Giving the Good News
I don't really remember how I announced to my family that I was going to have a baby. As I recall, in those days, you just told them. I do remember one time I went out to my parents' house. My mother took one look at me and said, "Are you pregnant again?" She just had that mother's intuition, or she could tell because I turned green at the smell of bacon!
Today lots of parents-to-be find clever ways to announce that they are expecting. They slip a picture of the first ultrasound into a greeting card; they hide baby booties in Easter baskets; they tuck brag books into Grandma's purse. Since I'm a bibliophile, I think giving an appropriate book is a great way to announce the news. Some of the ones I have seen that would fill the bill are You Can Call Me Hoppa!, about choosing a grandparent name, and The Little Big Book for Grandmothers and The Little Big Book for Grandfathers.
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Keep an eye on your daughters and daughters in laws and chances are you will be breaking the news to them and not the other way around
We didn’t have to tell them. The look of panic in our eyes said it all!
My mom knew we were “trying” so it was only a matter of “when.” For a few weeks after I told them, my father would ask, “are you sure you’re pregnant?” He stopped asking after I began to get a bigger belly.
With my first pregnancy, I was 12 weeks along just at the same time as a family dinner we were hosting. So we made a big announcement and succeeded in shocking everyone, especially my mom, whose first comment was how she’d rearrange her vacation schedule to be there for the birth.
She made me three meals and two snacks every day for the week after our baby arrived. Perfectly balanced, all organic. Definitely an A-plus grandmother!!
It appears that the old-fashioned methods are still popular–either tell them straight out or let them figure it out for themselves!
With my first child, I found out I was pregnant a few days before Christmas. I think I told my mom in a pretty straightforward way, because it was a surprise enough without adding an element of surprise! But for my mother-in-law I gave her baby booties in Christmas colors as a present.
I found out about my second child right before Easter, and so I dyed Easter eggs for my parents and mother-in-law that gave the good news.
Honestly I can’t remember how I told my parents about my third pregnancy, though I remember mailing my mother-in-law a card with the ultrasound picture in it. She was out of town, so it was waiting for her when she got home.