How are you telling family about the arrival of your little one?

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Weird question, I know in the time of social media a lot of people just post on Facebook that their bundle of joy has arrived. However, I've got a small list of people i would like to know before Facebook  (such as aunts, a few cousins, and obviously moms dads and grandparents) I plan on calling my mom and dad to tell them because they arent much for texting. Same with my grandparents, they don't text.  However after giving birth I'm not sure I'll want to spend so long on the phone talking to each person. Is it appropriate to send a text or Facebook message with a picture to each of the other people? This way I still told them first but don't have to go through the stupidly long phone calls?

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I actually just delegated this to my mom. We will call our parents and siblings (younger no kids) when we go into labor but no one else will know until after she is here.

I made a list of people to call/text with the numbers and a list of work emails that would need to be sent.

My mom was more than happy to handle it all. We've asked everyone to not post anything on social media and my mom will remind them when she shares the news.

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I'm sending a family group text. It will include a picture of the baby along with her stats and name, which we haven't announced yet. I'll also include a disclaimer to please NOT announce the birth or post the picture to social media bc i have family members who are would just love do that. And I'll tell them that we are resting and will let them know when we're ready for visitors.

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There are a few close family members/friends that my husband or I will call or text; as for the rest, my mom can take care of that 😂.

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I will text everyone to let them know and say we are resting.  Will talk on phone later.  All my family is out of state.

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Family group text duh😂😂 my dad will be out of town and I doubt my stepsister will come but my MIL mom and sister and stepmom will all be at the hospital waiting to meet her but everyone else will get a text

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I'll be facetiming my parents since we are on the other side of the country.
But I'll be doing it after I'm done breastfeeding and things have calm down. 
I won't be posting photos of my baby until we do the newborn photos.

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Im gonna text lol. I know its inpersonal...but besides my mom & inlaws, the rest of my family sucks.  So they might just find out via Facebook

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Last time we sent s text with a pic and stats right away to the grandparents. Who were then allowed to spread the news....
I was NOT prepared for the onslaught of visitors at 6am mere hours after giving birth (and after over three days without sleep). 
This time we will wait....

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We've always called parents and my siblings, then we let them spread the news.

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With our first we felt like that is all we did the whole time in the hospital,  there was a lady from church who I barely knew that when I didn't answer my phone, called the hospital room!! So we don't care this time lol, we will obviously let my parents know because they will have older child but we realized it's not about anyone else but that baby in those first few days. My hubby doesn't even want to call his mom and sisters because they are so annoying lol, my sister's are in another state and will be butt hurt when they realize we waited to call, but I don't care?

How are you telling family about the arrival of your little one?

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