How did you word your 'baby's here' text/announcement?

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Or did the planned wording go out the window in the moment?

Dc1 I was really ill in itu so my mum rang my dad in tears who then rang the most important people, I think everyone else was told over next day or so. Apparently everytime mum rang anyone she burst into tears so did a few at a time.
Dt my mum was with me and rang dc1 (who was with my dad so he heard). Dad rang close family as everyone was on tenterhooks after first time. I then what's apped a basic message probably about 8 hours after birth 'xx and yy arrived on xx date all doing well'.
I dont think it needs overthinking and it depends on what happens and when.

WhatsApp group put together in advance for everyone else

Oh God don't do this. I'd think that was so weird if someone added me to a birth announcement group. Probably also think they had an over inflated sense of importance. I have no desire for my phone to be inundated with replies from everyone on someone's contact list

Getting your other half to just let the two sets of parents know with a quick call works, after having told them in advance that you’d like them to let the respective sides of the family know. I know some would rather be the one to break the news to everyone. We didn’t care and valued the time after birth being uninterrupted more. Send a photo too so nobody pesters you for one once they’ve seen the photo and know the main details. We’re both really private and don’t have social media but asked anyone we thought might not see eye to eye with us on this not to share the photo on Instagram or anything.
Delegating to grandparents means your OH is with you and the baby during this special time instead of glued to their phone - and the grandparents love calling everyone. But this was the one time I wanted him to put his phone down as he’s always on it for work. Fair enough if you like to keep in touch via social media, though.

Dh let our parents and siblings know, although they all had an idea it was happening because I'd been having contractions all weekend (put down to braxton hicks because of how early they were) so had been checking in with us. Think it was something like "we're at the hospital hummus has had the baby, a boy ...blah blah blah..." and they came to visit in the afternoon.

We actually let MiL and my dad do the honour of announcing to the wider family that he had arrived. It meant we were left alone and they got all the messages about how we were etc 🤣

"He's here!"

Followed by a photo of an angry purple raisin wrapped in a blanket.

I called my mum when I was in labour, and for a select few others close relatives and friends I wats apped them with a simple picture of baby and 'Surprise' I gave birth early and had even started my mat leave 🤣 I was planned to finish 2 weeks before my due date to get bits done and relax ..... totally went out the window 🤣

I HADN'T even

I did it.

I didn’t really realise how WhatsApp groups worked at the time - I figured I could just add everyone to the group in advance and then my husband would have it there and could send one message to everyone (after phoning his parents and my sister separately first). Was more to make life easier for him at what I assumed would be a rather busy time.

I didn’t realise everyone would realise they had been added to a group, and get a notification. I also didn’t realise they would then think there was some actual news and I’d get constant requests for updates throughout the lengthy 3
day process!

In fairness, I’d obviously used WhatsApp before and been added to groups before so I don’t really have any excuse for not realising that’s how it worked - I was quite distracted at the time I suppose.

Message just said something like It’s a girl, baby (Name) born at (time) this evening, with a photo.

I honestly can't remember what happened! My mum was already at the hospital, waiting in a corridor but the midwife let her into recovery with me.
I think my mum was the one to let all my family know, god knows about my exes family, I don't think they were particularly interested.

DD born in the middle of lockdown so no visitors waiting in the wings. DH sent a text/WhatsApp to family & close friends with a photo “Baby Panettone born this morning weighing x” or something to that effect. Both of us were a bit shell-shocked, I had been about a teaspoon away from needing a blood transfusion so felt terrible, I still couldn’t stand or walk after a spinal block and had spent 3 hours in theatre having my bits stitched back together so thanked my stars a brief text served its purpose rather than having to pretend to trill excitedly down the phone to anyone. Any plans we had for a cute birth announcement ended up in the same futile place as my water birth, yoga ball and full face of makeup.

Same! 😂

I have no idea what DH sent exactly. I think he sent something to let everyone know there was a baby and we were both ok so they wouldn’t worry longer than necessary. Then later we sent some details.

My mum knew I was in labor/early labor/whatever it was (a lovely horrific three days) and consequently I told her when I was finally admitted to hospital. DH then text my mum to say baby was here. To be honest my mum was kept fairly in the loop as I wanted her support and she couldn’t come to hospital due to covid (DH told her I was going for an EMCS for example). All very easy.

DH then also updated his family and my siblings by WhatsApp after DC arrived.

Friends / wider family we updated via text together the next day when we were ready.

Someone at work prepared an email in advance and accidentally sent it in advance with lots gaps for date, weight etc.

My husband rang my father and then his father and siblings. Then we just texted everyone else with a photo, name, weight and everyone doing well.

We called immediate family in the middle of the night (this was asked beforehand if they wanted to sleep or know) and told them: Full name was born yesterday at x time (before midnight) by EMCS, we're okay but she might need to be admitted for a bit because of X but will be okay, is very big with a lot of hair, I'll send a picture. I do have to say that at 3 AM the only reaction I had was a sleepy congrats before they hung up again. They were more enthusiastic in the morning 😁. I also have family downunder who were properly awake and crying and jumping up and down.

Don't remember how we told the rest.