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How did you tell your friends & family that you're pregnant? Tell Clearblue and you could win a £250 Love2Shop voucher. NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 09/09/2014 12:10

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.

Clearblue say "At Clearblue we love hearing how women found out they were pregnant, particularly those we have been able to help in someway, and would love to hear from Mumsnetters how they shared their news about the new addition to the family."

So, how did you tell your friends & family that you're pregnant? Did you try to tell those closest to you in person? Or maybe you sent emails out? Perhaps you tried to be creative with your pregnancy announcement?

Whatever you did to tell your friends & family about your pregnancy, Clearblue would love to hear about it.

If you did take a creative approach to announcing your pregnancy and you have any photos, please post them on this thread.

Everyone who posts will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £250 Love2Shop voucher.

Please note your comments and photos may be included on Clearblue's website and social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

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Granville72 · 17/09/2014 10:14

We put a picture of our first scan as a little Christmas gift for the soon to be grandparents. A very nice surprise Christmas Present for them to open on Christmas Day along with the rest of the family.

Our friends, we told them all at a Christmas drinks gathering with a little toast to celebrate (obviously not for me as pregnant)

Was nice to share wonderful news with everyone as we'd kept it quiet we were trying for a baby as we were struggling to conceive.

angelkate1 · 17/09/2014 14:56

Just tell your husband or anyone else who is your best friend and you feel easy to share anything with him/her.

Vitalstatistix · 17/09/2014 14:57

Is it only creative ways that qualify you to enter?

Cos I just picked up the phone and said "I'm pregnant."

ZylaB · 17/09/2014 17:29

DH was away for work and I'd randomly tested 4 days before my period was due and got a bfp! I video called him and waved the stick around squealing, before going to the shop and buying about 4 more to check. They all came back positive and I called him again to show these ones too. He was very happy :)

ButterflyOfFreedom · 17/09/2014 22:06

We didn't tell anyone until we'd had the 12 weeks scan - then I told the world!!
We told both sets of parents in person, face-to-face - we put a copy of the scan picture in an envelope and let them open it...
We told other family members in person or over the phone (some live far away).
Close friends I told over the phone or via text.
Other 'friends' I told on Facebook - uploaded a photo of DS holding up a sign which read 'Big Brother To Be!' Smile

BlackeyedSusan · 17/09/2014 22:06

we agreed to tell just my mum until after the twelve week scan. then announce to the remaining three parents. was too sick to keep it up that long though.

rydley · 17/09/2014 22:40

I like to announce the news to family at a family get together when everyone is there, they always say afterwards "we knew you were going to say that we can tell from you face"?

dizhin79 · 17/09/2014 22:45

we told everyone face to face, generally when we had been invited to do's and I was always noted as the driver!!! Was great fun seeing everyone's reactions.
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Albiebee · 18/09/2014 10:36

Told my husband like this.

How did you tell your friends & family that you're pregnant? Tell Clearblue and you could win a £250 Love2Shop voucher. NOW CLOSED
daholster · 18/09/2014 10:44

First time just gathered people together fora family meal and told them. This time we have a t-shirt for my daughter which says "I'm going to be a big sister" and she will wear it over to my mum and dad's this weekend! We will do the same with his parents the next day.

MadMonkeys · 18/09/2014 10:52

First time we kept quiet until after the 12 week scan then showed people the picture. Second time we told people in person, on the phone or texts.

daylight · 18/09/2014 11:58

With my second I was on holiday and was a few days over my period due date and I had a feeling I could be pregnant but was unable to confirm as couldn't find a pregnancy tester.

On my return, we had dinner at my mums when my sister out of the blue asked me if I was pregnant? I was a bit gob smacked and asked why and she said I looked rounder. I was all red in the face and made an excuse that I was just bloated/fat with all the out door eating on holiday.

So as soon as a I got home I had to test and there it was the positive sign. My hubby is usually the first to know followed by my family. We announced our pregnancy a week later with a picture - mummys shoes, daddys shoes, older brothers shoes and a pair of baby shoes!

McKitten84 · 18/09/2014 19:42

We had to tell the family when I was 7 weeks as it was Christmas and they would notice my lack of alcohol intake. But because of this we thought we could make a present out of it. So we made a plaque for each family. My partner is quite artistic and drew a stork carrying a baby and it simply said were expecting. Was lovely to see their faces and its now a lovely keepsake for ds.

sharond101 · 18/09/2014 21:39

Where do you all get the t-shirts that say "I am going to a Big Brother/Sister?" I cannot find them online.

LEE88 · 18/09/2014 23:31

I told my parents, siblings and best friend straight away, then waited until I had my first scan to tell everyone else, mostly in person or over the phone, not very creative I'm afraid.

stephgr · 19/09/2014 01:43

I told my family and friends face to face but those who live too far away I telephoned. I wasn't creative at all - I just blurted it out!

DifferentNow · 19/09/2014 15:57

Not very inspired but I sent a mms round of my Clearblue digital test.

Powaqa · 19/09/2014 20:24

With my second pregnancy I didn't know how to tell my boss - . I wasnt a 100% sure I was pregnant so as we worked in a pharmacy I asked him to do a pregnancy test. He knew before I did.

titchypumpkin · 20/09/2014 10:55

A mixture of in person and phone/skype with DD1, but we kept it quiet til after the 12 weeks scan. With DD2 I told my sis and close friend pretty much as soon as we found out, and everyone else after the scan.

Not very inspired but it was still lovely :-(

mumnosbest · 20/09/2014 11:17

At a family birthday meal. I wrote a card 'To Auntie X, love from baby bump'. When Auntie started laughing and crying everyone started asking and reading the card, cue lots more crying, hugs and congratulations then a big double celebration.

Nottheshrinkingcapgrandpa · 20/09/2014 11:54

Over a big meal for my oldest. It was lovely!

Pointlessfan · 20/09/2014 12:21

My dad's birthday was the day after my 12 week scan and we were going out for dinner. I put the scan picture inside his birthday card and wrote the due date on it. He cried and ordered champagne (even though I couldn't have any!) It was brilliant!

supergreenuk · 20/09/2014 17:53

Phone calls to family and my work colleagues I put the scan photo on my desk.

gasbird · 20/09/2014 18:09

Really boring compared to some lovely ideas here. We told family both times in person over Sunday lunch.

Almost worth getting pregnant again to do a better 'big reveal'. Almost.

Tanfastic · 20/09/2014 19:02

I just told them one by one. This was before the days of the Facebook announcement that seems to happen nowadays.