On our honeymoon we had purchased two small baby suits, one yellow jacket and one all white suit with a teddy on it.

On the label of each suit I had written 'Due to be filled on the 15th August 06. Love BabiesEverywhere and Deckchair xxx' each suit was wrapped in tissue paper and placed in a gift bag.

We set off without speaking to either set of parents, as we thought it would be too suspect to announce a visit just a couple of weeks before our already arranged christmas visits.

We called in Wigan to see my parents first and my parents were out, even though they had no plans the night before...arghh. We had a pub lunch at the Foresters, the pub I use to work at around the corner and went to my parental home again no go.

So then we drove up to Blackpool to tell my in laws. Deckchair gave his mother the gift bag and when she opened it, she thought we were planning on starting a family and Deckchair had to explain that we were already pregnant.

What was amusing was that my mum in law changed the subject and talked about many other topics over the next hour but kept coming out with questions about the baby at random points.

Before we left Deckchair's parents I rang my mum too check if they were back home, telling her that we have been to Blackpool to show my in-laws the wedding pictures (which we had done but that of course was not the whole truth) and asked if we drop by for a cup of tea on the way home, which of course my mum agreed to.

I was so nervous about telling my mum which was so silly, as I knew she would be over the moon but it is such an important thing that I wanted it to go well.

I gave my mum her bag telling her it was another present from our honeymoon, whilst Deckchair and my father were talking about something else but I couldn't wait any longer.

My mum was so shell shocked when she opened the present, she just looked between me and back at the little white baby suit, even lifting the suit higher to check what it was.

Deckchair said my father saw what my mum was looking at and just broke into the biggest smile ever. My mum mouthed really?. Yes, I said.

She gave me a big hug and then did a mock faint on the sofa saying she couldn't believe it and things got more giddy from then on.

We talked nine to the dozen about so many baby things you wouldn't belive. What a lovely day to break the news.

I was so tired, I fell asleep on the way home, whilst Deckchair drove back home to Sheffield.