If you and your partner have been counting down the days until you hear the pitter-patter of tiny feet running around your home, there are fewer happier sights than two solid lines indicating that you and your partner are expecting. Discovering you’re pregnant is a massive milestone in your and your partner’s relationship, and even more exciting is informing your families and closest friends.
Due to this, you’ll want to announce your pregnancy in an equally unique way. Now, we’ve all seen movies like the ‘Addams Family Values,’ and ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting,’ which feature jaw-dropping pregnancy announcements, but when it comes to the real world, these Hollywood-esque announcements won’t cut it. But just because a pregnancy announcement befitting the Oscars isn’t realistic doesn’t mean you can’t choose a star-studded location for your announcement, like London.
Being the UK’s capital city, London offers many experiences and locations to reveal your big news for maximum impact. Whether you’d prefer to introduce your new baby into the world with a London-themed announcement via social media or by having a photoshoot with one of London’s notable tourist attractions as the backdrop – we outline several of the best ways below.
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Book Dinner For One Extra Person
Going out for dinner isn’t just an opportunity for you and the ones you love to avoid cooking for one another and the dreaded post-food clean-up; it’s a chance for you to relax, catch up with one another and share any news you might have. So, why not consider making your big announcement over some fine dining?
Home to some of the most prestigious restaurants worldwide, we couldn’t think of anywhere better than London to host your pregnancy announcement dinner. From The Clove Club, The Ivy, Sushi Tetsu, KOL, and hundreds of other recognised restaurants in London, any of these fine establishments will surely make for a memorable location to reveal your big news.
Make your choice, call the restaurant, and make your reservation for the number of people you plan to invite, plus one extra person. Before you and your guests arrive, ask the restaurant to set the table for the number of people on the booking, but write ‘congratulations’ on the plate of the third set or ‘due on’ with the baby’s expected due date.
Then all that’s left to do is wait for everyone to arrive and watch with confusion as they take in the extra place setting and the cryptic message on the plate. If you’d like to go one step further, you could even record their reaction and watch their faces change from bewilderment to excitement as the penny drops, and they realise why they’re there.
Posting On Social Media
Suppose you have a lot of long-distant friends and family; that would take a Christmas miracle to bring them all together for one announcement. In this case, you could consider announcing your pregnancy to those in your immediate circle and then posting a separate announcement on social media for your loved ones who cannot attend the event.
Although using social media for these announcements is considered cliché at best, the internet is highly beneficial for spreading the good news (and fast!). Not to mention, unlike the other suggestions on our list, it is entirely free! If you’d like to go beyond the usual social media pregnancy updates that feature pictures of the proud, soon-to-be-parents, an ultrasound, and a paragraph of text that most people (let’s be honest!) scroll straight past.
However, you can make your announcement easier to digest and unique with free-to-use, customizable templates that can help commemorate your special milestone. Whether you’d like something humorous, sweet, simple, or creative, you can find hundreds of templates and caption ideas to print and mail to recipients today or post across your social media accounts.
Hide The Test In Plain Sight
You know when people get engaged and start using their left hand to do everything because they think it’s a subtle way of letting everyone know they’re engaged without saying the words? Consider doing the same with your pregnancy announcement by hiding your positive test in plain sight to surprise unwise family members and close friends.
In the fridge, right next to the television remote, on top of their pillow – anywhere your loved one or friend spends much time or is likely to reach for at some point throughout the day. We’re sure that once they find the test and the penny drops, it’ll be a moment that they remember for the rest of their life (and probably one of the biggest shocks they’ll get, too!).
Professional Photo Shoot
Another way that you can reveal your big news to family and friends is by hiring a photographer and having them snap a couple of professional photographs that can immortalise your pregnancy and help you drop your bombshell. Plus, if you’d rather delay your pregnancy announcement and wait until the end of the first trimester like most soon-to-be parents – a photo shoot is a perfect way.
Not to mention all concerns that could affect your pregnancy negatively will be minimised at the end of your first trimester, making it the perfect time to tell friends and family. At twelve weeks of pregnancy, your baby will most likely be the size of a plum, and your baby bump may even be visible to the outside world – the perfect accessory for your photo shoot.
Once you’ve picked your photographer, you will want to choose the theme for your shoot. Would you like to reveal the big news with confetti balloons? Or would you prefer to use a piece of baby clothing as a prop, shoes, for example? Or would you choose to spell out your message using a letterboard?
Whichever you choose, we’re sure it’s bound to shock family and friends back home, and it will serve as the perfect keepsake even after your pregnancy is over. Allowing you to immortalise this milestone for many years to come and even show the little one in question when they’re a little older!
