How did you tell your family that you were pg?

[countthestars]

No, I am not yet. I'm just curious. SIL wrapped a onesie to tell MIL and MIL carries the thing everywhere so she can show/tell people, so I know we are going to have to do something more creative than just blurting it out.

[mollybrown]

We bought my Grandma/Grandpa is the best books, and included an ultrasound pic and note "from" the baby inside.

[CloudBee]

I don't think we'll do anything cute.

I figured I would put the dorky "big brother" bandana on my dog when I walk in the room to tell my husband. Our pup is like a member of the family, and he goes crazy when I bring the dog into the "excitement" like that, lol. He flipped when I trained the dog to run into the room holding his birthday card recently.

I won't do anything special when I tell people, but my H might want to use the same bandana when we tell his parents. Might. Not sure.

[ejpint]

After Father's Day, I picked up a "World's Best Grandpa" t-shirt for my dad. I'll find something similar for my mom. We haven't decided yet how soon we'll tell them. ILs do not get excited about these things, so they will probably just get an in-person announcement when we're ready to share.

[countthestars]

Jul 13, 2012 11:49:28 GMT -5 @champagna said:

For PG1, we went cutesy. We took FIL out for his birthday as we normally do and included an ultrasound picture in his birthday card. I'm pretty sure it was a "Happy birthday, grandpa" card. He'd been asking for grandkids for a long time, and it was his first, so that was fun. For MIL and for my mom, we just told them.

For kids 2 and 3, we just told them and didn't do anything creative.

I think OP's MIL carrying the onesie around to show people is so adorable. She's excited!! =)

That's really cute! Yeah, MIL was totally pysched to show everyone the onesie. Just puts a lot of pressure on the rest of us ;-)

[Brie]

We sent both sets of parents Valentines with an ultrasound picture in them and signed them from me, DH, and Baby H, coming 9/16/12.

We told BIL in person, because he was visiting, and he told SIL.

I sent my sister an e-mail because the first time I told her, she freaked out in a bad way, started crying, and hung up on me.

[HoneySpider]

I'm torn between wanting to do something cutesy and just calling them up and blurting it out. Unless it takes a long time to get pg (which at the rate we're going, it might) it's going to have to be over the phone and not in person because we live far away and don't have plans to see them for a while.

[sewpinkgal]

We wrapped up grandma and grandpa onesies and gave them to my ILs at a dinner (said they were trinkets from a trip we had recently taken). FIL thought it was a dog shirt and that we were getting a puppy. LOL

And then they both cried when they realized they were getting a grandchild instead. So freaking sweet.

I just called my mom since she lives out of town. She screamed and then cried.

[ssmjlm]

When it happens, not sure on my parents, but we would like to do something cute.

The IL's are a whole other ballgame of who to tell first, who to wait to tell, how to tell people w/o them telling others, etc. It's a total clusterfuck and we're not even PG yet.

[thedash]

When I took my HPT we had just come home from dinner and DH was outside walking the dog. I saw the + and freaked out! So I went out front to wait for him and ended up telling him right there in our parking lot. Just then, as we are standing there in shock, my IL's pulled up to drop something off for us. They took one look at our faces and said, "What's wrong!?" It was father's day, so I said "It turns out it's Father's Day for H, too."

Then I called my mom!

Next time I want to take a cute picture of DS with the ultrasound or something. I like some of the chalkboard photos I've seen online. I'm trying to get more ideas.

[schrodinger]

Jul 13, 2012 11:48:04 GMT -5 gravytrain225 said:

I just told them, like a normal conversation.

This is what we did. But, our closest family is almost 700 miles away. We just called them up and said we have good news to share and told them.

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regular conversation. I'm not into the cutesty stuff.

[CloudBee]

Jul 13, 2012 12:04:48 GMT -5 thedash said:

When I took my HPT we had just come home from dinner and DH was outside walking the dog. I saw the + and freaked out! So I went out front to wait for him and ended up telling him right there in our parking lot. Just then, as we are standing there in shock, my IL's pulled up to drop something off for us. They took one look at our faces and said, "What's wrong!?" It was father's day, so I said "It turns out it's Father's Day for H, too."

Then I called my mom!

Next time I want to take a cute picture of DS with the ultrasound or something. I like some of the chalkboard photos I've seen online. I'm trying to get more ideas.

Your story made me tear up.

[nonsenseabound]

We told both sets of parents on mothers day both times. First time with a card and second time I had bought Lorelei a shirt that said big sister.

[cherry1111]

We had our first ultrasound the Friday before Mother's Day and saw the heartbeat so I went out and bought a couple of "I love my Grandma" bibs. Then we gave them as part of the Mother's Day present. My FIL didn't get it right away because they already have 2 grandkids. MIL did immediately, though, and so did my mom. My mom said she suspected because I had turned down a drink on my birthday almost a month earlier.

[jamlsull]

We took a picture of the positive tests on our digital camera.
Then we went to their houses, told them we had some pictures that we wanted to show them so when they scrolled through, there they were. Except when my Dad was looking, he had no idea what they were!

[jenni232323]

Jul 13, 2012 11:42:55 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

I figured I would put the dorky "big brother" bandana on my dog when I walk in the room to tell my husband. Our pup is like a member of the family, and he goes crazy when I bring the dog into the "excitement" like that, lol. He flipped when I trained the dog to run into the room holding his birthday card recently.

This is likely how we'll tell my parents and my inlaws. Our dog is the center of our lives right now so it's just fitting.
I'm going between this for DH - getting a big brother tshirt for the dog (with his size we can easily use a kids or adult size T) or literally putting a bun in our oven and getting him to look in there by me saying he needs to change the bulb or something. It's corny enough for us to be normal.

[OscarQ]

We did cutesy too with my first pg. Got my mom a onsie, my dad got a needlepoint I'd found at a second hand shop that say "When all else fails, ask Grandfather" and the ILs got something else cute - maybe a grandparenting book. Told them all and then had a missed m/c. I'm such a bummer, sorry.

For pregnancy #2 we kept in on the dl until we got past the point of the first m/c and then just quietly told them. I think we may have brought MIL a plant with a blue ribbon wrapped around it when we found out it was a boy.

[lmb5109]

We got one of these for my parents and my IL's. We didn't tell anyone till I was 14 weeks, hardest secret ever!

[SusanBAnthony]

We did a Gma onesie for DS.

For DD, we got a frame that said "I love Grandpa" and had 2 picture slots. In one we put a pic of DS, in the other, a piece of paper that said something like "Another grandchild coming EDD". We gave it to him for his bday I think.

[slug*bug]

My mom (and, truthfully, my MIL, too) keep score on everything: my mom either feels smug or slighted about everything IL-related (both mine and my brothers.) ::sigh::

For that reason, we wanted to try to tell them at the same time. We wound up sending flowers to of our mothers workplaces on the same day when I was just out of 1st tri with a message 'from' the baby on the card. I think it was sort of exciting for both of them: esp. my MIL b/c it went to her school so she was quite the center of attention for the day.

The second time around, we had a really cute t-shirt for DS made by an Etsy seller that said 'Guess whooo has a secret?' or something like that on the front, and 'M.'s going to be a big brother!' on the back. We were able to surprise both sides of the family on the same day: my mom in person, my ILs on Skype. Less pressure w/#2 and all...

[rootbeerfloat]

We went cutesy for my first pregnancy and just told them the second time. The second child neglect starts early.

[housegeek]

I made my older daughter a shirt with a pic of younger daughters sonogram and it said " I'm going to be a big sister!"
It was cute

[pinkdutchtulips]

A few people thought something was up when I was cooking thanksgiving dinner minus my usual glass of wine w/in send reach ... h made the announcement during grace. Everyone BUT my mom was . She thought we were talking about my brother - umm no, were pg too !

[Deleted]

I facetimed with my mom and showed her the sonogram. She thought it was the cat and then finally got it. I had a cutsey idea but it never got done. We just called DHs parents and told them.

[huey]

DH and I were at my parents and casually brought it up. My mom didn't believe me and my dad wasn't catching it. I think my brother had to finally say "her eggo is preggo" before they caught on. LOL!

for the ILs - we just told them. Everyone knew we were seeing a RE and were TTC so it wasn't a huge shock. It was more of a shock that I actually carried and had a baby.

[Deleted]

We went to Europe 8wks before we saw everyone for Thanksgiving. We had souvenirs for our parents already so we distributed them in a circle and then had the sonogram picture at the end. The moms figured it out quickly and started squealing. FIL took a few more seconds, lol.

DS was conceived in London so we thought it was a cool way to tell everyone. Lol.

[hannamarin]

we had all the parents over.
My H organized everyone for a picture. Just before he took the picture he said "everybody say - hanna's pregnant"
really funny pictures - my H took 2-3 in a row. You can see the different people taking longer to get it.

[laurao11]

We told at Christmas, but my mom already knew (she got a panic phone call when I had a high fever several weekend before). Got my MIL a pendant from an Etsy seller that said "when a child is born so is a grandmother", with a ruby colored bead (July baby).
Then wrapped a jar of Prego sauce for my brother
And then I sewed a onesie for my grandmother.

[keyslover]

DD 1 we found out around Christmas time so we wrapped up baby bootie Christmas ornaments for the grandparents. We went over to each of their homes and said we had a new ornament for their tree.

DD 2 we found out around Halloween. Had a tee shirt made for DD 1 that's said " this lil pumpkin is going to be a big sister". We had the same routine at each grandparents house- dd1 wore random clothes and we would have to get her costume on to show them and slipped the shirt on.