Our Secret's Out (Kind Of)

For a few weeks now, our plan has been to tell our families that we are expecting on Mother's Day (3 days after our first ultrasound). We bought Mother's Day cards for our Moms and Grandma cards for them as well. The plan was for them to open the Mom card, then we'd say the other spouse had sent a card as well, so they should open that one (the Grandma card) next. Surprise!

Well on Sunday (Easter) as Mr. B and I were driving to church, I said, "You know, it's too bad we can't tell our families today... I mean it's Easter: a holiday about renewal, new life, rebirth. It would be a perfect time to announce the new life we're working on!" Mr. B suggested I think on it and we'd discuss that afternoon. I became more and more convinced I wanted to tell our parents that day, so I cooked up a plan.

We don't live near either of our families, but I still wanted to capitalize on the shock factor of this news. I decided an unexpected use of technology might just be the ticket. I had a picture of a positive digital pregnancy test on my phone, so I crafted the following text message to all four parents:

Happy Easter! On the subject of holidays, check out our Christmas plans...

 Still a HUGE secret, but we wanted to share with our parents... call us!

Literally within minutes, the phone rang. It was my mother. Crying. :) She and Dad got on the phone together and we told them all about it, including the tidbit that ours is a high-risk pregnancy and we're not ready to share the news with anyone else. They were so happy for us (and themselves - first grandchild for them!) and we hung up filled with warm fuzzies.

We waited over an hour to hear from Mr. B's parents (honestly, we expected them to call first), but they were both away from their phones! Getting nervous (and anxious to get on with it), Mr. B called them. "Are you not checking text messages today?" he asked. They retrieved their phones and read the message together. His mom started squealing, "Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!" when they processed what it meant - it was so fun! Again, we shared the details and talked symptoms, plans, due date, etc. Mr. B's mom is an Ob/Gyn nurse, so it was fun to "talk shop".

It was such a joy and a relief to share this big secret with our parents. They know what a journey this has been for us, so they were really, really excited. It was just the reaction we were hoping for and we're so excited to share other milestones with them along the way.

We plan to tell our siblings after our ultrasound next week, but everyone else will have to wait until the second week of June, when our first trimester is over. Meanwhile, it's a special secret that only our closest family knows about, and we'll gladly keep it that way for a bit longer. :)