what do you think of people who sign cards from their unborn baby?

[lucykate]

would you/have you ever done it?

i haven't and would never do it, but recieved and card for ds's birthday and the baby's (not due for 7 weeks) name is signed on the card

I would think that they are a bit sad.

is it their first? let them have their moment. It's exciting.

If it's their fifth on the other hand, they are sad weirdos.

I haven't, and wouldn't in case all didn't go well, tbh.

Eeek, a names a bit freaky!

Bump I can cope with but not the actual name!

Actual name is definitely a bit weird.

Sad

Did they put the actual name??

I did it on Christmas cards to my NCT ante-natal group when I was nearly 8 months pregnant, but the group already 'knew' her by her real name, and it would have seemed odd not to. Didn't do it for anyone else's cards though.

First child by any chance?

I think it's cute to put on "bump" or such like but the actual name is a bit weird.

Name? Not right. Signed cards for dh birthday and fathers day from bump but that was more because the other dcs wanted to. Never on cards for anyone else. What if they have the sex wrong??

a bit ick!

that this child will become a pfb!

I have signed from 'washer, DH, DS & bump' but only on cards to my family . God I would NEVER put a name on the card for an unborn child, that is way too freaky (not that we have a name for this one yet anyway ).

I do have a friend who would have done this though - I even received a thank you letter written by their newborn baby (it was very cringeworthy)

I'd think they were excited and thrilled to be pregnant and were finding it hard to contain.

And I'd be pleased for them.

Po-faced, but true.

I used to put "baby to be" as I always felt it was leaving them out otherwise.

i usec to send and receive cards with 'Pink, PinkDP and bump'

it's nice, bit weird to write the name though... tempting fate? or what if they got the sex wrong! lol

see this is the thing that freaked me out about it, no its not their first, they have a dd, and last year, a stillborn dd at 31 weeks

oh lord that is

Oh wow . Maybe they are trying to be really positive about everything going fine this time after their experience last year.

I always signed from all of us and 'Bump', when pregnant with both DCs

maybe it makes me sad, or weird, but Bump was part of the family and we were excited !

I wouldn't do this.

But then, I get freaked out by getting thank you letters that appear to have been written, or dictated, by preverbal children.

I did this once in DP's b/day card when i was pg with dt's i misscarried the day after i gave it to him and funnily enough i never did it again.

Sorry that wasn't ment to come across as sarcastic or bitter. I kinda think it's cute it shows how much the parents are looking forward to babies arruval.

For me I did it to recognise the baby as a part of our family no matter what happened as I've had 5 miscarriages and they were all very much a part of us.

i'd think they were soppy gits but that ouwld be about it

i have a friend who addressed a card to us the other day 'to tutter, mr tutter, ds1 and bump'

wouldn't do it myslef but was quite sweet

I would not judge them, our friends went through hell to conceive their IVF twin boys, I begrudge them none of their bump mentionings.