Creative Ways to Announce You're Expecting

Shortly after we got pregnant, I began to think about the next big decision to make:

How were we going to announce our pregnancy online?

It may seem silly, but the Internet and social media specifically, have really upped the game in terms of how you announce big life events. I'm not just talking about pregnancy here either; there's the engagement announcement, the wedding announcement, the new job. Well, you get my drift.

Of course, the Internet didn't invent the creative pregnancy announcement. Instead, it really just amplified the good ones (and not so good ones) making ordinary schmucks like me feel like I'm missing something by not being creative.

In fact, one of the earliest pregnancy announcements I can remember is this scene from Full House when Becky tries to tell Jesse they're expecting.

It was at that moment, when I was nine years old, that I decided that this was how I was going to tell my husband we were expecting, even though at the time I had no desire to be a mother. Last year, I changed my mind and thought I'd buy my web developer husband this book to give him the big news. (That didn't happen either. I was in such shock after taking the first pregnancy test, I numbly walked down the stairs and handed my husband the stick in my hand.)

Thanks to the Internet, we get to share in other people's joy when they share the big news. Here are a few of my favourite announcements:

There's a Bun in the Oven

The excitement of this couple following the mother around is darling. And I love how she doesn't get it when she finally finds the item in the kitchen hidden for her.

The Best Christmas Gift

Watch this and try not to cry. Just try.

Queen B Saves the Best for Last

OK, this wasn't really an internet-specific announcement, but it sure was an announcement that broke the internet (cut to the 4:55 mark). (Bonus: Happy Kanye West sighting.)

So what did we do? We had decided to be straight forward and just say it. But then I had an idea.

My husband and I are huge Blue Jays fans. For our wedding, I got him two tickets for In the Action seats right behind home plate for our honeymoon. I tucked the tickets in a baseball cap, which I had "husband" stitched on the back. On the day of the game, we got me a matching one saying "Wife." We wore both to that game, and have worn them to many other games since.

So really, it only made sense that the newest member of our family gets their own cap, too.