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We know that breaking your pregnancy news can be an exciting time, so the team at Clearblue would love to hear about how you told your friends & family.

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With ds1.......

I went home to see my parents. Dh and I were sitting in the conservatory with my Mum.mwe were chatting about my DB's wedding which was the following June.

I said to Mum, 'Has the guest list been confirmed for the wedding?'

'Yes it has.' Replied my Mum.....'Why?'

'Because we wanted to bring someone with us,' I replied.

'Who?' She asked, looking horrified.

'Our baby!!!!!! I'm pregnant!!!!!' And promptly burst into tears!!

Then repeated the same thing to my Dad, who cried and my DB!

We said to our 10-year-old niece over a family meal... "So, how do you fancy having a little cousin?" cue much screaming and nonsense from all the family... waited until it all died down then said "so, how do you fancy having TWO little cousins? IT'S TWINS!!!" BRILLIANT makes me cry happy tears every time I think of it!

This story is about my 2nd pregnancy which was twins. We told the family in our home country we had two announcements to make, so they guessed the first but we made them try to guess the second. As there were no twins in the family it took them ages to guess the second bit of news was a second baby! It was great watching them puzzling over it.

To the overseas family, we were more subtle. We just casually dropped into conversation how much more expensive our plane tickets were going to become and that we wouldn't be able to visit the following summer. Eventually they figured it out!

Number one was a shock - we found out ten weeks in and in bad circumstances - my father in law had just had a stroke so it wasn't the right time to break the news. We waited for the first scan photo before mentioning it. With the next two it was never a big announcement, just telling people if they guessed or chatting and it came up.

My parents live overseas so I broke the news by emailing a photo of the positive pregnancy test, then Skyping my mum and telling her to open the email with me on Skype. Her reaction was priceless and it was nice to see it (via technology).

I found an old pregnancy test when I was clearing out my room and instead of chucking it out thought I'd use it just for kicks.
I got the shock of my life when it was positive and started screeching for Dh to come upstairs.
Pushed the test in his face and when he realized what it was said get in the car to go to tesco to get a clear blue test.
It was positive.

We were going on holiday the next day for two weeks and his parents were on holiday at the time in Wales.
We wanted to tell them in person so set off from west Midlands that afternoon to go find them. We didn't know where exactly they were staying but knew roughly.

They were very surprised to see us standing outside their doors when we finally got there. And when we were settled with cups of tea Dh asked them how they'd feel like being grandparents.
They realized it was not hypothetical cue much excitement and hugging all around.

Not one of my better choices in life in how I told my friends & family I have to say, and I still feel very shameful. I was at University when I found out I was pregnant, but as I had continued to have periods, and didn't feel unwell it was 4 months until I realised. I was in a very bad relationship with someone, who understandably no-one approved of, so I didn't say anything. My pregnancy barely showed, and I used ways of hiding it. The first my family knew was that night my little sweetheart was born 6 weeks premature. They were amazing. They were hurt initially, but they totally accepted and after the shock were thrilled with the news.

With my first pregnancy (daughter now 6) i invited close family round for a bbq and told them all then, and with my second pregnancy i phoned my close family as i was admitted to hospital bleeding and dehydrated at only 5 weeks pregnant (son now 3) everyone guessed both times as i was so ill with 'morning sickness', but so happy at the same time. They just new ;o)

I phoned my Mum (about 60 seconds after I told DH), crying every time, she knew that we were trying the first two times, but while not trying for DC3, we were actively preventing and I was a bit nervous.

As for everyone else, I told as I saw them, but found that once I had told a few people they spread the news. When I was 8 weeks pregnant with DC3, I was at a wedding in Ireland, when I started to bleed. The Mother of the Groom, (a friend of mine) told the other guests that I was pregnant, not what I wanted at the time, but I couldn't explain what was wrong as I didn't want to put a damper on the event. I just said the other two needed to go to bed, and spent the rest of the rest of the trip in bed.

We had taken my DPs out for lunch as it was Mothers Day. First grandchild for them so it was a very Happy GrandMothers Day too!

WE were going to wait till the 3 month mark then announce the pregnancy to family. Then my brother rang up to say his wife was pregnant, but only a few weeks. We waited a week, then having discussed it, rang him to tell him our news. In the end, both babies (cousins) were born 6 hours apart on the same day.

I wish I did something creative (kind of) but I just phoned my mum and dad and was way more nervous than I thought I would be. I didn't do a facebook announcement or post my scan pic!

Our family live up north so we travelled up to see both sets of parents to tell them. We'd had to lie about the reason for staying, telling them we were going to a wedding nearby so thought we'd pop by whilst we were there... And then there was a lot of excited screaming and tears when we told them the real reason for out visit (first grandchild on both sides) My parents were faffing and it was a nightmare it get them both in the same room I tell them! My in laws asked how the wedding was as we got out of the car so we told them stood on their drive! We then told wider family whist there, then close friends by popping round or calling, and then put the attached photo on Facebook to tell everyone else.

The first time me and DH sat and waited for the test result together before phoning our families to tell them the good news. We were so excited as we had been trying for 18 months. Sadly it ended in a miscarriage.

The second time we told them with less excitement and lots of apprehension and after a very difficult pregnancy we saved the fanfare and happiness for the actual arrival of DD.

We've been trying for DC2 for 14 months now, in which time we've had another miscarriage.

There is nothing exciting for me about finding out I'm pregnant and my family await the news with fear as we all know it will be nine months of being on tenterhooks. We'll celebrate the arrival again not the announcement!

We told my parents sitting outside in the garden - they were over the moon - it's a lovely memory.

Nothing creative particularly, but ds1 grassed me up to everyone when I was pregnant with ds2 - some of whom didn't tell me they knew until after I told them and they had known for a few weeks! However I was so sick, anyone who knew me well knew by then anyway - yuck!

I sat them down with nice cups of tea.

I have a lovely memory of when we told my stepson though, the three of us went to a local foresty area and sat on a rock next to a natural river and told him, he was over the moon and got so excited.

I can still remember the phone call to my mother- I could hear the excitement and a little trepidation in her voice as I´d had a miscarriage in the past...

I stuck the positive stick under my DH nose first thing in the morning - it was far too early for him - he thought it was a thermometer and that I had a temperature.

Stuck with tradition for friends and family and let my parents know by showing them the 12 week scan pictures.

Baby was due at Christmas. I commissioned someone to make a really special early christmas card, and put a scan picture in there with the due date written in the card. My mum and dad loved it.

Told DH by waking him up at 6am with a picture of 3 positive tests I had taken that morning. Once I told him I wasn't joking, we had a cuddle and went back to sleep as it was a Saturday ;) He told me afterwards hes glad he just saw a pic, and not the sticks themselves!

Told the in-laws with a card that said "We're going to need a bigger boat" and a picture from Jaws, as they live on a canal boat. Inside said "We owe you a Grandchild, due December 2014". MIL almost fell over with excitment! (First Grandchild for MIL, 3rd for Step-FIL)

Told my parents with mugs saying "Upgrading to Grandma/Grandad" with a loading bar and an estimated completion date (both are/used to be software technicians, First Grandchild for both)

Tried to tell my best friend by dropping hints all day and talking about babies.... she was trying to tell me the same thing and we missed each other completely. Ooops! Admitted it to each other the next day, and she's due 2 weeks before me.

Told our other close friends over dinner, invited them over and announced while cooking the spag bol with beers/wines/drinks in hand

Was hospitalised at 9week for Hyperemesis, but once we got all-clear at 12/13 week scan, we announced on facebook (the bane of DH's life) with a photo of our dog saying "Mum and Dad are getting me a human for Christmas!"

Told some people outright (ie, I'm pregnant) - work, grandparents, siblings etc. As its our first, we wanted it to be special for us and for those close to us.

With ds I took the pregnancy test and told Dh it was positive and he said "well yes we knew that" rolled over and tried to go back to sleep! I told my mum later that same day by giving her my pregnancy test. It took her a minute to click what it was she was holding!
With dd, Dh was a bit more excited. Think I did the same thing again with my mum and it took her even longer to click this time

Oh and everyone else found out when I started throwing up violently at 6/7 weeks. With dd I was hospitalised with hyperemesis so had to tell people. Think by 12 weeks everybody knew both times as I couldn't hide it!

The way I did was the for the first twenty weeks I kept quite and even though I was feeling sick in the morning, I never told my mother about it either. My husband thought it was a great idea to actually show them a scan of the baby online as they live in a different city, so we skype most of the time. I sent them a file, and asked my dad (who is a doctor himself) to accept as its my latest photo, and as soon as he opened it both my parents were jumping with joy as they said that they were expecting a good news from me, so as soon as they saw the scan they were dancing around.

Kept it to ourselves for a few days (me and DH) then as we had lots of social stuff planned which would give the game away (by me not drinking) had to tell some close friends on a need to know basis quite quickly, told my mum over a lovely lunch and told everyone else after the three month scan. I found out just over a year ago that I was pregnant and my beautiful daughter is now asleep in the crib next to me as I type.

How lucky I am.

I called my mum. To tell her, but we're so close that as soon as I said 'I have something to tell you' she yelled 'you're pregnant you're pregnant you're pregnant!' And I said, 'yes'. Not quite the big reveal I had planned, but the nicest reaction I could have wanted