Baby on Board | Pregnancy Announcement
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When I started this blog, I was already pregnant with our little Pickle. As with Squidgy, we made the decision to keep the news to ourselves until we had our dating scan at twelve weeks. After two early losses, there is something terrifying (and amazing!) about carrying a rainbow baby; but I didn’t want to announce our happy news until we were 100% ready, because I couldn’t face telling the world if we had yet another loss. Thankfully Pickle is doing well, so here is a little post about announcing we’ve got a baby on board (and how we told the world!)
Who did we tell first?
When we first found out we were having another baby, we immediately told our parents. They are the ones who would be around to help if we needed any support (physically or emotionally) throughout the pregnancy, as well as being there should the worst (God forbid) happen. We had a scan to confirm all was well at seven weeks, and that helped to keep the fear of another loss at bay until our dating scan.
When did we announce to the rest of the world?
After that, we waited until we had been for our 12 week dating scan. First and foremost, after the 12 week scan, we made sure that we told our extended families. Whether it was an email, phone call, text or Facebook message we made sure that we told siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles and more before we made it public.
How did we make the big announcement?
I had so many ideas this time around for how I wished to announce we were adding another wee one to our family. In fact I had a whole Pinterest board full of ideas. This time, John and I knew we wanted to involve little two year old Squidgy in telling everyone the exciting news about the baby in mummy’s tummy.
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Check out when we popped down to Bassenthwaite with my camera to snap maternity photos as a family.