How did you tell your parents you were pregnant?

[selfraising]

Many congratulations!!

[bramble]

Congrats Gwen, what wonderful news. I would go with the idea of taking your parents out and telling them on mothers day.
As a mother i cannot imagine a greater gift.

[jackie j]

Congratulations on your wonderful news. When I was expecting my first I had been married for 4 years and was 23 years old, and didnt know how to tell my mum, why on earth not. My OH was away and I went to see my mum to tell her, all evening I was sat with her and couldnt say anything. I asked if she had any sherry, no she didnt or anything else, so couldnt say lets celebrate. In the end as I was leaving at about 11pm she said what did you come over for, I burst into tears and said I'm PREGNANT oh she said is that all !!!! She was pleased really as she kept asking me when was I going to start a family.

[HeyWayne]

Firstly - congratulations. Fantatsic news!

Secondly - you're not my sister-in-law are you? They just called this evening to say that they (she) are 6 weeks pregnant.

We told my parents at a barbecue. They were sat eating and drinking, chatting away and I say "Oh, by the way Mum and Dad, you guys are going to be grandparents soon", and then said to my brother and sister " and you guys are going to be an aunty and uncle"

I then swept up the jaws off the floor.

It'll be great however you do it!

[blue411]

My little sis told my mum and dad just really matter of fact mid conversation about something totally unrelated to catch them by surprise, sort of......look at the state of peggy mitchells "by the way you are both going to be grandparents " new wig, it took a minute to realise what she had said! she couldn't wait to see me to tell me personally so she had to call me, she asked me to go the farm shop to pick up some yellow tomatoes because the baby seemed to like them!!! she will be 7 months old on the 16th of feb...best thing that ever happened to me (becoming an aunt) I LOVE IT!!

[weekendwellies]

Add my congratulations to you.
I waited til I got my first scan - about 13 weeks - and the all clear from the docs that everything was going well.
Then I went around to see my dad and showed him the scan, then to each of my sisters to show them.
I wasn't married at the time so there was mixed reactions.
My dad said something like ' Oh dear God, WHY?' which was kind of a typical reaction from him to anything I ever told him.
One sister said 'Are you pleased?'
The other one said ' Yay, CONGRATULATIONS!!!' and gave me a great big hug.

[di]

Congratulations!

Although I love the idea,there's no way I'd be able to keep hush until Mothers day.
I can't believe that I can't remember telling our parents!...nor can Andi.
probably had lovely plans but blurted it all out before I meant too...hopeless at waiting!
I'm sure however you tell them(as long as it's not by text!)they will be absolutely ecstatic!

[julesapple]

Congratulations!

We told my parents on their usual evening round for dinner. I made a casserole, just the usual sort of dinner, and put it on the table using oven gloves. Parents helped themselves to veggies & spuds and then took the lid off the casserole and discovered a pair of bootees!

I had made a proper casserole, it was in another dish!

They were both pleased, but a little concerned as I was only 19 and still doing a university degree, but we had been married two years by this time so it wasn't completely unexpected.

My outlaws didn't give a fig either way when we told them, they've not changed four grandchildren later. Their loss!

Jules

[Sprocket*]

Good luck and congratulations - I know if we ever manage it then telling my mother will be a nightmare as she will focus on the negatives. When I got my degree she said "Why haven't you got a first?", i got a 2:1. When I got married she told me that I was waisting my life.....

Thank god for the MIL - we had to sedate her she was that excited.

Let me know how you do it and I might use it - fingers crossed.

[broadway]

Congratulations Gwen,

Nothing creative I'm afraid but the main thing to remember is you can never mess up how you deliver(no pun intended) this sort of message

[SlugLobber]

Congratulations!

How about casually asking them what colour is best in a nursery? Or taking them out shopping and casually stepping into a baby shop! Not to buy a baby, you understand, I mean the clothing and accessories...

[Rhona]

I've just remembered seeing an episode years ago of Only Fools and Horses...didn't see many of them, but liked this - Del plonks his newly-pregnant missus in the corner of the room, stands back and asks the assembled room "how many people do you see standing over there?"

[Alison]

Just go round and tell them, nothing fancy, just let the news do the talking. All the word games and the like seem a bit daft to me, it's proper news so just sit them down and tell them they are going to be grandparents and then get ready to be hugged. And do it when it seems right to you, that may be today, tomorrow, after the scan or whenever, there's not proper time and if anybody takes offence about not knowing when they think they should, don't get upset, it's your decision.

[Flummery]

Congratulations to you both!
To be honest, it's that long ago I can't remember HOW I told them. It'll be 38 and 35 years ago shortly!

[janeyo]

Congratulations!

My mum always said she would give up smoking when I became pregnant. So My first words were when I burst through the door, were ' You've got to give up smoking mum'. She knew exactly what I was going on about! And she did give up too.

M-in-law, we asked her how her knitting was.. she didn't get it! lol