https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:06:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654339 Fri, 23 May 2014 08:18:53 +0000 Charm54 1654339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, just FB </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654329 Fri, 23 May 2014 08:15:22 +0000 Mamaof2 1654329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes for both kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654328 Fri, 23 May 2014 08:14:56 +0000 chopsuey 1654328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only for DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654324 Fri, 23 May 2014 08:12:51 +0000 LuLu Mom 1654324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I wanted to show off her cute newborn pictures :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654293 Fri, 23 May 2014 07:52:43 +0000 Alivoo01 1654293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: This!! </p> <p>I'm a pretty private person on FB so I didn't announce or post anything about DS's birth. Family and friends that came to visit us at the hospital made the announcement for us by posting pics of them with the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654250 Fri, 23 May 2014 07:27:36 +0000 Adira 1654250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Partly because I wanted the keepsake. But the other reason is half my family isn't on the internet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654246 Fri, 23 May 2014 07:23:21 +0000 PixieStix 1654246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't because I don't know enough people to justify sending them to, so I didn't see it as worthwhile. It's also not really the sort of thing my hubby and I are in to. We didn't have a baby shower either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654173 Fri, 23 May 2014 06:22:11 +0000 blackbird 1654173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I'm a traditionalist about announcements. most of our family doesn't do the internet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654099 Fri, 23 May 2014 05:07:21 +0000 lamariniere 1654099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We have friends and family all over and not everyone is online. I also think it's nice to receive them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654081 Fri, 23 May 2014 04:48:10 +0000 illumina 1654081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I've never known anyone IRL send them out...I think with FB it's become unnecessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654080 Fri, 23 May 2014 04:46:45 +0000 Purpledaisy 1654080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I figured with fb it was kind of unnecessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1654073 Fri, 23 May 2014 04:24:02 +0000 Dandelion 1654073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope :/ but I think this year I'm gonna get a good photo done of M and D and send photo Christmas cards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653855 Thu, 22 May 2014 22:02:49 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1653855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was born in November so I did a combined Christmas/birth announcement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653854 Thu, 22 May 2014 22:02:43 +0000 rattles 1653854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I'm a sucker for paper goods. We have one framed in her nursery. </p> <p>@wonderstruck: @Torchwood: Minted addressed them for us. We uploaded our address list, and they arrived pre-addressed. We just had to stuff, stamp and send. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653848 Thu, 22 May 2014 22:00:36 +0000 nadsia 1653848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tiny Prints,found on Pinterest and had to have them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653755 Thu, 22 May 2014 21:25:29 +0000 yin 1653755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't for my first but had announcements for my second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653748 Thu, 22 May 2014 21:23:00 +0000 doodlepoodle 1653748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did! I loved doing them but I don't know if anyone else cared ;) I love having it as a memento and we wrote a thank you note on them for folks who visited/brought gifts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653721 Thu, 22 May 2014 21:12:22 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1653721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did - for all sorts of reasons - I love getting/sending snail mail and I love paper goods, I have a fair amount of relatives that are not on FB and my mom wanted to send some to her friends, I wanted to use the newborn photos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653673 Thu, 22 May 2014 20:56:25 +0000 Torchwood 1653673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted yes, because we will do them. I just want to because I love getting them! And I'll try to pick a design that can be framed or has a picture that can be cut out and framed, so that family members who want pictures can get them that way.</p> <p>@wonderstruck: Oh, I'm glad you said that! I'll have to be sure and figure out what size we'll use when the time comes soon, and get them addressed before she gets here. Or convince DH to buy a printer so I can just print out labels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653668 Thu, 22 May 2014 20:54:11 +0000 lilteacherbee 1653668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we sent them out as a birth announcement/Christmas card combo (He was born mid-November). I wanted to use our newborn photos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653665 Thu, 22 May 2014 20:53:59 +0000 Silva 1653665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, because I'm cheap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653589 Thu, 22 May 2014 20:35:20 +0000 twodoghouse 1653589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet, but I hope to. They are going to be 3 weeks soon so I better get on it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653580 Thu, 22 May 2014 20:33:24 +0000 birdofafeather 1653580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep, i'm a photographer and also like paper goods! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653135 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:09:39 +0000 bushelandapeck 1653135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we used a picture from his newborn photos. I still like to look at it sometimes :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653126 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:07:48 +0000 nana87 1653126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we thought it would be redundant bc we sent out an email + fb post. I made thank you cards w a photo so some ppl got a snail mail pic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653117 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:06:25 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1653117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup! I liked the look of them, and we have a lot of extended family in other states that we're not friends with on FB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653106 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:05:15 +0000 wonderstruck 1653106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I confess that I totally planned on doing this - I even ordered them! But the idea of addressing that many envelopes while caring for a newborn was just not happening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653092 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:03:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 1653092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: Haha same here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653088 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:02:43 +0000 shinymama 1653088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes because the only thing better than getting snail mail is snail mail with pictures. {Plus my older relatives aren't on Facebook.} </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-send-out-birth-announcements-1#post-1653083 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:02:20 +0000 MoonMoon 1653083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just put a small status on FB. Everyone close to us got calls, texts, or emails before.</p> <p>We did use one of his nb pictures as our holiday card 6 months later, though. </p>