ideas on how to tell DH

Hi everyone..

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can surprise my hubby with a BFP.

I will be testing on Sat morn if AF hasn't arrived.. he knows this but will also be asleep when I test as he does night shift..

omg Jo,
I can't think of any right now, I am just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for you and keeping everything crossed.
Will go away and calm myself and come back hopefully with ideas!!!!
GL Hun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

best of luck jo. I did a thread a while ago about the same thing. Ill try and find it for ya

Oooh Jo how exciting! Amazing you are going to hold off that long!

How about buying a pair of baby booties and leaving them on the pillow next to your DH?

ooh Sal, I love that idea!

sorry jo i cant find it. There were heaps of ideas. Wrapping up some booties as a present and giving it to him. Writing a note or card saying "Hi Dad, cant wait to meet you"

katerina said she made a crossword on the internet with really easy clues and answers. Then she gave one to her dh, parents friends etc. when all the words were completed it spelt out something like "we are having a baby on the 13th october 2006".

hth :)

If you get a pee stick with a lid that goes over the bit you peed on (I can't remember the brand name) you could wrap it up as a present.

Good luck with testing. I've got everything crossed for you.

OMG Jo, how exciting, I`m keeping everything crossed for you :)

I had planned so many wonderful ways to tell DH when I got a BFP...but when it actually happened I was just so shocked that all I could do was run into the bathroom while he was having a shower and say, 'Please tell me you see two lines!!!' LOL :p Needless to say I'll do much better next time ;)

Here are some of my ideas:

*Stick a 'baby on board' sign to the car window where he will see it before he drives off to work (or you could paint a 'baby on board' sign on your tummy if you're really creative!)
*Fill the lounge room/car/cupboard/whatever with pink and blue balloons
*When you set the table for dinner, set out three plates instead of two
*Buy a pair of baby shoes and hide them next to his
*Buy lots of jars of baby food and put them in the cupboard or fridge - somewhere obvious where he's going to find them
*Send a card to his work telling him the date he's going to become a daddy

Wishing you a BFP very soon!

Love
Belle
-xxxooo-

OOOOOOhhhh what a wonderful thread - what lovely ideas!!!! i hope u come up with something gorgeous!!!!! Make sure u let us know. Hope it all goes perfectly for u both :)

You can get a book (i've seen it in Big W or KMart) called....'So, You're Going to be a Daddy!'.....i'm getting one of those to give to my DH when it happens.....Not only is it a nice suprise way to tell him, but he can also learn lots about pregnancy and birth etc from it, from a males prospective....win win situation i say...

Thanks Ladies some exellent ideas.. Just a little scared to test though as not sure if doing too soon which may result in BFN.

Good luck Jo....i have my fingers crossed that it is a BFP for you....

I was going to buy a card that said congratulations and write in it - 'on becoming a dad' and have the test in it as well. But time got the better of me and after work I just went and picked him up and told him when we got home

moving to General Pregnancy

With #2 I gave Dh the stick as a christmas present. It was hard holding the out for about a month but I really wanted to save it for x-mas day. Needless to say I nearly killed him with such a surprise :). I also made upa shirt for DS to wear when we went visiting relos on x-mas day saying "santa isn't the only one who came this year, the stork made a visit too" It had a pic of a stork carrying the baby bundle. Strangely no one got it? Oh well, maybe because people assosiate the stork with the actual birth. But I though my family would have been smart enough to work it out.

I love the idea of just putting a pair of booties on his pillow for when he wakes up. Or the Baby on Board one in the car.

Awww girls these are such great ideas - can't wait to put some of them into action one day :)

Yeah, how did you hold out for a month?

I love all the ideas. With DS I was so excited I burst into tears and ran straight in to the bedroom to wake DH up and show him. With lo#2 DH knew before I did! Apparently I was already showing before I even got the BFP!! I was the one who got the surprise LOL!!

Wow great ideas. I used to dream about how I could surprise DH, but when it actually happened for me, I went into the kitchen in amazement and just said 'I think I just got a positive test'. I needed him to look at it and we re-read the instructions about 5 times before it could sink in, probably because it was faint we just wouldn't believe it.

All the best of luck with a BFP!! :)

Hi,

well with my first DD we had been TTC for 2yrs,but when i did a test my hubby never saw it and i always bought it so him being from overseas didnt know what they looked like.When i found out i was pg i kept the test that i did at the docters and me and my mum were waiting for him to come home.It was me ,my mum and my brothers sitting there looking at him when i handed him the positive test and we laughed as he looked at it puzzled trying to figure out what it was!!!!.I finally told him this a pg test and when you have 2 lines it means your pg so have a look again ,he then looked and he sort of went into shock,he gave me a hug and got a bit teary,it was lovely.
With this bubs,it was diffrent because i really wanted to be pg and because i always have a late pg due to PCOS he didnt think i was pregnant,he kept geting annoyed with me because i was so moody and i was crying all the time.he refused to but me a test untili was 3weeks late for AF!!!!.I was gonna kill him,when he got me the test i was praying PLz god let it be positive so i can rub it in his face!!!!!lol.\
anyway i woke up at about 6am for prayer and i went and did it,i put the test down and i started washing my hand and automatically 2 lines appeared!!!you shouldve seen the smile creep up on my face!!!.
i went out and gave him the test and said congratualtions,he prostrated thanks to god and gave me a big hug.I was sooo happy that not only was i having another bubs but my mood swings and pains were justified and i could rub it in!!!!!!!.
sorry went on a bit but just thought i would share how i broke the news.
Hopefully next time i could use one of these great ideas.

well, two days to go til testing!!!

Lol at Scott Fletch!!

For our next pregnancy I have a website bookmarked with a t-shirt I want to buy Zander.
On the front it says "I have a secret..." and on the back "I'm going to be a big brother"

That's cool Sarah

LOVE the wrapping up of pee stick!!

This is what I plan to do when we get around to it:

- buy a classic "bun" - fruit or something, small and round - and leave it in the oven. Then at some point subtly manipulate him into checking the oven: probably by asking him to turn it on and move the oven racks to a different position as if I'm planning on baking something.

Then sit back and watch the penny drop!