silly question about birth announcements

sweetsugarmama · April 2012

I say silly question because in the scheme of things this doesn't really matter.

But a photographer friend offered to do newborn portraits of the twins. If they don't get out of the NICU until their due date they'll be about 2 months old. If she takes the pictures after that is it too late to send out announcements? I'm guessing they'll be almost 3 months. I didn't send any for DD but would like to this time. Is it strange to send them that late? or who cares just show off those babies whenever you want?

kck329 · April 2012

This isn't a silly question at all. We actually had my photographer friend come to the NICU to take pictures after DD was stable enough for that. I treasure those pictures now. But I couldn't emotionally do birth annoucements until she was home so mine included the pictures from the NICU and said her name, birth stats and "welcomed home on" and stats. Shew as 3 months old before they went out and it worked great.

Other moms have said they enjoyed addressing the announcements in the NICU because it gave them something to do and felt like a "normal" parent thing. So basically, do what feels right to you. There are some other people's stories on the FAQ tab on the preemie blog too.

lemen99 · April 2012

What I did is send the announcement as a "celebration" of his homecoming!

So I sent it after he came home (3 weeks after his due date) with a recent picture. I included his "birth" and "home" stats! It was perfect I thought.

JuliaJAG · April 2012

It definitely won't be too late! I'm a newborn photographer and you wouldn't believe how many of my clients send announcements when their LO's are three months old (and those are full-term babies!).

I'm definitely waiting until Jack is home. For one thing, he still has his feeding tube in. I want to photograph him without the tube and all the monitoring wires. I'm definitely taking a zillion photos of him while he's in the NICU, but for the announcement, I want him to look like he "really" looks.

I'm going to include two sets of birth stats... his true birth stats (weight, length etc.), and next to it his homecoming stats (or maybe I'll call it his measurements at full term -- 40 weeks which will be May 3). For instance, he was only 14.5 inches at birth, but he's already 19.3 inches as of tonight (and he's not even 37 weeks -- that's pretty good, isn't it?).

My announcement is going to have a little blurb called "The Story of Jack"... because we went through SOOO much to get our little miracle (multiple miscarriages, cancer, old age -- ROFL!) to get him. I want everyone to appreciate him the way we do!!

Ooh, those of you who did announcements should post them for inspiration!!

JuliaJAG · April 2012

BTW, my best friend had twins whose EDD was Feb. 14, and they were born in late December. I just got their birth announcement in the mail today!! But you know what, it's perfect and I love it... and I'd still love it even if her twins were a year old!

May524 · April 2012

Liam was born in October and we had newborn photographs taken in February once he was discharged. I then sent birth announcements in February.

snoangel79 · April 2012

My kids are 7 weeks and we won't do newborn photos till next month, I will send announcements after that... I make my own rules hahaha

gringa78 · April 2012

Not too late at all! You can send out announcements whenever you like...I think it makes sense to send them out less than a year from when they were born, but even then, I don't think it matters.

HJOHNSTON411 · April 2012

I think that traditional "rules" for such things do not apply when you have a NICU baby. I wanted some newborn photos done, but my DH was very against pictures with cords, wires etc. It was always really hard for him to see William that way, whereas I view it as a 'look how far he's come' keepsake. Anyway, we compromised and waited for professional photos until he had been settled at home for a month (he was 8 weeks).I sent out announcements when he was 10 weeks old.

Piper345 · April 2012

You should definitely do one. I don't think it's silly at all. I did not do a birth annoucment for DS and I regret it.

zoeyandsummersmom · April 2012

I really liked this site for ideas on wording: https://blog.purplestork.com/search/label/preemie

mmooki · April 2012

My cousin is taking pictures of Claire in a week and a half. She will almost be a month old, and whenever she gets the files to me, I'll order birth announcements. I figure sometime in mid-May, right around her due date, is when they will go out. 6 weeks or so.. maybe 2 months depending when my cousin gets the pictures to me.

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