When did you make them & when did you actually give them out?
We are only 4wks 3 days & I am afraid of even making any until closer to our 12 wk mark. Maybe make them at 10 wks? Who knows!
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We didn't send any out before the baby was born (mostly because I wasn't pregnant). We had a discussion on whether we should send them before the adoption was finalized or not. Once he was born it wasn't a question. He was already our son whether the papers said it or not. They went out when he was about 4 weeks old.
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Do you mean pregnancy announcements? We waited until 12 weeks to announce publicly. We told our immediate families right away though.
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We didn't make any. We did a big post/announcement the first time when we had several good ultrasounds. Then, we lost the baby at 20 weeks. This time, we've just told family. As we've gotten further along, we are telling more, but we won't do a big announcement or send anything out until later, if we do it all.
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I've gotten a few from friends, and I honestly think it's a little weird to send out printed pregnancy announcements. Just makes me nervous for the parents/baby. If something were to happen, it seems like it would make things so much harder. Whatever floats your boat, but I prefer to send/receive birth announcements, after the baby is born.
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I have never got pregnancy announcement in the mail. Just in person, FB, or word of mouth.
We sent birth announcements.
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Not sure if you mean birth or pregnancy announcements?
Never got preg announcements in mail- prob just email/FB/text. I would think a mail announcement is kinda odd. Birth announcement- I think maybe sometime during the third tri you could pick out an announcement you like so that as soon as baby is born and you have a pic you could get them made? Prob a good idea to also have a mailing list ready
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I've never seen a printed pregnancy announcement before. We told friends and family in person. The first "printed" item typically received is a baby shower invite and that would usually be in the third trimester. I didn't get to printing my birth announcement until after the baby was born and they probably went out about 3 months later. We were too out of it before then with responsibilities of being new parents
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We won't send them out until the baby is born. We're planning to do ones with a photo and the name and date of birth and stuff, which you wouldn't know until that's a done deal.
I've cruised minted/Vistaprint for templates I might like, and to price them out, so it'll just be a matter of putting on the photo and info when the time comes.But, did you actually mean pregnancy announcements? I didn't/wouldn't do a printed mailer card for that. It kind of seems like too much attention for me.
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@rahlyrah: OMG yes that's what I meant to say! I wish I could blame that on "pregnancy brain" but that was just me.
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We didn't make any. Word spreads quick in my family so everyone would already know and it would be a waste.
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I've never seen a printed pregnancy announcement. It would make me nervous to see one. I just slowly spread the word once we were ready and didn't say anything on facebook until after 20 weeks.
If you do want to do something fun and special, how about a really cute photo or something for an email announcement for when you are ready to tell? Like those super cute photos with the two big pairs of shoes and baby shoes, but something unique to you?
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