Write a handwritten letter to your baby during pregnancy. We'll deliver it on their first birthday — so they'll always have, in your handwriting, the voice of who you were before they were born.
Pregnancy has a voice that disappears the moment the baby is born. Before you've met them, you are already imagining them, already talking to them, already rearranging your life around a person who doesn't technically exist yet. What you think and feel during those nine months is a version of parenthood that will never happen again — because after they arrive, you know who they are, and all the anticipating is replaced by the actual human. The pre-baby parent voice is very real, and it doesn't last.
A letter written during pregnancy captures that voice precisely. You write it in any of the three trimesters — or all three, in separate letters. You talk to the baby. You describe what pregnancy felt like from the inside. What you hoped for. What you were afraid of. The names you considered, the version of your life you pictured. You seal the letter, mail it to us, and on their first birthday (or another date you choose), it arrives.
Years later, your child will read that letter. They'll see a version of you they never met: the parent who was pregnant with them, imagining them into being. They'll know, in your actual handwriting, what it was like to carry them before they could speak. That's a gift that exists for the rest of their life. It doesn't get replaced by anything. It just ages, slowly, into one of the most treasured pieces of paper they'll ever own.
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. You decide when it should be opened — 1 year or 2 years from now.
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
On your chosen date, we mail your original, handwritten letter with tracking. Your words arrive exactly when they're meant to.
Your letter is in safe hands
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fireproof safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Emailed on your chosen date between 6 months and 2 years out. Add physical mailing for a small fee. Available worldwide — the right choice if you're writing to (or from) outside the United States.
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
Physical mailing add-on: +$12 for the first address. Each additional unique address: +$2.
The original Hold My Letter experience. Handwrite your letter, seal the envelope, and mail it to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
One-time payment
One-time payment
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only. International shipping coming soon!
Everything you need to know, answered plainly.
It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.
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