I wish there was a way to block pregnancy announcements on facebook...

julieb1218

Seriously so many of my friends on fb are announcing their pregnancies. Many of them due in June which was my EDD month. I am so happy for all of them but I wish I was a part of the club too. Sigh...

LizC216

Tell me about it. I have a bunch of friends due in December and every other post is about the baby, symptoms, pictures (some babies came early), etc. I know it's a happy time for them and they have every right in the world to be happy but it's awful. It seems so in your face, doesn't it? I guess the easy solution would be to avoid FB totally, but I'm sort of an addict.

kristajean15

I totally agree! I wish I could go ONE DAY without hearing about someone getting pregnant, being pregnant, delivering their baby, or posting pictures of their "perfect" baby &kids! It is hard not to take it personally. I just have blocked them from my news feed so I don't have to see it anymore!

hmclaughlin10

I don't think I could agree with you more!

I never posted anything on there because DH and I agreed we would wait until we got thru my first trimester. There were people announcing it at like 4 weeks along and as far as I know they are all still pregnant. After we found out I lost the baby I just deleted mine; I couldn't stand being on there and seeing everybodys "baby" posts and how excited and happy they were. There were like 4 that were due within 3-4 days of me (06.17.11) It made me absolutely sick to my stomach and insanely jealous.

I don't think it's fair, but I guess we can't go back in time and make our babies healthy. Hang in there, lady! Hopefully this will all get easier soon, but I am definitely not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

TigerFan

I agree!!!  I had to hide one person's posts because I didn't want to hear about her pregnancy every single day.  She just posted some pictures today and I wish I could hide those as well.

kristi0412

I totally agree!!! It's easy to go and hide someone once you know, but seeing those words... UGH! Or when people who are pg complain about it... GET OVER IT! Do you know how much I would give right now to not be able to sleep cause I had to pee every 2 hours. Grrrrrrr!

MrsAtch

I'm having a hard time being sympathetic with my pg friends who are tired of being sick, or tired of being tired, or unhappy that their pregnancies are cutting into their drinking time etc. I want to scream at the top of my lungs how lucky they are. There are so many people I know that are pregnant with unwanted babies, or unplanned babies, or completely unprepared in life to have a child. And I can't help but be bitter when I think about how hard we tried to get pregnant. Watching them post it all on facebook makes me sick to my stomach. I know that us losing our baby isn't their fault, but it makes me so mad that they don't appreciate what they have. I'd rather be puking every 5 minutes and up all night than feel like this. 

 

It's been a week and I still feel like I can't breathe.

 

 

haziedaze

kristi0412:

I totally agree!!! It's easy to go and hide someone once you know, but seeing those words... UGH! Or when people who are pg complain about it... GET OVER IT! Do you know how much I would give right now to not be able to sleep cause I had to pee every 2 hours. Grrrrrrr!

For me, this is the worst part. At least for most of them I've had IRL warnings first... although sometimes that can be worse. Why is EVERYONE pregnant except for me!

butterflynola

I couldn't agree more, but what I try to remember is how happy me & dh were when we were pregnant and used to post belly pix etc...so I get it and it helps not hurt so much.

 

lotus88

It's such a sore subject that I couldn't even finish reading  your post. I'm sorry about that. I just block people. I even  block them when they make ambiguous statements like, "might have great news today" "can't wait to share my secret". My support people know, but when people ask me when we'll start trying i just want to scream at them that its been a year of trying and I just had my d&c.  June was my EDD too. Perfect, probably on my father's birthday.

Shawnly82

Agreed..I'm so happy for them, but seeing those posts or one that has the week by week how baby is growing and was due on same day as I was its like a slap in the face every time I see it.

IslandEnchantress

Hugs to everyone here. It definitely sucks big time. I've blocked 20+ people from my news feed because of this very reason. Sometimes it makes me sad and other times angry, but I feel hurt every single time I hear or see another happy preggo. So sad. 

dana1318a

I deleted everyone that I'm not actually still friends with IRL anymore.  I figured it wouldn't affect me (or them) if we never saw eachother again, so I didn't need to pretend to be excited for them if they announce a pregnancy, and I didn't need their happy birthday wishes just because facebook told them to say it.  It felt theraputic, cleaning out fb.  But of course, there are still some people on there who will announce pregnancies, or post baby pictures, so it still hurts.  I actually had a friend post on Thanksgiving "I'm not thankful for shiit.  I'll never be happy."  And all I could think was, be thankful for your two beautiful little girls you dumb biitch.  But since we actually are friends, I know that she struggles with depression and maybe sometimes can't see how blessed she is. 

Parzia74

julieb1218:

Seriously so many of my friends on fb are announcing their pregnancies. Many of them due in June which was my EDD month. I am so happy for all of them but I wish I was a part of the club too. Sigh...

 

Julie- same here! I've seriously contemplated deleting them as friends.  Two of my friends are due in June as well- my EDD was june 17th. So seeing all their ultrasound pics, their excitement on finding out about the sex soon- everything- makes me sick. I've never felt this sort of anger/jealous emotion before in my life- it sucks.

I know when i do get my sticky baby i will not be like they are.... you just never know what the person on the other end of the screen is going through. At least this experience has opened my eyes to that.