How did you tell your parents you were pregnant and how did they react?

[EsmereldaBelle]

My best friends dreading telling her parents she's having a baby! Any quirky/different ways people have told their parents?

Share your stories!!

DH used to work with FIL. He took the scan picture into the office in an official envelope and said something about having an interesting new job prospect for FIL which was worth looking into.

FIL opened it and burst into tears :)

My first was a surprise to everyone including me but that's another story.

My second my dad said "I bloody knew it, I wish you would have waited, did you and dp (now dh) plan this?" So he wasn't happy but came round in time.

Dhs dad cried tears of happiness and his mum was pleased.

With dc3 my dad said "not again!" But actually congratulated us this time and has been ok so far.

Dhs parents also said "not again!" But they were pretty pleased too.

We were absolutely shitting ourselves telling everyone, we thought they would all tell us we were mad!

We only have MIL - we just took the scan picture in and said we had something for her to look at, she was pleased but worried even when we told her I was already 18weeks and the baby was fine. Tbh I don't think she believed it until we brought ds home.

I waited until my parents were on holiday in France then told them over the phone, i was only 20 and still living at home, they had time to come to terms with it by the time i saw them face to face!

So so nervous! I'm telling my parents and in laws today. I'm 26, married and been with DH for 9 years...but we don't own our house and I'm worried my parents will think it's too soon and not be positive! Help!

We sat down with a cup of tea with my parents and told them. Unfortunately my Dad had just taken a sip of tea and ended up choking on it for so long I wondered if we would have to call an ambulance!

Told my mum & dad when they came here to visit for the day. We were all planning to go to a ball for NYE (I'm due 1st week of jan) and told them we might have to postpone this year in case I go in to labour! Tears of happiness all round!
Told mil &fil by Skype. They were pleased but not the same overjoyed excitement.

Put the scan photo in a mother's day card. She said 'oh that's nice' in a really distracted way, then 'let me get my glasses'.... 10 long seconds later 'oh, are you pregnant?'

Then dad came home and said his normal 'what's news?', so I just said 'I'm pregnant'. He then did his normal response to any good news, irrespective of levelof goodness 'oh, good-o'. I said 'sorry dad, sex out of wedlock..,' to which he replied 'only the once though yeah?, and I said 'only the once, and I struggled throughout', he said 'good girl'.

Ha, I'm 40 and he's well aware of my past!!

When I was pregnant with ds I was quite nervous about telling my parents. We'd gone up to see them especially to tell them after my 12 week scan

My parents do a lot of walking and weekends away to various U.K. Peaks and they always show us pictures. We didn't plan it this way but they showed us their most recent pictures and after dp and I said "ooh we've got our own pictures to show you" and proceeded to hand over our scan pics (with bated breath)

Needn't have worried they were overjoyed and my dad went out for champagne to celebrate (I tried not to sulk that I couldn't have any )

Love your dad's reaction ohthegoats. I'm 14+5 and we still haven't told anyone. Slightly concerned about DP's parents as we aren't married although we are in our 30s, own a house and haven been together since Uni! Sure it will be fine. My Dad will be fine although it will be a bit sad as my Mum died 2 years ago.

Im my first pregnancy, the week after I found out I told my mum I was intending to keep it a secret but couldn't. So I phoned her on the Wednesday, she told me to come over and tell my dad at the weekend, when I got there he came and gave me a big hug, I looked at my mum and she said she was to excited to keep it a secret :)

We told mil and her dh when I was about 7 weeks, they said congratulations and then proceeded for the rest of the weekend to tell us how are lives were over. Told Fil and his dw and they were super excited and wanted to visit us!

Lost the baby at 12 weeks.

This pregnancy, told m&d the day after I found out, they were very happy.

Told both sets if pil by text at 21 weeks. Mil text back saying congratulations. Fil called the next day, very excited.

We were TTC for about 8 months for our 2nd DC. Finally got our BFP and within the following weeks my in laws came over from Ireland for a week. I was t feeling well at all, was off my food & in bed early every night. I knew my MIL knew but being so early I didn't want to say anything! When we finally told them at 11 weeks she said she knew just by looking at me while she was over visiting!
With my own parents, we got my DD a t shirt saying 'I'm going to be a big sister' on it, took my parents about half an hour to look at her t shirt & read it!

We handed MIL a gift bag full of positive pee sticks. She opened it, looked puzzled, then put both hand over her face and sobbed (happy sobbing though!).

I told my mum and step dad over skype; asked for help moving as I wouldn't be doing any heavy lifting. We got an 'Oh?... Oh!' reaction which was lovely.

I think I'll tell my Dad on Father's Day with a 'Grandad' card he'll be gutted, in his mind he's way too young to be a grandad!

I was so scared about telling my parents I made DH do it! We decided we needed to tell parents sooner than planned (8 weeks) as it was Christmas and I was suffering with morning sickness. We only wanted parents to know so they had to be sworn to secrecy till 12 weeks.
They were happy about it though! I don't know why I was so scared as I'm 26, married, and had been talking about kids for ages.
We told PIL the next day and they were very happy, until we told them they couldn't tell everyone else!

DM was delighted and uncharacteristically shrieked. DF got up and shook DH and my hand proferring congratulations and a willingness to pay for a pram.
Mil said she was 'gobsmacked' then phoned DH on his mobile later in the day to see what my DPs reaction had been. I'm not sure why as we were in our thirties and had been married for 2 years, solvent etc.

My parents were the first people we told. I did a pregnancy test in the toilets at Tesco (lol) and we were popping in for a cup of tea and to see them as it had been DHs birthday the day before and he wanted to thank them for his gifts. So we went in and sat down and I said "oh I've got something for you two" and handed my mum the stick. They were ecstatic.

My first pregnancy I rang my mum, had a tough time with my little boy he's disabilled and spent a long time in hospital so when I fell pregnant this time I knew she would be worried I tried to tell her a few times and the words just wouldn't come out. So I txt her lol x

DM guessed and told DDad

MiL we told together when we saw her in person about two days after we confirmed to my parents. First thing she said was "what, already, I'm not ready to be a granny", followed by "when did you find out, bet you told your parents first"

We told my parents when we were away for the weekend with them when I was about 6/7 weeks pregnant. It was Mothers Day, so I said "We have a belated Mother's Day present - I am about 6/7 weeks pregnant. Your grandchild is due in November." The first words we had in response were from my Dad - who was very confused and said, "Six and a half months, where is it??" as he gazed at my stomach. I couldn't stop laughing as I tried to explain again! They then squealed and my Mum cried, she has been hyper ever since.

We went to see MIL & FIL when I was about 8 weeks pregnant, and DH told them over dinner on our first night there. They beamed at us and proceeded to talk nonsense all night after celebrating with glee & much champagne!