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How did you announce your pregnancy?

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tickletink · 16/08/2014 16:28

I'm in a funny situation today where I've had a faint positive on a home pregnancy test, so I'm waiting until tomorrow when I can use my first morning wee to see if I get a stronger result. I haven't told my husband yet - but I have got to wondering....

Just how did you guys share the happy news with your partners? Did you test together, or did you test then tell? Did you share the news with a big or small gesture?

Or even when sharing with family and friends - how did you let the cat out of the bag? I'm not looking for inspiration so much as just looking for a good story! :)

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Mmolly2013 · 16/08/2014 16:47

I tested when partner was at work as he was doing 12 hour shift and I wanted to know. When it said positive I texted to see if he could leave work early but didn't tell him why, he sort of knew why but we both wanted to be face to face so didn't say anything else. Then when he came in I sat him down and said we'll remember what we had discussed yesterday about me being extra tired and period late well I took a test this morning. And I just looked at him and he had big smile and he said it was positive wasn't it and I said yes he was so happy he couldn't believe it.

Mmolly2013 · 16/08/2014 16:50

And when I was telling my dad me and my partner when down and I said we've something to tell you, but we had big smiles and were trying to get the other person to say. And my dad guessed and said no way your not are you then he started crying with happiness. So no big mad reveals but they weren't neccesary

sally1978 · 16/08/2014 16:55

On xmas day. I had to because I wasn't drinking and they would of guessed so my other half just blurted it out. Everyone nearly choked on there champagne. It was weird!!!

MrsGiraffe12 · 16/08/2014 17:23

I had done a traditional line test that was really faint and DH didn't believe it to be positive so the next morning I did a clear blue digital (at about 5am!) and it came up pregnant 2-3 weeks. I ran back into the bedroom, woke DH up and said said "see I told you" he said "cool" and went back to sleep. Then about 9am woke up properly and asked me if it had really happened :-)

elQuintoConyo · 16/08/2014 19:38

We'd been ttc, missed a period, did a test together. I weed on it and went and waited in the bedroom with DH while it changed colour... but it'd gone PURPLE LINE YOU'RE PREGNANT before I'd finished weeing, so I already knew!

Told parents on Skype. Told DSis on Skype thirty minutes later. Told DH's family that afternoon as we had been invited to tea and cakes anyway. Rang my DGM that evening while my DF was with her so she had a hand to hold

Then I rang my two close friends who have had breast cancer and told them personally, then my BFF who is going through ivf.

Personal e-mails to close family and some friends, then fb.

It was an emotional day.

Good luck/congrats OP

Redling · 16/08/2014 21:54

I just went off and did it without telling DH and then came in and presented it to him. I was freaking out but he was calm and puzzled as 'wasn't this what we wanted?!' Which calmed me down as yes, we were trying! I had to tell both sides of parents and siblings as well as it was Christmas, we visited both sides of the family and they are usually very drinky affairs and I am (was!) a big drinker so it was obvious. And I hadn't exactly made a secret of the fact we wanted to have a baby.

SuffolkNWhat · 16/08/2014 21:59

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Azquilith · 16/08/2014 22:01

'BABE!'

Clairejessicamiller · 17/08/2014 09:37

I told my mum and dad as soon as we knew it's their first grandchild and they knew we had been TTC. We told husbands parents over the phone as they live in the states this week at roughly 8-9weeks. Mentioned it to a couple of friends and colleagues but waiting until scan to announce to extended family and grandparents etc. we are hoping to maybe get a few pregnancy pictures done but more for memories than for announcement purposes.

WftsC · 17/08/2014 10:04

We tested together. Actually, I POAS then handed it to DH and went off to busy myself, so it was him who told me!

Then with parents we did the cheesy thing . It was Mother's Day, so we got cards that said 'we didn't know what to buy you, so we made you something instead' and then had the scan pic inside. Many tears and screams - was lovely! (We had a scan at about 8 weeks, so didn't have to wait until 12)

Mistyautumn · 17/08/2014 10:10

I peed on a stick alone as didn't want DH to know I had a slight poas addiction.

This was after a MMC and I had one period and then we started trying again. Wasn't expecting it all to happen again so soon so I believe my exact phrase to DH was 'fuck, shit, bollocks - is that a sodding line?'

Doesn't sound like a happy reaction I know but I was just so gobsmacked that I didn't quite know what to think!!!

Family I told at about 6 weeks via Skype (they were all together for nephews and my dad's birthday so made it easier than pinning them all down). Was very pleased I had as my dad died a few weeks later but died knowing that I had made it past 12 weeks this time xx

Kerberos · 17/08/2014 10:14

To DP I sent a text for children 2 and 3. For number 1 we were together.

jobrum · 17/08/2014 10:22

Messed up a test in the morning as I had a cold and fever and apparently didn't get enough wee on it (the end did not change to pink to tell me it had worked nor did the 'correct test' line show up). I popped it in the bathroom bin, ummed and ahhed a bit then ( I'm ashamed to admit this!) tried again! The second time it all worked and showed up a quick, clear possitive. I bought a digital one on the way to work which also showed bfp.

When my husband arrived home from work I chucked the digital one at him and said surprise. I also told him about the one I reused and he said I am a very scutty woman!

Told my team at work quite early due to morning sickness and increased migraines, a friend who is also pregnant when I was a couple of months and my brother. Parents and my grandma were showed the scan at 14 weeks, I loved telling them, both all so shocked and so happy! I was glad we waited to tell them as I would have hated for something to go wrong between bfp and the first scan and then have to give them bad news after seeing how happy they were.

ToAvoidConversation · 17/08/2014 12:18

I did a test first thing in the morning and went and woke DH up as we were meant to be having a holiday lie in. He sleepily mumbled "how do you know?" And made me do another test!

We had lovely plans to tell our parents but unfortunately I ended up in hospital with dehydration so had to tell then then (earlier this week actually) at 7 weeks rather than 12 like we had planned.

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