He loved it! Another sweet idea is to write a poem, mail it to your friends, and wait for the phone calls and texts to come rolling in.
Since no one's expecting a pregnancy announcement in the mail anymore, it will be extra special. Announcements with both partners showing off their "bumps" never get old. Or take a photo of you and your partner looking totally overwhelmed, or with one of you holding up the positive pregnancy test in disbelief. Bonus points for boxer shorts, disheveled hair, and an explosion of baby stuff. Puns are also fun, like "We're Prego" using a jar of Prego pasta sauce, or balloons that read "Expected to pop!
Or play a silly joke, like this expecting mom did: "We were at a restaurant and I had the waiter put a pacifier on our dessert plate. My husband's reaction was classic. If your dog or other pet is an important part of your family, include them in your pregnancy announcement. Take a family photo with your pet and a prop that gives it away: a sonogram picture, a onesie, a pair of shoes, or a sign with the news.
Our favorite is, "Mom and Dad are getting me a human! There are all kinds of ways to get cute and creative with your furry and non-furry friends. Says one mom: "I posted an album of my 'kids' my two cats, fish, and lizard. The final picture was the ultrasound of our baby. What's your greatest passion or favorite hobby? Think about ways you can incorporate it into your pregnancy announcement. Same goes for your partner's interests. If your partner loves basketball and your pregnancy is showing, stand in profile facing each other.
Have him hold a basketball in front of his stomach while you cradle yours. If you love wine, affix custom "We're pregnant" labels to wine bottles to pass out to family and friends. Or wait until you're on your babymoon and take a photo doing what you love, whether it's swimming, relaxing on the beach, or touring a foreign country.
If the timing works, Christmas is a wonderful occasion to announce your pregnancy. Your sparkling tree will double as a picture-perfect background for a photo if you want to post it on social media, or use your Christmas card to tell all your close family and friends. If you want to announce your pregnancy to your partner, kids, or parents on Christmas, consider having the announcement printed on a keepsake ornament that your family will cherish for years to come.
If the Elf on the Shelf visits your house, set him up holding your positive pregnancy test, an ultrasound picture, or baby shoes, and see how long it takes the rest of your family to get it. Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to say A baby's on the way!
Since Thanksgiving is all about the feast, in your pregnancy announcement you may want to play up the fact that you're "eating for two" or "extra hungry this year. You can flex your artistic skills by making your ultrasound photo into the table centerpiece. You can frame it, sketch a replica, or send the photo to an artisan who will use it to make ultrasound art.
Display the finished product on a mini easel in the middle of your Thanksgiving spread. If you love romance and hearts, you may also love making a Valentine's Day pregnancy announcement. Make a garland of hearts that spells BABY and hold it between you and your partner for a themed photo-op.
Craft an oversized conversation heart that says "little one" or "sweet baby" and hold it over your belly. Or bake heart-shaped cookies of different sizes to represent your family members. The tiny heart will say the words for you! This little poem would also be adorable written on a chalkboard or reader board, decorated with hearts, roses, an arrow, and baby shoes:.
Taking place around the spring equinox, Easter represents new beginnings and is a sweet time to announce the start of a brand-new life. For a colorful Easter pregnancy announcement, drop your ultrasound picture into a basket of dyed eggs and arrange some early spring flowers in a vase nearby. You can also use a crayon to write on the eggs before you dye them — include your baby's name, gender, or due date.
For a photo, dress in light colors and find a field of flowers or grass. Hold a pair of adorable shoes in front of your belly, perhaps something your baby will wear next Easter.
Or if you have older kids, give them a sign that reads, "we're so egg-cited to say there's a new baby on the way! Halloween is a fun time to announce pregnancy, especially if you love pumpkins, candy, and dressing up. A strategically placed pumpkin makes your news clear, especially if your belly is visibly round. You may want to carve your baby's due date or name into the pumpkin, or carve a hole in a big pumpkin and put a little one inside. Not into carving pumpkins?
Use a marker to write a baby-related message. Or dress up your pumpkins like every member of the family, with an extra-tiny extra pumpkin wearing a baby hat and the words, "we're adding a new pumpkin to our patch! For the costume-inclined, a pregnant skeleton shirt leaves no room for doubt, and you can make it spooky with the right makeup. Or look for costume ideas that call attention to your bump. You could paint your belly as the earth, wear flowing green and blue clothes and a flower crown, and tell everyone you're Mother Earth.
New Year's Eve means saying goodbye to the previous year and ringing in the next — so it's a great time to celebrate another new beginning. For a New Year's pregnancy announcement photo, use a special caption like "New year, big news… Baby coming in [insert year]" or simply, "New year, new baby. If you want to use props, arrange baby stuff along with the words, "We're expecting [insert year] to be a great year!
Just be sure your news-holders can keep it under wraps. Take me, for instance: While I waited until I was about 13 weeks to tell my officemates, my husband and I called my in-laws with the happy news moments after my pregnancy test yielded that awesome-scary-life-changing double pink line. My husband and I cherished those first 10 weeks or so, when so few people knew our news. It was our special secret.
Of course, my reasons for spilling and not spilling may be different than yours. There are a variety of factors to weigh when deciding the perfect time to share—and with whom. Not everyone shouts the news super-duper early. In fact, most of the earlier-announcers in my own practice have gone through IVF , too. One way to deal with extreme morning sickness is to discuss accommodations with your workplace.
This might seem counterintuitive, but for some women who have experienced a pregnancy loss in the past, letting others know early on is exactly what they need. Pregnancy after miscarriage can be a roller coaster of emotions, and some couples know they will want support and extra check-ins from loved ones, whatever happens.
Practitioners can often determine gestational age via ultrasound either using a traditional abdominal ultrasound or an internal vaginal probe after seven weeks.
Some, but not all, pregnant women receive non-invasive prenatal testing sometimes called cell-free DNA or cfDNA, or the Harmony test as early as 10 weeks depending on your age, whether the pregnancy is high risk, and other factors. As a bonus, if you choose, the NIPT can also determine the sex of the baby , without waiting for the anatomy scan. If you are not with a partner, you may wish to avoid unwanted comments early in your pregnancy.
Unless your doctor has told you it is unsafe, it is possible to work while you are pregnant. There is no law saying you need to inform your employer at any specific time that you are pregnant. However, both Australian law and your employment contract, agreement or award — if you have one — will include certain rights and responsibilities.
You must give them written notice of your leave and return dates, and confirm these at least 4 weeks before your leave starts. It is definitely a good idea to tell your employer you are pregnant before they hear it from somebody else because both you and they may have to make some adjustments to your working arrangements.
For example, you may have to avoid certain tasks that are a health and safety risk depending on what your work involves. In Australia, you are protected by law against discrimination during pregnancy.
That means you cannot be treated unfairly because you are pregnant — for example, by being sacked, given fewer hours or overlooked for a promotion. Early on in your pregnancy you may experience symptoms such as fatigue, vagueness and morning sickness. You may also need to take time off for appointments. It is therefore a good idea to tell your co-workers you are pregnant once you have told your boss.
A workplace can offer significant personal support and this will develop most effectively once your colleagues know you are pregnant. It may be especially valuable should you experience pregnancy complications. Many women choose to delay announcing a pregnancy at least until the end of the first trimester 12 weeks into their pregnancy.
This is commonly attributed to the risk of miscarriage during this time, but the week mark is not a hard and fast rule you need to follow. If you have any medical reasons that could make you concerned about miscarriage — such as a history of miscarriage, or if you are over 40 — you may prefer to wait before telling anyone.
The risk of a miscarriage is already low by 6 weeks into your pregnancy, and very low after 10 weeks. When deciding when to tell people you are pregnant, you might want to consider how you would prefer to handle a miscarriage were it to happen.
Many people would consider a miscarriage so devastating that they would be too distressed to discuss it with others. On the other hand, by telling people you are pregnant, support may be available in the event of a miscarriage, bearing in mind it may be difficult to hide the associated emotion if it does happen. When you tell people you are pregnant, your friends and family will almost certainly be very happy for you.
They may also not be able to show their happiness as enthusiastically as your other friends. It will help to tell these friends in private and before you tell others, letting them know you realise your news may not be easy for them.
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