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One way was a pic of my growing bump saying 'baby or cake?'

The other was this....

I told them with DD1 by being very very sick until it was undeniable...

With DD2 I put DD1 in a big sister T Shirt and let her walk around until everyone (DH & parents) noticed. It wasn't as instant as I thought!

For PIL though I made them a Calendar for Christmas, and in the month the baby was due put my scan picture. They cried

I told them with DD1 by being very very sick until it was undeniable...

With DD2 I put DD1 in a big sister T Shirt and let her walk around until everyone (DH & parents) noticed. It wasn't as instant as I thought!

For PIL though I made them a Calendar for Christmas, and in the month the baby was due put my scan picture. They cried

A picture is worth a thousand words.

We did tell close friends and family first, then announced by way of pic on Instagram and FB

I bled in the early stages of my pregnancies so it was always a very low key announcement as I was unsure if I would miscarry. It was exciting but a little worrying at the same time. We didn't tell people too soon either.

With my first pregnancy (mmc) I told dh in the am but running into our pitch black room saying I was pregnant. He did not seem that impressed but once he had woken up was much happier. I tired to keep it a secret but told my family within the week.

With ds, dh and I were not 100% on the same page about ttc, and infact due to genetic results we were on hold. I did a test on Monday am and got a very faint + spent all day umming and ahhing. Told dh I thought I was pregnant that evening and a frer confirmed it the next day. Phoned my parents straight away. Skyped my sister and told mt best friend to.

My brother and his gf were on America and I asked them to buy me some dollar store tests. When they got back they joked they were do cheap they might not work. I did one and asked if they thought it was faulty :)

We just did it in person with close friends and family and with other friends we sent an email out to share the good news

I put a cream bun in the oven and when husband came in from work I said " oh there is something in the oven for you" he opened the door and said "a bun?!"looked confused and then it dawned on him- priceless! It was hilarious!
We skypes grandparents and my older son wore a baby grow with the words if brother on it. We just waited Until the penny dropped! Much squealing followed!

With DS1, around the time of my 12 week scan, it was my mum's, dad's, sister's and niece's birthday. So, I bought cards for Nana, Grandad, Auntie and Cousin and put in the scan pic signing it from baby DJ (our nickname for him/also our surname initials). I filmed my parents opening their cards and my dad was so funny-he sat back in his chair and said that's nice. When it finally did click what the card was saying, his reaction was priceless.

With DS2 (currently 35 weeks pregnant), I had a t-shirt made for DS1 saying 'Big brother in training' with a picture of a big cute dragon next to a small cute dragon (we are Welsh). I took a picture of him in it, holding the scan pictures and sent it to family members with the caption 'DS has some news'

I think we were just really boring with it, went round to mums and she freaked out we wouldn't cope and cried, called dps parents and just told them. highly imaginative. ..

We decided to wait until the 12 week mark before telling anyone -close friends and family included. However my non-drinking at a hen do and visiting an overseas friend outed us to a few people who were sworn to secrecy. To this day our Mums, who were called at the same time believe they were the joint first to know. Oops! Once the news was officially out it was impressive to see how quickly the good news spread to our wider circle of family and friends.

My husband is an avid traveller and has a shelf full of Rough Guides for every country he (and I) have visited. So the day I got my positive test, I popped to a bookshop and bought The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth, then presented him with it when he arrived home from work. The grin on his face was priceless.

We had planned to wait for the first scan to tell our parents. However, the day we found out I started feeling so sick that when we arrived at my parents for lunch, as my mum asked me to put the bacon on I puked!!!!

Saw family to tell them where possible, called/texted the rest & close friends. Did NOT plaster it all over Facebook!

No emails or anything like that. We took my parents out to lunch and told them with the first one. My dad said - I thought as much. I told one person at work and it spread round the office......a lot people said they had suspected it anyway as I was getting somewhat round by 3 months.

I'd love to give a much more interesting answer but we were so thrilled when I got pg with DS1 that we just phoned our families and told them through the happy tears!!

With DC1: my mum convinced me to POAS when i was certain I couldn't be pregnant (TTC for ages), so I called her to let her know she was right shortly after I told DH. We rang PIL straight after the 12 week scan - we wanted to post them a photo, but it didn't seem fair to delay letting them know any longer since my parents had already known for weeks.
With DC2, again it was my mum who convinced me to test - I was certain I couldn't be pregnant yet as I'd been referred to the fertility clinic because I wasn't ovulating. I sent DH a text at work telling him to ring me. We told PIL and SIL when I was about 9 weeks, while we were visiting them just before Christmas, because we wanted to tell them in person. We were talking about BIL's upcoming wedding & I said I probably wouldn't go because we should have a tiny baby by then. The conversation almost kept going before MIL realised what I'd said.

Both XH and I were fertility challenged. We had left it to fate to decide what happened. I was only a week late but I did a test to prove that I wasn't pregnant. Turned out I was...... The first person I told was XH in a gibbering wreck kind of way. The next person I told was my mum, then my best friend.

Facebook was only just starting to be used by everyone then, so it wasn't really announced on there, but I would put some clever photo on now if I were to announce another one which will never happen

When I told XMIL she said - oh you're not :( , what are you going to do about it? - we were aged 35 and 42 and married with good jobs..... she treated it like it was the end of the world....

I had a private scan at 8 weeks and got a DVD with a short clip showing the heartbeat. I invited my Dad over for fish and chips and said "oh before, we start eating, I need to show you something".

I put the DVD on and said "That's my baby's heartbeat"

He stared at the screen, open mouthed, for what felt like ages before he grinned, hugged me and cried

I told Dh by asking him to have a look at something for me, I handed him my clear use test which said pregnant 2-3 weeks. We both sobbed together for ages! We told friends and family in person.

Told work at about 6 weeks both times, partly because my job includes possibly having to restrain young people/break up fights and partly because it would explain why I was lying on the floor of the office dry retching morning sickness my arse!

Told other family over the phone as and when we spoke to them

I told my mum I wouldn't be having a glass of wine with my dinner. She guessed straight away, no further explanation needed! I am clearly a total lush.

When I was expecting DC3, we had told DC1 and 2 a few days before meeting up the the grandparents. DS - age 3 - greeted his Nana with a 'Mummy's having a new baby' before we even said hello! (She didn't believe him...and then didn't believe us..!)

We asked them round our house and asked them all to sit down as we had news. Bless them that's last thing they thought of and instead thought one of us was very ill.
Second time was just a phone call, short and sharp!,

Neither DH nor I live in the same country as our parents so with MIL we skpyed her, with my parents we told them when we were home for Christmas in person - it was much more personal then over the phone or by email,. We were too excited to wait until the 12 week scan and told them straight away.