I am 24 years old. I am not scare, I am married... But I still dont know how to tell my parents and my husband parents about the pregnancy//// should I invite them all to dinner.... ????? I dont know!!! help! how you did it?
2007-10-03 08:24:52 · 24 answers · asked by :) 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
A lot of cute ideas have been listed. I just wanted to tell you to not be scared. My husband and I got married 3 months ago and my parents told us it would be best for us to wait to have kids. And for the first time in my life I didn't take their advice and we are now 6 weeks preggers. I told my husband right away and made him take me to the doctor to make sure b/c I didn't want to get my hopes up for nothing. I wanted to do the picture frame thing that say grandma and grandpa but I couldn't find any and I didn't want to wait to tell them. Instead I found a Thanksgiving card that is to parents. Is says thanks for this, thanks for that, and on in the inside I said that I hope we can be great parents too, how does May 2008 sound? They were surprisingly happy. EVERYDAY they call me asking how "their babies" are doing. My mom has even started buying stuff for the baby. They've only known for a WEEK and I haven't bought anything!
So anyways, please don't be scared. Being stressed isn't good for the baby either. You are a married woman! Your parents will understand that you can make your own decisions, or at least they should.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
ps I would probably tell your husband separately, you might want to have the moment for just the two of you.
2007-10-03 09:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by Corbin's Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of cute things you can do. I heard of one couple (the wife was really into scrapbooking) who was putting together a family scrapbook so the parents used to always look at the work she had done. She finished another page that had an envelope that said open, so they took out the paper and it said congratulations grandma and grandpa. Another girl I know did the same thing with a onezee that she mailed to her mom and dad. I always thought it would be cute to mail cards after the first sonogram and put "the first picture" of their grandchild in there. It would also be cute to do the onezee thing with both sets of parents there. Each box has the same thing and have them open them at the same time. Whatever way you decide to tell them, they will be excited.
2007-10-03 15:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by littleone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With my parents I just could not wait so I just called them. The conversation with my Dad was the best, we were talking about houses. And I told him well we're gonna need a house soon because the family's growing. He said 'what do you mean?' And I said "because you're gonna be a grandpa". He got so excited and emotional he gave the phone to my Mom right away. My Mom already knew because my brother accidentally spit it out, but she pretended not to know and of course she was super excited.
With my bf's Mom we tried to make it a little more special because this will be her first grand baby. So on her b-day card we wrote Happy Birthday Grandma. But because she did not have her glasses she just said, oh that was nice thanks. So we just yelled it out in the restaurant and caused a huge commotion. It was still cool.
Dinner sounds like a great idea, you can have place cards that say Grandma, Grandpa, etc. Or after dinner serve coffee in cups that say #1 Grandma, #1 Grandpa, etc.
Wear one of those shirts that say "Baby" on them with the arrow pointing to the tummy and see if the figure it out. Decorate your house with pink and blue balloons. Oh my God there is so much you can do.
Congratulations!!!
2007-10-03 15:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by texicangirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister actually bought everyone picture frames and wrote a little poem about becoming a parent/grandparent/aunt/uncle to give to people. Are you looking for a creative way or just want to tell them? If you are just looking to tell them then I think that inviting them for dinner would be an excellent idea. Things aren't as personal over the phone and this way they can share the joy with you.
2007-10-03 15:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Countrygirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the dinner idea. I think it would be cute to do some sort of theme, or wait until the end of dinner (to be cute and to throw them off if the suspect something). Maybe you could have just a regular dinner and then for dessert have a cake that has the announcement written on it, or something like that.
2007-10-03 15:31:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it matters. Just tell them anyway you would like... It's going to be exciting no matter what! Besides, even if you do take them out to dinner and tell them in the *perfect* way that will all be forgotten once the baby is here and they wont ever remember how they found out!
2007-10-03 15:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by babymama. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was fun for us because we were moving into a new house around the same time also.
We went to the paint store and picked up 2 color swatches, one for baby pink and one for baby blue.
Then we all went out to dinner and I put them in an envelope. I handed it to my mom and told her "casually" to look inside because we had paint samples and I wanted her to help us pick out the right color.
As soon as she opened it, my dad (sitting next to her) knew right away, but it took her a full minute. Then she screamed and jumped up out of her chair in excitement.
Even if you're not getting a new house, you could say you need to repaint the room.
2007-10-03 15:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by amber 18 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we always look at it as a happy time for some reason parents dont. I think you should beat around and just ask if you were pregnant what would you say? to your parents and see what they say or do you already know? Or just flat out tell them you are of age and you are married, so they shouldnt be that upset anyway, when they see there grandchild it will all change.
2007-10-03 15:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by hershey 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
First time we went to visit my dad and just told him the good news. Second time was right after his birthday so I said "Wow, I guess you must feel really old, since you are going to be a grandpa again."
First time with my mom I gave her tea. When she asked why I was giving it to her I told her the caffeine wasn't good for the baby. Second time I had my 1st son tell her.
We had dinner with my in-laws both times. The first time we told them. The second time my son told them.
2007-10-03 16:29:11 · answer #9 · answered by arobe80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I peed on the stick, it instantly showed two lines, I picked up the house phone and called my mom, and the cell phone and called my mother in law, and instantly started screaming
"TWO LINES THERES TWO LINES!! TWO LINES!!"
My mother in law had no idea what I was talking about, and my mom thought I had been in a car accident and was laying delirious on the yellow lines. lol
After I could breathe I let them know I was pregnant and the pregnancy test had two lines.
Worked well for us.
2007-10-03 15:28:57 · answer #10 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋