How to break the big news??

[~J'dore~]

Hi everyone,

I thought it might be fun to start a thread where we can share how we plan to tell our DH's / DP's when we are finally pregnant!! A romantic dinner, picnic on the beach, an email!!! I don't know, I just think it would be great if we can all share ideas so we can make our special moment a memorable one.

Well i'm going to go and start thinking about how I'm going to do it, i'll be back to post my ideas later:D

Denise xx

[JATS]

With our first pregnancy we'd been trying for almost 2 yrs, so when I did the HPT DH was pacing the bathroom!!! He was used to hearing "it's negative", then that morning, he was late for work and the test came up positive, I just screamed "We did it!" I had never seen such a huge smile on his face! He was over the moon! Walked around all day at work with a big silly grin looking all proud of himself!!!

[~J'dore~]

And so he should be!
My first was unplanned, my friend who already had a baby said she just "knew" i was pregnant and gave me a test to take. I took the test the following morning completely confident that it would be negative and straight away two very dark lines appeared!! I rang hubby at work in tears (shock not sadness) and was already 8weeks preg.
Second pregnancy I just told DH when he got home from work one day.

I've always wished that I had planned a really nice way to tell him and since this will be our last pregnancy I want to make sure I plan something really special (not that the others weren't really special and memorable:D )

[Bron]

There was no way I was going to hang around and organise a romantic dinner.

This is how it went - get up early, go and piddle on a stick, see two pink lines and get happy and do a little dance in the bathroom, go straight back to bedroom holding stick, gently wake DH by saying "Hey, guess what, I'm pregnant!!" Have a cuddle, then get on with my morning - dog walk, shower, breakfast, bus to work....

There was no way in the world I could have not told him straight away.

B

[~J'dore~]

Well, since i'm TTC this time i've got time on my hands to plan something nice, :rolleyes: so far I'm thinking about buying a box and putting a few different things in it. eg. baby's booties, dummy, little teddy, little soft baby wrap on the bottom and the positive HTP.
My mum can baby sit at anytime so I can ring her to watch the boys so I can take DH out for dinner (i'm thinking maybe a picnic of his favourite restraurant's takeaway?)

[cobysmummy]

maybe you could make the box of baby things into a treasure hunt... kinda childish but fun!! and at the end.... the BFP test!!!

my dp was with me when i did the test.,.. bit of a shock since he was unplanned.... we sat staring at it for 10 minutes kinda hoping we were seeing the second line... and it would disappear... but it didnt and now we couldnt be happier...

[bekkyboo]

ours wasnt planned entirely either (we had decided to start trying when Garrett is actually due), but for some reason i just had a strange feeling for a couple of weeks that i should do a test. So i bought one of the way home from work and did it later. I can remember coming out and showing DB the BFP and saying to him - there is another line there isnt there??? he smiled and said yes and we just stood there hugging in the kitchen crying (joy)... I ended up doing another 5 tests before my blood test... :p

NattieB - I am very thankful everyday that i have partner that is supportive and just as happy as i am to be having a baby. I feel for you that your ex would be like that - mine was too... But thankyou for the remember to appreciate the great man i do have... (hug)

[lil pumpkin]

When i found out it was 4pm, DP was at work(Chef), i paced the house for the 2 minutes to make sure i wasn't seeing the line, then i had to ring and tell a close friend as i couldn't tell Trent. It was our Second month officially ttcing.

At Xmas i had seen a pair of Boxer Shorts with " Dad rocks da house " on them so i bought them and put them aside. I wrapped up positive hpt ( wiped clean of course :p )in boxer shorts, then in wrapping paper and waited for him to get home. Of course he was late that night and with friends, i had to wait another 15mins after they had left for him to actually open the present. While he opened it i hid and watched his face. He was like, Are you sure?, Does this mean what i think it means? He was so happy! :D

[littlepickle]

I had all sorts of wonderfull ideas about how I wanted to tell Dh. But when it came down to t, I rang him straight away and blurted it out! I just couldnt contain myself!!! he was sooo excited, and I was dazed and happy, wonderfull!

[only1mica]

Nothing really romantic here either...cant keep anything from DH.

I had bought a test the night before(thinking that it would just be neg...so I could get ready for AF) then I did the test in the morning.

When it was positive i went down stairs with the pos hpt and said...
'Babe...does this look like a line to you?' hehehe :D

He had to read the instructions 3 times before he believed it :rolleyes: ...even then he made me go to the Drs that morning to confirm it.

Needless to say that we were both over the moon...I had come off the pill...had one period then bam we were preg....very very happy!

[whatwasithinking]

With DD#1 I did a HPT and came out of the bathroom and said to DH "How much do you love me" "He asked why, then I just showed him and we were both stunned for awhile then he told me to book dr immediatly to confirm.

With DD#2 again I did HPT and came out of the bathroom and yelled at him to get of the damn computer for a minute. He said snappily why and said he would be there in a minute. I yelled back to him to come to the kitchen NOW. Showed him and again we were stunned and he made me do four yep four HPTs then and there then said to ring dr again to make immediate appointment.

No romantic moments for me.:rolleyes:

[JATS]

I remember visiting DH at lunchtime (he had his own computer shop) he was on the loo, his buisness partner grinned as I came in and said "you're pregnant aren't you" :eek: I was shocked, since we weren't going to tell anyone till the first 12 weeks was up as we'd already had 1 m/c, before I could say anything he told me it was pretty obvious from DH's mood, he'd been excessively cheerful even though it was a slow day and had had a sh!tty customer.

All through the pregnancy DH was so excited, he knew what week and day I was all the way through and loved talking to anyone and everyone about it :rolleyes:

Alot of blokes I know have got that way through their missus's pregnancies, one fairly recently got all excited and proud of himself and wanted to chat to us about baby toys and bassinet brands (and that was his 4th bub!), only a few have been the "want to talk about anything but the baby" type, they only soften up once the bub is born!

Sorry your Ex was like that Nattie B, some guys have no idea how lucky they are!