Cute Ways to Say You are Expecting | Being Pregnant

For my first pregnancy, I waited until I started showing and people started asking questions before I revealed that I was pregnant.

Traditionally, Jewish couples wait three months before they share their news with family and friends. And as someone who has suffered ups and downs while trying to conceive, the tradition makes perfect sense to me on a both a physical and emotion level.

For my current pregnancy, announcing was a bigger deal because I live a large part of my life online. I had to figure out a way to tell my readers in a fashion that felt appropriate to my blog.

I still waited over three months and then announced I was expecting in a blog post entitled, ?What Do Snooki, Gisele and I have in common???which included the mandatory picture of a sonogram.

For evidence?s sake.

I followed that up with a game of ?Let?s Play? Guess the Gender of my Baby!??where I asked readers to guess ?boy or girl? for a prize. Then I got to make another announcement (IT?S A GIRL!) along with the winner. Pretty elaborate by my standards but also great blog fodder.

Obviously, you don?t have to be a blogger to do something really cute to spread your big news.?With social sharing continually growing and sites like Pinterest giving out plenty of ideas for free, more and more couples are opting to announce their ?bun in the oven? in creatively inspired ways.

Here are 20 of my favorite photos and announcements from expectant parents.?They are so adorable, I almost want to have a third.

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  The Famous Hand Making a Heart Over Belly

  This visual can be seen almost everywhere on Pinterest but this woman takes it up a notch by including a positive pregnancy test.
  Image source: Flickr

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  Big Sister Photo Strip

  Using the soon to be sibling is a great way to make him or her feel like it is her day too.
  Image source: Saifou

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  Hello My Name Is...

  Revealing the name of the baby before the birth is not my style but if it was, this is a creative way to do it.
  Image source: The Daily Buzz

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  Camera Shy

  For a family photographers, this is a great way to introduce their soon-to-be new camera assistant.
  Image source: Buzzfeed

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  Another Approach to Shoes

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  No, We are not talking about spaghetti...

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  Bun in the Oven

  I saw a lot of cards with Bun in the Oven but this one was my favorite because it involves the soon-to-be big sister.
  Image source: Wedding Bee

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  For the Tech Geeks

  I hope they've got a good wireless connection or else this pregnancy might last ten months!
  Image source: Buzzfeed

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  Tiny Boots

  Nothing is cuter than tiny cowboy boots except potentially their soon-to-be born baby. Nah, tiny cowboy boots are cuter.
  Image source: Flickr

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  Reading Material

  I'm just impressed that she got her husband to pick up a pregnancy magazine. Mine waited until the day before our daughter was born to do some research.
  Image source: Buzzfeed

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Source: http://blogs.babble.com/being-pregnant/2012/11/06/20-adorable-ways-to-say-were-pregnant/

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