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Updated Feb 12, 2012

Q: How and When to Tell Siblings We Are Pregnant?    —Canton, MA

"Hello! I have 2 wonderful girls, who are 5 and 4. We just found out last weekend that we are having number 3 next s..."

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I had my second in June of this year. When I posed that question to my OB he said to wait until I was 20wks then definitely things were safe by then and less time you ...

first of all CONGRATS! :) how far along are you? I would personally try to wait until atleast the 1st trimester was over... Not trying to jinx you, but have had a bad ...

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Q: Input on Birth Announcements    —Carol Stream, IL

"Hello, mamas! We are in the home stretch - just 3 weeks to go! I am starting to think about birth announcements. ..."

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Send them out to whomever you may think wants to know! You can get announcements anywhere, online, Walmart, Walgreens, Costco. Check them all out, figure how much you ...

K., We did our photo birth announcements online and they turned out great, plus they were delivered to the door. Shutterfly is a great site! You can send them out...

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Q: Need Creative Ideas! PLEASE    —Colorado Springs, CO

"Okay moms...I am planning on anouncing on New Years we are expecting #2....FINALLY! Sooo, I have a photo of my pregn..."

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Congrats!!! I think it would be really cute to have your daughter hold up a sign that says I'm gonna be a big sister and put that on the front of the card!

When we were expecting #2 we wrote "I'm gonna be a big sister" on my daughters diaper and then had my Mother-in-law change her. You could write that in your card along...

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Q: Need Cute Ideas for Sharing the News About Baby's Gender at Christmas    —Ramsey, NJ

"I was trying to come up with a creative way (Yes 3 days before Christmas, I know ahhh) on how to tell our families wh..."

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I would make (if you have time) gingerbread (or sugar cookie) boys or girls. If you don't have the girl cookie cutter, just use pink or blue icing or sugar to top the...

frame an ultrasound picture and wrap it. or a picture of your daughter wearing a "big sister" t-shirt.

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Q: How to Tell Friend I'm Pregnant    —Sun Prairie, WI

"Hi Moms! I'm 11 weeks pregnant, and I've been putting off telling one of my friends. She has had fertility issues a..."

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As yet another person with fertility issues, I ditto what both Jill F and Kate H had to say.

Start by saying that you want to share some news with her, but are afraid to do so because of her fertility issues. Let the conversation flow from her reponse. Let h...

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Q: Advise for Telling Your Boss....    —Boston, MA

"I am 27 weeks pregnant & STILL haven't told my bosses. I tried to give my notice in Oct but they wouldn't accept it...."

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You could send an e-mail if you can't do the face to face thing. If that isn't an option you could always try the suttle approach and put you ultrasound picture on you...

ummm...I guess I don't understand why it is such a big deal. It's inevitable. Did you try to tell them in October and they ignored you? Well, then too bad for them! Th...

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Q: Looking for a Good Sign/announcement Rental    —Frisco, TX

"A while back I saw a request from another mom about those sign rentals that you can have put up in your yard to annou..."

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I know Babies r us has a sign rental, but I also found: http://www.yardsignsearch.com/states/Texas.html J.

I just had my 3rd baby in January. I found a lady who does beautiful work. It has a very classy, vintage look: http://www.braggingrights.info/just_adorable_-stork.h...

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Q: Expecting Baby # 4 !!    —Billings, MT

"my husband and i just found out that we are expecting baby #4 and looking for some ideas to announce it to our famil..."

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I'm debating about how to break the news of #3 to my family. I have had a lot of ideas, so I thought I'd share. One idea I had was to make a simple sketch a bottle ...

A friend of mine had little t-shirts made that siad "I'm gonna be a big brother/sister" and then took a picture of the kids and either e-mailed or sent snail mail to f...

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Q: Pre-addressed Announcements    —Phoenix, AZ

"Hi Moms - I saw that on Hallmark.com I can upload addresses and have them send out may birth announcements, addressed..."

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SendOutCards is awesome. I've used it for my wedding, holidays, announcements, and thank you cards. It's so cool because you can either use cards that they already hav...

I actually use the Card Store on the USPS.gov website... I've been using them for my holiday cards for about three years now and I did see that they have lots of other...

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Q: How to Tell Friend About Pregnancy    —Leander, TX

"My very near and dear friend recently had a miscarriage. She has been trying for a while to get pregnant, and was obv..."

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I see no responses, yet, before me (how interesting). I have been there. I had two miscarriages before finding that I needed surgery. And now have three healthy boy...

I have been on both sides of this. Almost 9 years ago my sister was pregnanct with her 4th and I had not been able to have one! So she was afraid to tell me and had ...

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