Announcing Pregnancy: These Are The 15 Best Ways To Do That · Dr Dad
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Announcing Pregnancy: These Are The 15 Best Ways To Do That · Dr Dad Parenthood Feb 14·4 min read

Announcing Pregnancy There are so many creative ways of telling them about your pregnancy. It can be a simple reveal or personalized. Here are some memorable ways to do it.

1. An onesie with a personalized quote:

A photo of the baby mama holding a customized child onesie is a classic with a sweet message.

2. A Sonogram Photo:

Another sweet way of announcing the good news is getting clicked with a sonogram photo, or personally inviting the family members at home and them announcing the news with the sonogram. Or hiding it with a stack of photos and letting the family find it as they go through old photos.

3. Dressing up your pet:

Dressing up your pet in an onesie with a printed message about soon having a plus one in the family. It is a cute and heart-warming way to announce.

4. Customized mugs or other accessories:

Gift them customized mugs or shirts with messages like ‘To the best future dad.’ These are easily found near your local gift store. Or you can have an illustration of a small baby printed on the mug.

5. Scratch-Card:

Have you seen those scratch cards that had secret message hidden in them, try using those on your family members after dinner. Keep a puzzle or one-liner that they might need to decode to understand the message. Or just a silly pun intended line announcing your pregnancy.

6. Use that classic bun in the oven reference:

Okay, this one is cliché but funny, send a photo of a bun in the oven and caption it with ready in 9 months. Or just send it as a postcard to your family members.

7. Baby Calendar:

A personalized baby calendar counting down the days till the expected D-DAY with sweet messages and milestones can serve as a nice gift. It can also contain photos of you or your spouse as a kid or as a couple, the calendar can also serve as a sweet remembrance in the future.

8. An announcement made by elder sibling:

If this is not your first child, you might make your child wear or hold something with the message about them becoming an elder brother or sister. Sending this as a photo to family members or just surprising them as your kid comes out wearing the shirt.

9. Balloons:

Announce your pregnancy holding blue and pink balloons or a cute teddy bear. This would be a great idea for an outdoor party. You can get a cake to accompany it which is white on the outside but pink or blue inside, depending on the gender of the baby.

10. A creative breakfast:

You can prepare a breakfast of doughnuts, pancakes, and any sweet thing your family likes accompanying it with a lovely and cheesy message that you are not the only one who should be gaining a belly. Keep the camera ready to record their transition from sleepy to shocked expression.

11. Message in Fortune Cookies:

It is another way of sharing the news at a party with family and friends. And get those personalized fortune cookies. And hide a funny message about welcoming a new family member. You could also send a surprise food home delivery with these cookies if you are not able to meet them over dinner.

12. Personalized Postcard:

Sending a photocard through the post of your maternity shoot along with a sweet message informing everyone of the little one’s arrival is unique in the era of text messages. Your message could be a handwritten note or a little haiku.

13. Personalized stuffed toy:

Gifting your family a stuffed toy with the recorded baby heartbeat of your little one will be a tearjerker. There are toys available in the market which have a recorder inside them so you can record your message. In your next doctor’s appointment request to recode the baby’s heartbeat on your phone or another recorder then record it in the toy.

14. Colour Changing Mug:

There are color-changing mugs available which change color when a hot beverage is poured inside it, if it is going to be a boy, get the one which changes color to blue; if it is going to be a girl then get one which changes color to pink. These are easily available on amazon.

15. Baby Shoes or milk bottle:

Placing small baby shoes or milk bottle somewhere subtle but at the same time noticeable in the house. This will be a cute little surprise and do not tell them to let them figure it out.