Maternity Announcements to Announce Your Pregnancy

Having a baby is a life-changing experience but so if finding out that you are expecting. Whether you've been accidentally blessed with good news or you've been trying for a while to conceive, you may be thinking about sending out maternity announcements so others can share in your amazing news. However, before you make that decision, here are some issues and tips to consider.

Cost of the Pregnancy Announcements

Before you start getting too excited about mailing out these cards, be sure you've thought about the price. Invitations and announcements are rarely cheap (at least if you choose ones that are worth sending). Once the baby is born, you'll want to send out a Pregnancy Announcements Cards , plus you'll have invitations for baby showers and other events along the way. Remember that babies also cost a lot of money to raise so if your budget is already a bit tight you might want to forego the Pregnancy Announcements and wait for the baby to be born.

That doesn't mean you can't share the happy news though. By all means send emails and make phone calls to spread the news even if you can't afford to mail an official announcement.

Timing of the Pregnancy Announcements

Now if money isn't an issue and you have your heart set on mailing out the announcements to your friends and family members, you should consider waiting a little bit. Pregnant women, especially during the first pregnancy, can sometimes lose the baby even with no warning. You may have all of the pregnancy symptoms and even test positive for carrying a baby but may end up losing the baby early on in its development. For this reason, you should usually wait until you've gotten through at least the 13th week on your pregnancy calendar. After that period is over, if you haven't had any problems you should be in much better shape and can share the news with your family.

Unique Maternity Announcements: Ideas

We've all heard of people including photos of their newborn children on their baby announcements so why can't women who are pregnant do something similar? The answer is they can by using an image from one of their ultrasounds. Just like any other photo, the image can be scanned into a computer and duplicated onto the announcements so that when people receive them they can get a preview of this bundle of joy growing inside you.

Another option is to have a photograph of you and your partner added to the maternity announcements. Even if you're showing a little already, don't worry. That makes an even greater image for those cards. Besides being a wonderful addition to your announcements, these photographs also allow you to have something to show your child when he or she grows up. You can point to your stomach in the shot and show him/her where he/she is in the photo.