My parents: I had to drop out of my cousin's hen party and didn't want to announce my pregnancy, so I said I'd had a blood test that had revealed a hormone imbalance and my GP arranged for me to have a scan next week, I'd know more then. My mum started nagging for what it was, so I told her my prolactin was elevated, but only slightly, at five hundred and something; I've seen prolactin levels a hundred times my amount with my work. I am not ill, I'm fine, just a slight imbalance and I have to be a bit careful with myself right now. It is quite normal, I'm not worried, and it will correct itself in time. She then read up on prolactinomas on the internet and was so happy when I said it was a baby not a brain tumour post-scan. This is a great tactic if your parents may be unhappy about being grandparents and one I wish I hadn't had to use!

My in-laws, we went round for a visit and DH talked about everything under the sun (films, TV, what was happening at the weekend...) before saying, 40 minutes later, "oh, by the way, Ryn's pregnant." It would have been longer if he and his dad weren't going to fix the computer in the study two seconds later. But it did give MiL a chance to talk baby with me... not that she ever needed the excuse!