How To Announce Your Pregnancy & Keep Them Guessing
You should all know by now that taking us seriously can lead to disastrous results.
You’ve already seen my birth announcement, right? Well, today I want to show you how I announced that my wife Avara was pregnant… and teach you how you too can create foolproof plan to trick everyone.
It was April 1st, 2009, about three months into the pregnancy, and even better, it was APRIL FOOL’S DAY.
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I come from a long line of tricksters and storytellers. If they were anything like I am now, they never were happy with a straightforward story. This trick was perfect because either way the outcome was mine. And if humor was going to be an important part of my parenting style, it needed to start as soon as the whole world knew my son was going to be born.
I eventually posted the ultrasound picture, but only after I had my fun.
Have a great weekend.
Snuggles and hand grenades,
Charlie
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21 Responses to “How To Announce Your Pregnancy & Keep Them Guessing”
Heh, I got a positive home pregnancy test on April 1, 2006. I seriously debated waiting to tell my husband until the next day because really? (I showed him. Then went to dinner with my family and struggled to keep our secret. Good times.)
This wins.
I would have loved to do that! Too bad I always had my babies before April Fools. My Daughter Abbie was due April 2.
Actually did this myself, in my excitement forgetting that it was April Fool’s day when we shared our joyous news! Hilarity ensued in trying to convince folks it was no jest…
Oh, you’re a cunning one…
True story: I played the whole “haha, I’m pregnant, April’s Fool’s!” joke on my husband and my mom in 2007. I found out five weeks later that the JOKE WAS ON ME.
My son will be five this month.
Hilarious!
That is excellent
What is NOT excellent is following your birth announcement and find out that you’re 3 years younger than me! No fair – my parenting contemporaries who are blogging about their experiences are not allowed to be YOUNGER than me!! You’re the voice of wisdom! And nowI just feel old *sniffles*
My pregnancy announcement of my 3rd and slightly unplanned baby went like this via text.
Me: I want chicken.
Husband: what kind?
Me: Fried- Popeyes
Husband: really?
me: yes
Next day- next consecutive text.
Me: Um…. I’m pregnant
husband:
Pure genius! Loving it..
This is awesome!
I found out with #2 and #3 ON April fools day in 2007 and 2009.
Haha… I announced on April Fools Day too. I posted a picture of a stick test with a smiley face… Technically, it was the ovulation test, not the actual pregnancy test… I thought a smiley face was more ambiguous than a “pregnant”.
This is so much better than me saying “I guess my hubby does know how to cook, well at least how to put a bun in the oven.” That was as creative as I got! LOL!
Haha try having the baby on April fool’s day..my baby girl was born April 1 this year and noone believed us until we sent them pics from the hospital
Yep, my son was born April 1, 2010.
Although his picture was up on facebook within a few hours so there was no reason for people to doubt, haha.
My son is an April Fools baby and trust me when I say it was no joke!
That’s the plan.
I mean, shhhhhhhhh.
lol too funny.the funny thing is that my 2nd daughter was born on april fool’s day and trying to text and let everyone know was crazy because most of them didn’t believe us lol.we had to send pictures to everyone to verify! haha
we didnt tell anyone until our 22 week ultrasound when we found out it was a boy…i just wore baggy clothes and let people guess between baby and chubby! it was great fun cause nobody wants to ask but they all really want to know. then we only announced it on facebook so the people that didnt actually read oour posted didnt find out some until weeks before he was due! it was kinda fun
I found out I was preggo after April Fools Day.
Last year, my 28 yr old husband had a stint put in on April Fools Day so naturally no one wanted to believe it.
This is funny! We announced the gender through cupcakes. The outside was either boy or girl, and they pick what their guess is of what we were having. Inside all the cupcakes were filled with frosting colored pink! I have pictures on my blog!