Telling Your Spouse You're Pregnant

[Guest guest]

My husband and I spent 7 years trying to get pregnant without

success. After several years of infertility treatment I had given

up hope for a child. I was able to lose 40 pounds one summer (the

most weight I ever lost on my own, and it did require medication)and

amazingly to us I concieved. My son is now 4 years old and the

greatest gift God has ever givn us. In the 3 years following his

birth I had only 3 menstrual cycles not induced by hormones. I had a

gastric bypass 14 months ago and have lost 129 lbs, and have had

menstrual cycles like clock-work! I am very excited about the

possibility of getting pregnant again, and I am very hopeful. Now

here is where I need some help...we had tried so long and hard to

get pregnant, and I was so shocked when I found out I couldn't think

straight! I worked evenings, my husband worked days, and the day I

found out I knew I wouldn't see him till the next day. I called him

at work to see if he could come home early, and he couldn't. I

started sobbing and crying and blurted over the telephone that I was

pregnant. He was so shocked! He has commented over the the last

few years about the way he was told and jokingly requested I not

ever give him that kind of information over the phone again.

When I get pregnant again, I want to tell him in a very special way,

but don't have any great ideas of how to break the news. I have

thought about having my 4 year old son help me tell him but am not

sure of HOW to tell him. Do any of you have any ideas or are you

willing to share with me how you broke the news to your spouse?

Sorry for the long, drawn out explanation, but I wanted to explain a

little about why it is so important to me to tell him in a special

way.

Thanks!

Donna " momyknipp "