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RobinG
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Telling the grandparents
when you get pg, how will you tell the grandparents? Any ideas? I am NOT pg yet, but I am already thinking of how we can tell our parents (it will be the first grandchild on both sides)!!
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CoutureMaMa
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Re: Telling the grandparents
i am planning on wrapping a box of pink and blue baloons and when they open it, the baloons fly out of the box and then ill yell surprise grandma and grandpa!!!
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| Posted 3/12/09 9:58 PM |
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when
Maybe this time?
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Re: Telling the grandparents
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:09 PM |
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CoutureMaMa
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
 really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
Message edited 3/12/2009 10:20:49 PM.
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:10 PM |
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nferrandi
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Re: Telling the grandparents
We found out we were pregnant with DS on Valentines Day so we brought over "gifts" to both of our parents. They were little gift bags filled with bottles, rattles, and all things baby. They knew right away! 
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katiebug
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Well all my grandparents are deceased as well as my husbands.
As for my parents, I plan on making a recording on my camcorder of my first ultra sound. I will send it to my BFF who lives close by my parents. She will go to their house for dinner which she does sometimes and say she has a surprise for them. She will play the dvd and tell her congrats!
I will be on the phone waiting. My mom will freak. She has no idea we are TTC, and her last grandchild was born 10 years ago.
I am not telling anyone but the ladies here and my BFF that I am pregnant till my 3rd month, so this will surprise my mom even more that she does not have to wait a full 9 months.
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:25 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
My parents live in Seattle (they retired there), so I really do not have a choice on the long distance telling them. Each person has different circumstances. 
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:26 PM |
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CoutureMaMa
nicholas is one!!
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by katiebug
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
My parents live in Seattle (they retired there), so I really do not have a choice on the long distance telling them. Each person has different circumstances.
yeah i underatand the long distance thing; i didnt know if "when" was actually far away from her parents or not... but waiting 4 months i feel like is so long and wouldnt they be upset that they missed such a big part of the pregnancy? i am so close to my parents and my whole family so it would be so hard for me to not tell anyone, especially my parents, for 4 months..
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:30 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by katiebug
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
My parents live in Seattle (they retired there), so I really do not have a choice on the long distance telling them. Each person has different circumstances.
yeah i underatand the long distance thing; i didnt know if "when" was actually far away from her parents or not... but waiting 4 months i feel like is so long and wouldnt they be upset that they missed such a big part of the pregnancy? i am so close to my parents and my whole family so it would be so hard for me to not tell anyone, especially my parents, for 4 months..
I am very close with my mother, BUT I also deal with tragedy very privately. If I were to miscarry in my first trimester, I think I would rather go through that without my families knowledge. I feel like it is one less heart to break. I would not wait 4 months but I would wait till 12 weeks.
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:31 PM |
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CoutureMaMa
nicholas is one!!
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by katiebug
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by katiebug
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
My parents live in Seattle (they retired there), so I really do not have a choice on the long distance telling them. Each person has different circumstances.
yeah i underatand the long distance thing; i didnt know if "when" was actually far away from her parents or not... but waiting 4 months i feel like is so long and wouldnt they be upset that they missed such a big part of the pregnancy? i am so close to my parents and my whole family so it would be so hard for me to not tell anyone, especially my parents, for 4 months..
I am very close with my mother, BUT I also deal with tragedy very privately. If I were to miscarry in my first trimester, I think I would rather go through that without my families knowledge. I feel like it is one less heart to break. I would not wait 4 months but I would wait till 12 weeks.
i understand your side of it.. everyone deals witht hings differently. i would need my family to lean on if that ever happened... i wouldnt be able to keep it inside. i admire you for being so strong and independant!
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:34 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by katiebug
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by katiebug
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
My parents live in Seattle (they retired there), so I really do not have a choice on the long distance telling them. Each person has different circumstances.
yeah i underatand the long distance thing; i didnt know if "when" was actually far away from her parents or not... but waiting 4 months i feel like is so long and wouldnt they be upset that they missed such a big part of the pregnancy? i am so close to my parents and my whole family so it would be so hard for me to not tell anyone, especially my parents, for 4 months..
I am very close with my mother, BUT I also deal with tragedy very privately. If I were to miscarry in my first trimester, I think I would rather go through that without my families knowledge. I feel like it is one less heart to break. I would not wait 4 months but I would wait till 12 weeks.
i understand your side of it.. everyone deals witht hings differently. i would need my family to lean on if that ever happened... i wouldnt be able to keep it inside. i admire you for being so strong and independant!
Really nothing to admire on my side. I admire people like you who can be more open.
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by CoutureMaMa
i am planning on wrapping a box of pink and blue baloons and when they open it, the baloons fly out of the box and then ill yell surprise grandma and grandpa!!!
Michelle, that is so adorable!
Since we are out of state and if I can avoid telling them over the phone (which will be hard), I am going to Fed Ex them mugs that say World's Best Grandma and World's Best Grandpa and a card from their soon to be grandchild!
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Posted by katiebug
Well all my grandparents are deceased as well as my husbands.
As for my parents, I plan on making a recording on my camcorder of my first ultra sound. I will send it to my BFF who lives close by my parents. She will go to their house for dinner which she does sometimes and say she has a surprise for them. She will play the dvd and tell her congrats!
I will be on the phone waiting. My mom will freak. She has no idea we are TTC, and her last grandchild was born 10 years ago.
I am not telling anyone but the ladies here and my BFF that I am pregnant till my 3rd month, so this will surprise my mom even more that she does not have to wait a full 9 months.
That is such a sweet idea for those of us who live OOS! Another idea of mine was to frame the first sono photo in an I love my Grandparents Frame.
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nferrandi
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by CoutureMaMa
i am planning on wrapping a box of pink and blue baloons and when they open it, the baloons fly out of the box and then ill yell surprise grandma and grandpa!!!
I LOVE this idea. Maybe I'll use that next time around. I was going to have DS wear an "I'm going to be a big brother shirt" but I think I may like your idea more!
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:58 PM |
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CoutureMaMa
nicholas is one!!
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Re: Telling the grandparents
thank u! now lets just   for both of us that we get our bfp soon!!!!!
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CoutureMaMa
nicholas is one!!
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by nferrandi
Posted by CoutureMaMa
i am planning on wrapping a box of pink and blue baloons and when they open it, the baloons fly out of the box and then ill yell surprise grandma and grandpa!!!
I LOVE this idea. Maybe I'll use that next time around. I was going to have DS wear an "I'm going to be a big brother shirt" but I think I may like your idea more!
 
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| Posted 3/12/09 10:59 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Telling the grandparents
thank u! now lets just for both of us that we get our bfp soon!!!!!
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| Posted 3/12/09 11:08 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by munchkinfacemama
Posted by katiebug
Well all my grandparents are deceased as well as my husbands.
As for my parents, I plan on making a recording on my camcorder of my first ultra sound. I will send it to my BFF who lives close by my parents. She will go to their house for dinner which she does sometimes and say she has a surprise for them. She will play the dvd and tell her congrats!
I will be on the phone waiting. My mom will freak. She has no idea we are TTC, and her last grandchild was born 10 years ago.
I am not telling anyone but the ladies here and my BFF that I am pregnant till my 3rd month, so this will surprise my mom even more that she does not have to wait a full 9 months.
That is such a sweet idea for those of us who live OOS! Another idea of mine was to frame the first sono photo in an I love my Grandparents Frame.
That is so funny! That is exactly what I am going to do with my DH parents!
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by katiebug
Posted by munchkinfacemama
Posted by katiebug
Well all my grandparents are deceased as well as my husbands.
As for my parents, I plan on making a recording on my camcorder of my first ultra sound. I will send it to my BFF who lives close by my parents. She will go to their house for dinner which she does sometimes and say she has a surprise for them. She will play the dvd and tell her congrats!
I will be on the phone waiting. My mom will freak. She has no idea we are TTC, and her last grandchild was born 10 years ago.
I am not telling anyone but the ladies here and my BFF that I am pregnant till my 3rd month, so this will surprise my mom even more that she does not have to wait a full 9 months.
That is such a sweet idea for those of us who live OOS! Another idea of mine was to frame the first sono photo in an I love my Grandparents Frame.
That is so funny! That is exactly what I am going to do with my DH parents!
Great minds think alike
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LuvmyShihTzu
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Re: Telling the grandparents
I love the picture frame idea! I have a feeling that when I see a BFP, my mom will be the second person I'd tell immediately! I'd love to hold it in and try to do it in a surprise sort of a way...we'll see how it happens when that opportunity presents itself to us.
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Peainapod
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Re: Telling the grandparents
we told them on valentines day a few days after we found out. Originally i said i wanted to wait, but u know..there our parents. and god forbid something should go wrong, we would need their support.
so we found these onesies at walmart that said "what happens at grandmas stays at grandmas." (i couldnt find anything with both grandma and grandpa for my parents) and wrapped it in a little box.
my mother started screaming and my dad was like what the hell?? and MIL started screaming "Im having a baby!"
DH was like no...Diana is having a baby..LOL
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Sandy55
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Re: Telling the grandparents
maybe buying a onesie that says "future metal head" or something and open it in front of my Mom/his Mom.
She will FLIP.
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| Posted 3/13/09 10:10 AM |
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TheDivineMrsM
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Re: Telling the grandparents
That is such a sweet idea for those of us who live OOS! Another idea of mine was to frame the first sono photo in an I love my Grandparents Frame.
That is so funny! That is exactly what I am going to do with my DH parents!
Great minds think alike
We discussed doing this too. DH's parents are OOS, so I like the idea of them opening their mail and getting a shocked phone call.
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Lisa982006
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Re: Telling the grandparents
I really like the picture frame idea also!! My MIL would LOVE that. She would probably keep it forever. As far as my own parents, I think I would just tell them, in person. They arent really the types that go for fun, silly suprises 
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| Posted 3/14/09 9:13 AM |
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when
Maybe this time?
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Re: Telling the grandparents
Posted by CoutureMaMa
Posted by when
I'll probably wait until 4 months minimum, and tell them over the phone.
really??? you would wai that long to tell them and then tell them over the phone??
I'm a little scarred after my M/C
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