Is it a cheesy idea to announce a pregnancy in Christmas cards

[FrannyandZooey]

It would be quite handy

Can't you sign from the family 'and BUMP!' and then say 'due XXnd/month/2008'?

"Christmas is coming and Santa's getting fat but not me - I'm only pregnant. Love from Franny"

Yes - I see what you mean. Maybe the scan would be an ok idea after all.

I think we put plus bump in the from bit...
I think it is fab news to get in a card.

yes - i think idea to tell in card is sweet but not keen on bean/bump statement

i would just do Franny Mr Franny ,Gorgeous Franny Boy are also delightd to announce baby Frans due July 08 x

Hmm some good ideas here thank you

are you SURE no scan? Come on it would be REALLY FUNNY with reindeer ears, you know it would

Franny - OBVIOUSLY you need to do a round robin family newsletter and include pics of the scan on that

Along the lines of
'The Franny's have had a truly wunnerful 07 and are looking forward to an even more wunnerful 08 as they have been blessed by another little Franny who is going to arrive in the summer'

yes that's it! I can include excerpts from my medical notes, a picture of my last urine sample and perhaps a description of the night we conceived the new baby?

lol!

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I always cringe if I see anything signed from 'bump'

I guess it depends who you want to tell..

We told our family in a card, simply because I didn't know what to say!!

DD was due on Xmas Eve so we told them that Santa might be bringing me something that wouldn't fit in my stocking

no no Fio I wanted honest reactions

so do you mean that mentioning it at all in the card is naff IYO or just the scan bit is bad?

I think we included a picture of DS1 in a few cards (distant-ish rellies who had requested pics via MIL!), and said that there might be two pics to send next year.....

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haven't read the thread, frank, so don't know consensus but be aware that if you send them to people who are ttc/have had losses/are unattached and desp for kids then it can be pretty insensitive if that's the first they hear of it.
but then, on the other hand, most people are terribly insensitive about that kind of thing because they not unreasonably assume that their happy news makes everyone happy, so it would be one card of many that year announcing pregnancies and so they just have to suck it up...

Ok this time I am in agreement with Cod on christmas cards. NO SCAN to anyone.

When we showed our scan to my parents who are now completely doing GPs, I was completely underwhelmed with their response, my Dad kept turning it upside down to try and figure out where his head was AND IT WAS COMPLETELY OBVIOUS then spent the next few minutes trying magic eye refocusing. We got our own back though with our 25minute video of the 20 week scan, hee hee.

OK deviation, but even those who are delighted and interested in your news do not want to see your scan.

Mentioning you are pregnant is fine, I signed a few from bump and am going with the general consensus now that it is slightly naff.

doting GPS, not doing

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oh, i've read the thread. okay, consensus is against me. it has utterly killed me in the past to get coy announcements from reasonably good pals and i've discussed this with single friends and gay friends and they say it's killed them too. but you just note that the person is less considerate than you'd have given htem credit for and get on with your day, i suppose.

who are you wanting to tell? why not just wait until baby arrives and then announce it?

Cod we didn't force them to watch the scan, they wanted to, I suppose it was a bit pnybfb paying for it in the first place.

Best bit was when they made my aunt and uncle watched it and my uncle fell asleep and started snoring.

We also used the video to get rid of guests if they lingered past throwing out time, threatening a viewing seemed to clear the house marvellously.