Birth Announcements

Prepare Ahead

The time to choose birth announcements is during your last trimester of pregnancy. Even if you do not know whether you are having a boy or a girl, you can narrow down your selection to one announcement for each. This is also the time when you will want to put together a list of addresses for all the people who you want to send announcements to. Once the baby arrives, you will be too busy and tired to put the effort into looking up addresses. While you are at it, print the addresses out on your home computer. This way, all you have to do is stick the labels to the birth announcement envelopes.

The reason you should choose your birth announcements prior to the birth of the baby is timing. While most companies specializing in birth announcements can print them up and even ship them to you in a matter of a few days, you will want to send out your announcements as soon as possible. If you wait to choose your birth announcements, you may find it will take you days, if not weeks, to decide on exactly the way you want to announce the birth of your baby.

Paper Birth Announcements and Beyond

Once, when people thought of birth announcements, they thought of cute little blue or pink designed notes with the baby’s statistical information either printed or written out on blank lines. Today, parents can find birth announcement cards in a variety of styles, or they can stray from traditional birth announcements to something more original.

Website Announcements

In this age of instant information, consider setting up a website for the baby. The basic website can be set up while you are still pregnant, and it will provide you a way to share your baby news with all your computer literate friends and family at the same time. You can even add a video stream of the actual birth or of the nursery once you have taken your baby home.

Candy Bars and Bottle Labels

Places like Storkgrams.com offer candy bar birth announcements and bottle label announcements. The bottle labels can be affixed to root bear bottles or even bottle water bottles and handed out to family and friends. And, who would not enjoy receiving a chocolate bar birth announcement?

Photo Cards

Photo cards are imprinted with both the birth details and a picture of your baby. If you plan to send a picture out with your birth announcements, this is one great way to skip a step and still share how beautiful your newborn is with all your friends and family.

Block Pens

Block pen birth announcements are one of the newest trends. The pens display one of four messages each time the pen is clicked.

Basic Birth Announcement Information

You may choose to create your own birth announcement with your home computer or with scrapbooking supplies. This is a terrific way to ensure your birth announcements are one-of-a-kind keepsakes that truly express your individuality. The basic information you will want to include on your announcements include:

• Name
• Weight
• Length
• Birth Date
• Birth Time
• Birth Location
• Parents’ names
• Siblings’ names