Guessin’ I better stop the rumor mill before y’all start wondering…
NO, I am not preggers.
Nope, no, nada, NEGATIVE. There is absolutely NOT a baby in my tummy at the moment.
Holy toledo I can barely keep up with the babies that I DO have. God KNOWS what I can do in His strength right now and that does not include a 3rd set of legs wreaking havoc over here.
But I absolutely LOVE it when people find creative ways to share their pregnancies, so I compiled my favorites here for you to refer to if you ever find yourself with a bun in the oven (not me – you). 🙂
**Announcements with just you and your bump**
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Chalkboard Due Date
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Do Not Open Until…
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Chalkboard Wall Updates
**Announcements with your baby’s Daddy**
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Coming Soon
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Priceless
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Prego
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Bun In the Oven
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His and Her Tummies
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Baby Movie Poster
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Bump Ahead
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Expected to Pop
**Announcements with your whole gang**
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Family Math
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Home Expansion
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Morning Sickness
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Superheroes
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Surprise Shot
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#1, 2, 3
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Balloon Chairs
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Birth Years
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Road Signs
**Announcements with just the older siblings**
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Only Child Expiring
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New Birth Order
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The Many Faces of a Sibling
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Party of 2
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Best. Gifts. Ever.
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Crib Eviction
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Things 1, 2, and 3
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Recruiting
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Promotion
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Big Brother and the Ultrasound
Are you inspired?
Not gonna lie, as I researched for this post, I kind of found myself wanting to get pregnant just so I could do one of these fun ideas!
But then I took a good look at all the trains and diapers and fingerprints and crumbs around our Happy Home and I got my wits back. 🙂
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Happy Pregnancy Announce-ing! 🙂
**I had a hard time tracking down credit for many of these great photos, so if you happen to know the true source, please leave a comment below!**
Jennifer
July 6, 2013 at 10:41 pmWhat great ideas! I will watch someone else use them!
Paige
July 7, 2013 at 7:47 amThese are AWESOME!!!! I loved looking at them! VERY clever!
Chrisy, your labor room nurse
July 7, 2013 at 8:47 amMeet you for delivery!
Amber Sill
July 7, 2013 at 5:03 pmFlash
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jane hall
July 7, 2013 at 10:28 pmI went walking with my hubby today on Hollywood Beach and I was drawn to each one of the beautiful babies that we passed by. I assume because of the Holiday weekend there was more than the usual people on the boardwalk and Babies were everywhere and each one was cuter than the other. Now home, I opened up my email and looked at your blog on Babies, “Say What”, if I didn’t know better I would think that God was trying to tell me something because all I wanted to do was pick up those beautiful babies and give them a scutch. But alas I am 53 and unless I want to be in the guiness book of world records like Sarah, then I will have to wait for grandkids and tell my biological clock to stop ticking every time I see one of those precious ones. Good thing your first statement was I am not pregnant, because for a moment……….
Abigail
July 8, 2013 at 10:14 amsuch cute ideas! It was hard thinking of something “new” for #4 but we did:
http://thependraks.blogspot.com/2013/04/we-have-announcement.html (for announcement)
and: http://thependraks.blogspot.com/2013/06/its-a.html
(for gender reveal)
SusieBee
July 10, 2013 at 3:55 pmI love these! I’m not having any more babies, but these always crack me up!
Audrey
July 25, 2013 at 1:22 pmThe Bun in the Oven photo is from Raft Media Photography 🙂 If you could have my name/website as the source that would be appreciated. It’s raftmedia.com. Here’s the link to the original post. Thank you!! – Audrey (owner/photographer) http://raftmedia.com/bun-in-the-oven-baby-announcement-photography-boise-id/
Ale
July 30, 2013 at 10:49 amI love it! Thank you
Eunice
October 7, 2013 at 5:32 pmI love these, I will share with my son and daughter in law to use as they are currently praying for the Lords will on becoming pregnant. 🙂
dkadams5606
October 21, 2013 at 1:50 amIf you find out some time close to Thanksgiving and your cooking Thanksgiving dinner..surprise everyone with a cornish game hen inside of it. Cut the turkey and SURPRISE 🙂
Nathan
November 18, 2013 at 9:38 pmThanks for the collection of ideas! We used this card on Etsy to announce our little guy. https://www.etsy.com/listing/121684669/pregnancy-announcement-card-new-baby
Meagan Anderson
December 3, 2013 at 9:47 amHere is how we surprised our family with our announcement! It worked out so perfect!
Lily Everett-Curwick
December 9, 2013 at 5:42 pmWow, Meaghan, that was the sweetest thing! I love the announcement idea, and the video plus the song were just perfect!
My due date is the same as yours, but it is our first and we think we are having a boy! Can’t wait to find out for sure! (:
wrecklessmedia
December 6, 2013 at 3:26 pmGotta say… I think mine takes the trophy:
http://wrecklessmediaradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pregnancy-announcement.jpg
Holly
January 5, 2014 at 12:36 pmI absolutely love these ideas!:) Hopefully we’ll be able to use one of them soon. My husband and I decided, after reading God’s Word, that we wouldn’t try to prevent children after we got married but would let Him choose if, when, and how many little blessings He would bestow. We got married on my husband’s military leave..3 months later he got home for good. Six weeks later we were at our first check-up. We were hoping to have a baby but surprised at how quick:) I made a family tree to tell my grandmother:)
As a sister in Christ, I would encourage you to re-think your view of limiting children. This is what I have found:
If I truly believe my little girl is a blessing from God, why would I tell Him that I want to stop with 2 or 3 blessings…if He wants to bless with 4, 10, etc..? The answer most common is..I’m not financially able to support several. That goes back to trusting the Lord. He has said He will provide. Not a sparrow falls without him knowing. God bless your and your reader’s families in this new year:)
Kevin
February 7, 2014 at 6:44 amVery clever funny ideas
Samantha Morgan
March 25, 2014 at 10:52 pmAwww! I’m the creator of the “Home Expansion” one, so cool to see it featured somewhere 🙂
Jeannette
April 2, 2014 at 3:58 pmMy husband and I made our pregnancy announcement to our family at 8 weeks. We tried to be creative with the announcement so we did it two different ways:
1. We bought a few albums (for each family member) and on the first page we added the ultrasound photo along with the announcement “Baby Salazar arriving October 2014”
2. We printed the ultra sound photo and the announcement (double-sided) and rolled it up into a scroll and stuffed it into a balloon for family members to pop it and see the surprise inside.
Lastly, we recorded everyone’s reaction and made a compilation video to share with friends and family on Facebook. It was a lot of work, but SOOOO worth it. Here is the link below for our final result!
http://youtu.be/l3emd_wWDbM
Michael John
July 23, 2014 at 2:15 amMy wife and I just announced our baby news on Facebook yesterday with a stop motion video that I made with Lego. Check it out 🙂
http://youtu.be/pIsiE5PBRSU
Sarah
August 27, 2014 at 12:21 amHey! The crib eviction pic is my gorgeous little lady, Ava, at 18 months 🙂 she now has a delightful little brother who is one and STILL in the above pictured cot!
Kelly
September 7, 2014 at 5:42 pmI LOVE these! They are so cute! My friend did a picture of this and shared it on facebook….I think the saying is adorable!!
http://www.zazzle.com/sleepless_nights_baby_announcement_shirt-235109726960557717?rf=238943135612052094
mom of one
November 4, 2014 at 3:53 pmSome of these are really cute – especially the dog outfit http://www.cafepress.com/bestpregnancyannouncement
Deborah Zupancic
February 4, 2015 at 11:12 pmThank you so much for sharing this clever pregnancy announcement idea–my favorite is the eviction notice picture.
When I was expecting my 1st baby, I wrote a poem to include with the ultrasound picture that we gave to my parents to announce we were expecting. With the encouragement of friends and family, I transformed this poem into a keepsake book to announce the best news of all:”You’re Going to be a Grandma!” (http://www.THEGrandmabook.com/ ). Just thought your readers might be interested in this cute way of announcing their pregnancy.
H.Cherdon
November 6, 2015 at 10:58 pmWhat a great post! Thought I’d share our horror movie trailer pregnancy announcement. We’re filmmakers and baby was due on Halloween (hence the horror trailer), but baby hasn’t come yet. Starting week 42 tomorrow! This was so fun showing this to people. Some got the hint, others thought it was for a real movie project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0iojsKTT8E
Serenity Oakes
August 27, 2017 at 12:08 amThanks for posting these, I’m trying to figure out how to break #7 to the family and I want something witty and fun that will make them do a double take! Thank you 😊
Happy Home Fairy
August 27, 2017 at 9:17 pmThat is amazing!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!