Hi I'm very new to this group but would love to ask for a creative idea to tell my husband were pregnant. NOW, We have struggled for infertility for 6 years and now my best friend has offered to be out surrogate. We had embryo transfer last week and now we have a positive pregnancy test!!!!!!! Anywho, his job has been SUPER supportive and following our journey. I thought it would be nice if I somehow was able to surprise him while he was there but would love to hear some cute ideas as to how to do it. I was thinking of sending blue balloons with a card with a picture of the pregnancy test in it? I don't know. ALL ideas welcomed!!! Thank youuuuu
Ok thank you so much. That's what I'll do!
Congratulations! I think he'd want to hear it straight from you--not from a gift you send. Also, this may be very emotional for him. He may not want to hear the good news at work. I would plan an evening just for the two of you.
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This is something personal. I would wait until he got home. Even if the job supports you guys on this journey?? I would tell HIM first and let HIM announce to work. That's REALLY fast for a positive test!! I didn't realize you would get an answer in one week!!
I would have a cake for dessert:
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Congratulations!!
I'd wait till he got home.
Definitely wait until he gets home.
It is a private momentous occasion to be shared w/the two of you.
-You could have a bunch of blue & pink helium balloons shoved into a closed closet that you open to let them our while you are talking to him about your day.
-wrap a pacifier up to give to him as a gift
-make up a basket with: ear plugs, eye masks, an "Awesome Dad" trophy,
-make pink & blue cupcakes w/a note that says "Dear Dad.....)
-buy 2 onsies. A pink & a blue one....wrap them up together as a gift to give
your hubby to open
-wrap up the A-Z baby book to give him to open
-buy his favorite 6 pack of beer & replace one of the bottles of beer w/a
plastic baby bottle complete w/nipple
Congrats!
Agree--tell him in person and wait at least 12 weeks to tell anyone else!
Buy a cake and decorate it with a baby bottle and champagne glasses.
Get two newborn outfits a boy and a girl outfit. Wrap them as a gift for him.
Congratulations!
Awesome to have such a friend and supportive husband.
Wishing you the best!
I would wait until he got home to tell him directly. He can tell his work family about the news when he gets back to work after he comes down off the ceiling of excitement.
You can tell your family and friends about the pregnancy later.
My son and DIL have been trying to have a child of their own. My
DIL's sister gets pregnant at the drop of a hat. I suggested that they possibly ask the sister to carry a child since she likes to be pregnant. They may also consider this route to a baby.
Once again congrats to you and yours.
the other S.
Sorry, but I have to disagree with everyone that is telling you to wait until 12 or 13 weeks. To tell friends maybe, but this is your husband, he deserves to know, it's his child too. Plus, if something happened (God forbid) wouldn't you want someone to talk to, and go through it with??
When we found out our surro was pregnant I made a little video that mimicked the MasterCard priceless commercials. It said things like agency fee $15,000, best surro ever $20,000, IVF meds $800, positive pregnancy test PRICELSS. (I actually had more in it than that, but just giving you a general idea.) After I shared it with him we eventually shared it with family, and then on Facebook in order to announce to everyone. Later we had to go back and add another slide that said Finding out its twins Double Priceless. Its now on a CD and kept in the boys baby books.
Granted it's been about 16 years since we did IVF but we had to wait 19 days between embryo transfer and a blood test (and our positive result).
Tell him in person and let him tell his co-workers.
First, even with a "normal" pregnancy I never felt comfortable announcing anything until I made it safely through the first trimester.
Second, this may very well be an emotional thing to tell your husband. I know it's common today for young couples to be public about EVERYTHING they do but really, think it through. Your husband may not like it. I have found that men in general are more private about emotions than we are, so I suggest you slow down and give it some thought first.
If you Google "creative pregnancy announcements" you'll get 4 or 5 good sites right up front, like Parenting.com and Brain Jet. This sort of thing pops up on Facebook all the time - some of them are pretty cute.
Congrats!
Don't tell him while he is at work, please wait 13 weeks. Tell him in person w one of the cute ideas.
I gave my husband a present with a card that said "thought you could use this" and inside was baby items, like a bottle and a onesie.
