I’ve actually only been pregnant once (as at writing this article). But I hope to try for a second one when the time is right, hence this is my first pregnancy announcement. I wouldn’t say the way I did it is the most romantic way to tell your husband you’re pregnant but it achieved its goal, which was to creatively surprise my husband with the best news of his life.
The morning I found out I was pregnant my husband had gone out and he wouldn’t be returning until evening. I really wanted to share the news right away and cursed under by breath that why was it today that I had good news that he was out. I mean he’s usually at home in the mornings.
So I contemplated calling him and asking him to drive back home from wherever he was on his drive. But then I thought, no, I can wait till evening. My husband isn’t someone you ask to rush home without telling him why on the phone, otherwise he’d have a heart attack before getting home, out of panic over what could be the matter.
In the meantime I would go confirm officially that I was pregnant; as is the case with most women who find out they are pregnant, it was a home pregnancy test that had confirmed it for me at this time. So I went to a Lab and did a blood pregnancy test, and the result was astounding positive!
Now that it was hundred percent confirmed that I was pregnant and I still had a lot of time to myself before my husband returned, I started to think of the best way to reveal the good news to my husband.
I rushed to Google. I’d actually previously ran some Google searches on ideas for announcing pregnancy to your husband, ahead of getting pregnant. I did that because I knew it will be big for us when it did happen. So I had been thinking about it for awhile, but I didn’t really find any suggestion that would work for us. In the end I decided to put the pregnancy test stick still showing the two positive lines into an envelop and when he returns and settles in I’d give him and tell him that his one year wedding anniversary gift came in early. 😊
You see, I remember thinking earlier on, when I was considering what to get him for our first year wedding anniversary, that it would be nice if I got pregnant before our anniversary so that I could present him the baby as his gift. So that was where that idea came from. But when he got home I was so excited and nervous (because I wanted the surprise to go right) that I didn’t wait for him to settle in. And I just presented the envelope to him and forgot the part about mentioning it was his anniversary gift, instead I said the envelope was left at the door for him earlier in the day. 🤦 😀
As he was opening it he was saying it has to be from the management of our flat notifying us of the upcoming rent renewal. Then he brought out the stick and he was confused. He was looking at it like what’s this? He didn’t get it. I had to tell him “I’m pregnant!”. He was shocked. He thought it was a prank. He didn’t believe it until I showed him the official test result. I then told him how I found out and that I had to take a blood test before he got home to be very sure before telling him. I expressed to him all my actions and emotions after I found out I was pregnant. I even played for him the video I did of the moment. He was overwhelmed with joy. 😊 He looked at me and said something about how God has been so generous to me. I agreed with that.
He had had a very hectic day that day. He didn’t get home until very late because his car had developed a fault on the mainland and we live on the Island (if you live in Lagos Nigeria you would know these areas). And to drive back home he had to fix the car and that took a lot of time and effort.
By the time he got home he was exhausted. But after hearing the news my husband that walked into the house looking like his body was running on his last energy, became very energetic and he didn’t sleep that day until past 3am, I think. He was up just playing some of his favorite native music. And I was awake with him still not believing the news of the day. All through my pregnancy I still had days I couldn’t believe that it happened for me, I was pregnant! 😊. Why, you ask? You would understand from the article First Pregnancy at 40!.