After trying to get pregnant for five years, a couple finally gets the good news from their latest round of IVF- In Vitro Fertilization. Erik and Rebecca Herrera from Gainesville, Florida are expecting their first child on November 7, 2016.
Erik wanted to announce to the world the pregnancy, and he also wanted to do something special for his wife, Rebecca. Erik told The Today Show, “When any woman goes through infertility treatments, it’s important to have a support network of other for her to lean on, especially during the failures. My wife sort of felt a little robbed that she couldn’t have a normal, surprise pregnancy announcement. She thought everyone knew- that they were either in the support network or were praying for us- so I wanted to do something so special that she would nearly forget all of the past five years.”
Couple Makes Epic Pregnancy Announcement Video
So, what exactly did he do? He created a unique pregnancy announcement in the form of a movie trailer style video. The video is titled Pregnancy: Official Trailer, is 3 minutes and 41 seconds long and to date has received 88,497 views on YouTube. Now, I don’t want to give away too much of the video announcement because it is really something everyone should watch, but Erik came up with the unique, creative idea in one evening, after the course of seven drafts.
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The neat part is that the couple got the help of voice-over actor, Jon Bailey, to narrate the video. Bailey is well-known for being featured in more than 3,000 video games, TV series, game trailers, movie trailers, radio commercials and web ads.
The announcement video highlights the various things that women deal with when they are pregnant like becoming a petting zoo, having to stay away from alcohol and constantly having to urinate. The video ends with a sonogram of the baby.
After you watch the video, check out the Blooper Reel for more fun! You can also read the original screenplay, which is actually pretty hilarious itself). I’ve seen a lot of fabulous pregnancy announcements, but this video is definitely up there with the most epic announcement videos ever. Huge congratulations to the Herrera family! Can’t wait to see what they do with the birth announcement!
I love when couples that are trying to conceive get pregnant. You can just feel their joy
I like how inventive people get with their announcements. I don’t think we were creative with any of our four, lol. We missed out. :)
Congrats to the new parents! I love the new trend of putting so much personality into birth announcements.
That is so exciting and what a cute way to announce the big news. I am so happy for the couple to have finally been blessed with a baby.
So sweet! How especially exciting after trying for so long.
I’m going to love that video for sure. I’m always happy for people who won’t give up especially when it comes to conceiving!
What an absolutely fantastic way to announce their pregnancy and a wonderful occasion for them after so long of trying. x
Yes. I paused reading and watched the video because that is super cute. I Love how they did this and I hope they enjoy their new little bundle of joy when it arrives :)
Okay, I’m slightly jealous that I had my last child 20 years ago and there weren’t all these fun announcements then. What a cute video and so happy for the couple!
I love the originality of pregnancy announcement these days. They are so fun! These are great ones.
You are so cute! I remember when my wife got pregnant, we’ve got mixed feelings!
This is so cute. I love watching announcement videos. With my first I just told everyone, I couldn’t hold it in. With my second we let our oldest tell everyone.
I just love this! I wish I was this creative. I just love watching all the fancy announcements these days! Youtube is where it’s at!
That was too cute! Such a wonderful way to announce wonderful news!
How fun! It’s so cool that they got that announcer to narrate. People are so creative with their announcements.
This is so fun! I didn’t do a fancy pregnancy announcement but I love ones like this that go all out.
That is the cutest. People are getting so creative with their announcements these days!
How cute! I love announcements like this. I can’t believe there was ever a time when I couldn’t log onto youtube to find things like this. LOL
This is such a neat way to announce that you are pregnant. We just both called our mom’s and they spread the word for us.
That is too cute. What a fun way to announce a pregnancy!