My cousin (who I've never actually met) is due in July. She posts at least daily & throws in something pregnancy related every time. I have her hidden now.
Post by littlecookie on Jan 18, 2015 13:03:52 GMT -5
Nothing. No announcement this time or with my son. A full body shot of me was posted by friends at a party and I got several texts, but I have no plans to talk pregnancy on my timeline.
Post by miraclebbye on Jan 18, 2015 13:10:29 GMT -5
No announcement and no random posts about a baby coming. No pictures either. People that do know are very understanding of privacy so wouldn't out us on FB accidentally either. I feel like, if I see you then you will know, if I don't then we aren't close enough to discuss my uterus contents (long distance family aside, who were called/txt)
I rarely post about this pregnancy. I posted our combo announcement/its a girl, then random things here and there. I posted a lot more bump pics with my first. I do blow up my feed with pics of my son, though. My cousins wife posts shit daily and its SO annoying because she always uses hashtags like #preggoproblems. She posted a whole vent about how mad she was that someone asked her, a pregnant woman, for a sushi restaurant recommendation. I want to block her but I can't look away. Now I'm just rambling....
Post by katietopaz on Jan 18, 2015 13:23:27 GMT -5
Aside from the initial announcement and a post at Christmas when we found out the sex, I've only posted a couple of statuses related to pregnancy. I know social media is all about being an AW, but I don't really care to share a bump photo every week or complain everytime something inconvenient happens pregnancy-wise.
I'm also sure that there are a number of people in my circle of Facebook friends that, whether I know it or not, are struggling with IF or are CFNBC. Even being in a place of just starting IF testing last fall, I can empathize to a small degree with how hard it is to see constant posts about pregnancy.
I rarely post about this pregnancy. I posted our combo announcement/its a girl, then random things here and there. I posted a lot more bump pics with my first. I do blow up my feed with pics of my son, though. My cousins wife posts shit daily and its SO annoying because she always uses hashtags like #preggoproblems. She posted a whole vent about how mad she was that someone asked her, a pregnant woman, for a sushi restaurant recommendation. I want to block her but I can't look away. Now I'm just rambling....
Oh how annoying. Like she's ever been have to have sushi in her life. People need to get over themselves. I can't stand the hashtags either. They drive me bananas.
Post by JustinBobby on Jan 18, 2015 13:40:32 GMT -5
I post a few bump pics on instagram, but I have way to many friends on facebook that I don't care to share any of this with. I really need to go through my friends list and take some people out that I haven't talked to in ages.
I posted one time on facebook, that was at about 14 weeks after we found out we were having a boy. The only reason I went ahead and told anyone is because my SIL is pregnant as well. She wanted me to announce my pregnancy before her, since this was our first child. I will not post anything else until after the baby is born. I'm pretty sure I won't post any pics at the hospital either. DH thinks it's weird that I am being so private but the people I care about will see the baby and the ones on Facebook can just wait. I just don't post a lot in facebook anymore.
I'm a FB whore, I just feel a bit more aware about IF and loss these days, so I try to be a bit more respectful without keeping a total silence about my pregnancy.
I rarely post about this pregnancy. I posted our combo announcement/its a girl, then random things here and there. I posted a lot more bump pics with my first. I do blow up my feed with pics of my son, though. My cousins wife posts shit daily and its SO annoying because she always uses hashtags like #preggoproblems. She posted a whole vent about how mad she was that someone asked her, a pregnant woman, for a sushi restaurant recommendation. I want to block her but I can't look away. Now I'm just rambling....
Oh how annoying. Like she's ever been have to have sushi in her life. People need to get over themselves. I can't stand the hashtags either. They drive me bananas.
She also posted on FB the other day 'Hey guys, my baby shower is on Saturday. PM me for the address if you want to come!'
Post by freddyisready on Jan 18, 2015 15:10:10 GMT -5
I've posted a small handful of pregnancy related posts. An announcement, my 20 week bump pic, and a status about showing up to a doctor apt a day early. I'm not a big poster to FB though.
I honestly havent posted much, I didn't even put up what we're having. DH did tho but I wasn't tagged in it. id say I can count on 1 hand how many preg pics ive posted
Post by seventythree on Jan 18, 2015 16:55:49 GMT -5
I have one of those incessantly hashtagging pregnant ladies on FB too, drives me nuts!! She does long ones, too: #before2become3 #May2015baby, etc... not sure why but I find those to be especially annoying!
As far as my own posting I think I'm with the majority here, I posted an announcement pic (that my sister re-posted and tagged me in a few days later), and one or two anecdotes since, but that's it. I think it's party due to having this place as an outlet for pregnancy talk, but I also didn't want to become one of those people who gets knocked up and then is just all baby all the time forever and ever.
Part of it is also being sensitive to others and not rubbing it in people's faces, but at what point do we just not EVER bring up ANYTHING because it MIGHT be offensive or trigger-worthy to SOMEONE? I mean sure I quietly rolled my eyes and had self-pitying moments at all the engagements and weddings when I was single, and yeah I didn't always love seeing pregnancy announcements while we were TTC, but at the same time you can't begrudge someone else their little moment in the sun! I mean I don't like seeing everyone's "I love my mommy, she's my best friend" posts on Mother's Day either, but I just lay low or scroll past. Everyone has baggage of some sort, that's just life.
I post my weekly HDBD photo because it *seems* like people like to see how the baby bump is progressing. Other than that, nothing baby related because I don't want to be one of THOSE people.
this, because my family likes to see it and some friends do as well.
I post some random things every so often but usually if it is something one of my kids say
I don't normally post a lot on fb to begin with. As for this pregnancy, I've only posted about 3 times. Once was to announce that we were pg/it was twins, then to announce it was a boy and a girl and once I tagged DH to an article about being a dad to twins.
Honestly, I know that I have friends who are struggling with IF, and some with multiple losses, (both IRL and some I've "met" through TB) and having struggled myself, I try to avoid posting too much of anything pregnancy related.
seventythree I don't think anyone is talking about never bringing it up. Just avoiding excessive gushing.
I've chosen not to share yet because I know the specific situations of a few of my friends but I will eventually post.
I do post photos or comments from my son about once each week and those may be difficult for my CFNBC friends.
When going through hard times I owned my reactions and didn't expect anyone to change for me. I hid people from my newsfeed if I had to.
Well, yeah. I think avoiding excessive gushing is a good life rule in general! I realize I went off on something of a tangent there, probably means it's just time for me to get off the internet and go play outside
I posted an announcement picture (our dogs with a sign "Our parents are getting us a human) and a twenty-second video from when we told my girlfriends. These girlfriends are my two best friends plus my twin (who already knew) and the four of us have been inseparable since high school, so it was cool to see all our old high school friends come out to comment. It was really fun.
Post by snapdragon on Jan 19, 2015 16:17:37 GMT -5
I haven't announced this one yet. With the other two I "announced" incidentally when I posted a late pregnancy picture of myself and was like "oh btw I'm pregnant." I posted some hdbd style pics with my first after that, but didn't with my second. I feel like with my 3rd I won't even bother to announce. You all have sort of replaced FB as my internet time-waster anyway, so I'm barely on there.
Post by lgsdesigner on Jan 19, 2015 16:20:15 GMT -5
I have a few close friends who are struggling with infertility, so I try to keep it very low. I posted my initial announcement, the sex of the baby announcement, and once posted a belly pic of me (per request). That's it. Even my random status updates don't mention pregnancy-related things.
This is too funny! I don't know what #leggomypreggo means, but it made me lol. The most I will ever hashtag is how many weeks I am on Instagram. Clicking on those can be fun because it's like another HDBD.
My sister (who is insane) is due two weeks after me and she posts about it like at LEAST 10x a week. It is so annoying. Nobody cares that much (and this is her fourth so not FTM excusable excited over sharing).
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