Ideas on telling people

We haven't told anyone (except this board, my boss, and my best friend). We didn't want to tell anyone until we made it to the 2nd trimester given the losses last year. Well, the 2nd trimester will start on 2/21. If everything goes well to that point, we want to tell our family and friends.  I wanted to see if you all had any ideas!

All our family lives in various places across the US. So, it is not like we could have them all over for dinner and tell them in person. I know we could call them each but I am just starting to think about is there a way to tell them all in a special way? 

Thanks for any ideas. We are scared to actually tell people but it will be time to tell them. They  have all been praying for us to have a baby so I want to share the joy with them. Plus, if something happens, I will need their love and support.

Traci
 

Other than our closest relatives and my OH family here, we didn't tell a soul. We waited to share our news because I feared another miscarriage.. So yesterday I had my 18 week ultrasound and when I got home I scanned the pics and prepared an email that I sent to our families (most already knew) and close friends to let them know that we're expecting and that baby is measuring right on target for how far along I am... Then I posted it onto my FB because the "rest of the world" needed to share in our joy LOL

Wow, you waited until 18 weeks! I wish I was that strong. I am just having trouble because none of our family know (our parents, siblings, etc). I am having the hardest time not telling my parents!!!

Last time, I did and email and sent it to each family member (brother, dad, in-laws, etc) and it was a copy of the ultrasound saying they were going to be an Uncle, Aunt, Grandpa, etc. We had them open it on the phone with us. Then, it was so hard when I lost the baby.
 

 You know how they have "save the Date" for weddings.  You could do something similiar with the due date :)  Save the Date magnets :)  with a pic of the first ultrasound or something on it :)

That is too cute!!!

Believe me, waiting this long was very difficult.. gets old and hard to explain why I don't want wine or beer, etc etc but after the miscarriage experience, I swore to myself that I would hold it in as long as I possibly could.. Don't get me wrong - the support and TLC I got from friends and family when we lost our first one was amazing and I'm SO thankful they were there for me/us, but I needed to be sure for ME that this pregnancy had really taken hold before I could feel comfortable sharing the news.. Now, though, I'm ready to scream it on the roof tops!

I like Tabetha's idea of a "Save the Date" magnet - they're really easy to make yourself with a decent printer and a kit...

i was goig to suggest tabetha's idea

I love Tabetha's idea. You could  upload the ultrasound pic and print of the cards at WalMart or Walgreens pretty inexpensively and send them off. As for your immediate family, in the event they did not get the cards before others and they started talking you could deliver those in person at a dinner or lunch along with maybe a special gift for the grandma/grandpa to be.

That would be a great idea to print cards inexpensively!
 
I like Tabitha's idea but I am NOT CRAFTY!
 

For the Grandparents we made a copy of the ultrasound and framed it.  I place the picture on a mat and wrote, By the Grace of God I will arrive April 2010, then I framed it.