July 2010 Weddings
FutureMrsDrew73110
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Random Question: How will you spill the beans?
Going off of lburkeys question of finding out the sex of the baby... How do you think you'll tell your DH or your family... I see that several of you girls are now expecting, how did you tell everyone...
My DH's best friend told my husband first this time around. He texted him and said "Drewbs!!! I'm gonna need to go get another tattoo on my right arm this summer." He has his Son's foot prints tattooed on his arm so now he'll need to get the new baby's. DH forwarded me the message and I knew right away.
My sil told DH's grandparents that Grandpa was gonna need to help finish the attic so they can move the office upstairs b/c they need the extra room now...
I can't wait till I have to figure out how to tell DH and our family.
Loving Wife to Adam- July 31, 2010
You Grew in My Heart instead of My Tummy
Proud Step-Mama to Clayton- 11/8/03
Proud Step-Mama to Amelia- 11/16/04
Proud Step-Mama to Brennan- 6/10/06
TTC OUR first
BFP#1 10/8/11, Blightened Ovum 10/17/11, D&C 10/18/11 @ 7w4d
BFP#2 6/10/12, EDD 2/14/13 ~Team Green! Grow baby Grow! Stick baby Stick!! IT'S A GIRL!!! Abbigaile Mae 2/21/13 7lbs 6oz 21inches 4:15am
You Grew in My Heart instead of My Tummy
Proud Step-Mama to Clayton- 11/8/03
Proud Step-Mama to Amelia- 11/16/04
Proud Step-Mama to Brennan- 6/10/06
TTC OUR first
BFP#1 10/8/11, Blightened Ovum 10/17/11, D&C 10/18/11 @ 7w4d
BFP#2 6/10/12, EDD 2/14/13 ~Team Green! Grow baby Grow! Stick baby Stick!! IT'S A GIRL!!! Abbigaile Mae 2/21/13 7lbs 6oz 21inches 4:15am
Re: Random Question: How will you spill the beans?
I don't think I made an official announcement on this board. (I've been "bumping" for weeks now). I am due 9/11/11 !!!
DH I handed him the test and said "you're right! i'm pregnant!". My mom I just came right out and said well, looks like your going to have another grandchild in September. My SIL figured it out when I wasn't drinking at a fundraiser. And my closest friends I sent text with the first u/s pic and said "hello auntie, i'll see you in september!" My stepsons for some bizarre reason already suspected. The younger one was constantly rubbing my belly, even before I knew! and the older one kept saying at Christmas I would be pg within 2 months.
Stepmom to: Lizzie (4); Justin (10); and Cameron (13)
Mom to 3 angels: Baby 1 MC 2/13/09 @ 7 wks; Baby 2 CP 11/5/10 @ 5 wks;
and Brendan - Late Loss 4/27/11 @ 20 wks
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Yay, congratulations!
As for telling DH, he made me promise that I will not tell him until I am absolutely sure. Since he proposed by writing MARRY ME in Scrabble tiles during our game, I may have to do something similar with BABY.
When I am ready to TTC, and I have news to tell I will def. be spilling the beans in an interesting way. Even though I am not planning on pregnancy for at least another year I have been thinking of ways, such as buying books and placing them out on the table when DH comes home, or buying a cake/ cupcake with colored booties.
I would want to do something interesting suprise for our parents, but my Mom is the closest person to me, so I will probably call her immediately with the news!
When I was pregnant with my first, we wanted to wait till I was 3 months to tell because of a previous miscarriage.
It just so happened that 3 months worked out to be around Christmas. Perfect, we wrapped a framed photo of a newborn baby and gave it to the "soon to be granparents" at the family gatherings.
Baby#2 was easy, we made up a shirt for out first that said "I am going to be a big brother" and simply went to another family function and we took of Joshua's sweater randomly and waited for someone to notice!
Baby#3, (different father) This one is a bit funny.
My DH and I were a new item (oops). I was really nervous to tell him, it just so hppened that one of my sisters was trying to get pregnant and was relentlessly talking about it all the time.
I knew for about a week, and was waiting for the best opportunity. It came, my sister(mentioned above) called me one Sunday morning when DH and I were laying in bed talking. I was trying to get the courage to tell him, and she started calling. I was ignoring the call becasue I knew I had to tell him today!
After the third call, DH said, maybe you should answer the call maybe someone is pregnant! Someone meaning her. I took my opportunity and said:
Yes, someone is pregnant, me! He laughed then looked at me and said, really?
I've thought about this, even though DH and I decided when we got married to talk about TTC after we've been married 2 years. But I've still thought about it.
I am in the pool that I don't want to tell people until 2-3 months in. Obviously, DH will know. My guess is he will be with me when I take the test. As for telling family, I would love to be 2-3 months preggo at Christmastime. (I'm a teacher, so a late spring/early summer birth would be ideal, hence being a few months pregnant at Christmas). I would love to buy onesies with something about Grandma and Grandpa on it for our parents. Just wrap them up and have them open them.
Even though we won't start trying for a few more years, I already know I will want to come up with some creative ways to tell our families. My mom, being a 2-time breast cancer survivor, will be so happy. For a while, she was scared that she wouldn't even see me get married or meet her grand kids.
I think that DH will probably be with me when I take the test. We had one scare pretty early on after the wedding. He left me at home, ran out to get a test and begged me to take it. He is really excited to be a dad, so I know he will want to know from the first moment. I agree that I will probably try to wait a while to confirm before telling the whole world, though. My aunt announced a early pregnancy on FB and ended up miscarrying shortly afterward
Someone over on Getting Pregnant put a shirt on their dog that said "I'm a big sister"....
DH and I have a black lab and he thinks those dog shirts are ridiculous and our dog should never wear one... I'm thinking about making one up and putting it on the dog because he'll notice it right away.
The day I found out was really strange for me...I had taken a test 2 wks prior, which came out negative so I just kept waiting for my period. I started feeling crampy, bloated, and the usual pms symptoms and kept waiting for it to come because I was positive it was coming any day. DH told me to test again and I did to shut him up...he was still sleeping and I was completely exhausted and groggy that when the two crossed-lines appeared, I thought I was dreaming. I woke up DH and kept saying, "Do you see a cross? Is that a cross?" He was so sleepy, he thought I was talking about religion. I needed someone to see it because it felt like it couldn't be real if I was the only one to see it, so I sent a picture message to my mom and asked her if she saw it, she called me, almost screaming with excitement. I took 2 more tests and bought a digital, because I still just couldn't believe it.
It was really hard to go to work and not tell anyone because I was so excited and surprised! It was one of the best days in my life
(sorry for the rambling, I still get excited just thinking about it)
I want to do something special for my parents and especially for MIL and SIL because it'll be their first grandbaby/nephew or niece. For DH I'm not sure because I doubt I could keep it a secret long enough to plan something!
My older sister told me a cute story about her DH the other day. They had been talking about when to TTC after they got married and she was ready and basically just waiting for him to be ready. One day he came home from work and had bought a pacifier and put a note on it saying "I'm Ready." I thought that was adorable!
(formerly SAHM711)
If I can contain my excitement when I finally see a positive test, I want to play the song "With Arms Wide Open" by Creed for DH. He'll totally get it.
I'm not sure what I want to do to tell our families. I think with my parents I want to get them to go out to dinner at Applebee's. My brother and SIL have five kids, and with the first few the running theme seemed to be that they always announced when we were eating there. My parents will be thrilled even though this will be their 6th (hopefully - unless my bro and SIL beat us with their 6th kid) grandchild b/c it will be my first.
DH's parents have 7 grandkids with the 8th on the way, but I still think they'll be thrilled b/c DH is the oldest and the only one without kids. He'll probably just tell them, though.
ugh, i peed on a stick, took a picture with my phone and sent it to DH. I was freaking the f out. then i just blurted it out on the phone to my mom. I couldn't get it out of my mind. DH didn't tell his family till we were 4 months along.
I always liked the creative ideas of spilling the beans, but I'm horrible with my own secrets.
DH was with me when I took the test so he knew as soon as I took the test. It's both of our parent's first grandchild so we had to tell them right away! DH's parents live accross the country so we called them and said we had to ask them something. We then asked them how they felt about being grandparents. They were in shock, but so excited. My parents live about an hour away so we invited them over and wrapped up bibs that said "i love grandma" and "I love grandpa". I got that idea from some others on the bump. I haven't told anyone else yet, although I plan to tell my best friend this weekend. I think I will just come out and tell her though.
My Planning Bio
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Since we did today, I will recount the stories for you.
DH: I took a test last week about 6am when I woke up b/c I had to pee. I POAS, and woke up DH saying "J, you HAVE to read this" Cue total shock.
Parents/ILs: Both families live far away (2 and 5 hours) and we aren't going to see anyone for a while, so we mailed them "grandma and grandpa" valentines day cards and wrote the following inside: "No, we didn't get the wrong card...We know you aren't grandparents...yet! Call us! Love S&J"
We won't be telling anyone else for a while. When we do, it will just be phone calls saying "hey we're expecting" and just kind of leave it at that (boring, i know!)