State-of-the-art phone notification system allows new dads to tell the
world about the birth of their brand-new baby
DENVER, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- There are few more joyful and anxious
moments than the birth of a newborn child. The first time around can be
especially overwhelming: a couple's rushed trip to the hospital, the actual
birth experience, and the follow-up required. For the mother, the relief
and joy are shared immediately with close family who might happen to be
present at the hospital. For the father, his day or night has just begun as
he begins the long "labor of love" of notifying friends and relatives about
the joyous event.
BabyBlurt was created to ease that burden of announcement. The
expectant couple creates an online account for themselves at
http://www.babyblurt.com. Once done, they can enter the phone numbers and email
addresses of every single person they'd like to immediately notify when
their baby is born. When the wonderful occasion happens, the father or
mother simply places one phone call to a secure, toll-free number and
records a message about the birth. BabyBlurt then launches phone calls and
emails automatically to everyone on the notification list. Everyone is
informed immediately and painlessly, and the couple can get on with the
business of being new parents.
Micha Hanson, one of the co-creators of BabyBlurt and the proud father
of two young children, describes the moment he knew that he had to create
this service. "Kelly (another developer) and I had been playing with VOIP
technology integration with web applications.
"As Carrie and I neared our due date with Lukas on February 22nd, we
attended the birthing classes at Rose Medical Center here in Denver. During
that class, parents from the last session brought in their babies, and told
us all about their 'experience'.
"Two comments really stuck out to me during that session. One father
told us all to be sure to remember our cell phones, because he had to make
a bunch of calls telling everyone the news. The same father described the
tedium of delivering the same news over and over to dozens of family and
friends...all the while wanting to spend time with his new baby and his
wife! He expressed that he felt compelled to get through to all of the
relatives and close friends at any cost so no one would get the news second
hand and feel cheated.
"The other point brought up in the class was that Rose Medical Center
allows cell phones in the hospital, but a lot of hospitals don't! So dads
would have to go outside to make their calls! We had a huge snowstorm when
Lukas was born - and luckily, I made my calls inside at Rose.
"After Lukas came home, Kelly and I started working on BabyBlurt - and
I used the service with our second child to call all my friends, family and
co-workers with a single call to announce the birth of Olivia!"
BabyBlurt not only takes care of the time-consuming notification
process, but it also allows those on the notification list to do a variety
of things in response to the phone call or email, including:
-- pick a gift from a personalized Amazon.com "wish list" created by the
couple
-- forward the message to other friends
-- listen to the message over and over again on the father's blog
BabyBlurt is free up to five notifications for first-time users, but
most subscribers opt for the unlimited service, which is only $9.99 and
allows for unlimited notifications and re-use for children born later.
BabyBlurt is a long-awaited marriage between nature and technology. You
have the child! BabyBlurt will tell the world. For more information or to
subscribe, please visit http://www.babyblurt.com.
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