Who to phone first?

[StrawberryMumma]

I don't think it matters really!..But I think it's nice to phone the mother's parents first, just to let them know not only has bubby arrived but that the mum is ok following the birth too.

All the best!

[krisp]

Yep, I agree it's nice to phone the maternal grandparents first. That's what we did anyway. Good luck!

[black_rose]

I have no idea what DH did, I think he called his mum, my mum and then both our dads and then sms'd everyone else. The order won't really matter to much as they will be all excited, we just learnt second time round to only let people know aftwerwards not before as we ended up with a crowd at the hospital of friends and family and it was crazy. This time MIL will know as she is watching the girls, prob wont ring my mum as she will show up while I am in labour and want to see which I don't want. I went into pre term labour with dd2 and we made the mistake of telling my mum, and she wanted to rock on up dh had to be pretty forceful to get her to stay home.

[nellnell]

With DD we hung out together for about 3 hours before contacting anyone. We loved the fact that it was just us and everyone had been bugging us for SOOO long as I was more than 1 week overdue. Then DH called his folks and I called mine.

With DS (being born just before midnight) we sent a text to DH's parents (who were looking after DD) as we didn't want to wake the whole household. Then sent a mass sms message to other family and friend once we'd had a little sleep etc at about 7 in the morn. It was wonderful having him at a crazy hour so we could just enjoy those first 12 hours by ourselves.

[HotI]

It was wonderful having him at a crazy hour so we could just enjoy those first 12 hours by ourselves.

So true! My little one was born 8pm and we rang our folks about an hour later (mine first), but we knew no-one could come in until later the next day. My Mum visited the next morning.

I waited until the next morning to call anyone else. I needed to recover and enjoy bub.

My DH tried to send a mass sms but when he added all the names the phone said too many recipients and wouldn't send. So check how many recipients your phone can send to in one go!

[Daydream Believer]

[QUOTE=Kate07;2353258]but we knew no-one could come in until later the next day. My Mum was visited the next morning.
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I was under that impression too, being it was 9pm when I got back from surgery but the IL's were there (which was fair enough, they were picking up DF to take him home because he hadnt had much sleep in the previous 48hours and didnt want to drive home) & my mum & her partner just showed up because they were having dinner at a pub nearby & they let them in

[FabFiona]

We tried to call our own at the same time. DH mum didnt pick up and mine was at lunch! Then it was just who called back first.

[AwesomeFoursome]

We told mine then Dh's.