BR: Birth Announcements Question

inamra

I started early and finished designing our birth announcements because I saw some blue patterned paper that I liked during New Year/MLK sales when I went shopping for yarn. But now I'm wondering, who exactly do we send them to? There are some family members and close friends that are definitely on the list because they're either not in the area or will not be at the hospital when the baby is born, but then what about those that are committed to being at the hospital when the baby is born. Would it be "weird" to announce the birth of our baby via mail (aka birth announcements) when they were already there when it happened? I never received a birth announcement in my life and I don't think in my family's culture, anyone ever sends them at all, so I'm just not sure what the proper etiquette is here. TIA!!

SirenSong

Lol good question. I'm not sure about the etiquette either.

If I had to make the decision though, I would send it to everyone in your circle (family and friends), even the ones who were there at the hospital. My reasoning is that, they might like to have a nice little record of your LO's birth.

It's like your baby's first b'day card, yet it's to everyone else. Like a "Pin this up as a reminder of when my b'day is, buddy!" Lol.

 

redshoegirl

I've only ever received one, so I'm really not sure! But I think this is probably good advice:

SirenSong:

If I had to make the decision though, I would send it to everyone in your circle (family and friends), even the ones who were there at the hospital. My reasoning is that, they might like to have a nice little record of your LO's birth.

I mean, it's kind of like a wedding invitation, right? We gave them to our parents even though we already knew they'd be attending, just because we thought they'd like to have one. 

sanae78

I'm planning to send them to everyone on our Christmas card list.  I haven't received very many in the past (mostly just from my cousins) but we're doing a newborn photo session so I might as well use the photos for something, right?

myday1708

OK, we get a lot of them... You send them to your family and friends. Definitely include those who were at the hospital. They'll still want one!

We sent them to 1) everyone who we invited to our wedding; 2) everyone who was invited to my baby shower; 3) folks on our Christmas card list who weren't in the pvs two catetories; 4) new mom friends; 5) everyone on the massive list my MIL gave me of her friends; 6) the doctor who delivered Alexa; 7) my co-workers and boss; 8) the White House; 9) neighbors; 10) anyone else I could think of.

You, obviously, do not need to send out as may as I did! Etiquette is that birth announcements are just that - an ANNOUNCEMENT! Scream the news as loud as you want. It's not considered a gift grab. It's sharing good news! 

HTH! 

MrsNJSwimmer

myday1708:

OK, we get a lot of them... You send them to your family and friends. Definitely include those who were at the hospital. They'll still want one!

We sent them to 1) everyone who we invited to our wedding; 2) everyone who was invited to my baby shower; 3) folks on our Christmas card list who weren't in the pvs two catetories; 4) new mom friends; 5) everyone on the massive list my MIL gave me of her friends; 6) the doctor who delivered Alexa; 7) my co-workers and boss; 8) the White House; 9) neighbors; 10) anyone else I could think of.

You, obviously, do not need to send out as may as I did! Etiquette is that birth announcements are just that - an ANNOUNCEMENT! Scream the news as loud as you want. It's not considered a gift grab. It's sharing good news! 

HTH! 

this. 

We started with our Christmas Card list (because we sent ours as the Christmas card this year - good timing!), which was started from our wedding invite list.  We added a few neighbors and baby shower invitees, and people at work and sent one to the dr's office (they have them hanging up in the waiting room).  Just buy lots of stamps!

SanHawaii08

myday1708:

8) the White House

the white house! neat. is this a job-related thing, or is there a reason why the rest of us plebians might want to send a birth announcement to the white house?

mrspresley

SanHawaii08:

myday1708:

8) the White House

the white house! neat. is this a job-related thing, or is there a reason why the rest of us plebians might want to send a birth announcement to the white house?

I think it's like how a lot of knotties send their wedding invites to the White House too? Just b/c it's a cool thing to do

inamra

mrspresley:

SanHawaii08:

myday1708:

8) the White House

the white house! neat. is this a job-related thing, or is there a reason why the rest of us plebians might want to send a birth announcement to the white house?

I think it's like how a lot of knotties send their wedding invites to the White House too? Just b/c it's a cool thing to do

Heh, at first I thought maybe it's because Malia is in DC but yeah, maybe it's more for the reason that Jaime suggested

BoBride28

You should send one to the White House! I actually sent a wedding invite to the Obamas and got back a response!  So cool!