Got any cute ideas for telling loved ones you're pregnant?

[ateague]

I'm not pregnant yet (hoping to be), but I'm always thinking about stuff like baby names, and baby room decoration ideas, etc.  My brother and sister-in-law told my parents by taking them out to eat for their anniversary and giving them a "Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa, from new baby!" card which I thought was so cute!  How did everyone tell their loved ones they were pregnant, whether it be your husband or parents or kids, I'd like to know.  Thanks!

[IWantToBeAMom]

Because my husband's mother lived a few states away from us we had to do it over the phone.  We asked if we could bring someone with us to Thanksgiving (because we were all scheduled to go see her during that holiday).  Unfortunately, b/c we hadn't been married very long she thought we meant we were getting a dog.  But it worked out in the end... bringing the grandbaby with us for Thanksgiving.  She was happy.

[blondie72]

I'm boring I just come out and say it.  I have heard of ppl telling their DH by making dinner with baby carrots, baby corn ect.  and ask if they see a pattern.  I had a cousin who gave her mom the pregnancy test wrapped up in a box for Christmas.   If there are other children involved ppl have put T-shirts saying I'm the Big Brother/Sister on it.  I hope you get your BFP soon.  Good Luck.

[greenpixie]

I think of this too.  I think for the parents we are going to buy these picture frames that say "#1 Grandparents" and instead of putting a picture in it, put like a little note or poem with the due date. (That's assuming I ever get a due date- I'm on day 4 of the 2ww.) Anyway, it sounds kind of corny, but it's cute.

[Wanting]

I am TTC also and I had thought that Imight buy a carseat and put it inthe car and when we are at my parents and my husbands' parents that I'd tell them there was something int he car i wanted to show them.  (a new feature or whatever) and the carseat would be in there.  My husband had thought that because we hoped to be prego before Canadian thanksgiving (this weekend) that he'd ask if he could say the blessing for the food and then slip in a "thank you for family and our new baby we are expecting to have" but we aren't pregnant yet.  

My sister for he first one told us after gettinghome form Mexico and had taken a test once she got home.  Her and her husband were giving out our gifts and she gave a package to my parents and in it was the positive pregnancy test! Fro her second, she told us on Christmas Eve and she put her son in a tshirt she made that said "I am going to be a BIG brother in September 2005"  It was very cute!  She didn't take off his sweatshirt until half way through the night so we didnt know right away.

Good luck with it when the time omes!  I am sure you will get a lot of ideas and thanks for posting this b/c i might get an idea or two!

Take care.

[oceans3]

my parents never thought my sister and i would have a child (only dogs) so when i found out i gave them a card (one of those anne geddes)pictures of a baby laying in petals of flowers. i took one of our photos of our dog and cut out the head and taped it on the baby photo. inside i wrote..just wwhen you thought your only grandchildren were going to have 4 legs..surprise!

i will tell you though that the 1st 3 months i was terrified that i may lose the baby somehow.i always worried about that kind of stuff. i knew those months were critical. i personally would not buy anything at all in case something happened. my sister bought me the cutest baby oufit and i was barely a month. i wanted her to wait to give it to me. that was just me though.

[married_newfie_mommy]

you could put the ultrasound picture in a frame and give it to them as a gift...

[mel8]

We were going t wait a while to tell my mum but I opened my mouth.  Mum was booking a honeymoon for my hubby and I for a wedding pressie and she was going through the features the room had and happened to mention there was a cot available if needed then she started to laugh...I just said I wouldnt laugh if I was you and she got so excited!!!

[JoAnnaRF]

I bought my parents bibs that said I love my grama and I love my Grampa on them. Took them a sec before they got it.. Then after that my mom knew I was pregnant before I did so no more surprises!
I have heard that you can customize candy bars to make announcements as well. Chocolate and baby news! Doesn't get any than that!

[ateague]

Oh, you all have such wonderful ideas!!!  

Wanting:  I love the idea for putting it in the Thanksgiving prayer.  We always go around the table and say what we're thankful for.  I'm sorry you're not preg. yet, but it will happen!  Here in the states, we have until the end of Nov., so I might steal that from you if you don't mind.  Hopefully I will be preg. by then!

I especially like the picture frame with the ultrasound pic in it!  If I'm not by preg. by Thanksgiving, that would be a good Christmas gift to mom and dad!  Thank you all so much!  Keep em coming if you have them!

[Still a mom]

Well for Christmas I am making my parents and family small scrapbooks of Alex, so if I get pregnant by then I am going to add a page in the back with a picture of the u/s or with a blank paper in place of a picture that says "Coming Soon" with the edd on it. If I am not pregnant by then I plan on making a video tape for my parents who live in Florida. It will be of Alex playing and such and then thrown in there we will say, Guess what Alex is going to be a big brother. I hope to be pregnant by Christmas though. I am due for my period on Saturday I think. This will just be my third period since having Alex(I am still nursing him so it took awhile to get it back) and last month I ovulated a week late so my period was late. This month I am sure I ovulated on time, so hopefully we timed it right.
Mandi

[waterskigirl]

For my first pregancy I made my Mom and Dad a card that said 220 shopping days left until Baby Cummings arrives!  I had to wait to tell them for like two weeks because they were visiting my sister in Ohio and I wanted to tell them in person.

For this pregnancy I had my 4 year old son call Grandma to tell her he was getting a baby brother or sister and he told her that "Daddy put a baby in Mommy's tummy".  He listens a lot more than we thought :)

Good luck!

[Lu3kids]

My 3rd pregnancy was a big surprise because I had had my tubes tied.  (oops!)  When I found out for sure, I went out and got my husband a dozen yellow roses and a balloon bouque with a big mylar balloon that said "Congratulations You Did It!".  (My son is now 11 yrs old.)

[albal26]

I was going to send one booty to each set of 'grandparents' in the mail and WAIT for the response!!!!!BUT when it did happen i couldn't wait and just called them GRANDMA over the phone!:)

[Aruba417]

I'm not prego yet nor am I TTC, but I've also thought putting the ultra sound in a picture frame would be a really cute way to tell the family. That's a great idea! But I also agree with Kjsk. I want to wait to buy anything or get too excited until after my first trimester, just in case. You never know, and I know it sounds negative, but I wouldn't want to be more upset than I already would be if I had all sorts of cute things to look at after a miscarriage.

[jaye_17]

I was 12 weeks preg for christams one year so we decided to tell the parents then. We bought newborn baby diaper shirts and a newborn diaper for each set of grandparents and wrapped them up as presents. Of course we made sure we were there when the gifts were opened and they were thrilled!It was such a great idea, and noone suspected anything other than a christmas gift was in them!

[emilyjanesmom]

when we got pregnant we wanted to do the ultrasound in photoframe, but were too impatient.  So I bought black frames, wrote "we love grandpa and grandma!" on it with a silver sharpie, and I drew stick figures of my husband and I with a little baby sitting at our feet.
  We wrapped it and gave it to our parents to thank them for all of their help recently.  Mom was holding it, and dad was looking over her shoulder, saw the frame, our heads and the "we love" so he said, "oh, that's sweet." and went to go sit down.  mom continued opening it and saw the little baby and "grandpa and grandma".  I was mobbed with screaming sisters and lots of hugs, while my husband sent his dad over for another look at the frame.  My little stick figure picture and the frame went to a wedding and church that weekend to be shown off, then sat in a prominent place in the living room for a long time.  It was very special.

[oceans3]

i just wanted to let you know that the part about the grandfather simply saying.. thats sweet and walking away cracked me up! i could just visualize it so clearly and reminded me something that my dad would do/say. thanks for the giggle.

[new_mommy]

Just read through this post and heard a few people mention that they wanted to wait until the end of the first trimester to tell their families.  The concern sounded like it was the possibility of miscarriage...  The likelihood of miscarriage is MUCH higher in the first 7-8 weeks then the rest of the first trimester... so if you haven't miscarried by the time your first US tells you you have a uterine pregnancy.... it's probably okay to tell people.  The rate goes from 16-18% miscarriage in the first 7 weeks to 1-2%... a dramatic reduction.

Although, despite the fact that I'm being very logical about this, I'm totally waiting until I'm at 7 weeks and have had my US because I'm superstitious...  not for any other reason!!!

[bolobaby]

My husband and I are currently trying to have a baby and I have been thinking of a cute way of telling my mother. First of all, my mother and I are extremely close and second she does not live in the same state as us. I think telling her in person wouyld be really great, but I think we are going to send her some flowers with a balloon saying "CONGRATULATIONS" with the little card saying only "GRANDMA" on it.

[bolobaby]

My husband and I are currently trying to have a baby and I have been thinking of a cute way of telling my mother. First of all, my mother and I are extremely close and second she does not live in the same state as us. I think telling her in person wouyld be really great, but I think we are going to send her some flowers with a balloon saying "CONGRATULATIONS" with the little card saying only "GRANDMA" on it.

[Jess9]

My parents live far away and they came for Christmas one year and I was having my first baby and was about 2 months along.  Since my parents always bugged me about when we were going to have a family and how they would be dead and gone by the time we started a family (my mom is sarcastic...just like me in a good way!!)..I thought I would buy a little baby doll and wrap it up with the ultrasound pictures on the bottom.  When they opened the box...I told them "there, is your grand baby that you wanted"...they just laughed and thought it was a big joke....little did they know it was for REAL!!  My mom saw the ultrasound picture and still didn't believe I was pregnant (I joke around a lot!) my dad didn't know what to believe...I told them that it was the real deal....I have it all on video...I laugh everytime I watch it!!  This year I am pregnant again!!  I will also be 2 months prego ..now I'm trying to find a new way to tell them!!  Can't wait to get this one on video too!!  I'll have to tell them not to expect a grand baby everytime they come for Christmas...they may get used to it...LOL

[Catalluz]

We're at 7 weeks and plan on telling my wife's parents in a unique way. We live nearby so try and have a sit down dinner together once a week. Next week we planned on Chinese food and will carefully replace the fortune cookie sayings with 'Congratulations Grandparents' strips, then wait for the after dinner surprise. Wish us luck. ~ Ryan

[JoAnnaRF]

That is a terrific idea! Don't forget to do like the other poster and video them opening the cookies. Maybe set the video camera up somewhere that they don't notice and just hit record before serving dessert!
CONGRATS to you all and Good Luck! Bon Appetite!

[Aruba417]

Oooo! I just thought of one. It may sound corney, but since Thanksgiving is coming up, it would be a cute to tell them on Thanksgiving, and this is why: The whole family would be together, and someone usually says grace, or you go around saying what you're thankful for, or whatever. You could volunteer to say grace and then add in, "I'm thankful for the precious little baby growing inside me" or something like that! And wait for everyone's response!