Telling the families

My boyfriend really wanted to wait until after the holidays to tell our families. It would put me past the three month mark. I was okay with that... Until I took another look at my work schedule! Turns out, I was going to have to tell my job about it a LOT sooner. See, where I work, we take x-rays and can run nitrous. Neither of these are good for a pregnant woman. So, right before Halloween, I told my boyfriend we would have to spill the beans before the end of the weekend.

On the Tuesday before Halloween, my bf told his mom. It was a very big deal to tell her because he knew how much it would mean to her. She was ecstatic! She called me later and told me how happy she was and she couldn't wait. We talked for a little bit about it and she just kept getting more and more excited. It still wasn't real to me, but I was glad to hear her that happy.

On Halloween day/night, my guy ended up getting sick... like really sick. We thought about going to the hospital to figure out what was wrong. We got all the way there. But I talked to my mom and dad (who either worked or still work in the medical field) plus a pharmacist at CVS. They all said to get fluids in him; that we didn't need to go to the hospital. We turned around and went to his mom's to see everyone. While we were there, I told everyone about the baby. His mom, aunt, stepmom, grandmother... everyone. Then the rest of the family came in from trick or treating and everyone started telling them... it was CHAOS! lol

My bf's younger brother came up and told me I had to tell him the news. I said "Well, you're going to be an uncle!" That's when I got my first hug ever from him!!! My bf's even younger sister came up and asked why everyone was congratulating me. I told her it was because she was going to be an aunt. She's only nine, but she was really excited about it!

Right after that, my guy started feeling worse so we headed home. We laid down and he just kept getting worse; so we drove to the hospital again. This time we went in and had him admitted. Turns out... he had possible food poisoning! What a way to share the news! lol

Fast forward a few days to Saturday. He still wasn't feeling well but I really wanted to tell my family. I mean, I would have to go into work on Monday and tell them and I wanted my family to know before work. I also didn't want to tell them on Sunday because I didn't think that would be enough time to really let it sink in for them.

We drove to my mom's. She lives really close so it wasn't a huge drive. We walked in and my uncle was there helping fix up some window sills the pups had destroyed over the years. My mom was fixing their dinner and running around the kitchen. I tried waiting until both my mom and stepdad were in the same room, but after about 30 minutes I realized that wasn't going to happen. So I told my mom we were going to go. As I gave her a hug, I told her "Oh, by the way, you're going to be a grandma next summer." She just looked at me and said "Why?" I said "Why do you think?" She really didn't get it! lol I then said "Mom, I'm pregnant!!" That's when it finally hit her.

After a few minutes, she went and got my stepdad and I asked him "Now, did you want to be grampa or Pop-pop Bob?" They were both so happy!
After that I made the phone calls. To my dad. To my sisters. To my dad's grandparents. There were some mixed reactions. I'll be honest. I still am confused by some of them, but at the end of the day, I know I am happy. My relationship is AMAZING. And I have support there when I need it from who I need it from.