengen]

DH I had to tell him on the phone (he was away)! :( I thought I'd had AF the week before and was totally in shock. I, too, had thought about creative ways to tell him prior to TTC, but I learned that in reality, sometimes you are too shocked to do anything but blurt out, "oh my God, I think I'm pregnant!!" :D

Family (Grandparents) We found out right after Easter, so I took the picture of my positive HPT and doctored it up in PhotoShop to say "Congratulations! You are going to be a Grandma/Grandpa, EDD 12/12/05". I then took that picture and mixed it in with the Easter pictures and let them look through the pile. I stole this idea from a friend and it turned out great! :)

[Winter Biscuit]

DH: It was our anniversary so I wrapped up the + HPT. He opened it and looked at it like WTF? So I told him what it was - then he was happy :D

This is similar to my story :) Mine's kinda long, but I'll tell it anyway...

How I told DH:
The first month we TTC I took a HPT and it came back negative, so DH didn't think I was pregnant. We were referring to TTC as "catching the egg." After we saw the BFN, we both just said something like, "Oh well, we'll catch the egg next month."

At the time, I did not realize that I was testing too early. Long story short, about a week later I had an "OMG, I think I am pregnant" moment. DH was out of town on business for a few days, so I went out and bought a bunch of HPTs. I took the first one and it was positive. I took another one (different brand). Big fat positive. I took 3-4 tests and they were all positive. I was shocked (but very excited). Since DH was out of town, I had a few days to decide how/when I wanted to tell him. I knew wanted to do it in person, and our 1st anniversary was 5 days away. Since I didn't have any gift ideas for him anyway, I decided to drop the bomb on our anniversary day :D

I wrapped up the first HPT that had 2 lines. I also bought a bib that says "I love my daddy" and I also bought a children's book by Todd Parr called "The Daddy Book." It just happened to be Easter time too, so the stores had lots of Easter decorations. I found some really cool decorative Easter eggs at Pier One. I bought those in the spirit of our motto: "catch the egg ." I wrapped them all up and then had to wait 5 days!! It was VERY hard to keep the secret from DH! I was dying to tell him, but was determined to wait.

He opened the eggs first. He looked at me like WTF are these for? Then he opened the bib. He had no idea what I was trying to tell him. Then he opened The Daddy Book. I think it started to sink in at that point. I had written a note inside the front cover telling him that he was going to be the greatest daddy in the world. He just kinda looked at me like "Are you trying to tell me something, or am I silly to think that?" Then I handed him the HPT and he opened that and just stared at it, then stared at me, then stared at the HPT. Then he got excited!

How we told our parents
As I mentioned above, Easter was just a week away and we were planning to celebrate the holiday with my family. My mom and I both love wine, and we always drink a lot ( :o ) of wine together on holidays. She had told me to come to their house early because she had a new wine for us to try. I knew there was no way I could get around it; we were goign to HAVE to tell them so she would know why I wasn't drinking wine. We didnt' want to tell anyone until I was at least 12 weeks along, but we told my parents at 6 weeks. I just bought some "I love grandma" and "I love grandpa" bibs, and we went to their house a few days before Easter and gave them the bibs (wrapped up). Then we made them promise not to tell anyone else!

For DH's parents - we waited until I was 10 weeks along. His sister got married when I was 8 weeks pregnant and we didn't want to tell anyone before the wedding, simply because we wanted her to have her own day without having to share the spotlight with anyone. The week after SIL's wedding was Mother's Day, so we told DH's mom that we wanted to spend the day with her. She didn't suspect anything, she just thought we were visiting her becuase it was Mother's Day. We have her 2 Mother's Day cards - one from us, and one that said "Happy Mother's Day, Grandma!" Then we gave her an "I love Grandma" bib and a couple of "grandma" books (Grandma and Me or something like that).

[phart]

With my son we told our our parents by giving them the Chicken Soup book for grandparents and a *baby frame* with "Coming Soon Baby XXXX November 2003".

This time we'll be telling them by having DS wear his shirt that says "I'm the big brother Aiden" and seeing how long it takes them to read it.

Nothing exciting in the least with telling DH.

[red_canuck]

Shannon, i just have to say Congratulations!! That's wonderful news :D



I wasn't too creative when telling my husband since we had a false alarm alst year that I wasted the good surprise on ;) So this time, I took a test around lunch just for giggles, not thinking it would be positive (long story) but it was!! I ran out of the bathroom and said "i've got big news!" showed him the stick and we both just smiled :D

I'm telling my mom tomorrow (5 weeks) since we talk every day and I wouldn't be able to hold out. I bought her favourite kids book from when i was growing up (Paperbad princess) and an "i love grandma" bib, but ti think the card will giv eit away ;) I can't wait!

IL's will not be for a few weeks, but we plan to just go to dinner and give them a card :)

[usafwife]

DH ~ I had mentioned the fact that I wasn't feeling like myself earlier in the week. I got out my date book that I keep track of my cycles in and was figuring up the dates. I told him that I would keep an eye on things. Well my date came and went and no AF. So I decided to go ahead and take a test just to see. I took it while he was at work. When I saw the words 'Pregnant' on the test I was totally in shock. I went to sit down on the bed. That's where I was when DH came home. The test was still on the bathroom counter. DH found it and came into the room. I don't exactly remember what he said. We were both in total shock but thrilled, excited, scared, nervous, happy, and a few other emotions all that the same time.

Family ~ We only told immediate family right away. That included DH's dad and stepmom, his grandparents, his two brothers/wives, my parents, and a close friend of DH's who was/is like a brother to him (they grew up together and he's basically like the 4th brother. Their kids are like nieces and nephews and vice versa). We were coming home for a visit and that's when we told them. We didn't have a creative way of telling them because we were still in amazement ourselves. (I had taken another test in between us finding out and telling family just to be sure. No denying that one either as it turned positive even before the alloted time elapsed.)

Extended Family ~ I emailed my aunt a few weeks after we told family. She and I are very close and always have been. I also told a friend of mine whose was like a sister to me growing up (our families have always been close). Everyone else was told by our letter in our Christmas cards.


Next time maybe I'll/we'll be more creative in the ways we tell everyone. I've already seen some really creative ways that I've got tucked away in my memory. Hopefully I'll be able to remember when the time comes.

[Brady]

We weren't trying so telling DH was more of a "OH MY GOD!, I think I'm pregnant!!" :D

We told my parents at my mother's birthday, I wrapped up a book "Why Grandma's Are Special", and signed the card "love Baby B, can't wait to meet you in March '05". She was completely shocked and thrilled.

[Jodi AKA BostonTeacher]

Our baby was the result of the Red Sox winning game 7 of the series against the Yankees that led to the World Series (I joke that I would have been asleep on the couch by 7 pm if it weren't for that game). Anyhow, because of this I put together a gift bag of Red Sox/baseball stuff (world series tshirt, license plate frame, visor, an XBOX baseball game, a Baby Ruth Candy bar, a bag of Fenway Parrk peanuts and included a bag of Cracker Jacks and a baseall. I had put stickers on the baseball that said, July 12th." This was my due date, but also our anniversary which made it fun because why the heck would I give him a baseball with our anniversary on it.

I had opened the Cracker Jacks bag from the bottom, pulled out the prize, opened it carefully and removed the prize and added a piece of paper that read, "Move over Ruth there's a new Babe in town. Our very own Little Bambino is expected to appear in the starting line-up sometime around the All-Star break."

He was completely shocked. We had been trying for a couple of months, but the gift bag was the last thing he suspected.

HIS FAMILY: We went to Maine for the Thanksgiving weekend and after everyone had left we talked his step-dad, mom, brother and SIL into watching a video we had made. We told them it was some footage of all of the things that were "new around our house." Kudos to them for humoring us as they sat through snip-its of our new roof, the new light fixture in the dining room, our new dining room table, the stairway to the basement that DH had painted, a drainage ditch, etc....you know real edge-of-your-seat material. His mom commentated as the silent video played, "oh you put new hardware on the cabinet...oooh a new light.." and so on.

Then we came to the segment that focused first on the outside of the oven, then on the open oven and finally a close-up of it's contents. Her commentary continued, "a new stove? no that's the same stove...oh there's something in side...bread...you made bread...a bun?...a bun in the oven!!!!!"

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My FAMILY: A few weeks later we had my mom, dad, sister and BIL over for dinner. I had made my neice a sweatshirt that read, "I'm going to have a baby brother in February" on the front and the back read, "And a Baby Cousin in July." I put it on her when we went upstairs to get some puzzles and let the family read it when we came down.

EVERYONE ELSE: We sent out a paper with our xmas cards that had a stork flying with a baby. I added a Red Sox hat to the baby and wrote, "We've Drafted a Rookie to our 2005 Team...Baby D is expected to appear in the starting line-up this July." I used the Red Sox B to start the word Baby.

[Allegra]

For my DH, we had only been TTC for one month so I was sure that I wasn't. My cycles have never been regular but when I was more than a month late, I figured I would at least check it out. I waited til DH was back in town and told him I was planning on testing - I couldn't sleep that night at ALL. I finally got up around 5 AM to test and got a BFP! I sat stunned in the bathroom for a few minutes and then crawled into bed. DH asked - is everything ok? Did you not sleep? To which I replied That's ok honey. In about 9 months, you're not going to get any sleep either. It took him a minute! We hugged and then stayed up chatting fro a little while and then we both fell back asleep.

I actually told my sister first as she had been trying to conceive and had had a couple of miscarriages. Due to that, we waited til I was 12 weeks before telling anyone. My sister flew down from NYC as a "surprise" for Mother's Day and we got both moms (and my dad) in a room for lunch. We waited till dessert to give them their mother's day gifts. I found these great "help wanted" cards for grandmas, the "Im too young to be a grandmother book" for the moms and a fun book for my dad along with a sappy card.

Allegra

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[usafwife]

This totally slipped my mind until now. We got each of the grandmas (my mom, DH's stepmom, and his grandma) a 'Grandma's Brag Book.' We were going to give them to them at the baby shower but a death in the family prevented us from getting the books when we wanted to so we gave them in the hospital.

[marteneym]

BUMP! Here you go Mel.

[Sparkles P]

I was wondering how you all told your DH's that you were pg, what about family and friends. I would love to hear about your "creativity".

[maplekitty]

I read a story about a woman who had her parents over for dinner. They were all sitting down to eat when she asked her mom to go grab what was out of the oven. (the woman had placed a single bun on the rack) . From the kitchen her mom yelled "why do you have a bun in the oven?" And then realized what she just said and came crying into the dinning room! I thought that was pretty creative.
:)

[aprilshowers]

Is it your first pregnancy? I just saw on America's Funniest Home Videos (embarrassingly, one of our favorite shows) a couple who spilled the beans on one of their parents' birthdays by signing "Happy Birthday...dear Grandpa/ma..." I thought that was so cute!

[elladee]

My DH was home sleeping when I took the preg test, so I just woke him up and showed it to him.

We told our parents on Father's Day. I got our dads cards that said "Happy Father's Day, Grandpa." The same thing would work for any holiday or birthday card.

[kat]

I also knew someone who got a card that said "Grandma" and one for "Grandpa" and that's how they told their parents.....I don't think it would've worked in my case b/c my mother is already a grandma and she probably would've just been a bit confused. :)

I didn't have to "tell" my DH (he was listening on the phone with me when the nurse said my beta was positive) but we told our parents about a week later. They (along with my sister) were all visiting at once and we made little gift baskets for each of them. Each included a tiny silver "baby" frame (with rattles & stuff) that I'd bought at Target for about $3. In the space where the picture normally would go, I wrote, "Reserved for Baby OurLastName, Estimated Arrival: March 2, 2006." (At the time, we didn't know yet that we were expecting twins).

My mother says she is never going to put a picture in that frame (and, in fact, the frame is sitting at her house under the other family pictures).

For the grandparents, we also included a book on "things to do with my grandchild" that I'd bought from Amazon.com.

[ginandchris]

For me well I had found out I was PG when I POAS but it came out light, so I didn't want to show it to DH b/c I thought it might be false. 2 days later took a digital while at work and saw the word, was planning on telling him that night. Well, on our commute home (we commute together) I had to pee sooo badly (anyone in the first tri knows what I'm talking about) so I made him pull over at a community college. After he goes how come you couldn't hold it, that's when I told him!

As for my parents we got bibs that said I love grandpa/grandma then wrapped the pic of the digital HPT. They were soo surprised.:)

[Ericka_Jarett]

My mom I had bought a card that said in baby blocks: grandma-to-be. I couldn't hold it in though, called her on the phone as soon as I got off the phone with the nurse. Hubby I had a card for him, but I didn't get a chance to give it to him, because he called me the morning I was waiting for results and and he said so??? I told him on the phone, on his way home he went and stopped to get my flowers and put them in a baby bottle. When he came home he came into the computer room and presented them to me along with a huge hug and kiss.

His parents I made him call them about a week or so later, since he had just announced it at church that morning.

[sandt8704]

Luckily, I found out about 2 weeks before Mother's Day...so I wanted to combine telling my Mom with her Mother's Day gift.

My Mom has this REALLY nasty apron that she has had since I worked at Mrs. Fields cookies when I was 15 (17 years ago!) She won't get rid of it because of it's "sentimental value", so I am always telling her I am going to buy her a nice, new apron. SO...I found some on the Williams-Sonoma website that you can have embroidered...so I ordered one with "Grandma" printed on the front.

On Mother's Day, I wrapped the apron with the "Grandma" facing down so she could tell it was an apron when she opened it but wouldn't see the writing. Well, she opened it and said "This BETTER NOT be an apron"!!! Then she held it up and everyone in the room had this huge look of shock on their faces. My Mom...completely oblivious to what everyone is seeing....turns the apron around to look at the front of it. It took a minute to register, but she screamed and cried for about 10 minutes. It was awesome!

She can't wait to be a Grandma:D

[marteneym]

Sorry to Hijak this thread. It is exactly what I was going to come start.
Here is my question:
I am hoping to be able to tell my family we got a BFP this weekend. The problem is we are celebrating mine and my 18yr old sisters bdays. I dont want to take the limelight from her. We wont all be together again for quite a while. Mindy in my journal mentioned I should give her a gift to announce it, so the focus would be on her.

I have grandkids picture frames for the parents and a pregnant Barbie for my 5yr old sis. I need a gift idea for my 20yr old bro and his fiance and my 18yr old sis(bday girl). HELP! Any other great ideas for telling them all?

[Tonysweetie]

Not PG..Yet, hopiong to be by the end of the month, lol...

My plan to tell DH, is to make a sign that says "Welcome home Daddy!" and post it on the front door right before DH gets home from work so he see's it when he walks in the door from work

My parents/His parents: we will probably wait to tell them after we pass the 12 week mark (if I'm not showing yet, which I shouldn't be) and then we'll probably just tell them outload instead of getting creative w/it. Reason is my Mom is totally against DH and I having a baby/babies until we've been married for like 5 years soooo I'm not sure her reaction. His Mom will be totally thrilled and the best way to tell her would be just to tell her...she's not into game stuff, lol.

His grandparents/Mine: His will be THRILLED! THey hound us about having a great grand baby all the time so I have no doubt they'll be estatic so we'll just tell them out straight also. Mine will be the exact same way :)

[Mandos*Bella]

I like when couples take a copy of their first sonogram picture of the baby, frame it and give it to their parents. I have also seen this done where the mother-to-be gives it to the father-to-be.

;)

[Sparkles P]

These are all great ideas people, I am sure that the "newly" pg ladies on here are loving to hear about how to tell their DH they are pg.

[cagey]

I like when couples take a copy of their first sonogram picture of the baby, frame it and give it to their parents. I have also seen this done where the mother-to-be gives it to the father-to-be.


Since many of us only get 1 ultrasound at 20 weeks, there's no way I'd wait that long to tell my husband or my parents :P

[ShelbyMay]

I am hoping to be able to tell my family we got a BFP this weekend. The problem is we are celebrating mine and my 18yr old sisters bdays. I dont want to take the limelight from her. We wont all be together again for quite a while. Mindy in my journal mentioned I should give her a gift to announce it, so the focus would be on her.


Who is making the cake? Is there any way you could sneak in there and write "Happy Birthday to Aunt (sister's name)" on it? Then everyone would see it when she's blowing out the candles.

[Pink_Converse]

I found out last night. I had all these creative ideas and the whole scenario about how he would react planned out in my head, but when I secretly took the digital HPT while he was outside and it quickly read PREGNANT I could not contain myself. I ran outside shaking and showed it to him, he smiled and between us talking about it I squealed and jumped repeatedly! DH took a picture of me because he said he had never seem me so happy!

[marteneym]

Great idea Shelby May. It is actually both of our bdays we are celebrating. I am sure I can sneak into the kitchen to write on the cake though.
I bought a mini picture album(baby themed). I am going to wrap it and have her open it last in front of everyone. Then we have gifts for the rest of the family.

Of course this all depends on me getting a BFP sunday!:rolleyes:
Keep brining the ideas/stories. I love hearing them.

[LadyD088]

Hi There - just subbing. Keep the ideas coming!!!

Deb

[Delaney21]

I stole this from WC about a year ago, but I'm still planning on using it when I get pregnant.

My parents and the ILs are both really into gardening, so we are going to buy them a new plant for their garden and attach this poem:

As you watch these blooms grow tall,
Think of the greatest miracle of all:
For in just nine months, two will be three
As we add another branch to the family tree

[MrsCantDecide]

I got my BFP on a Monday morning before work... even though hubby was home then, I didn't tell him. I got him a card and a book My Boys Can Swim at lunch and met him at home when he got home from work and gave them to him.

For DH's parents we got them a card and wrote in it: A legend is born...coming next March... all because you let us have the queen size bed... Love S & S (the proud parents 2 B). Story behid that... we went on a boating trip for 4th of July weekend, and there were 2 rooms... one with 2 twin sized beds and one with a queen sized bed. The first morning, MIL told me that she expected a baby in April since we got the big bed. And we conceived sometime around then!

My parents we bought bibs that said "I love Grandma & Grandpa on them, and a baby toy and gave them to them at dinner.

My extended family found out when I wore a shirt with "Baby Under Construction" on it to a family function.

[kimthebride]

I was sick on a flight home Sunday, so Monday I took 5 HPTs just to see. Well, I was still too sick to go something more creative, so I put all 5 BFPs in a gift bag with a card that read:
Dear Daddy,
Congratulations!
Love,
Mommy
He was like, "are you sure??". Um yeah, 5 tests!!

For my family, we were in for Thanksgiving the weekend before the holiday and at the end of dinner I said to my mom that I was sorry I couldn't send her bday gift from the month before, but I brought it with me. It was an 8x10 of a 3D u/s I had at 10 weeks tucked into a manilla envelope (she thought she was getting a gift certificate). She nervously said "Is this what I think it is?" so I replied "Yes, grandma".

For the ILs, we were at Thanksgiving dinner and going around the table saying what we were thankful for. They accidently skipped me, but my nephew said "WAIT Aunt Kim didn't go!" So I said I was thankful for my & DHs health, for the beautiful dinner, then I looked at MIL and said "and for making you a grandma again". Took a second to sink in since I said it so casually, but the tears and screams began pretty quickly.

[Lolly]

I just went in and told my hubby that there were two lines after I POAS that morning. For our parents, we all went out to dinner to celebrate our anniversaires (they are all within weeks of eachothers), and we gave them each a Happy Anniversary envelope with a my 6w u/s pic.

I'm currently trying to figure out how to annouce the pregnancy to the entire family (just our parents and one SIL know at the moment). Since I will be about 14 weeks at Thanksgiving, I think I should somehow tie it into a Thanksgiving card. I make cards for everyone (I'm a stamper) and DH wants me to mail the news to our extended families. So I need to come up with something that ties in Thanksgiving too.

[Hula1974]

I'm currently trying to figure out how to annouce the pregnancy to the entire family (just our parents and one SIL know at the moment). Since I will be about 14 weeks at Thanksgiving, I think I should somehow tie it into a Thanksgiving card. I make cards for everyone (I'm a stamper) and DH wants me to mail the news to our extended families. So I need to come up with something that ties in Thanksgiving too.

I was hoping to be pg by Thanksgiving so I could do this:
We are hosting thanksgiving at my house....I was planning on taking the small plates that we are using for dessert and putting a sticker on the bottom of each that said something like "next year set another chair, Baby D will be here! 6/10/06" or something more clever.
Then, while everyone is eating I was going to say that we were playing a game to decide who gets to break the wish bone. So, whoever has a trukey sticker under their plate wins! Then everyone would look and see the sticker about our pregnancy. I didn't want to do it during dinner because I didn't want it to occupy the conversation. I thought dessert would be perfect!!!

[Mystikal]

I had grand plans to tell my DH, but when I took the test at 5:30 in the morning I woke DH up and told him "there's a line". Since he was half asleep he barely opened his eyes and said "congratulations" and then went back to sleep. :p (Luckily in the last week he's become much more enthusiastic. He rubs my belly goodbye every morning. :)

This is the first grandchild for my parents so I wanted something creative to tell them. I got my BFP a week before my dad's birthday. (I was out of town for his birthday, so we told them that day.) We stopped and got a card to the grandparents congratulating them on their new grandchild and I gave my dad a bag with a t-shirt in it. It was a baby t-shirt that had the Harley Davidson logo on it (both my parents ride) and it said "A Legend is Born". My dad opened the bag and pulled the t-shirt out and held it up with a rather confused look on his face. "I don't think it's going to fit, Rach," he said. Then my mom asked if I was pg. I nodded my head and my dad got teary and hugged me, my mom hugged me and DH and then ran to tell everyone else. :)

[lindybug]

bumping, and subscribing, for (hopefully) future reference. ;)

[marteneym]

*BUMP*
I am in the 2WW(6dpo) and hoping to hear so more new ideas. I love hearing these stories.

[jesseybell]

I was at the card store today buying DH a 6 month anniversary card and I looked to see if there were any good Happy Birthday Dad or Congratulations on the Baby cards that I could buy to put away for future use, but since it was just the card section at the grocery store there wasn't much of a selection.

DH is so weird - he keeps thinking that I am not going to tell him for 3 months. I doubt I'll be able to wait 3 minutes to put anything creative together.

[LadyD088]

I was at the card store today buying DH a 6 month anniversary card and I looked to see if there were any good Happy Birthday Dad or Congratulations on the Baby cards that I could buy to put away for future use, but since it was just the card section at the grocery store there wasn't much of a selection.

DH is so weird - he keeps thinking that I am not going to tell him for 3 months. I doubt I'll be able to wait 3 minutes to put anything creative together.

Hey you have a good idea there. It seems a lot of women can't wait to tell DH so getting something together ahead of time is a GREAT idea! The rest of the family can wait...but honestly, I'm like you...I don't think I could wait 1 minute to tell DH!

Deb

[EmilyBronte]

For me there was nothing cute. DH was on his way home from work when I called his cell to see if he wanted to go to Target with me. He asked why - I had taken 1 HPT and it was + but I wanted to be sure.

So we went, I took the test and it was +, too. So, we agreed not to tell anyone, not even parents. I was having dinner with a friend that night. On my way home from dinner I called my dad to chat. Well, he proceeds with this, "Mr. K--- told me a secret tonight." I seriously had no clue. Then a few minutes later he was in tears. My mom came home to my dad crying and thought something was wrong. She got on the phone and I listened while dad told her. They were both pretty excited. Surprised, but excited.

My DH called my MIL before we went to visit her. She is crazy and needs to be handled differently than most. No excitement from her, even though this is her first, but it's what we expect from her.

[marteneym]

I was at the card store today buying DH a 6 month anniversary card and I looked to see if there were any good Happy Birthday Dad or Congratulations on the Baby cards that I could buy to put away for future use, but since it was just the card section at the grocery store there wasn't much of a selection.
Hey you have a good idea there. It seems a lot of women can't wait to tell DH so getting something together ahead of time is a GREAT idea! The rest of the family can wait...but honestly, I'm like you...I don't think I could wait 1 minute to tell DH!



This is what I did. We have been TTC for almost 14months. Months ago I bought a card for DH, The book My Boys Can Swim, and an I Love Daddy Bib. It is the family I am having a hard time with. I am sure when the time comes we will think of something.

Keep the stories coming girls.

[paulisgirl]

Well, I had great plans to do something creative. My sisters all live at least 6 hrs from me so I was going to send flowers on the same day with a card saying "can't wait to meet you, love baby ourlastname". Instead they got a phone call with me saying how'd you like to change your name to "Aunt Abby". They were happy to know right away. I told my parents the same way.

As for my husband. I tested after work and had to wait for him to get home. I had time to go and buy a cute little shirt and "congrats" card and wrapped them up. I grilled a steak for dinner. He was VERY surprised!

We agreed not to tell anyone until it was confirmed by the doctor but that decision lasted about 2 hrs and we called our parents & siblings the same night we got our BFP.

[jnshanna]

I did the same thing. I bought a couple of books for DH (including my boys can swim) and wrapped them up for him in baby paper. I have it hidden just waiting to finally get that BFP! I figured I would have him open that and then I would give him the HPT. :D

[emmjay]

I just stuck the positive test on his desk and didn't say anything (he works from home). He glanced at it and said, "What is that, a toothbrush?" and then he said "Hey is that positive?" Then he high-fived me.

Not the most loving exchange we've ever had :rolleyes: but it was funny!

We're going to tell our families when we visit them for Thanksgiving and the next week. Nothing creative - we'll probably just announce it.

[marteneym]

*bump*

[christy1010]

I took the pregnancy test early in the morning before we both went to work. It was positive and I asked DH to read it to make sure I understood the results.

We told his sister by giving her a T-Shirt that said "World's Best Aunt". I told my sister when I called to ask her how to deal with sever morning sickness!

We told my mom and DH's parents by giving them cards. And my dad I called on the phone and asked how he would like to be a grandparent again.

[kindermom]

Background. I was always worried that I was pg because my af was so irregular. So I have taken many many pg tests and actually kept boxes of them on hand. I took my hpt and got the "pregnant" read out about 2 hours before my DH was due home. I put it on the bed and when he got home and was changing, I was waiting and waiting for him to notice. It took him about 10 minutes of sitting on the bed to notice the test. We hugged and kissed.

I couldn't help myself so I called and told two of my sisters and swore that they couldn't tell anyone. They are both great secret keepers. I must have talked to them every day for the 3 weeks leading up to Christmas.

Each of our parents is a grandparent at least 4 times over. So we knew that it would not be a huge deal for any of them. I gave a "Merry Christmas Grandma" card from baby S. She did not have much of a reaction other than "good." We called my MIL and told her. She cried. And we gave my FIL and SMIL a baby names book for Christmas. It took them a minute to realize what we had just given them.

I think the funniest announcement I had was how my one sister found out. I saw her at Christmas when I was about 6 weeks pg. She took one look at me and said "Your boobs are huge. You're pregnant."

[cat_loverpq]

*BUMP*

Any more great ideas out there?? :D Please share!

[postkalidurga]

These aren't great ideas but how it happened...

DH - we were planning on starting TTC in a few months but weren't working too hard to prevent conception either. I was charting and knew I was pregnant when I felt implantation. I told DH that night that I thought I was pregnant. He was a little skeptical - I think he didn't want to get his hopes up. We tested a few days later and the line was so faint he still didn't really believe it. When we tested again a few days after that it was finally dark enough that he believed it and I think he had also had enough time to get used to the idea so it was a relief to have it confirmed for sure but not really a big surprise.

My parents - I took the positive sticks to my parents place in a baggie and tossed them to my Mom. She looked at them but wasn't really sure what they were. She looked at them closely and quizically. Turned them over, looked again. Then opened the bag and smelled them. Both Dh and I were like that whole slow motion noooooooooo from across the room. She practically gagged and slammed the bag shut. My Dad took it from her and figured it out pretty quick. I think my Mom got it but didn't want to jump to conclusions in case she was wrong. It was pretty funny though.

His parents - We just called and told them. His Dad was really excited and his Mom cried - not sure if that is because she was happy or because she thought, shit, he'll never escape that marriage now!

[BTB]

DH: We had some conception issues, and the cycle we conceived was an assisted cycle. DH was with me when I took the HPT and went to the dr with me the next day for a blood test.

DH's parents: First grandchild on their side, so we gave them "Grandma" and "Grandpa" coffee mugs (they drink a lot of coffee). They got it right away and MIL whooped and hollered and jumped around. :)

My mom: my niece was 4 at the time, I gave my mom a photo flip album with "Grandkids" engraved across the front and she was like, hey, thanks. I had to point out that Grandkids is PLURAL. :D

Then DH and I and the the three grandparents (my dad died years ago) went to brunch to celebrate!

[missy329]

For the first baby:

DH: I had bought him a "dad" book but of course couldn't find it to give it to him. So, I wrapped up the gift for his mom, a Grandma's brag book photo album and told him it was a gift for him. Then as he was opening it, I said- Well, it really is for your mom. I was kind of caught off guard because it was only our 2nd month of trying.

His Mom: I gave her the brag book. On the first page I slipped in a note that said- Grandma, I can't wait to meet you in April 2004. Love Baby M. She looked at it and said "Are you?" and then proceeded to cry.


For this baby:

DH: This time I had more time to plan because it took 10 months to get pg! During the last pregnancy I had a small sticker that looked like a warning label. It says "Warning- Beware of the pregnant woman" I tested while he was at work and when I got the BFP I taped the sticker to our house alarm panel. So when he got home that night he had to flip the warning sticker out of the way to turn off the alarm.

His mom: We put our daughter in a shirt that said "I'm the big sister" and went to Grandma's house. After we had been there for about an hour and my MIL didn't notice the shirt, we finally told her to read it. Suprisingly, this time she didn't cry (She cries at everything!)

[jenjen0713]

For DH, I videotaped me telling him. He came home from work and I was filming him. He was confused why I was filming him and I told him I was just playing around with our camcorder. I followed him to the bathroom and he saw the pregnancy test laying on the counter. He was totally surprised and excited. The best thing is I have his reaction on tape that I can show DS later in life just how excited we were that he was coming!

For our parents we just told them we had some pictures to show them and showed them the first ultrasound pictures we had done at 10 weeks.

[Sare79]

bumping for more ideas!

[susie96]

To tell my side of the family I ordered a plate online decorated to say "It's a Baby!" It had a picture of a baby in a carriage in the middle with the words around the rim. I brought cookies to our family gathering, and as the plate was uncovered, so was the surprise! It was really fun, and we still enjoy talking about that day.

I also thought about going to a "paint your own pottery" place and painting it myself. It turned out really cute having a "pro" do it, too, though.

[fifibee]

How did you tell DH you were pg?
I was actually hysterical when I saw the line on the pregnancy test and ran into our bedroom and started bawling. DH came in running and asked me if I was ok. I just told him to go to the bathroom and look at the stick. He came back crying too.

How did you tell your parents?
Since our "discovery" coincided with Chinese New Year, we invited both sets of parents to a dinner. I bought bibs that said "I love Grandpa/Grandma/Uncle" and wrapped them individually for each of the family member. After dinner, we handed everyone a present and said, "Happy Chinese New Year!" They were clueless opening the gifts, but then afterwards, it was hugs all around. :p

[Winter Biscuit]

[QUOTE=aligirl][COLOR=DarkOrchid][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial Narrow]DH: It was our anniversary so I wrapped up the + HPT. He opened it and looked at it like WTF? So I told him what it was - then he was happy :D [QUOTE]

I did that too! It was our 1st wedding anniversary - definitely a memorable one ;)

[IUAlum]

For DH, he actually found out before me. I woke up to test, and let the dog out while waiting for the EPT digital to register one way or the other. DH went into the bathroom while I was letting the dog out and actually saw the "Pregnant" come up and yelled out at me!

For my parents, we were at their house for DH's birthday dinner. I went and got a little gift for DH from the car and my mom so fed right into my plan and said "I want a gift too", so I brought her back a gift too- a frame that said "Reserved for a picture of your grandchild, est. arrival date 3/14/06" Everyone cried. She said she knew as soon as I brought in the gift for her too. This was at around 6 wks PG. We made everyone sign a confidentiality agreement! :)

For DH's parents, it was their anniversary, so we gave them the same wrapped frame as one of their gifts. My SIL was reading over MIL's shoulder and started jumping up and down. It took MIL a little longer but then she screamed and ran to the bathroom, because she peed in her pants! In all the hubub with that, no one's sure how FIL reacted. :D They had to sign the confidentiality agreements too!

[booksie]

bump!

[AusAshMommy]

Both pregnancies it was sort of Blah...

Austin, I took the test when I was home in the middle of the day (I was laid off and between jobs) he came home from work, I handed him the test and the instructions and told him to read it and walked away. He was confused to say the least...

Ashley, I took the test when I got home from work with Austin and called DH and told him to sit down, he asked me 'why' and I said 'because at the urging of my Mom I took and HPT' and he said 'why'd you do that?' so I had to explain how my temps have been up and it was clear on my chart that I was...anyhew I told him we were PG again and he just got quiet...didn't really get much of a reaction when he got home either. Took a few days for it to sink in...

[TazLuv]

We're still trying, but I have mine all planned out. My husband is an MD and I found this poem YEARS ago and I've been planning to use it ever since.

My Daddy, MD

Whenever Daddy signs his name,
he always writes M.D.,
so everyone will know,
that he belongs to me.

For M.D. means "My Daddy",
or something just the same.
And this is why he always
puts these letters in his name.

Some letters in his name are small,
but these are not, you see.
He always makes them big like that
because he's so proud of me.

I'll print it out on my computer and put it in a card or roll it and tie it like a scroll and then sign it Baby LastName, EDD: XX/XX/XX.

Now if we could just get a positive so I could use it!

:)

[Baby Lust]

I took pictures of my +HPTs, then hooked the camera up to the TV and let it cycle through the pictures. MY DH worked overnight at the time, so he always came home to watch TV.

I gave my parents (first grandchild) Chicken Soup for the Grandparents Soul, telling them I had a book recommendation for them.

[Astlrdec]

DH & I both got up early on the morning AF was due to arrive and my temp was still high so I went and POAS and we both sat there bleary eyed as the two lines appeared. Very cool to share that.

With the extended family I didn't do anything major because both my parents and my DH's parents are a long way away from us (read: 14 hrs drive to my 'rents and a flight across the other side of the world to his 'rents). I visited my family a few months prior to TTCing and thought I'd plant a present just incase coz I knew there was no way I'd hold in the news for the length of time it would take to buy and send a parcel to them. So I just bought a couple of baby bibs and printed off a sheet of paper with a baby picture on it saying, Congrats to the proud grandparents, aunts and uncles to be. Details coming soon. And then I hid it in a tall cupboard up the top with a post it note on it stating not to open if accidentally found. So, 1/2 an hour after we'd seen the two lines I got on the phone to my parents and got my Dad to go find this present which I told him was for Mum. He was so confuzzed the poor man....But he did it and Mum opened it (I was on the phone to her) and she just went all quiet as soon as she saw the bibs and I knew she was tearing up...and sure enough she was. She still hugs those bibs every now and then just to convince herself it's real. :)

With my DH's parents we phoned them later on that day when we knew the time differences were right and told his Mum & Dad over the phone. Totally shocked them but they're excited now.

It's such a fun time telling all the family and I can't wait to do it again when we have another....yeah okay I'm getting ahead of myself but that ecstatic joy of sharing the news with others is awesome. :D

[neenbean]

DH is in the Coast Guard, so when I got my BFP (POAS and confirmation from my doc), I bought a onesie that said "Little Coastie" and put it in a gift bag with a few bumper stickers that referred to your father being in the CG. When he got home that night, he saw the pregnancy tests that I accidentally left out and figured they were either mine or our friend who was staying with us at the time. Fortunately he was still surprised when I got home and gave him the bag. After opening everything he was still a little confused, so I put the onesie on my tummy and he smiled and hugged me and we called his dad right away. I had already called my family as I could not hold it in on the ride home from the on base store where I bought the CG stuff and the doc's office. :D

Next time, I plan to get a tee shirt for DD to wear that says "Big Sister" and hope DH notices when he gets home from work.

If we do conceive #2, I hope to keep it in long enough to wait a few weeks before telling our families. In retrospect, I wish I had told DH first about the BFP (with DD) but he was not upset that I spilled the beans to my family first. It would have been fun to keep it just between us for a little longer. I just in such shock I could not contain myself. We were not really TTC at the time, so I was totally blown away and completely thrilled.

[katmg]

DH and I were waiting for AF so that we could start fertility drugs on my next cycle. I hadn't been charting this past cycle since I figured it didn't really matter if we were going to have to start treatments the next cycle anyway. I thought I was a few days late, but I kept having cramping so I figured AF was on her way.

After DH left for work yesterday I used a left-over test from a previous cycle. To my surprise it came up with 2 pink lines very quickly! Since DH would be home around lunch time, I ran out and bought 2 books - "My Boys can Swim" and "The Expectant Father" as well as a tiny onesie that says, "I love Daddy." I put that together in a shoe box and had it on the counter when he got home.

I told him to open up the shoe box. He looked so confused when he was looking at the "My Boys can Swim" book and then he picked up the onesie and looked at me. I just nodded and we both got teary-eyed and hugged. It was very sweet. It worked out well that he had to go to work on a Saturday so I could run out and surprise him with a little box of goodies!

[marteneym]

Any new stories?

[marteneym]

Bumping for more stories!

[sophiapb]

I was a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding out of state so we decided to turn it into a vacation. I knew that I would be expecting my period at the end of the vacation so I took a pregnancy test along just in case a miracle happened (we had been TTC for 2 1/2 years).
We were staying up at Michigan's Mackinac Island, a resort town and had a wonderful suite with a Jacuzzi tub. To make sure that I was okay to use the Jacuzzi, I POAS very early one morning after a rough sleepless night. I honestly wasn't expecting anything when the second line came up. I was in shock. A few hours later while DH was showering, I ran out to a shop and bought an infant souvenier t-shirt. I wrapped the test in the shirt and gave it to DH still in the shopping bag. He opened it and started to cry (he'd KILL me if I knew I was writing this ;) ). It was great!
A few days later we headed to Ohio for our friends' wedding. Soon after we got there, I was sicker than a dog with a headache and severe vomitting. DH took me to the ER and they dosed me up and got me set for the wedding. I was still sort of green when I walked down the aisle but put up a brave front. Halfway through the ceremony, I felt like I needed some air. Walking to the back of the church I realized that I HAD to get out. I just made it to the back when I threw up. I made it outside, crying, convinced that I had ruined the wedding. Thankfully, only the groom and the last row of guests knew what happened (apparently I'm very quiet when I vomit! :rolleyes: ) so I didn't ruin anything. However, there is a shot in the wedding video when the groom's eyes bug out of his head as he watches me throw up in the back of the church. At the reception, we told the bride we were expecting and she announced it to the whole wedding! I honestly didn't want to steal her thunder on her big day but she was ecstatic and told EVERYONE! There went our plan to wait until the second semester to tell people. It does make a great story though and both the bride and the groom love telling it as well.

[Aug2002Bride]

I love all the ideas!!!

I think im going to get a t-shirt or make one that says "Im going to be a big sister" and take a picture of DD in it and mail out photo cards. I usually do photo cards of a random picture every now and then and send to immediate family so they are always getting them anyway. But maybe someone elses idea that I see will be better!

[BusyBee]

We kept it secret until 10 weeks.

We invited my parents over for dinner one Friday night. After desert I gave them a Grandma & Grandpa frame in a non-descript box. My mom opened the box and said "What's this? What's this?" She was all smiles, and my dad was very exited too. Minutes later they were discussing names with my grandma.

We went to MIL's for lunch on Saturday, like we do every other weekend. I said "Oh, did I show you my new shoes?" and pulled out a pair of baby shoes from my purse. My MIL is a very emotional person - She was hysterical - I hugged her to make sure she didn't fall. She crossed herself a dozen times and thanked Jesus. She called her neice. She told the mailman. I'm sure she started knocking on doors later to tell strangers.

[jmvan74]

With Number #2 I'm going to buy a t-shirt that says I'm a big Brother.

[neenbean]

Ok, since this just happened yesterday, I guess I should share another idea- of course, it didn't go as planned, but maybe your DH won't be so clueless. ;)

I tested super early yesterday morning and got 2 very faint +s, so I headed to the store and bought more. Of course, I had to test while I was out. They don't sell baby tee shirts at our supermarket, so I grabbed a mini balloon that says "Welcome New Baby" and gave it to DD to play with when she woke up, hoping DH would notice. He took the balloon from her because she was biting on the holder stick and never saw the message. :rolleyes: I thought it would be fun, since I didn't have time to buy the "I'm a Big Sister" tee that I plan to use to tell our family with when they visit next month. :)

Needless to say, I ended up just giving him the BFP test and he figured things out. :)

[cat_loverpq]

Thanks to everyone for posting! I would love to hear more stories... :)

[newmommy]

I bought a memory box, and put the BFP stick and a bib that had a cute saying on it.
I gave DH the box first, he opened it and cried : )

My mom and brother opened the box before my Dad came home(I coudn't bare to wait for him) and they were like: "who is the bib for???" I took the bib and put it on my belly :D Then they cried....

My Dad got it right away, and he cried as well : )

It was so amazing, and I can't wait for us to have the experience all over again!

[EJH]

Well we're a two-mom family so obviously things were quite well timed, LOL.

DP had been testing and nothing, this was the 6th try. Anyway, she called me over "is this a line? i think this is a line." And we both just sat there dumbfounded. Like 'how'd that happen?!' :p

For MIL and FIL, we wrapped up a pair of yellow booties from carter's (They came in a little gift type hard plastic box). We said it was an early Xmas present. They made an ornament out of it.

My parents are 3000 miles away so we called them and told them.

[AusAshMommy]

Not much thought went into either one of them:

DS - Took the test, handed it to DH w/the instructions, he looked @ me and asked me what it was, I said READ! He didn't believe me until the ultrasound @ 12 weeks, geesh MEN!

My parents, my Mom said 'yeah that's nice, it's a boy' and drove off (it was after work and I was temping in her bldg...she noticed it before me (changes in me physically, we saw each other everyday...but didn't say anything).

His Mom cried...she was soo excited!

DD - Called DH @ work and told him to sit down, he asked why and I told him to just do it, so he did and I said I took an HPT and the urging of my Mom and it was positive. He was like 'what'd you do that for?' geesh!

My Mom - I told her after the HPT came back positive...she was like, well we knew that from your chart...

His Mom - Showed her the HPT and she said 'so you think maybe your PG again huh?' I said 'no not maybe, BABY'

Nothing major!

[mkvh]

DH was with me when I took the test (okay, the first THREE tests :rolleyes: ) The only interesting or amusing parts of the story are that #1) And this may be TMI...we both stood over the test waiting for it to process TOTALLY NAKED! :o and #2) I PIAC and left it on the sink while he shaved and I went to CVS at 5:50 in the morning to buy more tests.

PARENTS:
For both his family and mine, we mixed a picture of the digital HPT in with pictures we took on a camping trip the weekend we found out, and we passed the pictures around the table at Thanksgiving dinner. It took our moms a minute to "get it". My mom's first comment was, "I don't think you meant to leave this in here." Then she said, "Oh, is this how you're TELLING us?" and started to cry.

[cat_loverpq]

mkvh ~

I PIAC and left it on the sink while he shaved and I went to CVS at 5:50 in the morning to buy more tests.


LOL! I could totally see that happening! Just a cup of urine sitting on the counter like any other day...:D



My mom's first comment was, "I don't think you meant to leave this in here."

This is too cute! Isn't that just like a mom? Trying to spare us the embarrassment before "the private picture" got passed around. ;)

[Heidi]

My mom's first comment was, "I don't think you meant to leave this in here." Then she said, "Oh, is this how you're TELLING us?" and started to cry.


LOL -I love this comment!

[cr8zyforaf]

We had been trying for 18 months to get pregnant - I had just taken the class on injecting myself and was getting ready to start clomid - I had taken a pregnancy test on December 19 and it came back negative. I put it behind me and was determined to have a good Christmas (note - my dream was to reveal that I was pregnant on Christmas - I had planned out little gifts for everyone that would let them know just in case).

Christmas Eve morning I felt horrible and thought I was getting the flu. I ran around all day and came home to nap. DH was out doing all of his Christmas shopping at the last minute like he always does...I had a few more things to pick up and had to stop at CVS to get tape. I figured...one more test just to be sure. I got home, POTS and unloaded the car...to come back to a positive test...two lines. It was 5pm on Christmas eve, so too late to run out to buy stuff for everyone.

I put the stick in a gift bag and waited for DH to get home...I begged him to open it - and he refused (he teases me because I am worse than a child when it comes to waiting to open gifts)...he finally did open it and didn't get it at first.

Parents
We went to his parents for Christmas Eve dinner - it was killing DH...so as soon as we got there he mentioned that we brought over most of the gifts but that there was one gift that wouldn't arrive for 9 months...only his mother got it and started crying, which filled everyone else in.

We went to my parents Christmas morning and started opening gifts - my sister got us a Starbucks gift card and I said "DH will have to use this because I can't drink coffee"...my sister immediately jumped up and started crying...no one else had any idea what was going on - she was one of the only people that really had a clue to the issues that we were having getting pregnant.

No Christmas will ever compare - I wanted a baby for so long and my DD was truly a gift from God to us.

[{b}]

For DH, I used an inside (and way too personal to share here) joke.

For his parents, we spilled at Sunday dinner.

For my parents, well, they wre having a rough week. My uncle had just died and there was a funeral, which my mother never does well with, and she had to help to some extent with arrangements, which was very hard on her. We were on vacation/a convention in Las Vegas, and DH really wanted to tell them - he felt bad his family knew before mine. So we got ahold of my parents to see how the funeral went and if Mom was OK (and to get them both in the same house, let alone the same room was a struggle!), and at the end of a conversation I said, "Well, the three of us are going to head to dinner." My mom said "WHAT 3?" And I said "DH, me, and the baby!" SDhe said "WHAT BABY!" As though we had stolen an infant from a mother's arms on the Strip in Vegas! LOL!

[BusyBee]

No Christmas will ever compare - I wanted a baby for so long and my DD was truly a gift from God to us.

Kim, that's such a beautiful story - something to share with your 'Christmas' baby as she grows up!

[AusAshMommy]

cr8zyforaf ~ I loved your story! So touching!

Love your daughter's name too ;-)

Our Ashley is an X-Mas eve baby...so they are special little girls, both of them :D

[pugzy]

bump! :)

[PinkMartini]

Wow you all have such cute stories...

Mine wins for the most 'boring' story... :rolleyes:

We weren't TTC so this pregnancy was a total surprise. I had been having M/S for about 3 weeks prior to testing, but just KNEW I wasn't pregnant because I was on my period and it had been on time (not late AT ALL). Well thanks to my mom INSISTING I take a HPT I found out I WAS pregnant. I tested on a Friday morning (while FH was at work) and was so surprised/freaked out that I just called him and told him "Um, honey, I'm pregnant." He kept saying "No way, you're on your period" and pretty much didn't believe me. Told me to take another test later on that day and call him with the results. So, I took another one and same result. I then went into the E.R. to see if I was miscarrying, had an ultrasound/blood test and it was confirmed :p

Next time I'm going to have to remember some of these cute ways to tell

[Winter Biscuit]

With my DD, we referred to TTC as "catching the egg." My DH was out of town when I got my BFP so I had a few days to freak out and figure out how I wanted to tell him. Our 1-year anniversary was 5 days away, so i decided to spill the news to him via my anniversary gift to him. Oh - I had taken a HPT earlier but it was negative (in retrospect, I had taken it too early for the hCg to show up) so he truly thougth I was NOT pregnant. Well, Easter was a week away so there was all sorts of Easter stuff in the stores. I went to Pier One and found these really cool decorative Easter eggs and decided that those could represent the "egg" we caught ;) Then I bought my DH The Daddy Book by Todd Parr and wrote a note inside the cover saying that he was going to be the best daddy in the world. I also wrapped up an "I love daddy" bib. On our anniversary, I had him open the decorative Easter eggs first. He sorta looked at me like "WTF are these for?" He had no clue what was coming... Then he opened the bib and still didn't quite get it. He thought I was just giving him the bib for "when" we eventually had a baby. Then he opened the book, read my note and looked at me with huge eyes. Then I handed him the positive HPT and that is when he was TOTALLY shocked, yet very happy :) We just stood around giggling and hugging for a while and then I shouted, "I HAVE A BUN IN THE OVEN!!" and started laughing hysterically. That phrase has always cracked me up. DH looked at me and said, "Uh, I don't think it's big enough to be a bun yet. It's more like a biscuit." From that point on, we referred to the baby as "Biscuit" (and hence, my screen name).

We told our parents with "I love grandma/pa" bigs and books about grandparents.

With this pregnancy, DH knew right away as I have been POAS ;) I just ordered an "I'm going to be a big sister" t-shirt for DD. When we're ready to tell our families (probably not until July 4 weekend, if we can hold out that long), we will just put the shirt on DD and see how long it takes people to notice.

[pugzy]

That is so sweet!! I had the biggest smile on my face reading your story of how you told your husband. The t-shirt idea will be so cute!

[Janey]

The first time we did the digital, it took FOREVER, and it finally came back negative. 3 days later, I still had not gotten my period, my temp was still up, and I just knew. B wanted me to wait until he got home for me to test. He stood there in the bathroom and I told him I couldn't POAS with him standing there -- it was too much pressure. :p I POAS, put the cap on it, put it on the counter, turned around to flush the toilet... turned back around to see if the thing was blinking like it should be -- it wasn't. It said Pregnant. I yelled to B: "Baby get in here!! It came back REALLY FAST!!"


We told B's mom & two sisters when we met up for breakfast on Saturday. They live 3 hours away so we don't see them very often. We had a couple of mini-gifts from some trips we'd taken... and then we brought out a third box. We gave her this frame (I ran down to Aaron Brothers the day before to get it - thank goodness they had a cute one - and we doctored it up Fri. night) She was so excited she couldn't stop hugging it. :p

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As for my folks ... My dad was the one who was so cute/funny about becoming a grandparent. He was the one I really wanted to surprise. A couple of weeks ago, I got my dad a "World's Greatest Grandpa" T-shirt at Target, since all the Father's Day stuff was in the stores. I figured I'd just hang onto it until I got the BFP. My mom knew I had the T-shirt, and so I whispered to her, "I'm pregnant" while we were in the kitchen so she wouldn't squeal and make noises when I handed my dad his Father's Day Present.

We of course swore both sets of parents to secrecy until we hear the heartbeat. My dad said, "The only way I could be any happier right now is if I could talk!" But they have all promised to respect our wishes on telling people, so that is good.

[Sare79]

My DH has a really big extended family that we see almost monthly. We decided to tell them all at Easter with eggs. Inside little plastic eggs, there was some candy eggs and a peep and a message that said:

"Our excitement you cannot match,
For in November, a new lastname will hatch"

Joel and Sarah
(Est. Due Date: November 2006)

[JennZ]

With #2 I used the "I'm the Big Sister" t-shirt idea and went to BRU and had pictures taken of her in the t-shirt. She was only 5 months old at the time, so I was always having her picture taken. When DH got home, I showed him the picture and he looked at it and said, "Oh, how cute. More pictures!" Then I told him to read the t-shirt and THEN he got it! :rolleyes:

With #3, we had been TTC for about a year and had had three failed IUI's.
I was scheduled to have a laparoscopy later that month, so we figured there was no way I would get pregnant that month.
Well, just because I had one leftover pg test, I randomly tested to get it out of the way so I would know for sure I wasn't pregnant. I was only 10 dpo, so imagine my surprise when it said "pregnant"!
I had a blood test that afternoon which was 29. I really wanted to surprise DH this time, so I decided to wait 10 whole days until our 5 year anniversary.
It was SO hard! I bought so many tests and smuggled them into the house to make sure I was still pg that week! :o

We went out to dinner and I gave him a poem that I had written about our 5 years together- how we met, dating, getting married, having DD and DS, etc...
At the very end I wrote,
"And now as I sit here and look into your eyes,
I have but one thing left to say,
in March we will be five!!"

He teared up immediately and couldn't speak. When he looked up at me, I just nodded my head and started crying!
(Our second DS was born Feb. 28, 2006) :)

[Aug2002Bride]

Does anyone have any cute ideas for sayings or rhymes that I can use on our photo cards that we are going to send everyone to announce this baby. DD will be wearing a shirt that says "Im going to be a big sister"....so I dont know if I should just leave it blank and let them figure it out by that or if I should put something cute under the photo.

Im just afraid some people wont pay that much attention to the shirt.

[PugLover]

I would love to hear creative ways you told people you were pg. We are TTC right now (just started!) and I would love a really cool way to break the news. We plan on telling family right away (and maybe close friends) so it can't involve an ultrasound picture or anything and my DH's parents live out of state while mine live in town. I would love to tell them at the same time but don't know if that is possible. I would love to hear any and all ideas or ways you did this!

[shimmerstar]

Mrs. Hill, that frame is so adorable. Do you mind if I steal your idea?

I would like to wait a little longer to tell my family, but they will all be here next week, and not again until christmas! Since I'm a drama queen there's no way I can just call them or write a card. I'm going to give my parents that frame for their anniversary.

As for dh, I made a tshirt that said "bun in the oven" with the arrow, and wore it when he came home. He got it almost immediately.

[Janey]

Shimmerstar - I absolutely don't mind at all! That's why I posted it -- in case someone liked it and wanted to do it. :)

I got the frames at Aaron Bros ... but they were on the Clearance table. You might call around to see if any of your local Aaron Bros has them? The frame is by Malden. If they don't have that exact one, they probably have something similar! I hope you post a picture of whatever you end up doing!

[maplekitty]

Please remember to do a search, there are many threads on this topic.

http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=8433&highlight

[jenahdawn]

I'd bought him two books a few weeks before (knowing that I wouldn't be able to keep it from him) "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby and "Babyhood" by Paul Reiser.

Got up early~ish for us for a Sunday morning, POAS, and it changed in NO TIME.

So, shaking, I went into my top drawer, got out the two books, woke him up and said, "I got you some presents while you were gone." (He'd been in Hawaii for business and had only been home 2 days) He (bleary eyed) said, "Presents?"

He opened the bag, pulled out the books and just began smiling, then I handed him the test. And got up to take another one, just to be sure, and I barely got the cap on the thing before we got the other line!

[MichelleRenee]

I don't have any creative ways to tell, but out of absolute boredom I will post how I told everyone.:D

We TTC for about 6 months so I had plenty of time to dream up "the moment" I would tell DH. I had it all planned out that I would give him some sort of "daddy" gift, like a onesie or a bib and a book about pregnancy for men. This plan would have worked out great if I had actually bought the stuff in advance. I was convinced that buying it all in advance would jinx me, but I was also convinced I would be able to keep it a secret the day I found out. Silly me.

I didn't even think I was PG, but we had just decided to postpone TTC since I had just started my first job in my field. We didn't want to postpone, but we thought it would be best. I was getting ready for work and just decided to use my last digital test. When I glanced down and saw "pregnant" it was pure shock. I truly had one of those double-take moments where I thought I was seeing things. A small voice told me "wait to tell him" but within seconds I was running out of the bathroom waving the pee-stick around and I woke him up and told him. So no glamorous "I'm pregnant" moment like I thought it would be, but still an incredible morning!! (and it was Valentine's Day!) You just lose control when you see that it is positive.

Then I called my sister and all I could think to say was "so what do I do after I get a BFP?"

Then I called my mom from my new office and had to be reeeeaallly discreet, so I said "mom, remember that thing that Lisa did a few months ago?" and she got it right away. (my sister had just had a baby)

After that DH and I somehow got into this competition to be the first one to tell people so it was a race o call everyone and tell them the good news. Not very creative, but fun.

So I was glad with how it all turned out, but I do daydream about ways it could have been more special. It was V-Day for Pete's sake. I had the perfect chance to sneak a picture of a BFP into a perfectly innocent looking V-Day gift.

[cat_loverpq]

There are quite a few stories in this thread:

How did you tell DH (and/or your parents) you were pg? (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=828)

[cat_loverpq]

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[LexyLou]

With our daughter it wasn't too exciting. I just POAS and when the line came up and couldn't believe it so I asked him if he saw the line.

We were pretty timid about it since we had just had a miscarriage 3 months prior and really couldn't believe we would get pregnant on the first try after. We waited 3 more days and I POAS again and it was super dark. That's when we got excited.

With the first baby (miscarriage) I was in London for work when I found out. I lied to DH and told him that I got my period and had to wait an entire week to tell him. I didn't want to tell him over the phone.

His favorite soccer team is Manchester United, so I bought him a jersey and then a baby jersey.

When I got home I told him I had some presents. He was kind of expecting the jersey. So I told him to close his eyes and handed him the jersey. He pretended to be surprised and was super happy. Then I told him to close his eyes again, and then I handed him the baby jersey. He was super excited but didn't get it at all. Totally thought I just decided to get it for our future child since I was in England.

Then I told him to close his eyes again and I handed him the positive HPT (in a baggie). He looked down, stared at it for a second, processed it and started crying.

It was awesome.

I wish I could tell Ella that was her story because it was a really awesome way to tell DH. I wanted to try to make the announcement I was pregnant again special but I was just to excited and nervous when I say the line on the HPT. I was to afraid to keep it to myself and then have a miscarriage. Luckily, I didn't have a miscarriage and our DD is 9 months old. :)

[happy]

These are all great stories:
Here are mine:
DH was with me when we took the test so he knew right away
we found out that I was pregnant with DS about three weeks before Christmas. We purchased "chicken soup for the grandparent’s soul" and wrapped it up for both of our parents to open at Christmas. We saw my IL's first and they didn't really get it at first and then finally said "is this for us or for Grandma" we replied that you are the grandparent they were super excited. When we got to my parents I couldn't wait until after we ate and opened some presents so I gave it to them as soon as we walked into the house. My mom got it right away and screamed and then my sisters screamed and then my dad said "what is going on" they were all very excited.

With Baby #2(That we ended up m/c)
For my DH I took a picture of DS in His "I am going to be a big brother shirt" and got several of them printed and plastered them all over the house for when DH got home. he was very excited and was not really expecting that news.
I have my DS wear a shirt over to both sets of parents that said "I am going to be a big brother". It took both sets a long time to read it but they were super excited

With baby #3
I just called DH at work and told him that I had good news. Not very exciting but I couldn't keep it a secret any longer
we found out a bout a week before father's day. We were very hesitant about doing anything since it was so close to the m/c. We just had DS draw a picture for both sets of grandpa's. On it I wrote: Happy Fathers day Love DS PS My daddy said that his boys can swim."
It took the grandpa's a few to get it but they were also very excited

[lil_nance]

I came up with this idea for a friend. Not sure if she's going to use it but I might when we get preg w/ #2.

T-shirts /jerseys for all. The idea is coach and athletic team.
Dad's says SWIM COACH
Kid's say Dad's Name Little Swimmers and a number (i.e. for the oldest: Mike's Little Swimmers 1)
Mom's shirt would read: Mike's Little Swimmers 2

[marteneym]

I read this thread lots during our 18months of TTC. So glad to be able to post my own story.
DH: I had a very faint test one morning but so faint I wasnt sure I believed it myself. I took another the next day and it was even darker. When Dh came out of the other bathroom he came over to hug my good morning. I pulled the test out from under my pillow(he didnt know I had POAS) and showed it to him. He was a little confused at first. He said, What does this mean? Not quite sure if he should believe it or not. I told him I was pg, and he just said, Are you sure? I told him yes, A line is a line! We hugged and then it hit me. I started shaking and crying. That afternoon I gave him My Boys Can Swim and an I love Daddy Bib that I had put away months ago.

My parents: I called my mom as soon as DH and I got over the initial shock. It was early am and we were getting ready for work. She asked what was wrong and I told her I was pg. She screamed on the phone.
My dad was out of town so I called him later during the day and told him. I could hear his smile over the phone. He was so excited. And just said I told you it would happen.

IL's: They were coming to visit the day we found out. We went to a fundraiser piano concert with my family and his. When we got home we had wrapped a frame that said Baby ..Last Name.. Due to Arrive December 2006. FIL didnt get it at first. MIL hugged me and squealed. FIL asked what was going on. They were very excited.

The next day we went over to my parents house to tell my sibs. I took another frame for my parents even though they already knew. And a Pregnant Barbie for my 6yr old sis. She opened it and then we told my bro, fsil, and other sis. They were all excited.

I am 16w4d now. It has been baby this and baby that every since.
Especially with the 6yr old. She is going to our BIG US with us in less than 2weeks.

[cat_loverpq]

marteneym ~ Congratulations! Are you going to find out the gender?

[Nanner]

I went to the paint store and got a couple of paint samples. When DH got home, I showed them to him and asked him which one he liked better. "For what?" he asked. "For the nursery."

At first, he thought I was just planning WAY ahead (like I always do). Then he saw me smiling, and he got the picture. :)

[shaqangel]

we werent TTC so when i went in for my yearly physical i was really shocked to find out i was pg. i cried not cos i was unhappy - it was just the shock of the news and i had no idea what to say or do. i found out around 3pm and i just couldnt bring myself to tell dh. he has a class that night so was gone for a while. when he got home i told him i had to run an errand cos i just could not bring myself to tell. i thought maybe i could find a card so i went to books a million and i found this book that says 'So you're going to be a Daddy!' it was perfect! i got him 2 cards as well.

when we got to bed i told him i had a 'just because' gift for him. he opened up a card first and then the gift. when he saw the book he got a little smile on his face and said ' is this a joke cos if it is isnt a nice one!' when i started to cry he knew it was true. it was pretty cool. we stayed up til about 2am talking about the whole thing.

[marteneym]

Catlover Thank you! Yes we are. We have an US a week from today. We are very excited.

[ellidew]

How did you tell DH you were pg? I tested one weekend with an internet cheapie and there was a faint line. I swore a line was a line so I went to the store to buy some additional tests to make sure and they were all bfn. I must've been acting kind of sneaky and didn't have a good excuse for leaving the house to go to walgreen and then target so i told dh that one came back positive but the rest negative so it must just be a false positive. I ordered some more internet cheapies during the week and received them in time to test again on Saturday morning. About 5 of those came back bfp along with a line test from the weekend before and the crowning glory was the 'Pregnant' on the digital test. I couldn't hold the excitement in so i just told dh. We were both very excited. Then we headed out for Mardi Gras where i had to keep it a secret ALL day from everyone we were with!

How did you tell your parents?
We had an absolute blast last night telling our family. Getting a hold of everyone was slightly difficult though.

After i left my doctors appt on the Tuesday following the BFP i called dh first to let him know we are definitely pg and then i called both of my sisters and neither of them answered! So i called my friend Jenn! She was excited and it was fun to finally be officially telling someone! I did get a hold of my sisters later on and they were both very excited!

On my way home i stopped and bought a book for each of our parents.

I bought this one for the il's:
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/1020000/1029502.gif
and when you flip the book over it's
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/4340000/4340940.gif

and this one for my mom:
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/6900000/6907965.gif

As soon as dh got home we got in the car and drove to his parents house... and they weren't home! So, we drove to my mom's house... and she wasn't home! On a Tuesday night, no one was home!

So we went and picked up dinner and we got something for my mom so she could eat when she came home. We took it back to her house and ate. Then we waited another 20 mins and she still didn't show. At this point it's 7:00 and we really just want to go home and relax. So, i put her dinner in the fridge and her book on a table with other books between her book ends and wrote her a note: "Mom, just came by to visit and brought dinner. Couldn't wait any longer. Call me on my cell phone when you get home."

About 20 minutes later my phone rang. We did the usual "hello, how are you" and then i said "I left you a present" She said "I know. That was so nice of you." and i said "No, i left you another present." Being my overractive mother she said "Oh no. Is it bad?" "No, mom, it's not bad. It's on your table in the great room between your bookends. Go get it and then come back. I'll hold."

I hear her walk off talking to herself and hear her walk back talking to her new kitten and she gets back on the phone "Oh, that's so cute, thank you. where did you get it?" I'm thinking... where did i get? How about WHY? I said "the bookstore" (i was shocked she hadn't already found the hidden meaning!) Then i heard the light bulb in her head go on and she said "Are you?" and i said "yeah" and then she screamed in my ear in excitement! We talked all the way to dh's parents house and i even made dh drive around the block so we could finish talking.

Now we are at dh's parents house and we pull up into the driveway and walk to the door and wait for his mom to let us in. She lets us in and we say "Hello" and she asks if we drove by earlier and we said that we did. Apparently she saw us on the main road leading to their house as they were coming home. Dh said "well, we just stopped by to drop off a present" and handed his mom the book (he had it behind his back while we were talking.)

She read the title of the book and i don't think it sunk in right away. Then she said "Are you really?" and we said "yes" she's hugging us and saying "are you really? really?" we reassured her numerous times that we would not make something like this up! But, she still asked us 5 more times if we we're really really. :D

[flygirl]

My dad said, "The only way I could be any happier right now is if I could talk!"This is exactly how my dad was :). He was absolutely dying not being able to tell anyone.

[schmeevee]

my aunt's SIL told her DH by giving him pink and blue carnations.

my friend made her DH take a pic with their dog, and she said, "ok! ready? 1....2....3.... I'M PREGNANT!" and then she took a picture of his reaction.

another friend bought a book, "1001 (or 101) reasons why I love you... she wrote on the front cover a letter that continued into the back... and then she added reason #1002 - "i love you because you are the father of our child".

[danalou]

I love all the ideas you girls have shared and I will have to keep them in mind for when we tell our folks the good news.

I was curious how long everyone waited to tell their parents and in-laws with the first baby??

[sea74]

danalou! I saw the user name and I was like, no ... could it be? And it is! Good to see you around!

[Janey]

I was curious how long everyone waited to tell their parents and in-laws with the first baby??
We told our parents and in-laws right away. It wouldn't have happened like that normally, because we would have had to wait to tell them in person. My dad lives half-time in AK and half-time here; and B's mom lives on the other side of the mountains from us. But because of Father's Day, my dad was in town; because of SIL's birthday, MIL was in town. It just worked out.

B's dad lives in AZ and he has not been told yet. We have an OB appointment tomorrow, and will hopefully be hearing the HB. If they do an Ultrasound, we will send the US picture in a small picture frame we chose for his dad and my grandma (who also has not been told yet). If they do not, we'll just to a "picture coming 2/23/07" thing in there and send it off to him.

[jenjen0713]

With DS, I went out and bought a camcorder (we always talked about getting one). When he got home from work, I was filming him, telling him I found a great deal on it and was just testing it out to see how it worked. I followed him to the bathroom where the pregnancy test was. The expression on his face was priceless and it is such a great thing to have to be able to share with our son when he is older.

With DC#2, I found out 6 days before Father's Day. I waited for 6 days without telling him. I put a pregnancy test in a gift bag and was taping him opening his Father's Day gift. Again, the expression from him was priceless and something I will always be able to go back and watch.

[Monty]

Okay Ladies, if this has already been a thread I'm really sorry!!! I searched!!!

Anyhow, how did you tell your DH that you were BFP??? Any good stories out there? Please share!!!

I'm still TTC so nothing yet from me :mad:

[kiki61872]

i dont have anyting too exciting. i was too darn shocked at my bfp that i just ran out of the bathroom waving my stick!

[PinkMartini]

I honestly had no idea I was even pregnant (we weren't TTC and I was bleeding - my period was on time) but I had been having M/S for a week or 2 and my mom suggested I take a HPT. I thought for sure it'd be a waste (there was absolutely NO way I was preg) so when I got the BFP I immediately called DH to tell him. He was absolutely shocked (we weren't married yet and we wanted to wait to TTC until we were)....

[lkendra00]

DH is a huge scratch off lottery ticket guy so while we were trying I found tickets online that when scratched said "we're having a baby" I put them in a late valentine's day card and gave it to him. He loved it because it was so him.

[Tonysweetie]

I had taken a test about 20 minutes before he got home from work. I was in shock to find a BFP since we weren't TTC. As soon as he walked inthe door I said "I have to tell you something" he goes "what?" which this stunned look on his face and I said "I'm pregnant" and showed him the test. He was in shock for the latter part of the day but he just kissed my tummy earlier so I think he's getting excited! Also now he knows it's real when I have 5 BFP tests laying on the bathroom counter, lol. :D :eek:

[Ericka_Jarett]

I took my tests right before hubby was leaving for work. I hid the tests though until he left. I took a pic of the 2 tests and got them ready to send to him at work. I found an e-card and mailed that to him first. I sent an e-mail that followed with a note after I got notice that he read his card. He opened the e-mail which I attached the pictures to and as soon as he opened it, he called me and sent me an IM at the same time. He was so happy.

[taffers]

Here's a past thread about this... :)

http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=828

[mommydearest]

I was so shocked (I had been spotting for 3 days) that I just yelled for him without thinking "Hey Honey! Come look at this!!!! Not too exciting I know, but I can't imagine keeping something like that from him for even a second.

[Standrea]

I had worked almost 30 hours with a 2 hour nap somewhere in there, and it was the end of our event (I worked for a nonprofit in the fundraising dept.), one of the committee members asked me if i was ok. I told him iwas tired, and he told me I was pregnant. He was drunk. I had my period, and had been on Chlomid, so when I had my US, nothing showed.

I stopped at the drug store on the way home, and took it. Stan walked in the bathroom, I looked at the stick, and it had a faint, but definately there line. Stan looked at it and said it was wrong.

I took 10 tests over the next 3 days, including digital ones, and they all were positive, but stan still didn't believe it!:) Now we have a beautiful 3 month old baby girl!

[cat_loverpq]

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[Rancid13]

DH~ We had been "seeing what happens" for all of 4 weeks when my paternal grandfather died, suddenly. A few days after his death I realized AF was late and I took out a pg test and honestly thought I was about to waste a test (thought AF was delayed due to stress), but lo and behold it came out positive. I wasn't feeling that well that day (a Saturday) and we were invited to a bbq with friends. I opted out, and still didn't feel well so right after DH left for the bbq was when I did the HPT.

As soon as I saw the word "Pregnant" in the little window, I called him on his cell and begged him to please come home. He was slightly upset, thinking I was just not feeling well & being b*tchy, and wanting him to "not have fun with friends he hadn't seen in a long time" as he put it. When he walked in the door, I told him I wasn't feeling well at all, but needed him to read something for me, as I was having trouble. He followed me into the bathroom and I pointed at the BFP sitting on the counter. I think he was more shocked than I was and he started crying, then after hugs and tears, he asked if it was still ok if he went to the bbq b/c he wanted to tell EVERYone the good news, but he would totally understand if I wanted him to stay home w/me. (He went, which I didn't mind at all because I knew how important it was to spend some time with longtime friends after a long week at work). He must've called me like 5 times that night just to check and make sure I was ok, which was really sweet of him.

My mom~ We had our usual family dinner at my parents' house the following day and after we were just milling around the family room I blurted out to my mom that I was pregnant. She didn't believe me until DH and I insisted that it wasn't a joke. We managed to convince her sometime during the course of the evening. Now she believes!! She can't wait for the arrival of her first grandson.

My dad~ During the whole course of 'finding out' my dad had been out of town attending to his father's funeral arrangements. Almost a week after the BFP was when the funerals were held, and I had wanted to tell him in person rather than over the phone. We were at the family-only memorial at the cemetary and DH said something to him like "You're gonna be a grandpa again!" and my dad looked over at my brother and his (now) wife, thinking it was them again. I had to tell him that no, it was us this time, and he got the biggest grin and hugged & congratulated us. It was a moment of happiness during a time of grief, which I think he welcomed.

Rest of the family~ The IL's live in Hawaii so DH called them the night we found out while en route to the bbq. The following Monday I sent out a mass email to all friends and relatives who hadn't already been called by my mom or best friend letting them know the good news.

[pugzy]

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[Orion]

First Pregnancy: I was in a car accident and during one of my doctors visits she said that my back wasn't healing properly so she wanted to put me on some kind of medication that would help but I couldn't be on it if I was pregnant. She asked me if there was a chance and since DH and I were trying I did say that there was a chance. She than told me to take a pregnancy test when I got home and if I wasn't pregnant to come back and she will give me a prescription for the meds...kind of strange I know...I mean, I was at the doctors office so why didn't she just give me a test? Anyway, as I was walking back to work I passed by a Shoppers Drug Mart and decided to buy a HPT. When I got back to work I went straight to the bathroom because I figured there was no way I was pregnant but lo and behold there was a nice dark line. I was in shock and there was no way I could keep this from my DH so I called him at work and asked him if he was sitting down and just told him that I was pregnant.
Parents (who live on the opposite side of the country):For my Mom, I had my brother call (my brother lived with us at the time and was the first to find out) and tell her that he was about to become an uncle. Mom was really confused and couldn't figure out what was going on until I got on the phone and told her that I was pregnant. She screamed and cried and was so happy. With the IL's DH just told them that I was pregnant and MIL said "I knew it." I don't know how she knew but she did...:rolleyes:

Second Pregnancy: Since DD was only six months old at the time and I was bf'ing a second pregnancy kind of came as a shock to us. We were driving home after being out for the day and I was in a real crabby mood so DH suggested we stop at a drug store for a HPT. I said that there was no way I was pregnant (it took over 6 months of trying for DD and as I said I was only 6 months pp and exc. bf) but he convinced me to buy the test. Sure enough a very dark line appeared...DH's first very sweet words to seeing the test was 'oh, sh#t'...nice eh! I started to cry but only because I was scared, happy and nervous all at the same time. We decided to hold off telling our parents until we found out how far along I was and after the first u/s (when we found out that I was 11 weeks along :eek: ) we called my Mom and after chatting for a bit she said that she had to go because she was meeting the family for supper and I asked her if she was going out to celebrate and she asked why would she be celebrating and I said because she is going to be a grandmother for the second time. It was pretty funny because my Mom kept saying 'it's not possible, your only 6 months pp, there's no way'. After I told her that we have already had an u/s and that it is possible she started to cry.

[karlatta]

Well, we did IVF, so DH knew when I would be testing. I would wake him up every morning around 5 or 6 to see if he could see the line too. (I started getting very faint lines at 10dpo.)

With both sets of parents, we waited until our second set of bloodwork came in good and then we called them. They both knew we were doing IVF, and they both live pretty far away, so there was no good way to surprise them.

[Wrighty26]

DH - I took about 20 tests and got faint positives on about half of them. He was at work - and when he got home I told him I "thought" I was pregnant, but not sure. I truly was in complete denial myself! I waited another 2 days and took a digital HPT and when the word "pregnant" popped up I woke up my DH (at 5:30am) and showed him. He was in denial about it until we heard the heartbeat at 12 weeks!

Family - We told everyone at Thanksgiving, when I was about 8 weeks. We mainly spread the word through phone calls, but the best reveal was to my mom. I was TOTALLY flipping out about telling her. For months she had been telling me that she wasn't ready to be a grandmother - so I was dreading it. She came over for (Thanksgiving) dinner and she presented me with my favorite kind of wine. I figured that was the perfect opportunity to tell her-- so I kindly thanked her and then told her I'd be saving it for about 9 months. At first she didn't get it-- so I let it sink in for a minute and she looked at me and said, "Wait a minute. 9 months. Are you pregnant?" Then she did a little happy dance. I was so relieved!

One funny thing we did think of doing -- but never did --was giving my brother, Ben, a box of Uncle Ben's rice. Instead we told him when he arrived at our place for Thanksgiving dinner-- but how funny would that have been?

[amew]

I just told DH. He knew I was late, but we were both convinced I wasn't pregnant for some reason. He went out of town this morning, and I won't see him until Thursday night when I join him for the holidays. I tested over my lunch hour and was shocked to find a BFP. I was kind of sad about the prospect of having to tell him over the phone, but then he called me from the bookstore of our alma mater and teed up the news perfectly. The conversation went like this:

DH: I'm in the bookstore. Should I buy a shirt for H and A's baby (friends of ours from college who we just learned are expecting)?
Me: Sure, that's such a sweet idea! Why don't you get one for our baby, too, while you're there.
DH: Hee, hee.
Me: [Silence]
DH: Are you being serious?
Me: Yes.
DH: Did you take a test?
Me: Yes.
DH: What did it say?
Me: It said we're going to have a baby, silly!

[FSUSammy]

Hey ladies. We just got our BFP on Friday. We aren't telling family right now. Not sure if we'll wait until we see a heartbeat or until we are out of the first trimester just because I have PCOS and the risk of m/c is higher. I was wondering if any of you had any creative ways to tell your family. Since I have time before we share the news I want to make sure it is something truely memorable.

[Sophia]

*bump*

[Sophia]

There are a lot of creative ideas in this thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=828) I just bumped for you.

[FSUSammy]

Thanks, totally didn't see that one!

[Smittenk]

Telling DH:

I waited until I got my BFP from the doctor which was the day after I took the home test. I bought a silver airplane coin bank (DH is a pilot) and rolled up a piece of paper inside so just the end was sticking out of the top of the bank. The paper read "Get Ready for Take-Off...We've got a a Little Passenger on Board!!" DH was shocked and excited!!


Telling our family:

We live on the other side of the world as our families so I decorated bibs and onesies with either "I love my auntie and uncle/cousin/grandma etc" and mailed them off. DH's parents ended up coming to visit so we were able to give them theirs in person which was great! We waited until I had my 10 week ultrasound (to show that it was a good pregnancy) to mail them off. It was tough waiting to tell them all the big news but I really wanted to wait until we were at least close to the 2nd trimester.

[Sare79]

I didn't realize that I never posted what we did!

Telling DH: We had been trying and had many false alarms, so we decided to stop trying. On March 16th, I had this weird feeling at 5:00 am that I had to pee really bad. I got up and went to the bathroom and decided to POAS to get rid of it. Sure enough, it was positive! I ran into the bedroom and grabbed a bib I had bought that said "My Daddy loves me" and the test and jumped onto the bed. DH woke up and asked what was wrong and I put the bib and the stick on his chest. He freaked out a little that there was something I had just peed on laying there, but he was very excited!

My mom: DH had just found out he got a new job a few days before and my mom emailed me the day after we found out and said she forgot to congratulate him on the phone the night before. I wrote backa nd said there was something else she should congratulate him on, and she wrote back asking What I was talking about. I said, He's going to be a daddy. Then my work phone rang. :)

His parents: Our relationship moved fast and when we got engaged, his family was quite shocked at it all, so we wanted to approach it as nicely as possible and not shck the hell out of them. We went to their house for Sunday dinner like usual and when we sat down, his dad asked how our week was. DH said he had good news and bad news. The good news was that they were going to be grandparents and the bad news is that they were going to have to wait to tell everyone (they are not known for keeping secrets).

Extended family: DH has a huge family and so we decided to wait until Easter to tell everyone. I borrowed an idea from a journal buddy here and made up little plastic Easter eggs with candies and a note that said "Our excitement you cannot match, For in November a new lastname will hatch! Due: November 21, 2006" We passed them out as soon as we got to the family dinner and told them to all open them at once. They did and there was an eruption of excitement and crying and laughing. Altogether there were about 28 people there, so it made it pretty exciting and noisy.

[southerner]

Here (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8433) is another one.

[emschwar]

We told everyone for valentines day. I got heart shaped boxes at the target $ spot, took our 8 week u/s picture and put it in the bottom of the box, covered it with valentine's candy and sent them out! Everyone thought it was a cute way to spread the news.

[stevesbabygirl]

DH - I took a test one morning, a week after AF was due, and it came up very faintly positive. I asked him to come look at it, to see if he saw a line, and my hand was shaking as I pointed to the stick. I took a digital the next day, and while we were supposed to both look at the same time, it flashed "pregnant" before I could even leave the bathroom.

Immediate family - We hosted Thanksgiving at our house, which was 5 days after my dad's birthday. We told him that we had a gift for him, which was a picture of our 8-week ultrasound (I was 10 weeks by that point). He opened it in front of everyone and was completely shocked. Once everyone else figured out what it was, they asked if I was pregnant. When I said yes, everyone went nuts!

Extended family and friends - We sent out photo Christmas cards with a picture of us and a picture of our ultrasound. It read Happy Holidays on it, and our text said "Steve, Heather, and Baby S, arriving June 2007."

[jimmysgirl424]

DH: We were TTC and he knew that AF was late by three days. I had a cheapie test, but decided to go buy a Clearblue Early digital to test with instead. I POAS and covered up the display window with the instruction booklet (silly, I know) and went to sit in the living room with DH while we waited. I got up to go read the test and DH followed right behind me. I walked into the bathroom, uncovered the test and lo and behold, DH and I were both staring down at the word 'pregnant' in the