I wanna tell!

I called my husband, Steve, immediately. I knew Steve would make a wonderful dad and he has wanted us to have a baby for so long. He was so excited! I made him promise that he would contain himself and not tell everyone.

By the time I got from Baker street to the Strand to meet my sister for lunch almost all our friends knew. Steve told them to pretend they didn't know and to act surprised when I shared the news. In the end the only people heard the news from me was my sister, my folks and my work colleagues. Steve told everyone else!

It is so exciting to tell your friends and family that there is a baby on the way. Some of them are very excited and others I think probably feel that they have lost you to 'the dark side'. That somehow you will be a different person and that somehow your friendship will wane. When Steve and I got married there was a time when we were planning the wedding that I felt I had nothing to contribute to any conversation unless it was wedding related. Will I morph into a baby crazed mommy who only talks about poo nappies and sleepless nights?