How did you announce your pregnancy ?

[mrzbaby]

Well the time is approaching fast that I am going to have to start telling my family.
My father is so concerned of my weight and size at the momment he politely told my mother that he would pay for lap banding!! ( I am a big girl anyhow ).

I really don't want to be there when we tell them ( after losing our other and my SIL also lost a baby at the same time as we did and they are trying like mad ( sort of the same probs as me ).
My family know about their trying and problems they had and are still having. Noone suspects that me and DH were going to try again, and they do not know about how hard it has been for yus to conceive our little bundle of joy.

I want my inlaws to be happy for us but I know that they will only be concerned about her.

Or should I just have my own excitement and enjoy my moment ???. Either way I don't see them being as happy for us as they were for them. Even when we lost our little one and my sil was in another room in the ward my MIL came in asking about where they buried there baby!!!!!! She lost hers at about 6/7weeks and ours was almost 13 when it passed away and we were still waiting results as to why our angel had died and to ask me a question like that..As you can see prioritys are with her not me..

So yeah this is going to be very awkward for us to tell our family.

We were thinking of announcing it after the anommaly scan ...

Oh so confused .....Em

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Goodluck with it all, i hope they show you lots of joy for your exciting news and that everything goes smoothly for you.

Maybe if they live close enough you can organise a dinner, maybe say to them are you ready to have a baby around? I'm xxx weeks.
Even if you want it can't hurt to wait until 12wks and you can pass over the scan pic, if they ask why you waited so long you can say you just wanted to be sure before getting everyones hopes up again?

Whatever happens please remember every baby is a miracle and even if other people can't show the joy and respect that you hope for it doesn't mean it's any less special to you!

[tjrmum]

I announced #4 on facebook Basically because I just was not up for all there "OMG you are having another one" type comments. I did wait until I was over 13 weeks.

Family and close friends all rang to confirm though - I got a couple of "I cant believe you used facebook to tell us" I just laughed

[mrzbaby]

I was thinking of using FB but not all my friends / family are on it. Also my SD and SS are on FB and DH wants to tell them in person. A bit awkard when they will announce it to everyone before we get the chance....ahhhhhh children !

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Can you get your SD and SS together with your parents and PIL and do dinner?
Tell them all there and then and then use FB or SMS to tell other ppl?

We called our parents with DD1 as mine are 2hrs away and i thought it only fair if mine find out like that then so should his... we got in trouble from my MIL... lol

my SIL bought little pair of socks that said i love nanna and i love poppy and gave them to her parents at tea one day, my MIL cried for hours!

[Shar]

I think you should wipe the doubt out of your mind, tell everyone important and enjoy the moment, what if you never get to experience this again?

I'd tell those who would be happy for you and revel in the joy they will share with you, then tell those that you think will be not but keep fresh in your mind the happiness you felt with everyone else.

This is your experience and you need to remember that.

Your ticker says your 15 weeks! I'd tell them soon and start to enjoy everything about being preggers, don't spend another minute worrying about others and what they think.

Shar x