How to tell parents we're pregnant (in a nice way)

[WhippetMumma]

After being asked for literally years when we will be having children by friends, family and even neighbours - we're finally pregnant!!!

We have a viability scan next Saturday and want to tell family sooner rather than later.

I lost both my parents this year and so we will be just telling my In Laws & Husbands Siblings who I love very much. I was thinking about maybe gifting them a babygrow that says Baby "familyname", Due October 2020 - but this would actually be a gift for baby so feels weird?

They are already grandparents so grandparent status pending tshirt doesnt work...

Please throw me some ideas! I'm not the type to have big Facebook announcements or baby showers so this is my one time to really relish the moment of telling people.

Congratulations!

V sorry you’ve lost your parents.

“We’re” not pregnant: you are!

Best just to tell people simply, as and when you both see or speak to them.

Talk about giving with one and taking with the other.

Congratulations on your pregnancy. I hope all goes well.

I would write a nice card.

Baby grow is perfect. And practical!

Congratulations.

Keep it simple. I can remember every second of when my son told me, it's special without any fuss.

And I actually like them”we’re pregnant” bit. Although mn seemingly doesn’t

Pregnant is a biological state. You are both expecting a baby though!

Congrats! I would want to do something special too. I would give them each a gift bag with a baby grow saying 'I love my gran' 'i love my grandad' etc along with a photo of the scan

You can buy baby scan 'grandchild' frames with a little black heart where you can write in chalk, and it has a 'weeks' countdown.

Could put your scan pic in there with how many weeks until your due and wrap that up

I'd get extra scan photos taken and out it inside a card for them to open.
Could you bear to wait for mothers day?

I know biologically only I'm pregnant, but he is putting up with and embracing my crazy mood swings and providing so much cuddles, support and love - I like the term we. Baby wouldnt be there without him, and I sure as hell wouldn't be coping without him... we're a team and we're tackling this together.

We see his parents about once a month... I really don't know if we'll see them for mothers day... whilst it would be lovely to tell them then... It's going to be a very bitter sweet one for me as its my first mothers day without my own Mum... with this jumble of hormones I can't imagine me handling the ups and downs well...

I like the frame idea - I'll have a look online to see if I can find one.

Husband just suggested the idea of a large Millies Cookie - This is how we announced our engagement so it could become a little tradition?

Congratulations I live the idea of a Millie's cookie tradition. Bet they'll be thrilled for you!

We got a "you're going to be grandparents again" baby grow.

We got a babygro for DH's parents (my DM died and I don't have a relationship with my DF, & I was an only child!) I put it in a gift box with tissue wrapped round it and gave it to MIL under the guise of an early birthday present, but FIL was there too.

For our nephew who was 6 we got this T Shirt. He'd being constantly asking SIL if he'd get a cousin/to be a cousin as it was "all he ever wanted" so we wrapped it up for him and recorded him opening it.

We got them both from Amazon

I'd get your MIL a mothers day card (even if you visit them before and not on mothers day you can say it's for mothers day) and get one that says something like 'to my grandma on mothers day' and put a scan inside?

Ah sorry OP, can understand why you don't rant too so it for mothers day. Get the cookie. Give out a few plain ones then give one of them one that says something like Baby Whipper due September 2020

I don't get the baby gro idea - why would they want that?
Just crack out the champagne and say you have an announcement- I find anything else hopelessly cheesy, though I guess the scan photo on frame could work (not that I've ever wanted to display my own scans...).