Pregnancy announcement to husband on Christmas Day!

[Peanutty86]

Have you done this? Are you planning on doing this? Tell me your ideas! (It's baby #2, dc1 is 17 months old).

So my point was, if you're going to do the t shirt stuff, maybe your husband would like to be involved in the choosing of the "Big bro" t-shirt etc...makes it more special than just you going solo... but whatever works for you...

That poem is full of typos 😂

Tesco has big brother tops yesterday.

Are you really not going to tell your dh for 4 days? I wouldn't have dreamed of not telling my dh as soon as I knew myself. He woul have been quite hurt I think.

There's a mug on not on the High Street that says something like 'I'm pregnant' at the bottom on the inside so he'd see when he'd finished his morning tea.

But I'd tell him now. I'd hate to be kept in the dark.

@KingBobra if she gets her husband to help pick the T-shirt I think he's going to work out that she's pregnant and there won't be any need for it.
OP I think it's lovely what an amazing surprise and the best Christmas present ever! He won't forgot this year's present!

I told my husband as soon as I found out myself, there's no way I could've kept it from him, each to their own I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

I did this a few years back. I found out on the 16th and he got a positive test wrapped up as a late present once the kids had gone to bed on the 25th. He was so excited.

Hardest part was bluffing through the day-lots of "I'll go and pour" for the Buck's Fizz refills so I could mix orange and lemonade without him realising.

Good luck OP

I wrapped up my positive pregnancy test. He was over the moon. We had just got back off of holiday. We had been trying for 6 mo after a MMC.

You're all mad. Just tell him you're pregnant for fucks sake. Why be so fucking twee? 🤢

@peachypetite yea I know. Obv I changed those when I used it.

@EmmaGrundyForPM @AreWeAnywhereNear I found out on the 30th November. My partner or family still don’t know. Partner will find out tomorrow as I have booked a private scan, family will find out Xmas with pics from the private scan.

Tbh, the first week or so was really hard to keep quiet as I was excited and had bad symptoms but after that, I got used to it.

I can’t actually believe I’m finally going to be revealing it all to him tomorrow.

I took a plain white toddler t shirt to a printer and got them to put the whole big sister etc thing on it.

But I found out that morning and got it done in time for DH coming home that evening. I couldn’t have kept it from him for 4 days- delaying telling him won’t make it anymore exciting or special.

I think it's a brilliant idea! Good luck OP and let us know how it goes.

I wrapped up 2 books about being a grandparent and gave them to my parents and in-laws with our first pregnancy. With our 6th we were going on holiday with the in-laws a month after baby was due so we asked them if we could bring an extra person on holiday. With dh he was always there when I took the test.

I think you should go for it OP, would be an Xmas he’d never forget! Let us know how it goes. X

Why on earth do people keep something this important from their partner? (In one case above, for nearly a month?!) it's a partnership isn't it?! I'd be so upset if this was kept from me

I would be very hurt if DO kept something so important and relevant to our future from me just for the sake of a “surprise reveal”. Even if it was just for a couple of days.

I usually defend the idea of “cute ways to reveal pregnancy” but to keep a secret for days, or even weeks ... why the hell would you do it?!?

@KingBobra I don't think they are understanding your point

I wouldn't be able to keep it from him, but you know your own DH. I think the idea of a little TShirt for your 17month old with big bro on would do the trick or the print out offered from a PP.

I know I'm going to totally bring the thread down with this, and I'm sorry, but as someone who's first (and second, and third) pregnancy ended in miscarriage I always read these threads and think about how horrible it would have been to have had a load of 'I'm pregnant!!!' stuff around the house, or to have made a big occasion all about a pregnancy that then ended

essexanon is there a reason you’ve concealed this from your partner for so long? I’d have thought he’d deserve to have more than a crappy 3 day head start on you telling your whole family?!?

I put the pregnancy test in a watch case then wrapped it up. I couldn't wait until Christmas Day though so have him it a few days early 🤣

I don't understand why you wouldn't tell your partner straight away. When I took my pregnancy test DH was with me when we checked the results. He would have been so hurt if I hadn't told him for a month

I think he should know the same day that you know. It’s his baby too and you shouldn’t be keeping it secret from him, so you can do a social media style ‘reveal’.

Essexanon - wow! I cannot imagine waiting even a few hours to tell my Dh I was pregnant. You lot are brave- T-shirt's and big reveals are a bit strange but maybe that's just me. (Sorry!)