Dh and I tested together. The first time I got a faint positive I wasn't sure and asked him what he thought. He was pretty sceptical. So we kind of came to the realisation together over a few days that it was really happening.

With my family we were all at Mum and Dad's for the day, and I waited till the end of the day (I knew my sister was expecting an announcement so decided to wait so she would think we hadn't had any luck this month). Anyway, we were talking about moving DH's weight bench out of the spare room and storing it at Mum and Dad's. Dad asked why, and I said 'Cos we'll be needing the room soon'. A couple of seconds later he said 'How soon?' and I replied 'About 8 months'. They all clicked then and the screaming started.

With DH's family we were having a late (by a few weeks!) Christmas dinner and DH told them they'd be needing a bigger table next year for Christmas. Again, it took them a couple of seconds to cotton on, then the excitement hit.