Welcome back the hubby for another insightful guest post…
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I have found that new parents employ a variety of methods to tell others the news that they are pregnant.ย However, I have found that people mostly fall into one of several categories.ย I have listed them below:
The Megaphone
These are the people that will tell everyone as loudly and as quickly as possible. They often announce it as soon as the pregnancy test is positive, or perhaps as soon as the woman misses her period. These tend to be first-time parents, but sometimes others as well. And sometimes it is with good reason โ those who have struggled with infertility, those who have waited a long time, etc. They want to celebrate, and they want the whole world to celebrate with them.
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The Fashionably Late
These people start off by just wanting to wait to make sure it is real. Then it becomes almost a see-how-long-we-can-go-without-people-finding-out type of thing. Or perhaps they wait until they can show off an ultrasound picture at 12-13 weeks. These people tend to be visual, I can show you the evidence type of people. Or they just might be procrastinators. Or maybe they are the people that are on that show โI didnโt know I was pregnant.โ Either way, they wait and wait to tell people. Just because.
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The Master of Ceremonies
These are the people that feel that it is important to disseminate information in the proper order.ย The order itself might vary depending on the parents (parents, best friends, co-workers, siblings, etc.), but I am convinced that these people sit down and make a list of important people in their life, and then go about telling people in that very order. I would imagine that this is quite stressful.
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The Social Media Woman
These are the people that just throw out the information to the masses via Twitter, Facebook, or their blog.
And that is what we are doing here at Home with the Boys today.
I'm Erin, a wife, boy mom x 3, writer, and runner in Nebraska! I'm excited to share all my favorites relating to faith, family, fashion, and fitness in this space! Enjoy! 
Soooooo glad the secret’s out!!
So exited for you!
Wonderful news! What a blessing – congratulations!
Excited*
Congratulations sweetie. What a blessing!
Congratulations! That’s one of the best ways I’ve heard of letting people know.
Congratulations!!! Very exciting and cute way to announce it!
Oh friend!! I’m SO Excited for you!! ๐ Hope you’ve been feeling all right so far!
Yay! And just *what if* it’s a girl?!!!!
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Congratulations!!!
Congratulations Erin!! Great news!!!
Lol! Congrats! I just started reading the blog. We have something in common! Two boys, both J’s, due with Baby G3 2-29-12. So far, i am fashionably late in letting people know but will eventually flock to social media. Congratulations to you!!
Oh Erin! Congratulations!! What exciting news ๐
Congrats, Erin! February is a great month to have a baby!
congrats!
Yay! I was starting to wonder what type of announcer you were:). Super excited! Joc wants you to have a girl…but I am sure you will take whatever:).
Congratulations!! What a fun way to share the news! This post made me laugh. We tried ‘Master of Ceremonies’ the first time, list and all. Our news got around faster than we could!
The second time, we were ‘Fashionably Late’ – I think we were almost at 20 weeks before we told anyone besides close family- and only because it was getting obvious! Blessings to you, Erin, and your whole family! ๐
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!! I can’t contain myself.. I am soo excited!!! ๐ Thank you Lord for another blessing!!! ๐ AHHHHH ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Woot! Woot! So excited for you all! Congratulations!
Does this mean the birth will be broadcast via youtube?
Congrats!
Congratulations Erin and family! So very exciting.
Wonderful news – congrats & blessings!
Congratulations on another sweet blessing!
CONGRATS! Forging the way for the social media pregnancy announcement movement… Brilliant! LOL ๐
Congratulations!
Oh my goodness! This is sooooo exciting! Congratulations!!
Oh, how awesome is that!! Congrats, Erin & Boys!! Will be praying for your sweet new baby and looking forward to seeing you both at Relevant! ๐
So happy for you and your family, Erin! Will it be a third boy???
This is so fun, Erin! Congratulations – how exciting!
FANTASTIC NEWS !!
Congratulations to your beautiful family! Thank you for sharing such a blessing with us!!!! Much love!
Erin!!!!! What exciting news! Congratulations to your entire family!
WOOHOO!! Congrats, Erin!
I guess we fell somewhere between the Fashionably late and the Master of Ceremonies when we were announcing. =)
I love the way you built it up for us, btw!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! ๐
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Looking forward to meeting you and baby at Relevant. (And what will you call this blog is it’s a girl? I just had a girl last September after being home with the boys-she now plays with trucks too…)
Congratulations!!! So happy for you!!!
Courtney
Oh my gosh! CONGRATS!!!!!!! SO happy for y’all!!!
Celebrating with you and so excited you get to share in another sweet one. Blessings upon blessings!
YAY!!! Congrats!!! ๐
congrats:) how exciting:)
Oh so so excited for you – a little Valentines baby, eh? Too much fun!!
Sweet, sweet news!! Congratulations!
I’m just now seeing this! Congratulations!!!!