9 ways of announcing your Pregnancy

1. 9 ways of announcing your Pregnancy So, then. You have checked and re-checked that it’s positive and you’re pregnant! You’re filled with happiness, joy and so many mixed emotions, and now it’s time to let your spouse, relatives and friends know about it too! Here’s how you can break the ‘Good News’ to your loved ones with some fun.

2. Tell your husband #1: The Silent Whisper The simplest yet the best way of letting your husband know about your pregnancy is by waking him up from his dreams to a dream-come-true reality! Instead of the regular ‘Good morning’ wishes, rather wake him up by whispering in his ears - ‘We’re Pregnant!” “It’s Positive, you’re going to be a Daddy soon,” or “Papa! I’m coming soon (in a childlike tone);” and keep a camera handy to record his expressions.

3. #2: Tea Cup + Tea Cup + Baby Milk bottle Another way you can brighten your spouse’s morning is by serving two cups of tea for each of you respectively and a Baby Milk Bottle alongside! Let him do the rest of the guessing bit, while you enjoy the show!

4. #3: Treasure Hunt Make placards/chits that read ‘Keep Calm, Coming Soon!’ and put it in 7 different places of the house. On his pillow, cupboard, shaving kit, lunch box, driving seat, pants’ pocket and the last one in your hands. Let the last one have something more than just the ‘Keep Calm message;’ let it come with a pregnancy kit showing it’s positive or your ultrasound report. He will remember this beautiful hunt for a lifetime!

5. Tell Your Family #4: Movie Maker! Compile all your pictures with your husband and family and create a movie/ slideshow out of it! Either invite your loved ones over at home for a tea party or send out a video to them all. Let it detail your entire relationship: from the wedding functions to post wedding times to family holidays and more. Towards the end, ensure to include a slide/photo of a baby/ baby’s shoes/ small chair/ anything which is childlike and let it read as ‘Guess who’s joining this beautiful family?’

6. #5: Caught in Action! Take him out to a mall/market place where Photo booths are placed. Force him to get a picture clicked with you. While the photographer is clicking the both of you, disclose the news to him about your pregnancy! And, bingo! You’ll have the priceless moment captured just-in-time! Share that picture with your relatives and let the blessings roll in!

7. #6: Kids are the best! If you have a daughter/son, then nothing better than their cute ways of announcing the news! You can get customised T-shirt/mugs printed with ‘I’m going to be a big brother/sister soon,’ or get them to hold placards with funny lines about this news. Click pictures, and share it with your relatives. Nothing comes close to the little ones announcing the news of their sibling-to-come.

8. Tell Your Friends #7: Say it with Pictures! Candid Photography is quite a trend-setting idea of announcing your pregnancy to the world. Take pictures of a pair of your heels, your husband’s formal shoes and a pair of baby shoes. Or hold sign board and placards with ‘+1’ tagline and more such fun things. Share these with your friends through personal messages if you want to go all hush-hush about it. Else, upload them on your social network pages and look forward to many congratulatory messages and phone calls!

9. #8: Con-call with the lovelies! Get ready to hear some ‘Awww’ ‘OMG’ ‘Seriously?’ ‘Really’ sort of reactions, backed with lots of yelling and squealing with excitement. That is what’s likely to happen when you’ll invite your besties to a conference call and break the news of your pregnancy to them!

10. #9: No pics, just news! Shy of facing the camera? No problem, announce it with the calendar instead! Circle the due date on a calendar, place baby shoes/ milk bottle near the calendar and click pictures. Your friends, would know what you mean!

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