Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:44:10 +0000 kiddosc on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11521 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:18:00 +0000 kiddosc 11521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've definitely slipped out a "we are pregnant" or two. DH likes to be involved, but it does sound kind of weird. I'll have to try to remember to use we are expecting/having a baby. Those sound like much better options HabesBabe on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11384 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:51:02 +0000 HabesBabe 11384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I hate saying it, but it always comes out to "We're pregnant." I'll start to be more conscious of it and say I'm pregnant/We're expecting instead. loveisstrange on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11348 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:40:56 +0000 loveisstrange 11348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always say "I'm pregnant" because DH is not pregnant and he doesn't want to be. lol. If I am talking about us as a couple, I say "We are having a baby". skibobrown on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11313 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:34:23 +0000 skibobrown 11313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I like to say "We're expecting a baby" b/c it implies that my husband is involved, without saying "we're pregnant", which for some reason I find super annoying. DH loves to say "we're pregnant", but mostly just to tease me b/c he knows how much I hate it. I told him if he wants to experience feeling nauseous and hungover for 13 weeks straight, then he can start using the term "we're pregnant". erinpye on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11296 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:09 +0000 erinpye 11296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I agree I find it a little weird when couples say "we are pregnant" because no, actually just I am pregnant. I prefer "I am pregnant," or my husband saying "my wife is pregnant," or if we need to add the "we" in there, "we are having a baby." jennylynn on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11231 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:39:41 +0000 jennylynn 11231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I usually say "I'm pregnant" or "We're going to have a baby". I don't like the "We're pregnant" thing. I think it sounds cheesy and creepy. eeh on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11226 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:36:32 +0000 eeh 11226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm a bit of a stickler about saying she (whether I'm referring to myself or another woman) and the couple is expecting. However, my husband did trip me up when I said something about how our neighbors just had a baby. He pointed out that that wouldn't follow my guidelines because SHE had the baby, not both of them. Left me stumped about what to say. theotherstark on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11217 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:24:29 +0000 theotherstark 11217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I will definitely say I am pregnant, and we are expecting! Navy_Mommy on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11210 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:18:43 +0000 Navy_Mommy 11210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Winniebee (and others) and I are on the same page, I'm pregnant but we're expecting. I think hubby usually says "we're having a baby" Maysprout on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11158 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:31:19 +0000 Maysprout 11158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I said I'm pregnant but if I wanted to use we I'd say more like we're expecting or we're having a baby. cyndistar3 on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11156 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:30:52 +0000 cyndistar3 11156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We usually say we are having a baby. MsMini on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11150 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:24:52 +0000 MsMini 11150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I say I am pregnant ... because DH sure isn't the one praying to the porcelain gods every morning, afternoon and night! Mrs. D on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-11146 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:22:26 +0000 Mrs. D 11146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'll admit to slipping on occasion and saying we're pregnant instead of we're expecting. I also sometimes say we're _weeks instead of I. It's hard sometimes! PBandBaseball on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1860 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:04:55 +0000 PBandBaseball 1860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I agree with winniebee, "We're expecting" sounds so much better to me than "We're pregnant". LazyLightning on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1840 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:49:09 +0000 LazyLightning 1840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think I'd go with what winniebee said. "I am pregnant" versus "we are expecting." "We are pregnant,' though I've heard it said by other couples, sounds as if we are each going to have a baby!! Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1785 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:54:10 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 1785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I say both. Depends who I am talking to. winniebee on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1776 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:26:41 +0000 winniebee 1776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have said "I'm pregnant!" and my husband says "Winniebee is pregnant!" I might tell people "we are expecting" but I wouldn't say "we are pregnant." mediagirl on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1764 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:24:29 +0000 mediagirl 1764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think I would say I am pregnant and my husband would say his wife is pregnant. Like Mr Bee said, I really don't think he has a uterus in there... tequiero21 on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1758 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:05:52 +0000 tequiero21 1758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my husband says that i'm pregnant. i think i use both. but it's just easier saying "we're having a baby".... actually, we're having babies. lavender on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1731 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:16:04 +0000 lavender 1731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We both say that "I am pregnant", for some reason the term "We're pregnant" annoys me, because the guy really isn't pregnant. Another literalist here! mrbee on "Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tell-people-we-are-pregnant-or-do-you-say-i-am-pregnant#post-1722 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:05:42 +0000 mrbee 1722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When Mrs. Bee tells people the news, she usually says, "I am pregnant." Other couples will say, "We're pregnant." Or the guy will say, "We're pregnant." But I just can't bring myself to say it. I guess I am a literalist, and so it feels weird to say that "we" are pregnant when I have no uterus (to my knowledge). Do you tell people, "We are pregnant" or do you say, "I am pregnant."? What about your SO... how did they share the news with others?