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Do I live in a bubble? Pregnancy announcements?
My sister is expecting twins in the fall. Today we received what I guess is a pregnancy announcement in the mail. It looks like something you would get off Vistaprint or Shutterfly and says "Oops! We did it again and again....we're having twins! Due Date September 2011." And it has a picture of her 2 year old on it.
Do I live in a bubble where I have never seen such a thing before? Are people doing this nowadays sending announcements of their pregnancy?
All of that aside, I find it disturbing that my sister chose a phrase that includes "we did it again and again" in reference to getting pregnant and sent this to all of her friends and family.
Re: Do I live in a bubble? Pregnancy announcements?
Nope, I've never gotten one. Closest thing I've gotten was an invite to a baby shower. Or seen people's postings on FB.
IMHO it's not a wedding or something you're invited to; why send an announcement out? I can see sending a personal card to people you care about (I can think of maybe 5 people, I might send them to - 2 grandmothers, 1 aunt, and 2 good friends), but not a mass-marketing to all your contacts.
Put that info in your holiday newsletter if you must. But I don't share with a whole lot of people...
So glad it's not just me who was a little put off by that wording...I wasn't going to say anything until I read that it bothered you too! lol
I have never heard of anything like this...not sure this is a trend I'd follow, either.
Ditto.
I mean, if I want someone to know I'm pregnant, it wouldn't be via mail.
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Same here. We have a ton of birth announcements on our fridge (which is a cluttered mess of birth announcements, picture Christmas cards, etc.), but I've never received a "pregnancy announcement." I agree it's kind of strange.
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Christie - do you have 2 sisters who are/were PG? Didn't you just become a preemie's aunt, or am I mixed up?
I've never heard of a pregnancy announcement. I would never do this, as morbid as it sounds, what if something happens prebirth? I'd stick to the saying of "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" in regards to sending a pg announcement!
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This is what I kind of thought the intent might be. Kind of "Hey everyone we already have a kid so I won't be having another shower, BUT we are having twins so maybe you should buy me gifts since there will be two"
This!!! Call me superstitious, but I hate it when women do things like that. My SIL is 2 months pregnant and already picking out baby names and announcing it to EVERYONE. And I cringe every time she brings it up.
But like PP's said, I've gotten birth announcements, never a pregnancy one.
I have never heard of this, and I do not like it.
Just recently, within the last two weeks, I've found out 5 women are expecting through FACEBOOK. It's so odd to me that their close friends are all.. WOW CONGRATS.. I would kill my bf if that's the way she told me!!! I could see posting later on so that family/friends that are at a distance (or the random fb friends on your list lol) could still appreciate it, but no one close to you should find out through a status update!
I think its a little bit off. It almost seems like a ploy to get gifts which is fine, but have someone throw you a babyshower. Or a meet the babies party when they are born. People have them all the time with second children.
How exciting for them though! I would love to have twins. :-)
I once read that increasing dairy while TTC can increase your odds by 1%. Ha.
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I want to quote just everyone here and say "this"
I've never seen it, and the only time I can think it's appropriate is if maybe you're 6 months along when you're sending out christmas cards or something?
What she did just sounds kind of AW-ish and the phrase was in poor taste. And yes, it would be so unfortunate to send something like that out then have something happen during pregnancy
The biggest bummer is that she's now done this odd act that is currently over shadowing the very exciting fact that she's expecting twins. Oh well, folks should get over the poor taste soon enough
quick sidenote: I thought I read somewhere that in Russia, you hardly do anything to formally celebrate a baby until it's born... I mean you can talk about it, but I think its customary to not even throw showers till after the baby is born, as giving a mother a gift for an unborn child is like 'jinxing' her.
Yeah, I've actually known a few people whose mothers refused to throw or even attend a baby shower for this very reason.
And I agree with everyone else about the announcement. I find it kind of... off-putting, even without the awkward wording.
Yes Hannah, my one sister just had a baby on Sunday and I have another that is pregnant w/twins, also two cousins expecting in the fall. Lots and lots of babies!
I also have to agree w/EVERYONE who mentions being superstitious. My other two sisters wouldn't wash a piece of baby clothing until their babies were born. Especially with twins, that is usually a high risk pregnancy and I don't think my sister was in the optimal health to carry kids either.
I do agree that an announcement could be part of a Christmas letter or something of that sort. But now that I have seen all of your opinions, I have to say my sister is a freaking moron. I didn't want to start off by saying that in case this was a common thing and I just wasn't aware everyone was doing it.