A Pregnancy Letter — Written Before They Arrive
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.
Why This Works
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.
How It Works
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Write Your Letter
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. Pick any delivery date you want — from one month out to two years out.
We Keep It Safe
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fire-resistant safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
We Deliver It
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
How We Keep Your Letter Safe
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Climate-Controlled & Fire-Resistant
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fire-resistant safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Tracked on Delivery
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
Move? Just Email Us
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
Your Words, Always Safe
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
Simple Pricing
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Write now, deliver later
Type your letter online. We print it on cream stationery, seal it with wax, and mail the physical envelope on any date you choose — from one month out to two years out.
Digital Future Letter
One-time payment
- Type on our site, no handwriting required
- Printed on cream stationery, sealed with wax
- Mailed as a physical envelope on your chosen date
- Any custom date from one month to two years out
You write it. You mail it in. We mail it back.
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, fire-resistant safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
Mail-in Handwritten Letter
One-time payment
- You handwrite it, you mail it in
- Stored sealed in a climate-controlled, fire-resistant safe
- Mailed back to you with tracking, still sealed
- Any custom date from one month to two years out
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only.
Questions Worth Answering
Everything you need to know, answered plainly.
What happens to my letter if Hold My Letter goes out of business?
What if I move before my letter is delivered?
How do you store the letters?
When during pregnancy should I write the letter?
Can both parents write letters?
What if the pregnancy doesn't go as planned?
Ready to Write Your Letter?
It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.