For Mom-to-Be
CREATIVE WAYS TO ANNOUNCE YOUR PREGNANCY
By Melissa Ramsdell
If you've been trying to conceive, you know how nerve-racking it is to
wait for the pregnancy test to come back positive. While you wait, bide
the time by thinking of creative ways to break the good news.
Take
your spouse to a restaurant that is significant to the two of you --
perhaps where you got engaged or had your first date. To give him a
hint, buy a copy of Bill Cosby's book on fatherhood or give him a bib
with the saying "I Love Daddy" printed on it. Digging for more ideas?
Hang a "baby on board" sign in the car before you take a trip together,
or send him an electronic baby card.
In the event you're like
most women who spontaneously blurt the news, you can save the creative
announcements for friends and family. For example, when Laurie Yarmy, a
mom from Michigan, learned she was pregnant with her second child, she
disguised the news as a holiday wish list. The list she e-mailed to her
parents included such telltale items as diapers, a stroller, and, of
course, a bigger house. It took a minute to sink in, Yarmy recalls, but
her mom and dad were thrilled. "They called right away," she says.
According to Hilory Wagner, author of
And Baby Makes Four: Welcoming a Second Child into the Family
(Harper Paperbacks), breaking the news to an older child is a more
delicate matter. When Wagner was pregnant with her second child, she
used a book as a tool to start the conversation with her two-year-old
daughter Sarah. "It's a good way to help them sort out their feelings
and let them voice their opinions," she says. Wagner recommends
A New Baby in Koko Bear's House (The Book Peddlers) by Vicki Lansky.
After
baby is born, you can share the news and development via various
Internet services. Julie Rauh, a mom from St. Louis, used Baby Press
Conference to introduce her daughter
Madeleine to distant uncles and aunts. "She made funny little faces,"
Rauh says. "She was a star."
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About The Author
Melissa Ramsdell is a regular contributor to Your Baby Today.
