I love any idea of having the other sibling involved. I know you said no onsies but my favourite is putting “big sister/brother” on first child and seeing how long it takes him to notice!
With my first I made up a sign in our bedroom and asked him to come check it out because I was trying to hang stuff on the wall and needed a second opinion.
With my second, at the start of COVID when everything was shut down we did an Easter egg hunt at home as a date night (just for fun, nowhere near Easter time lol). I hid eggs downstairs and he hid them upstairs then we raced to see who could find them all first. We each had one egg where we wrote a little love note to the other.
I also considered sneakily changing my name in his phone to something like IM PREGNANT with a picture and then calling him when he’s at home with me. Also considered putting something in his phone calendar so he got a notification randomly. I really wanted it to be out of the blue!
Thanks for your comment ❤️ Yeah that gloomy cloud is annoying for sure, but it comes and goes! We've tried just about everything except IUI or IVF. Currently we're up to medicated cycles.
Best of luck, I hope you get to tell your partner in a fun creative way soon! X hang in there.
Does he have any hobbies or interests? Do you have any hobbies or interests that he knows you really liked? Do you have any inside jokes or any traditions or anything like that?
Add a new profile to his system or game, which if you aren't sure I can try to help depending on the game or system. Name the profile "baby (last name) and the due date or birth year"
My husband surprised me with the sex this time! He got the email about the blood work and then he ordered shirts for the boys (big/little brother) and got me a shirt that said “Life is better with my boys”.
When he gets back home we are thinking about trying for another. I love the idea of changing your name in his phone. You could play a game like the one where you put the plastic thing in your mouth and change the phrase you use to “I’m pregnant” and watch as he tries to figure out what you are saying, get it and then really get it!
I’m considering letting him see the test before me. I’ve always tested in private and told him after but I think I might try waiting as long as I can testing then getting him to check and see the result. I think it may help me feel better if it’s negative too
I took the time to make cute announcements to my partner.
With our first pregnancy together, I announced it with those folding photo cube (YouTube) I had pictures of us and my son, and then on the inside folds were pictures of my hpt and then a picture saying “and then there were four est. xxxx”. That pregnancy ended up in a MMC so with my current pregnancy I felt the need to do something cute again.
With this pregnancy, I made those breakable white chocolate hearts and inside stuffed it with: sour patch kids, sugar daddies, baby Ruth, pacifier candies, a Prego sticker that said “Preggo again..chunky” and if that doesn’t explain enough I added those lotto scratchers from Amazon which the winning prize states “we’re having a baby!”
Ohhhh I haven’t seen those scratch offs! I have to get those, AFTER a positive test … don’t want to jinx it! Great idea and congrats on your rainbow 🌈 bebe
I got him a just because card and wrote something about being excited for all of our adventures together and then wrote “Go open the oven”. There was a bun in there when he opened it.
My SIL did something similar for my brother but she gave him low key shit for leaving stuff in the oven.
He got defensive and she was all "Yes you did! Go look!"
I gave my husband a small jewelery box.
Inside was a blank piece of paper with a single poppy seed taped to it.
When he was all "wtf?" I said "thats how big our baby is right now"
There were all kinds of tears and hugs.
He has the box/seed kept in his stash of memories in the basement.
Start ordering him baby stuff off amazon sent anonymously in his name
😂😂👍🏼👍🏼
I love any idea of having the other sibling involved. I know you said no onsies but my favourite is putting “big sister/brother” on first child and seeing how long it takes him to notice!
With my first I made up a sign in our bedroom and asked him to come check it out because I was trying to hang stuff on the wall and needed a second opinion.
With my second, at the start of COVID when everything was shut down we did an Easter egg hunt at home as a date night (just for fun, nowhere near Easter time lol). I hid eggs downstairs and he hid them upstairs then we raced to see who could find them all first. We each had one egg where we wrote a little love note to the other.
I also considered sneakily changing my name in his phone to something like IM PREGNANT with a picture and then calling him when he’s at home with me. Also considered putting something in his phone calendar so he got a notification randomly. I really wanted it to be out of the blue!
"I'm pregnant!" Hahaha that's going to shock my husband after 3.5 years of trying 😆
Lol how are you holding up trying? It’s been 9 months for us, and a dark gloomy cloud is starting to set in over us. What have you tried?
Thanks for your comment ❤️ Yeah that gloomy cloud is annoying for sure, but it comes and goes! We've tried just about everything except IUI or IVF. Currently we're up to medicated cycles.
Best of luck, I hope you get to tell your partner in a fun creative way soon! X hang in there.
My hearts with both of you, I’m over here upset at month 4 and look at your warriors…! I hope things happen for u both so soon ❤️❤️
Thanks that's very kind 😄 I hope so too for you. Nobody should have to wait!
Does he have any hobbies or interests? Do you have any hobbies or interests that he knows you really liked? Do you have any inside jokes or any traditions or anything like that?
He’s really into online gaming I am not I’d love to incorporate that somehow gosh a custom video game intro or something would be amazing
player 1 and 2 shirts
Achievement unlocked onesie
There's so many video game onesies, just Google "video game onesie" like this one
Baby Controller
Baby game boy
Add a new profile to his system or game, which if you aren't sure I can try to help depending on the game or system. Name the profile "baby (last name) and the due date or birth year"
Thank you!!
My husband surprised me with the sex this time! He got the email about the blood work and then he ordered shirts for the boys (big/little brother) and got me a shirt that said “Life is better with my boys”.
When he gets back home we are thinking about trying for another. I love the idea of changing your name in his phone. You could play a game like the one where you put the plastic thing in your mouth and change the phrase you use to “I’m pregnant” and watch as he tries to figure out what you are saying, get it and then really get it!
Love! I mean who can’t love when a man can think of something like that and follow through lol uiu got a good one! I’m pretty lucky myself ;)
I think I'll just have some book about being a big sister, leave it on baby's night stand, and ask him to read her a bedtime book.
Ok stealing this when it’s our time to try for #2. I love this one so much.
Love I have a 14yo daughter with autism so a book for her for him to read would be amazing these are all so unique!!
When I get pregnant with #2, I want to calculate my due date and send a Google Calendar invite to my husband.
😂 I set them now for my ovulation week….”Major baby making time” pops up every day that week at 1pm
Following! I'm struggling with ideas
I’m considering letting him see the test before me. I’ve always tested in private and told him after but I think I might try waiting as long as I can testing then getting him to check and see the result. I think it may help me feel better if it’s negative too
That’s what I did with both of my pregnancies! Such a great memory for us
I never thought about that! Def keeping it in mind when I am more sure there’s a chance in pregnant
I took the time to make cute announcements to my partner.
With our first pregnancy together, I announced it with those folding photo cube (YouTube) I had pictures of us and my son, and then on the inside folds were pictures of my hpt and then a picture saying “and then there were four est. xxxx”. That pregnancy ended up in a MMC so with my current pregnancy I felt the need to do something cute again.
With this pregnancy, I made those breakable white chocolate hearts and inside stuffed it with: sour patch kids, sugar daddies, baby Ruth, pacifier candies, a Prego sticker that said “Preggo again..chunky” and if that doesn’t explain enough I added those lotto scratchers from Amazon which the winning prize states “we’re having a baby!”
Ohhhh I haven’t seen those scratch offs! I have to get those, AFTER a positive test … don’t want to jinx it! Great idea and congrats on your rainbow 🌈 bebe
I got him a just because card and wrote something about being excited for all of our adventures together and then wrote “Go open the oven”. There was a bun in there when he opened it.
My SIL did something similar for my brother but she gave him low key shit for leaving stuff in the oven. He got defensive and she was all "Yes you did! Go look!"
Boom! Bun in the oven.
Classic!
I gave my husband a small jewelery box. Inside was a blank piece of paper with a single poppy seed taped to it. When he was all "wtf?" I said "thats how big our baby is right now"
There were all kinds of tears and hugs. He has the box/seed kept in his stash of memories in the basement.
Oh my …that’s the sweetest! I love that great idea!