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Did anyone else not do birth announcements?

MiaMichelleMiaMichelle
in Parenting after a Loss

I always thought I'd do them, but after Maya was born, I never even thought about it.  I figured everyone who I knew and even slightly cared about knew that she was born... was it even worth a flicker of effort to remind everyone about her height, weight, etc?  And the postage and energy to get all the addresses, etc?  Oh hell no.

Just wondering if anyone else felt the same way.

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  • sdkrlmsdkrlm

    as I was mailing 100+ announcements I thought "why the hell am I doing this?"

     

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  • Sueball1Sueball1 member
    Yeah, we intended to, but never got around to it. Ah well. Honestly, just sending out thank you notes has been the biggest pain in my butt, so I can't imagine dealing with it...
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  • SkatcatSkatcat
    Totally agree...for all the reasons you mention.
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  • cloud9climbercloud9climber

    We're not doing it. ?We'll do some pro photos soon but won't mail anything out to anyone. ?We already did a mass email to everyone about his birth so...

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  • ncsubridencsubride member

    Glad to see I wasn't the only one who didn't do them, I wanted to but things were just crazy after they were born and they were born so close to the holidays I just sent out picture christmas cards instead.

    Kerri

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  • FredsNeyFredsNey
    We didn't.  Basically for the reasons you listed but also because we have friends who are struggling to have children--I know how I felt when we were having trouble so I didn't want to make anyone feel badly in any way. 
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  • mjr28mjr28

    We didn't do it - writing hundreds of thank you notes from the shower kind of burnt me out. It would have been nice for her baby book, but...it was the last thing on my mind in the first few months too (especially when I went back to work)!

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  • KatieG.07KatieG.07
    We didn't either.  Between trying to get a grip on the whole motherhood thing and planning and moving 1000 miles at 5 weeks, I just wasn't down for it.  I guess I can start to let go some of that guilt knowing there are other people out there that didn't send them either!
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  • k10777k10777

    I didn't do them either.  We sent out a mass email--tacky, I know; but what can you do when you're overwhelmed.  I figure if I really want them, I can do them later!  He'll never know.  I can buy only 10.

    My parents had the cutest announcements for me.  They were little paper airplanes that indicated, "Look who just arrived at the hangar..."  My dad was a fighter pilot for the Air Force.  Knowing they took the time for such creative announcements made me happy.  We had tons of them around when I was a kid.  My parents did divorce when I was 7, so it was nice to know they were once in love and really happy about having a baby.

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