How to announce pregnancy at the wedding?? Help and ideas please! :)

You could do it in a toast thanking everyone for coming and then leap into it

Awww... congrats!! I don't know what would be a cute way of doing it though... but I'm sure one of these lovely ladies will have something super cute/cool to say

I think it's cute to tell people at the reception during a toast but this is a really special time and if I were you I'd tell your parents in private. It's just something I'd want my parents to know before the guests. Oh and way to go with keeping it a secret! We tried to do that since I had a miscarriage and we wanted to make sure everything would go ok this time but 20 minutes after taking the test we were telling our parents lol.

Congratulations. That was my thought that since everyone should still be there during the toast that you could mention it then.

Well I've never had a dad, and my mother passed away two years ago, and FH's mother passed away last year, so its just his dad left for "parents". Do you think we should still pull him aside and tell him separately?

You could tell him during the father daughter dance assuming you are dancing with him..or thank him as a future grandfather during the toast waiting a second until he realizes what you said then AHH OMG! Btw congratulations

I agree about the toast idea. And yes I think you guys should sit him down and tell him before hand.

Congrats!!! That is so exciting!!!! I think you should tell him before you announce it. Maybe find a special moment the day before and let him in on the secret.

Good Luck!!!

I went to a wedding where the bride and groom told everyone they were pregnant, but they actually came over to each table at dinner and greeted the guests at each with the good news...I thought it was really personal and such a happy thing to share with all your guests!

Good Luck and Congrats!

I don't want to damper your good times, but when you are pregnant, please, please, please do not drink. Studies show that even one drink can cause damage to the brain of the developing fetus. My wish for you is a happy reception AND a healthy baby. Maybe you could inform the guests that you will drinking sparkling grape juice instead of alcohol because you already love the little bundle of joy developing inside of you.

Thank you for the PSA Dawn.

I'm in healthcare, and this isn't my first rodeo... I have an almost 9 year old. I know what to do and what not to do at a wedding pregnant, even with an open bar that I am paying for. Besides, I'm not known for being a drinker, so even with a water in my hand, I will look normal.

Jennifer, please don't think I was attacking you, because I wasn't. There are just so many people, even some doctors, who do not stop to think about the damage that could be done to the fetus. My adopted children all have some type of brain damage due to their birth mother's drinking while pregnant and I see first hand the aftermath of that damage. It's sad because it is 100% preventable.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding and the birth of your new baby!

Thank you for your concern, but I know not to drink. I don't even need to toast with champagne, I'd rather orange juice anyway. I just wanted a good idea how to tell everyone at the wedding. We've waited so long to tell everyone, that I want it to be special. My FH is completely sober also, so I don't drink ever out of support for him. I have to visit the NICU at the hospital at least once a shift, and I see first hand the effects of drugs and alcohol, especially drugs, on babies. Very sad.

So I am 99% sure you will be too early for this, but I think it's so cute I had to share. I met a lady the other day who is going to the doctor to have the ultrasound to find out the baby's gender, but instead of telling them, the doctor is calling the bakery and the bakery will make the inside of the cake blue for a boy and pink for a girl. They will find out at the same time as everyone else.

I would tell your FH dad beforehand privately, but I wonder if there's some spin on the cake idea to tell everyone else.

At Juliette. I've heard of that cake idea as well and actually have facebook friends who've done that and posted it on their walls.

Yeah, you don't find out the sex until like 18 weeks, and we are only 11 weeks along, so there's no way to know what we are having yet. I wish I knew though, I can't wait to start baby shopping, but I can't buy anything until I find out pink or blue.

One idea is to have the minister give a special blessing for the baby after your ceremony.

Another idea is to do a slide show of FH and Your baby pictures and then at the end put and ultrasound picture and say "Were Pregnant".

or

You could do it in sections . . . have a slide that says "first comes love" and have a bunch of pics of you as a couple in your early relationship . . . then "then comes marriage" and have pics of you when you got engaged and through your engagement . . . then "then comes the baby in the baby carriage" and put up the ultrasound pic, maybe some belly shots.

Maybe you could play a baby song? I made a CD of songs for a friend who had a baby it would stand out and could be fun to see if your guests figure it out! I would tell your FFIL first and share a moment together.

Congrats date twin, 10 days!! I like Jennifer A's idea!

We don't have any way to do a slide show, or else that would be an AWESOME idea!! I do have an ultrasound picture where you can see the baby already that would be perfect, but no way to put it up like that, darnit.