Wait TWO?!
I started having difficulties finding outfits that would keep my bump a secret. I also was snacking and drinking more water so whenever people went with me on road trips to the grocery store, shopping, or just to go into town for something I always had some sort of protein-based snack I was eating. We decided that we were going to start telling family at the 12-week mark.
I wanted to tell my family in a fun way, so we decided to have two onesies made. My coworker has a Cricket so I asked her if she could make me some onesies. Obviously, I had to tell her that I was pregnant at that point, but she said she would not tell anyone until I announced it.
We had her make one onesie that said, “See you in March 2023” and the other said “Me too!”. Time to tell the fam!
We drove out to my parents’ house so Kaison, my oldest son, could hang out for a bit. While we were there, I had my husband go out and get the gift bag. The bag held the first onesie. He came in and gave it to mom who was sitting in the rocking chair and my dad was laying on the floor playing with Kaison. My brother was sitting on the couch next to my husband.
My mom opened the bag and pulled out the onesie and read it out loud then turned to us while saying “no way!”. Well, when she turned, she saw me holding the other onesie to which she then added “THERES TWO!”. My dad was laying on the floor with his hand on his head, as a typical father reaction LOL. Mission surprise my parents was complete.
When we got home that night, I sent the photos that we had taken a couple days ago to my other sister and friends, all of which were very surprised. Then it was time to call my husband’s side.
We facetimed his aunt, who is like a mom to him, first. We were both holding the onesies so when we decided it was time to show her, we lifted them up and her reaction was, “WAIT WHAT? What does that say? TWINS!”. After we announced our news to her, we then continued to talk about the pregnancy so far and just catch up on everything else in life.
After that call was done, we facetimed his sister. She was also shocked and amazed by the news. Since my first pregnancy was so rough, she mentioned how she didn’t think I was going to get pregnant for a while so the news definitely surprised her.
The last person on my husband’s side was his grandma. We called her and he told her the news. She was excited! She was nervous for us but also very excited and just assured us that this was a blessing and that we would be great parents to all three kids.
Once we told our family, we posted the photos that we took on Facebook. I know some people don’t like announcing their pregnancy, but I don’t mind it. I would rather let people know I was pregnant rather than seeing them on the street and having to explain it repeatedly.
Once everyone knew about the news then all the “advice” started coming. Some advice people give you is great but 80% of the time it’s just repeated advice that you’re tired of hearing. Also comments like “you’re going to have your hands full”, “better get sleep now when you can”, “you know how babies are made right?”, “did you conceive them naturally?”, “well that explains your size!”. These comments were said SO MANY times throughout the pregnancy that if I got a dollar each time someone said these, I would have been a millionaire already.
Overall, I loved carrying twins and being in that percentage of women who carry multiples, but hearing people say negative comments with good intentions just gets old. Just be kind, be happy for people, and realize that what you think will come off good may not always be what they want to hear, and people might take it in a way you didn’t mean for it to come across.
