Telling Loved Ones You Are Pregnant

How will you share the news?

Finding out that you are pregnant brings on a whirlwind of emotions for most women. How will you share the news? Who will you tell first? Finding a special and creative way of telling your loved ones that you are expecting a bundle of joy can be exciting. Once you have a positive pregnancy test and feel comfortable letting others know, you can spread the news!

There are many creative ways to tell others of your pregnancy. Please share your ideas for creative and fun ways to tell your loved ones that you are expecting. Here are a few of our own to get you started:

1. If you have older children, create or purchase t-shirts announcing the news. Include sayings such as, "I'm the big sister/brother" or "I'm going to be a big sister/brother" For out of town friends and family, take a snapshot of your child and send it in the mail or via email.

2. If you find the news out near a holiday or birthday celebration, take a picture of your positive pregnancy test (or use the original if you feel the need) and wrap it up. If you've had an early ultrasound, include the photo with the gift.

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Lilmissesmum- - 800 days ago.
I had a lot of trouble coming up with ways of telling family and friends because the way my social network works as soon as I tell one person everyone knows. Any way due to this I waited till christmas I was 10wks and I had a calander made up for my in-laws with our due date and an u/s pic as the photo for the month it was due, my mother Would have known right away what it was so I got a card that just had mum on the front and wrote coming soon on the inside and stuck a cartoon drawing of a baby on the inside with it saying hi and wrapped the card in a box and she loved that all our siblings got a msg (which caused problems) saying merry chirstmas from my dh myself and the kids (as we only have one) and we also put up a facebook photo of our family that said the whole mastercard speel about christmas and the last line was realising there are actually four people in this photo: priceless worked well and everyone found out at pretty much the same time.

sanner5955 - 960 days ago.
We just found we are pregnant. We have been keeping it a secret because I was exposed to 5th disease and it can cause complications. Our Daughter's birthday party is October 30, and all our friends and family will be there. I am thinking of wrapping up a shirt that says big sister, and letting her open it at her party... Won't that be a suprise?

rebecca1989 - 1275 days ago.
My parents who live 1200 miles away already know that i'm pregnant, but for my in-laws (who weren't very supportive of the idea of us having kids this early in marriage, we've been married 2 1/2 years), I'm hoping to be able to hide my baby bump until Christmas, i'll be 17 weeks then with my first baby. At Christmas my brother-in-law, who loves kids, will be home from the army for a few weeks, so we'll go to the family Christmas party and i'll wear a big coat, when it's time for presents i'll say 'this year Josh and i decided to not to buy presents for each other, instead we worked together to make one' then i'll take the coat off and i'll have a bow tied around my belly. :) hahaha, does this sound like a good idea?

Chazoos - 1281 days ago.
About a week ago I found out I was 13k weeks pregnant, have had some suspicions for a while.. but finally got a test and it confirmed it for me. I told my partner and was weary about telling the family. I'm 18 now, almost 19 baby is due in May 2010. I told my mum and she wasn't happy about it at all, even though me and my partner have been together for 3 1/2 years and have had a solid relationship all the way thru, she still didn't like it. She has yet to contact me about it after I told her.. she said she needed time to think and calm down, do you think she'll accept it? I'm a bit worried since I don't talk with many of my family members and my mum is really important to me.

leamerre - 1348 days ago.
When I told my family, my parents were visiting from Dallas and my grandparents had everyone in town to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a cookout and later reception. For my contribution to the cookout I made a cake that the icing was pink and blue and had the 2 names we'd picked out and the due date on it. When they took the lid off of the cake I had the camera ready and got pictures of all their surprised faces and screams. This is the first grandchild and first great-grandchild so the whole family was going crazy. No one ate the cake because they kept taking pictures of it lol. The picture of the cake along with their surprised faces now hangs on our refrigerator. Later, at the anniversary reception my grandparents had a blast sharing the story with all of their friends.

brandyq - 1408 days ago.
I did the whole shirt thing to tell my parent. I cant keep secrets so I had already bought the only child marked through BIG BROTHER shirt for my son...I found out I was preggers and put him in it and took his picture. I got two printed off and put one into a magnetic frame then into a gift bag....it was the ned of november so I told my parents it was an early chirstmas present from my son. my mom opened it and she was like why does his shirt say big brother he isnt a big brother...and I said nope not yet but he will be next year! She said what your pregnant I said yep...her reaction was Oh no...and my dad said he didnt want to hear a thing about it.......my dhs family was excited...my family not so much...but they all came around!

Lilmissesmum- - 1414 days ago.
I told my mum via email, yes email she works on a computer a lot I knew she would read it she was absolutely thrilled and for the next one I am thinking of doing the whole 'Our little family is about to be that little bit bigger line' with a photo when I start to show. Someone I know did the whole T-shirt idea was really good worked out well for her.

bunnimommy - 1414 days ago.
hi im 19 years old and 8 wks preggers today. my bf and i havent told the fam yet and i dont exactly know how. im actually really nervous/scared to tell my parents. we dont necessarily have the best relationship. my dad is also very very religious and doesnt believe in sex before marriage let alone living together. any advice? we are very excited for this baby. if its a boy well name him draeven kai and if its a girl it will be nevaeh skai

babynguyen2 - 1426 days ago.
It was Christmas when I told my mom and my In-Laws we were pregnant. I wrapped two different sets of pacifiers and gave it to them as the last presents, needless to say they were all happy, now that I'm pregnant again I will be doing ' I'm a Big Sister' shirt for my daughters 1st birthday coming up, boy won't 40 ppl be surprised!

Naaster - 1456 days ago.
When we first discussed it, we decided to hold on to the news and only tell our best friends' cause they would know something was up. We are newly dating, so it's a bit of an interesting situation. I have two other unplanned children, so I dread telling my dad. But he's so excited to tell his folks. He and his sister are both in their 30's and neither of them have kids. So his parents are gonna be over the moon! I honestly can't wait for them to find out! I told my mom in an email because she lives overseas. He's been so excited he's actually told 4 or more ppl already! I'm so not interested in hearing ppl tell me I should know better, or asking me what I'm getting into, so I haven't exactly been wanting to tell ppl! I've done this twice before!

christi p - 1461 days ago.
amberlynn08.. you could always do the (sometimes overdone but still really cute) 'i love grandma/grandpa' onsies put it in a wrapped box... the plate idea was adorable otherwise. Or.... just tell em? You know you're family better than anyone...... If you have younger sibs it might be fun to include them in telling you're parents.

dazieoo - 1461 days ago.
.. I remember what my cousin did. She brought a big plate of cheese for thanksgiving....and as the evening went on.. everyone kept eating the cheese. When all the cheese was gone there was a message on the plate.. 'We;re having a baby!!'. =) It did seem kinda weird how she was pushing the cheese on us before the message was revealed though =)

Amberlynn08 - 1461 days ago.
I 26 y/o and am 9 weeks prego and I have not told anybody in my fam yet..it hasn't even sunk in for me lol! My pregnancy was a suprise for me and my better half but we are extreemly happy! I was wondering if any body would have any Ideas on how to breeak the news to the family I'm nervous and a huge worrier. Like worring about all the what if's and I hope my family will be happy for me and my BF.

babytimbit - 1462 days ago.
Hello ladies, We are waiting for a couple of weeks to tell our parents. My mom is away on a trip, and it is killing me to keep it from her for now. The day she arrives back home we are going to have her and my in laws over at the house and we are going to tell them over dinner. My mom and my in laws are going to be so excited. This will be the first grandchild on both sides. They have always bugged us about having babies since the day we got married. The way we are going to tell them is we are going to put a copy of my ultrasound which i am going to get done this friday in a card that says congratulations on the outside. Although the ultrasound will look like nothing but they will get the picture!!!!!!!!! We are so excited but it is killing us to keep our little secret. I just cant tell my mom over the phone i really want to see her reaction and expression. I know she will cry from happiness. She has wanted this for such a long time.

christi P - 1463 days ago.
My 'baby daddy' was the first to know and after a brief shock (it was a suprise to both of us) he quickly became excited. Then I decided to tell my family. I told my dad first, he was subtly excited and since I didn't know for absolutly sure I asked him not to let the cat out of the bag til I gave him the ok.. to my suprise he didn't say a word. When I found out for sure, I told my mom and step dad and they were/are beyond stoked! When I went to call my dad and give him the green light I found he was at work for another hour.... so... I decided I wanted to hear my stepmothers reaction.... too funny... I told her and there was a LONG period of silence...So I asked her if she was still breathing... she quietly replied 'barely'.. then in the background I hear my littlest brother screaming 'ITS OVERFLOWING ITS OVERFLOWING'. She was so shocked she forgot she was cooking and her food was flowing out onto the stove!!! She is starting to except it now.. But everyone else is completely excited about being grandparents, uncles, aunts great grandparents etc.... one of my little brothers keeps telling me to 'take care of his nephew' It cracks me up!!

mrsdenney - 1481 days ago.
the hardest thing for us to do was tell my FIL. he is super protective and well having another grandchild was the last thing on his mind. the day we found out i was pregnant everyone knew except him. so hubby and i sat down and started talking names. we decided if it was a boy we would name it after his father. we told my MIL to let him have the news. she told him amanda's pregnant, and he was so unhappy then she said if its a boy they are going to name him timothy. and he teared up. from then on my pregnancy was his pregnancy. and when we got confirmation it was a boy he was beside himself. now our little timmy is the light of his life. telling my husbands daughter was pretty easy...it was telling her it was a boy that was hard. she really wanted a sister. but she says now we just need to have another one and really try hard for a girl....yeah right lol