Fun ways to announce your pregnancy

It's big news that you're having a baby. In fact, your baby reveal can be a highlight of your early pregnancy. Watching your friends and family react is a lot of fun and it’s a very special bonding moment for everyone.

Choosing when to make your baby announcement is personal. You may find yourself making more than one pregnancy announcement to different groups of people in your life. There’s your partner, parents, other children, close and wider family, best friends, larger friend group and work colleagues to think about. It’s fun to choose different baby reveal ideas to suit each group.

To help you decide how you want to play it, here are some unique pregnancy announcement ideas from BabyCenter parents.

Baby reveal ideas for your partner

Letting your partner in on your pregnancy secret can happen right away or be saved for a special moment. As these BabyCenter mums reveal, either way this is one baby announcement that will have a huge impact.

I did the test without my husband knowing. When it turned out positive, I took it out to him and shaking it, said, "Can you explain this?" He looked at it and we busted out laughing.
Trina072

I left the test on the bathroom bench and made him go look because I was too nervous!
hermione81

I took a test on Valentine's Day morning and put the test with his card that said, "I hope you love your surprise." He was over the moon!
Chelezbby

To tell my DP, I wrote "I'm going to be a big brother!" on an old bib and put it on DS and sent him outside when my DP got home from work.
menablossum

I shocked my partner on his birthday by running out of the bathroom with the HPT (home pregnancy test) and a huge smile and yelled, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY - YOU'RE GOING TO BE A DAD!!"
Nezzy16

Pregnancy announcement ideas for family

Telling your mum, children, or other close family members that you’re pregnant is one of the best feelings in the world. Quick tip: expect to make loads of time making this baby announcement because there will be lots of celebrating to follow.

To announce it to my mum, we had my mum, sister and her boyfriend over for lunch. I had done three positive pregnancy tests, so I stashed them all in my pocket, and brought them out in front of everyone. My sister got it right away and yelled out, "Oh my gosh!"
Chelsealee85

We put a dummy in wrapping paper and gave it to our parents like a present.
Prouddaddydip

My DD is 9 years old and we told her the day we got the dating scan done, she knew I'd been sick and bless her she was very worried about her mum. I gave her a copy of the ultrasound and said, "Your brother or sister is making mummy sick." Needless to say, she screamed the house down. She's been wanting a sibling for so long.
bettyc83

We told our older kids by getting than to sit down on the rug and shut their eyes. We handed them a nappy and a dummy each and when they opened their eyes they had to guess. Our eldest got it first and they were pretty excited.
Lenchik 63

We've just ordered mugs online that say 'grandma to be', 'uncle to be', and 'auntie to be'! We're putting a picture of the ultrasound in them and sending them to our family.
BaileyLynn

We made a sign for each of our boys to hold then took a picture and emailed it to the rest of the family. The youngest's sign said, "I'm going to be a big brother in March". And the other two had signs saying 'true' and 'story'!!!
vanilla6873

I made up a scavenger hunt for our family to do Christmas morning leading to clues scattered around the place we were staying. Each clue had a letter on the back so all the clues together spelt, "I'm pregnant". They figured it out before they had all the clues, but it was still a really fun way to do it.
Astaria08

We gave a big thick children's book full of fairy tales to our parents. Inside the cover we wrote, "Dear Granddad and Grandma, please read this to us in June." (We are having twins.) The look on their faces was priceless. They loved it and it meant they have something they can keep as well as a memory.
Mazzy77

Sharing your pregnancy with the world

While the small, intimate baby reveals are what it’s really about, going large and telling the world can be just as special. It’s certainly a great way to shake up a mundane day, as these baby announcement ideas from BabyCenter mums reveal.

I took a picture of my cradle with a stuffed elephant in one corner and in the middle a little outfit and a pair of socks. In the corner I wrote, "And then there were three".
RowRog85

We announced with a photo collage at 13 weeks. We only got married four months ago, so I put a pre-wedding pic with the caption 'First comes love', then a wedding pic with 'Then comes marriage', and the last pic was my belly and I wrote 'Coming soon' on it in face paint.
Sarahsmurf

We took a picture of our cat and dog sitting behind a little pile of baby clothes. Our dog looks super happy and has a sign in front of him that says, "big brother". Our cat is asleep and his sign says, "Meh...".
kiahlouise

I announced it on Facebook by changing my cover photo to the positive test. Took some people ages to realise what it was or meant, but it was a little bit more fun than simply saying, "I'm having a baby".
bundy2011

At work I put a lolly jar on the staff table filled with jelly babies with my ultrasound picture on the front of the jar and a note saying, "From me and my little jelly baby". My scan was done at four weeks, so it was as small as a jelly baby.
Mandywizz

I just wrote "3 + 1 =" on my Facebook page and people guessed.
kiki2615

We've been engaged for well over a year now, and everyone kept bugging us about when were we going to get our act together and set a date for the wedding. So, me and my partner made up some lovely Save The Date cards and sent them out, with my due date on the front. Inside the cards was the 12 week ultrasound photo, and the message, "Wedding Postponed".
Aoide