How should I tell my parents and the in-laws?

[Black Sheep]

If you hadn't found out from the pregnancy and alcohol thread Mrs Black Sheep is about 3 weeks pregnant, so very early stages and many things can, unfortunately, go wrong.

However, if something does go wrong then she'll most likely talk to her mother for moral support so we figure they might as well know that she is pregnant so we're off tonight to tell them.

How do you tell your father in law that his daughter is pregnant?
Should I take beer?


and for the more comical side, when the time comes to tell my parents - how should I do so?

I did think about telling my dad he needs to get a shed and become even more eccentric!

so, suggestions, both sensible and hilarious are required.

Tales of how you told your parents welcome.

 

[Archie_tect]

We decided to wait until the first scan... I think we managed to last 2 weeks after we knew, before saying no to a drink got noticed.... you can't fool mums for very long anyway! Congratulatuions!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Matters were taken somewhat out of our hands when the doctor decided we might already be past the twelve week mark!

I can't remember how I told our family, I remember being really overwhelmed at the response.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Fortunately I decided to write these things down at the time, some of the reactions are at the bottom of this blog post http://thisishuge.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/i-must-not-say-stupid-things-to-health.html

My favourite was this one:

"When we told our ‘adopted brother’ Graham he was more freaked out than we were, his face when he was looking through one of the many books the midwife gave us was priceless. He looked up at Em with a horrified look on his face and said, “You might wee yourself when you laugh!”"

 

[Black Sheep]

I'm going to tell my brother by phoning his wife and asking her to tell him that he's going to be a monkey's uncle.

Just read Andrew's blog entry, found it quite amusing

 

[Peteaud]

show them this pic

Then this one

 

[Sara_H]

We kept the news to ourselves for a while, however, I miscarried at 11 weeks and we needed to explain what was going on to our families as we were devestated and I needed a couple of hospital stays, so they'd sussed something was wrong.

In fact, I hadn't told my husband for about two weeks as it was just before christmas, so decided to tll him on christmas day.

The next time I was preggers we didn't tell anyone til after the first scan, which I'd had at about 10 weeks, although my Mum said it was as obvious as the nose on my face that i was pregnant.

It's really lovely when you have that secret between you. I'd keep it to yourself for a while yet.

 

[MattHB]

We waited until 8 weeks when we had a private scan. OH's first pregnancy was terrifying and she nearly died, so I was nervous. Both inlaws took it fine as they knew we'd done a lot of research into the risk with a mother with an existing DVT, we also saw a few of the top haematologists and obstetricians in the area before we .. Er.. Went for it.

Now we have the most beautiful little girl and the in-laws are over the moon.

Just tell them it's handy to have the support.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Just tell them with the biggest ever smile on your face and all will be wonderfull

 

[Night Train]

Congratulations, I hope it all goes well for both of you.<<<Non alcoholic beverage.

I think if it was me I would just be shouting out "I'm gonna be a Dad!" or words to that effect.

 

[TVC]

No need to tell the MIL, she will just know, they always do.

 

[Archie_tect]

Best put earplugs in... to absorb the 140 dB "Eeeeeeeeeeeh!!!"s as the hoard pile towards you, and get padding to protect you from the tightest mass hugs you'll ever get in your life!

 

[Cheddar George]

No need to tell the MIL, she will just know, they always do.

That's a common response from the old matriarchs of the family ..... " I knew you were pregnant by the lustre of your hair/rosy complexion/twinkle in your eye/ etc. ......."

 

[Archie_tect]

..... " I knew you were pregnant by the

.... lump at the front.

 

[screenman]

My now wife was 16 and I was 17 when we had to tell ours, there was not a lot of joy from them. 39 years later we are still extremely happily married and showed them all wrong.

According to some figures I would be more than £450,000 better off if we had not had the 3 boys, would I rather have the money, well the wife tells me know I would not.