Designated call list?

Unem

Who else is planning a designated call list to inform friends/family when baby comes?  How are you organizing it?  Do you have any delicate situations you have to work around?

We ran into a situation when I got engaged.  We called my grandma and she was so excited she asked if she could tell my aunt and uncle.  I said sure, assuming she would call them with the news.  She ended up texting everyone on her phone, including my brother, who didn't know yet.  He then called my dad who also didn't know because we were unable to get ahold of him and didn't want to wait too long to start sharing the news with others.  Needless to say, I was pretty pissed.

Right now, we are planning on personally calling four people:

• My mom and step-dad
• My dad and step-mom
• DH's parents
• DH's sister and BIl who we are very close to.

We are going to ask them to call designated people to spread the news, and we'll eventually call everyone ourselves when things calm down.

Our doula also offered to post an update on Facebook shortly after birth.  I love the idea, but I want to make sure all of our immediate family find out first to avoid hurt feelings. 

What is everyone else doing?

 

hmp1

DH called my parents, him mom, and his dad. We had asked them ahead of time to let our siblings know after they get the call.  DH manned both our phones the entire time we were in the hospital so he sent out a group text with a picture to our friends later that night. I will do a post a FB sometime in the hospital but not until after our family has been told.

TAGSL710

We will call our parents on our way to the hospital.  I don't think we will before hand because I plan on laboring at home for a while and don't want to be nagged for updates.  They will probably come up to the waiting room shortly after.  Once he is here and we get time for skin on skin contact, my parents and siblings and his parents can come in.  At that point I will tell them to let all family know that they want and I will post a picture on facebook for friends and extended family.  I'm really adamant about not being bugged during labor (planning to go med-free and don't want to be bothered) and that the right people get to see him before everyone else.

dmfan897

As soon as I go into labor we are calling both sets of parents and then texting our siblings and possibly close friends. After the baby is born we will tell parents/siblings first and have them call close family like grandparents and the close aunts and uncles. Maybe a few hours later we will make a FB announce with the sex/name/weight ect..for our friends. Though I assume by then that family will have posted something and everyone will already know.

jlh2716

We'll call my parents, my younger brother, and MIL. If the fun times start an unreasonable hour, DH will call them the next morning. They'll tell everyone else.