Creative Ways to Announce that You Are Pregnant

Finding out you are pregnant can be an exciting time in your life. There are many creative ways to share this news with your friends and family. Here are just a few ways to let people know that you are going to have a baby.

Creative Ways to Tell Your Husband you are Pregnant

1. Give him a present. Wrap your pregnancy test and offer it to your husband in the form of a present. You could also wrap baby related objects as well, such as a rattle or a baby name book.

2. Serve a bottle of wine with dinner. If you and your husband like to enjoy a glass of wine every now and then, buy a bottle for dinner. Serve him a glass of wine, but pour only water yourself. He may catch on right away or he may ask why you are not drinking. If he is unable to guess you can tell him why you have to deny yourself a glass.

3. Serve baby food. You don't actually want to serve baby food, but you can serve "baby" food. You can serve things like baby carrots to get the message across. Serve a variety of "baby" food so that it will be easier for your husband to get the message.

4. World's Greatest Dad. Buy or make your husband a World's Greatest Dad t-shirt. You can wrap it up and give it to him as a present. This idea can be used to announce your first pregnancy.

5. Bun in the Oven. Bake some rolls or buns in the oven. When your husband gets home and asks about what you are cooking you can say, "Honey, there's a bun in my oven."

Creative Ways to Tell Your Friends and Family you are Pregnant


1. If you already have kids have them wear a special t-shirt. You can create a special t-shirt for your child to wear that says, "I'm Going to be a Big Sister/Brother!"

2. Use your ultrasound picture. You can make copies of your ultrasound picture and send them out in cards. Or you can scan them into your computer and send via e-mail.

3. Take pictures of your pregnancy test. You can take pictures of your pregnancy test and put them in inexpensive frames to give to family to announce your pregnancy. Or you could upload them onto your computer and send them through e-mail. You can say "Baby (Insert last name) expected to arrive in xx months (or you can write your due date)!"