Facebook official?

[barkley22]

I know pregnancy announcements aren't for everyone, but now that we're all solidly in the 2nd trimester, have you gone/will you go Facebook official? Tell me about your announcement and show me your pic!

*Apologies if this has been covered, I'm new and on Tapa so I can't search.

[barkley22]

I'm planning on announcing on social media this week, after I tell my boss and coworkers. Here's the picture I'm going to use, PDQ:
*poof*

[teachermomtobe]

We went FB official around 14 weeks. This was our post:

After struggling with infertility, DH and I are thrilled to announce that Baby ____ is expected in June! We are thankful modern science and medicine were able to help us achieve this miracle
!

[sabrinaml]

This was my FB announcement

I also announced the same way with DS1 (the first 3 ornaments) so it only seemed fitting to keep the tradition with this one. I announced at either 13 or 14 weeks.

[marshian]

We won't be announcing on social media. I love seeing everyone else's announcements though! Too cute!

[applemuffins]

We announced on New Years. I wasn't originally planning to FB announce it this time around, but decided to just go for it. I was 17 weeks and we had just found out we were having a boy, so I announced it all together. It was simple, with a post that said "It will be a very happy new year for us when we welcome our baby boy in June! Happy 2017!" I included a family picture with DD wearing a big sister shirt, but I'd prefer not to share it here. It was also our Christmas card, so family already saw it. I announced DD when I was about 11 weeks I think, just after the NT scan. For her, we tried to keep her sex a surprise on FB.

[cateyes]

We announced at 12 weeks and put:

We have waited so long for this day
We couldn't pick just one way to say
Baby ________ is on the Way!!

We want to celebrate this moment with everyone! After a long journey of heartaches and relying on God's perfect timing and plans, we are celebrating the light at the end of this tunnel!! We are Expecting the arrival of our little Bug in June 2017!!!

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[ihatepizza]

barkley22 that is so cute, what program did you use for the lettering?

[ihatepizza]

I go back and fourth with deciding whether or not to announce. My mom really wants me to post an announcement and this will be her first grandchild. On the other hand there are people on my FB who haven't had their rainbow/bfp and I don't want to hurt their feelings

[teachermomtobe]

ihatepizza, I had the same concern because I know how FB announcements bothered me. It was important for me to acknowledge IF and that in order to get pregnant we had to use science/medicine (not just "relax"). I don't know if my announcement hurt anyone but I hope it may have made someone dealing with IF not feel as if they were the only ones.

[ihatepizza]

Jan 7, 2017 21:15:55 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

ihatepizza, I had the same concern because I know how FB announcements bothered me. It was important for me to acknowledge IF and that in order to get pregnant we had to use science/medicine (not just "relax"). I don't know if my announcement hurt anyone but I hope it may have made someone dealing with IF not feel as if they were the only ones.

I actually liked your announcement and the ones from cateyes, I might do something similar

[barkley22]

Jan 7, 2017 21:10:28 GMT -5 ihatepizza said:

barkley22 that is so cute, what program did you use for the lettering?

I used Photoshop for the announcement, the fonts were some free ones I downloaded online. 🙂

[barkley22]

Jan 7, 2017 21:12:34 GMT -5 ihatepizza said:

I go back and fourth with deciding whether or not to announce. My mom really wants me to post an announcement and this will be her first grandchild. On the other hand there are people on my FB who haven't had their rainbow/bfp and I don't want to hurt their feelings

I am also a 2x loss mom and sympathetic to those struggling with TTC. I was always happy for others who announced pregnancies on FB, but did have to block some women when the pregnancy and baby talk took over their feeds because it hurt me too much to read. I don't post much to FB, just the milestone stuff (birthdays, anniversaries, holidays) because I don't want people to think I'm flaunting my life online. My Instagram, on the other hand, is chock full of pictures of my family and cat and vacations and stuff, lol. I figure people aren't as obligated to follow me on there.

[cateyes]

Jan 7, 2017 21:12:34 GMT -5 ihatepizza said:

I go back and fourth with deciding whether or not to announce. My mom really wants me to post an announcement and this will be her first grandchild. On the other hand there are people on my FB who haven't had their rainbow/bfp and I don't want to hurt their feelings

I really struggled with this too. I still struggle and don't post much on there for fear of hurt it may cause others. I think I posted my first "pregnancy related" status today and we are almost 18 weeks. It's weird how IF/Loss can still put a damper on your happy times because you know so many others are still hurting.


I really appreciated when we were struggling and people sent me PMs giving me a gentle heads up when they were KU and about to announce. It still hurt but it wasn't so boom in your face.

[huskermom]

We announced shortly after Thanksgiving when I was 10+4 just because our next appt wouldn't be til almost 14 weeks and we figured we'd rather just tell at that point and have the support if something bad happened after that.

This was ours:
"We have a little extra to be thankful for this year... Easton is pretty excited to become a big brother in June!"

[violetrose]

We announced on Thanksgiving and I was 12 weeks. The announcement was a pic with DD holding a sign saying "Oldest" and DS with one saying "Youngest" (crossed out) then "Middle" written underneath it. We just wrote something like "We are thankful for our children and baby #3 due in June!" The post actually started some arguments with family/others (for really, REALLY stupid reasons. We posted much earlier about DD and DS in the past so this wasn't abnormal for us, but oh well. I haven't posted anything else about the pregnancy on social media specifically for that reason.

[animaldoctor]

We posted on Christmas. I hung up our 3 stockings on the mantle and then put a 4th tiny one up with the announcement.

[PA Mom]

I FB announced on Christmas with "From our little family to yours, Merry Christmas!" with a pic of DH, DD, our dog, and I and then a separate picture of an ultrasound wearing a Santa hat and holding a candy cane. Since I didn't state it directly, some people had to ask.

[starsandshamrocks123]

I love these announcements. we will probably not announce anything on FB... Just not my style. Last time I posted something at 8 months but it was a blink and you'd miss it kind of thing. I might put something up this time but when I feel like it

[iris1264]

Jan 7, 2017 17:13:52 GMT -5 marshian said:

We won't be announcing on social media. I love seeing everyone else's announcements though! Too cute!

Same.

[lulu783]

We announced on Christmas Eve with this pic we took at great grandmas. Will poof later.

Mia is thrilled for her Christmas present, arriving in June!

[bagels]

We'll probably announce on social media after my A/s later this month. We usually announce after we find out the sex.