How did you announce your pregnancy?

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Apparently I'm not the only one in my Facebook/extended family/life to recently find out they're pregnant! All the announcements have been very sweet but I'm lost at what to do now. I was see myself as creative but I've hit a block! A generic status will not cut it with me! (The important people are being told face to face on Christmas Day/s)

How did you announce your pregnancy to the world?

I told my partner by giving him a 'good luck' card.
I told my mum over lunch in Nando's.
I'm not putting it on Facebook, I don't put much on there.

Is it necessary to 'announce' it to the world? Can you not just tell people? I told people when I saw them then a few others I texted.

Interpretative dance (with DH mirroring in mine) and a brass band.

I told my family by giving them a party and announcing in the end during desserts.

A light aircraft pulling a massive banner, which flew over Central London at rush hour twice a day for a week.

Bit spendy, but I don't see any of my mates topping that, ha!

I didn't have too, the papers found out about it and competed who will break the news first.

What they didn't know is I leaked the news to a friendly journo.

Took out a 30s advert slot during the breaks in Corrie.

DH and I didn't bother announcing.
We told our family and close friends face to face. I don't really give a fuck about a girl I went to school with 25 years ago "knowing"

Told people..

I told people

I didn't. I am due in two weeks and I'm sure there are loads of people I have not told.

My Daughter who is 3 had a book, my husband I took him car shopping and said I needed a bigger car.
My mum I wrote to and told her, and the in laws my DH told. I have told a few people that I speak to other then that there is nothing on Facebook etc.

Some journalists are so lazy

Sigh

When I was about 20 weeks I put up a picture of a bun in an oven. Tbh most people knew by then because I'd seen and told them and the rest didn't really give a shit

I'm 15 weeks. Told close friends and family but nothing is on Facebook. Tbh nobody really cares unless your close to them. This is dc3 so learnt along the way!

DH and I didn't bother announcing.
We told our family and close friends face to face. I don't really give a fuck about a girl I went to school with 25 years ago "knowing"

Same

I told people as and when I saw them / wanted to. It's still not on Facebook and it won't be.

I thought announcements were for the likes of births, marriages and deaths. Not pregnancy...

I have just told people close to us as I have seen them.

I've told people in conversation as it's come up- mum on the phone as she was starting to talk about shifting bags of compost etc at school gardening.

I suspect I might post something like a new year's resolution/ task for 2017 of 'complete growing a new person'

How did you announce your pregnancy to the world?

I think you are vastly overestimating how much "the world" cares. Just say you are pregnant. Anything else just screams "look at me".

In the days before facebook, we told parents face to face. Everybody else was sent a bottle of champagne for Christmas with a card to be opened at lunch, which asked them to use the champagne to toast the news. It was lovely - over the course of a couple of hours we had phone calls from most of the family who thought it was a lovely way to announce, it also meant no-one got arsey about who was told first.

When I was pregnant it was before the days of "announcing" , we just informed people.

"Im pregnant "

Like that.

Sorry op but in the nicest possible way It doesn't need to be a big announcement . The most important people already know anyway

I got moaned at by the way i announced my pregnancy.

I didnt tell anyone apart from my mum until i was 16 weeks. I knew alot of people would be surprised (it is dc2) due to various reasons.

We have a secret family group on facebook. All my family go on facebook several times a day so i put it in the secret family group so everyone could see at once who was family only.

I got a phone call from my aunt within minutes saying it was very impersonal to do that and i should of rang everyone.

The only people i told to their face was my mum and sister.

I didnt want the hassle of ringing everyone individually and them all asking was it planned etc and having a half hour conversation with every single person!

Interpretative dance (with DH mirroring in mine) and a brass band.