Telling kids about the new baby

I would tell them now.  You're past the first trimester and have had a scan so you know that the baby's healthy plus Miss 4 might be less likely to get physical with you when she's upset if you remind her that you have a baby in your belly and she needs to be gentle.

I've found it useful to pinpoint the due date between other dates they look forward to but know are awhile away.  Eg.  When I was preg with Michaela I told Elizabeth (who was 5) and Josh (who was 3) that the new baby would come around Easter time.  This time the kids know that the baby is due after Michaela's birthday and before Elizabeth's birthday.

The getting in part I didn't need to talk to them about, thank goodness.  But since their still very young I'd tend to go with a childs version of the truth something along the lines that daddy and mummy love each other so much, and they love you so much, that they thought it would be great to share their love blah blah blah so daddy gave mummy a seed which is nestled in her womb and growing into a baby. 

I'm sure there are childrens books about it too that might be helpful.  Try There's a House Inside My Mummy and Angel in the Waters.

Yeh I think your right and I'm sure I can dodge any difficult questions with some other bit of exciting news. DH (SH today) just said tel them it's adult thing but I thought something a little more interesting would be good-the seed story is definately the go.
Wow thats so cool that she knew Kazzle!
Maybe I'll tell them tonight coz I hate not being able to share it with them

We had a family meeting around the bbq table while eating ice cream; I told the older two when I was 12 weeks.

We told lachie as soon as we found out cause we were oh so excited. We waited till he asked how Soghia got in mums tummy and told him that Daddy put her in ther to grow safely. Lachie then asked how she was going to get out? (little bugger!!) So i just said i will push her out then distracted him...he then got upset cause he did not want me to be ripped open (how did he know I would need a c section?) I then went on to explaine Everything will be ok cause we would be with the Dr's and they wouldn't let anything happen to me (He loves Dr's and trusts them completely). He then corrected me and told me that daddy put sophia on the bed and the shark put her in my tummy. WTF? He was happy with that so we left him to it lol. He came to all the appointments and blood tests (so he could se I was not being hurt) and he is the most devoted big brother ever...Everyone who holds Sophia is reminded that she is his sister and they cannot take her away. My beautiful boy!!!!

My daughter (4 yrs old at the time) was actually the first to know. DH went out and bought the test, I went and did it, told Marissa the results and then she told Daddy. It was DH birthday so that was his birthday present.

She was really good at keeping the secret too, we didn't want to tell anyone else until the 3 month mark and she didn't tell anyone. Then once the 3 month mark came she got to call all of the grandparents and tell them that she was going to be a big sister.

We kept Marissa really involved the whole way through, she came to 90% of my MW appts, always helping them with taking my blood pressure and listening to the baby's heartbeat. She also came to my scans so she found out we were having a boy the same time I did.

Marissa was also present at the birth, I prepared her really well. Telling her mummy might make some weird noises and that I might be in some pain but that it was ok. I also told her that the baby would look a bit dirty at first and showed her pictures of her birth, etc ,etc. She was great, she gave Graeson a kiss as soon as he was born and told the MW's his name.

We havent told the kids yet gona wait till i'm 12 weeks, dont want to have to explain to them that mummy lost the baby if i do.
I can't even remember when we told Blair about Ryan & Katelyn think it was after my scan when we found out there was 2 of them.