Telling family when LO is born?

lzmac11 · August 2012

I just found out by facebook (boourns!) then my mom emailed me like 2 minutes later - we have a new family member. My cousins wife had their baby last night. They had a little boy. Rylee William he was 8lbs 8oz 21inches.

So here is my question - when you have your LO, how long are you going to wait to tell your family? Technically I found out via FB. Which erks me a bit. We are first cousins and my mom and her sister are SUPER close. How would you feel?

Manx4 · August 2012

Our parents & siblings will know when I've been admitted to the hospital. Our close family & friends will know pretty soon after he's born. I would imagine a text with picture will go out.

People outside of that circle - will probably learn through people who already know or FB.

VanessaB24 · August 2012

We don't have FB so that won't be happening but I'm sure my parents will be the ones calling everyone, Probably right after they see her.

BarefootContessa · August 2012

Generally I'm not one to get all hot and bothered about situations like this. I would just assume that my cousin had a lot going on and I would expect my mom/aunts to fill me in. If my family hadn't-- I would certainly be hurt.

linzeek44 · August 2012

We will call/text our closest family when the LO is born (these are the same people who will know when we're in the hospital anyway).

We'll text a few other people probably (our closest friends), and then just facebook it for the rest of the world. I think our closest family will tell other family, and I think that's fine.

hunter91011 · August 2012

We plan on sending a mass text to family and close friends as PP said, although parents and siblings will likely get a call before the text. I would probably be kinda sad, but I tend to have some self esteem issues (thinking no one remembers me or thinks of me during special times etc).

jbBeans · August 2012

Yeah, I consider myself relatively close with cousins and extended family, but I've generally always found out about their babies through the unofficial family phone chain. It wouldn't bother me if I first found on FB.

I imagine when my LO is born, my mom will call her siblings and close friends, and word will spread from there. Some of my cousins and friends will likely find out through FB, but I don't think they'd be offended. I think that's just the nature of communication now--they'll find out sooner than if I or my immediate fam had to call a million people.

ETA: answer to timing question: I won't purposefully wait to announce on FB--that'll probably just happen whenever I feel like I have a chance/energy to do it. Phone calls can pretty much be right away. I don't really care.

MissIntentional · August 2012

I won't be telling anyone besides immediate family and a few close friends.

brideandbreve · August 2012

Heyyyy, congrats to your family!

My cousin and his wife just had their first baby super early this morning around 2:45 AM, and I found out on FB first thing this morning. Really, it doesn't bother me that I found out on FB. I figure that they're so busy worrying about each other and the baby, it's easier to put it online for everyone to see at once versus sending out mass texts and then updating FB. I don't really see a problem with it. I don't take it personal.

DH and I will probably have our parents take care of texting family, and once we're situated and we've had a moment to breathe, we'll put out a picture on FB for our friends/family to see. It'll probably be a couple hours after LO is here.

Jumpin4joy · August 2012

We are telling parents and siblings only and then they can tell the rest of the family. It's not so much that we don't love and value the rest of the family, we will just have a lot going on and the line has to be drawn somewhere. I cannot imagine posting it on FB. I will probably text my circle of friends. I don't like the idea of posting pics of my kid on the internet. It freaks me out.

hmp1 · August 2012

I don't care about cousins finding out on FB. I'm sure all of ours will find out this way. We will call our parents within an hour or two of him being born and have them tell our siblings (just like last time). We sent out a mass text to our close friends and siblings a few hours after the birth of DS with a picture of him. I see it all playing out the same depending on what time it is. I will post to FB the next day or later that night (depending on what time I deliver).

Unem · August 2012

We have a call list, but we probably won't start dialing numbers until and hours or so after baby is born. My midwife said there will be way too much going on during that first hour for us to be spending time on the phone talking to people.

Whoops, hit post too soon.

Once our immediate family knows,we'll make a post on FB for extended family and friends.

I'm sorry you found out throught FB, I'd be a little irked, too.

CdnFarmGirl08 · August 2012

Our plan is to text our parents when we go to the hopsital- both sets of parents won't be rushing off to come so I'm not worried about that- they will be in charge of keeping our siblings in the loop.

Once baby is born, our parents are free to tell aunts/uncles/cousins.

I have a small list of closest friends/cousins that we will text when I'm feeling up to it, or it will be DH's job! After that FB will announce it to the world. I do want our friends to know before it's on FB, but then again, most of my friends aren't on FB anyways!

lzmac11 · August 2012

Normally I find out via phone call from my mom or email (depending if it is a weekday or weekend). I guess I was a little shocked (this is their 2nd child) that he was born at 1040 last night and she had posted on FB at 11am this morning. Just seems like that is way too fast for me. But I guess thats me and I am a FTM.

My mom just emailed me back and said she didn't even get the email from her sister (the grandma) till 9am this morning. Sounds like my mom is a bit peeved too. Our family is really close we have monthly get togethers, my cousins and I have no issues calling each other to help out with things, etc. Just a little bummed over here I guess.

Thanks for the info ladies!

Jams1002 · August 2012

I'm not sure how/when this happened, but over time, I've come to expect most family announcements over FB. 4 of my (first) cousins have had babies recently and 3 out of 4 I found out the birth through FB. It has just become the way my family shares news these days. Now that I think about it, it's kind of silly.

We'll be calling mom/stepdad, my dad, MIL, DH's brother and my best friend when I go into the hospital, but we'll be telling them to stay away from hospital until LO is born. I would like an 1-2 hours with LO before everyone starts rushing in. If they are in the waiting room, I know there will be no stopping them.

Megroons · August 2012

Our parents will be at the hospital along with our two siblings and my BF. They will obviously know right away and I'm sure they'll quickly pass the word around. We will be the first to put a picture on FB and they're aware of that Big Smile

Jeberg · August 2012

We will probably do what we did last time and just tell our parents when I go into labor. We need my parents to watch DS for us and DH's parents will be helping with SD (we have custody and with her being in school they are going to help with picking her up/taking her to and from school). Other than that our parents will let our siblings/other family members know. My brother and SIL live in NJ and they plan on leaving to come home as soon as they get word that DD has arrived. We also sent out a mass text when DS was born to our close friends later that evening.

Teresa and Family · August 2012

Our parents will know my c section date. Since his mom passed away we may text his grandma to tell her. Last time we sent an email to any family or friend we had to inform them. We posted on fb that night.

OSUWifey09 · August 2012

I was talking about this with my coworker yesterday. I would prefer that new baby announcement stay off FB for a day or two, but that's probably going to be impossible since I know someone in our family will post something.

My mom and sister will be in town for the birth, and H will call his mom, sister and grandma after baby is born. We'll text a picture and announcement to close family and friends, then I'll probably just let the word get out and stay off FB/Twitter for a day or two. We'll eventually post something on FB, but not until all of our close family and friends know.

HarmsMomma · August 2012

MissIntentional:
I won't be telling anyone besides immediate family and a few close friends.

This.

We also won't be sharing photos or on FB for a few days as ALL of our siblings will be OOT (technically out of the country) and won't be able to get photos/texts/ect. It's really important to DH that they know before the rest of the world. Once they're home and have seen at least a photo, then we'll slap a photo up on FB and call it good.

ETA: We may put something up like "{name} is here! Mom and {name} are healthy and doing great - insert weight/ht/whatever! Photos to follow when (tag siblings) are home!"

Krista123105 · August 2012

LO is breech, so we have a c-section scheduled. If I go into labor on my own (early) we'll tell our parents and siblings, but nobody else until I've had the c-section and we've had a couple of hours with the baby. We'll call my grandparents, close friends will probably get a text with a picture, other friends and extended family will learn via FB.

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