to not want to sign a card for a baby till it arrives?

[DrSeuss]

Today at work I was asked to sign a baby card. "Oh, great," I said. "Has X's baby arrived? When?" No, the baby isn't even due till Friday! Am I very superstitious for not really wanting to sign it? The colleague I said this too was very dismissive so I eventually wrote, "Good Luck" as I suppose that works equally well for labour or a newborn.

Would anyone else have preferred not to sign?

On the subject of office cards, an old colleague of mine wrote "happy birthday!" on a sympathy card. Still makes me inappropriately laugh to this day!

They've sent her the card already? Are they mad?

DD was almost three weeks late. I'd have done very bad things with that card had I received it. Not the senders' fault of course but I was SOOOOOO late.

At my work we always present a woman going off on maternity with a card/ gift on her last day. It's nice for everyone to gather together for a little presentation to wish them well.
Sounds a bit like odd timing, sending a card after she's left but before she's had the baby - but I wouldn't be superstitious about it.

I’d happily write in the card, because it’s not like the words I’ve written could influence the outcome in any way.
Weird that they’ve sent it though. If I got that before my baby was born I’d probably text saying ‘err... you all know I haven’t had the baby yet don’t you?’

I've signed "we'll miss you/hope it goes well" cards when someone has gone on mat leave and we've then sent subsequent "congrats" cards. I thought that was normal? Send them off with every best hope but not congratulated them before the birth??

They sent a congratulations on the birth of your baby card before it had arrived?! Stupid. I know a few people who have had stillbirths.
I wouldn't have wanted to sign either. You send a card once the baby has safely arrived. How odd.

Send your own card when it's here