Telling the world..

[lilmisspositive]

Okay, I seem to be on a roll today with threads. Sorry ; )

I am so excited about the prospect of bubs arriving and with friends and families anxiously awaiting the arrival of him or her from everywhere in the world including most in Canada... it brings to my attention, that there is always that one person who will write on your Facebook page and let everyone know before you get a chance to!! We do not know the sex so everyone is quite eager to see if they guessed correctly.

I was thinking of telling everyone at the same time on Facebook with picture but probably wont be a priority after the caesar, I am guessing..... And hubby will be ringing a few select few I am sure. *Was thinking of doing Skype from hospy room but not sure if after a C section I will be up for that. : )

So tell me, how did you tell the world? Any thoughts? Creative ways to do it? What would you of changed about the way you did it?

Thanks ladies. : )

[Traveller]

I had a text message in my drafts, that I only needed to add date, time and weight to. For the twins I had to add names too as we didn't know what we were having. It meant that everyone, including all our relatives in Scotland, would find out at the same time and nobody could spoil the news for anyone else. I know a lot of people think a text is quite impersonal but we explained to everyone what we were intending to do, and included my hospital telephone number in the text, so they could all phone me back

[Arimeh]

Err ok well DH rings my mum who then rings her siblings and my siblings and DH calls my dad.

I text people to announce it on forums for me so my online friends know.

Then I announce it on Facebook when I get the chance to. Then I email any others after all that. Should cover everyone!

[toomanyshoes]

We were really slack but because I was booked in to be induced everyone already knew what date it would be.

With DS (our first) mum was at the hospital and called EVERYONE afterwards so we didn't have to bother.

With DD it was just DH and I at the hospital and we rang mum and left it with her lol about the only time I've been happy for her to blab to everyone.

For me I preferred the time with DH and the new bub rather than having to be on the phone.

[feeb]

DS1 was born late at night so DH rang his parents and my mum was with us so she rang my dad and my brothers, I rang my best friend and then sent sms about 10 hrs later to everyone else. Thats when my BB notification person was told as well. Even thought IOL only my parents, DH mum and my best friend knew i was being induced.

DS2 was a morning so once back in room and we had settled in so probably 3 hrs after birth, DH rang my mum who was at our house with DS1, and his mum and dad. My mum rang my dad and brothers and I rang my best friend and sent out sms to all those I wanted to and then I quickly jumped on FB to find out SIL had allreday posted on my FB page so i was peed off!!!!!! And posted announcment anyway!!! Even thought was a planned CS only my parents and best friend knew the date of cs,

Personally I think its really rude when people post on fb before the person has posted themselves!!

[Danielle_NZ]

As my husband and I have phones with facebook and a camera we will announce via facebook with a photo. A planned c-section so everyone will know what day and the sex so details will all that will need to be advised.

Being most of my friends are in NZ I know I HATE waiting for pictures lol

[Mrs P]

We called the super important people, texted the next most important people, and I guess the rest found out eventually, ha ha. On the topic of facebook, someone did write about the arrival of DD prior to us even posting a thing about her, and they even spelt her name wrong. (yes, it still annoys me 6 months on, ha ha!) So I hope no-one spoils the announcement for you! It's kinda something you like to do yourself!!

[~me~]

Called our parents and DH sent everyone else a text...the last one was "Oh ****, it's a girl and Oh ****, she has red hair", and that was all he sent!
I'm not a fan of doing big announcements on FB.

[Amaunet]

Maybe deactivate your facebook until you are ready then no one can jump the gun?

DH called his parents, I had my mum and she called my dad and everyone else got a text.

[BabyWrangler]

We had a blanket sms go out (we could set up groups in our phones, so prior to the delivery we made sure we had all the people in the group) (Parents, siblings, special friends, Nettie! etc), and sent a pic message straight away.

Then we used FB from our phones (I have a delightful pic of me doing the first BF while telling the world ie, updating my FB status!!)

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

DD1 - i had an SMS ready but due to her quick birth i have no idea who told who. I was on the phone to mum and as far as i know she called my brother and my nans but i have no idea who called my dad.
Once we actually got to hosp i sent a txt but the story was already out there and had a couple of comments on FB.

DD2 - we had an SMS ready to go, we called our parents that night (i think) and then sent the SMS first thing in the morning, then i updated FB on my mob with a msg from us

[sconeonamission]

Pretty much as almost as DS was born, dh rang my mum and his mum. They pretty much did the rest.

I'm gonna have to have a chat with dh this time round, as I want to wait a little while just the 3 of us, before DS is overwhelmed with having a little brother / sister. Mil will probably be the first to know, as she'll be looking after DS if I'm in labour at night or over the weekend...