I have been trying to think of some fun things to do for my Mom. She and I have always been close and I tell her everything. It’s been really hard not to tell her about expecting. I just wanted to know if you did something special for someone you loved to surprise them. This is my first baby and her first grand baby. I was thinking about waiting till my ultrasound, where we see the heartbeat and putting the picture in a frame. I want to make sure I tell my mom first so the profile picture as Prego sauce will not work.
I’m thinking about this too, but I’m pretty sure we’re just going to blurt out the news! My parents live in another state, so we’ll have to tell them over the phone. Probably today, actually. My husband’s parents live nearby, so we’re planning on telling them (and his sister and her husband) over dinner next week. A framed ultrasound pic is a cute idea, but I’m pretty sure my mum would be annoyed if I waited until our ultrasound before telling her!
If your parents are as excited about grandbabies as mine were/are, just make sure you’re clear whether they are allowed to tell people & who. We told our parents and siblings really early, but weren’t planning on making the news public for a while. Of course my parents told pretty much everyone they knew & we ended up telling our friends & extended family way earlier than we wanted to before they heard it through the grapevine.
With both pregnancies. [name_m]Even[/name_m] though we asked them not to.
The second time it happened I was super mad at my mom about it, & told her that when we found out the gender & when we went into labour she would be the last person we would tell. She was so sad! But I think we can consider that lesson learned.
A couple I know took pictures in a photobooth with their positive pregnancy test & gave it to the grandparents-to-be in a card. It was really sweet, they framed it & put it up in their living room.
One of my cousins made a photo album of everything she and her husband did that year. They showed it to my grandma and the last picture was an ultrasound. The funny part was that my grandma had never seen an ultrasound before, and she didn’t know what it was (it was one of the early early ones where the baby just looks like a blob and not a discernible baby at all.)
This kind of thing is nice to do in private with someone like your mom or grandma. But don’t do it at a family reunion like my cousin did. One of my other cousins had a lot of fertility issues she was dealing with and the surprise ultrasound at the end was really hard on her. [name_m]Just[/name_m] don’t try and surprise people in clever ways unless you are absolutely confident that they will be delighted with you rather than hurt.
Good luck! I hope they are super excited for you. The reason I’m waiting for the ultrasound is cause I’m afraid. I don’t want to tell them and get excited then disappointed.
My family in general is pretty good about secrets. I didn’t find out my cousin was pregnant until she was 6 months along. Though I fully expect to tell my immediate family soon afterwards. I love the photo booth idea. Really cute!
The photo album is a cute idea! I’m not great at creative projects. Somehow I always get something in my hair. I’m planning on private conversations with my immediate family so they each get their own moment. Wow, I hope sure didn’t know about the issues. Otherwise I think she should’ve informed her before to give her a heads up and if she wanted to step out for a minuet.
There are a ton of cute things on pintrest, both for revealing a pregnancy and the gender.
I heard about someone who told their husband in a fun way. When he got home from work she said that the oven smelled and was making a weird noise and asked if he could check it. When he opened it there was a bun sitting on the middle rack. You could put a little sign on it too so the message is clearer if they aren’t too quite with getting puns
Since your hubby is in on it you could do a little back and forth with him. Maybe you could start arguing about what your favorite pasta sauce is and work up to “Prego”
Since it’s close to Halloween you could get one of those shirts that show a baby skeleton on the front, put a pillow under the shirt and a trenchcoat on and then reveal your Halloween costume.
I’ve also heard that you can buy personalized fortune cookies that you can put a special note in. Could be fun!
I told my parents, grandmother and brother yesterday! I just told them over the phone (they live in another state). They were all very excited as you can imagine! And I was very clear that they’re not to tell anyone else until I say so!
I am not pregnant yet, but I have thought about this. My mom like wine and collects these shirts with fun wine sayings. I saw a shirt that says “grandma’s sippy cup” and I want to buy it and wrap it up and give it to her as a gift. Obviously this works better closer to a holiday or birthday but I will find a way to make it work if it’s not. It’s specific to us but I’m sure that whatever you do your family will be so excited.
The one that I think I am going to do I found on Pinterest. You take a positive pregnancy test into a photo booth with you and show your husband/significant other right before the pics start snapping, so you have his reaction caught in photo’s! (probably best to use one of those fancier tests that actually says the word “pregnant” so you don’t waste all the pic time on him trying to figure out what all the lines are supposed to mean). Then make copies of your photo booth pics and send them out or give them out as a way to share the news with the rest of your family and friends! Super cute.
That’s so cute! There was a time when I was obsessed with youtube videos on this topic. You can find so many ideas there!
I personally will probablly end up calling my parents or I’ll do a web search and steal someone’s idea. I’m not original when sharing good news and I might be planning something for ages and then I’m never sure if my parents and relatives will like the surprise.
We couldn’t wait until the ultrasound. We framed three pictures and wrapped them individually, numbered in the order they were intended to be opened. The first one was a pic of me and my husband from our engagement shot, with a note that said, “First comes love.” Then one of us from our wedding that said, “Then comes marriage.” Then the final one was a picture of a cartoon stork carrying a baby!
If you can wait for the ultrasound, that would make an even better ending.
lol, I was totally reading that wrong!
I thought people were saying they went into a PHONEbooth to tell their OH about their pregnancy. I was completely confused about why pictures in a dirty phonebooth would be considered cute and memorable!
Re-read and am now much less confused.
We decided we’re going to tell people at [name_u]Christmas[/name_u], which should be 14 weeks. Holidays are really important to my mom. Everyone in my family, including pets, has their own special stocking that she hangs on the mantle. She’s going to be over the moon about this baby and I want to do something fun for her since she’s the only one who knows we’ve been ttc for the last three years. I think I’m going to buy a [name_u]Christmas[/name_u]-y baby sock and wrap it up with a note saying that she’ll need it for the mantle next year. I want my husband to be ready with his phone to capture her reaction. She’s either going to laugh or cry - - or possibly do both at the same time!
A friend of mine sent her mom (who lived a few hours away) a balloon bouquet that said “congratulations” and included a card telling her what a wonderful grandmother she was going to make. I thought it was a very sweet idea; she and her mother are quite close.
My boyfriend’s cousin and her husband just announced they were pregnant on facebook… The family has known for a while, but they waited a bit to tell everyone. They carved a pumpkin to look like a baby in utero (if you can picture that… they actually did a surprisingly good job!) and posted a picture holding it. I thought it was very clever!
Not pregnant at the moment, but I have a plan for when we are! My parents and in-laws are friends so I want to have them both over for dinner some night and tell them I want a family picture with my husband and both sets of parents. I plan on having my sister and her hubby take pictures and video and have them say something like, “Everybody smile and on 3 say- We’re going to be grandparents!” I think my Mom and Mother in law will lose it!! In a good way, they’re dying to be be grandmas It will be fun to get in on camera/video!!
