Are you telling people yet? - Page 2

[Mama Bear]

We've told some people.

When I got the + test, dh was still sleeping - so I taught ds to say 'I'm a big brother' and then we went upstairs to wake up daddy and I told dh that ds wants to tell him something. So ds says 'Me bee bro' and dh had no clue what he had said so I translated it. The first thing dh says to me is to go buy some prenatal vitamins

I told a few close friends and dh told some of his close friends, but we haven't told any family yet. With ds, we told all family the day we found out (Christmas morning 2003) and we had just moved out of state, so it was actually kinda depressing b/c we were all alone

But this time we are waiting to tell family b/c we are going to visit them all early next month and I think it will be more fun to tell them in person. I am getting a friend to make a shirt for me the says 'Big Brother in training' and I am just gonna let ds wear it and see how long it takes people to notice!

[Azuluna]

I have no self control...I have told just about everyone (that matters), except a couple of relations who are chronic complainers, as I don't want to hear how our house is small, or we aren't millionaires, etc. With dd, I was only 20, and scared, and in a bad relationship, so not telling people for a while was a given. No one congratulated me, although I did get more support as the time passed. This time things are at the opposite end of the spectrum, the pg was planned, and so far everyone is really excited and happy for us.
I am way too excited to keep it to myself, and honestly, I would rather have the support of my family and my girlfriends if something were to go wrong.

[scheelimama]

DH and I are terrible at keeping secrets! I told one friend IRL, but that's it. I would like to wait another week (till I'm 5 weeks at least, even though that's still pretty early). In the meantime, dh and I are going to put together a dvd with slideshow pictures of the girls as babies and at the end have our older dd announce the pregnancy and show the positive test. We're going to mail this to our parents (who aren't real internet savvy) and then we'll post it for the rest of our friends. That's the plan! I have some friends I just started running with though and I think I should bail on that soon so they may find out sooner than I expected. They are planning on me running with them tonight. I've read that running is not recommended unless you are an avid runner and you should always keep your heart rate under 140, which I know I can't do when running. So, no more for me.

[welldone]

Originally Posted by Mama Bear

I am getting a friend to make a shirt for me the says 'Big Brother in training' and I am just gonna let ds wear it and see how long it takes people to notice!

We did this last time, and it was so fun. Had our daughter wear a shirt that said, "Big Sister," and waited to see what happened. Some noticed right away, while others (my father-in-law!) took a long time, so that by the end, everyone was trying to get him to noticed the shirt. It was a hoot.

We decided to tell our daughters. It was so fun! My older one keeps hugging me and saying, "I'm hugging two people!"

[scheelimama]

I think we'll tell our dd's tonight. I'm so anxious! My older dd is so into all things pregnancy and baby related and fully intends to be at the birth of our next baby. She's been asking when she will get a new baby for a long times. I just wanted to take another test first to confirm it. I was having a hard time believing it. But I got a digital EPT today that said "pregnant" after about 5 second!

[Michaels-Mommy]

We planned on only telling my mom and dad and by the next day I couldn't keep quite about it, lol. So everyones fair game now. I kdon't just come out and say in it to everyone though, only people I'm close to.

[ChristyM26]

I've told a couple of people. I'm trying to figure out how to tell my mom and dad. I may be the only child (out of 5) to have kids, and I am definitely the first but I don't know how to tell them yet. Anyone have any ideas? They live 1000 miles away though, so I can't go see them right now...

[scheelimama]

With my first, I was so excited, I just called them up and told them. This time we'll be making and sending a dvd with baby pics of the kids and with our oldest announcing the good news at the end. That doesn't really work for you. If you get an early ultrasound (and want to wait that long to tell them) you could mail them pics and put a caption like "do you want to be my grandma and grandpa?" Or just send them a card from their new "grandchild", especially since they don't have any grandchildren yet. That would get their attention.

[shelley4]

the only people we tell before 12 weeks are my 2 very best friends. everyone else gets told after 12 weeks. i sooooooooooo want to tell my kids (5 yo and 3 yo), because i know they will be so happy, but i also know that they will tell people!

[scheelimama]

Here's how we told our parents:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQP-zcU6FKo
My parents loved it and were totally surprised! MIL called last night and said "well, I have my usual concerns, but congratulations." That's the best response we've gotten from her ever!

[cheeseRjedi]

We've told family and I've 5old most of my mama friends. We are waiting to tell all our other friends.

[ChiaraRose]

We told my parents who are very close to me, so if there were something to happen, i would tell them anyways. They live on another continent, so I had to do it over the phone. I am going to email my best friend from High school very soon, she and I have always spilled the beans to each other as soon as we have known and I will tell my best friend IRL who lives here next week. She is going to be only one for now I can tell it to in person. I am going to burst and die But we had such a hard time with my last pregnancy and I had so much bleeding in my 1st trimester, i am cautious.

[WeasleyMum]

I've told my parents, my brother and sister, my best friend Becca, and put it on my blog-- which very few people that I know IRL read. I'm not telling work yet, except for one co-worker b/c she knew I was TTC and I HAD to tell someone there, it was driving me crazy.

I'm the oldest 'kid' in my family, so this is the first grandkid, first neice/nephew etc. Everyone is exited, although my dad's first response was a WHAT????? that reverberated through the phone.

[Organicavocado]

I told my close friends and my mom. DH doesn't want to tell, so I say he can wait :P No matter what happens, I want the support of my girls. I dont really get the whole "wait" thing. To me it kind of goes after that whole "Early miscarriages dont matter" thing and I want to abolish that in any little way I can Im going back home next week and my MIL is going to take me out to dinner. She's going to wonder why I dont want to sample all the wine D: