February 2013 Moms

Not sure what she thinks is gonna happen...

This girl from my hometown keeps posting to FB every time she goes to the OB, before and after the appointment. The things she posts makes me feel like she thinks that one week, she's just gonna drive on up to the city, get checked, and the OB is gonna pull out this baby for her...Ta da! I wonder if she knows thats not how it works at all...

lol...

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Re: Not sure what she thinks is gonna happen...

  • I had a FB friend, who went into labor and LITERALLY posted every single time she dilated another centimeter!! Then it was 10 - time to push!! A few minutes later there was already a picture of the new baby up. If that's what people want to do and share every detail with people, then have at it folks, but it just was a little weird for me.
  • imageeddy92482:
    I had a FB friend, who went into labor and LITERALLY posted every single time she dilated another centimeter!! Then it was 10 - time to push!! A few minutes later there was already a picture of the new baby up. If that's what people want to do and share every detail with people, then have at it folks, but it just was a little weird for me.

    Wow...that is a little much! I post the odd belly (fully clothed) pic on FB due to the absolute demand of my friends who live far away lol! But I have already decided that maybe a week ahead of my due date I'm going to make a post something along the lines of "If anyone posts anything about my babies gender or photos, or that it arrived before my husband and myself I will unfriend you on Facebook and life!" lol! It's kinda weird about your super updating friends, but it drives me F-ing NUTS when people will post on the Mom/Dad's wall "CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BABY BOY" before they posted anything about it!! Absolutely go crazy over this lol!

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  • I'm sure it's exciting to the family members to hear, but I only posted 3 times about my pregnancy. Once to announce, 2nd a nice u/s pic and today to note that I have 25 days left. Not everyone wants a continuous update!! Yes it is exciting, but only when you actually have news to share!!
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  • Its totally funny, because these same people are like "why is everyone always in my business?!" 

    Oooo I know why! Pick me!  

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  • imageMrsJelly:

    imageeddy92482:
    I had a FB friend, who went into labor and LITERALLY posted every single time she dilated another centimeter!! Then it was 10 - time to push!! A few minutes later there was already a picture of the new baby up. If that's what people want to do and share every detail with people, then have at it folks, but it just was a little weird for me.

    Wow...that is a little much! I post the odd belly (fully clothed) pic on FB due to the absolute demand of my friends who live far away lol! But I have already decided that maybe a week ahead of my due date I'm going to make a post something along the lines of "If anyone posts anything about my babies gender or photos, or that it arrived before my husband and myself I will unfriend you on Facebook and life!" lol! It's kinda weird about your super updating friends, but it drives me F-ing NUTS when people will post on the Mom/Dad's wall "CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BABY BOY" before they posted anything about it!! Absolutely go crazy over this lol!

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    Argh, me too! I already told my parents, and told DH to tell his parents, that they are absolutely NOT to post a word on Facebook about the baby after her arrival (probably going to tell them not to announce when I'm in labor either) until DH or I have done so. It's really mostly about privacy - I want a little peace and quiet and time to ourselves before the whole world knows about LO's arrival. I don't want to be forced to turn my phone off and completely cut myself off from the outside world, but I don't want to deal with incoming calls/texts/FB notifications from anyone and everyone. DH and I actually decided that either way, we're going to wait a couple of hours to even tell our parents about LO's arrival. This way, they'll have no info/photos to post on the internet, and also we won't have to worry about anxious grandparents wanting to show up at the hospital immediately and interrupt our time getting to know each other.


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  • I think facebook is the down fall of society.

    Dd was born by csection, under general.  MIL had full intentions to post a pic of her on Facebook, before I even woke up!   

    This time, I am having lots of family drama, so everyone is under strict orders to not say a word on Facebook until we go home , I don't want unwelcome visitors at the hospital.   

  • imageeddy92482:
    I had a FB friend, who went into labor and LITERALLY posted every single time she dilated another centimeter!! Then it was 10 - time to push!! A few minutes later there was already a picture of the new baby up. If that's what people want to do and share every detail with people, then have at it folks, but it just was a little weird for me.

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    There were probably two people who were interested in that -- and they were already at the hospital.  Ugh.  Facebook.

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  • imagealmostjennifer:

    imageeddy92482:
    I had a FB friend, who went into labor and LITERALLY posted every single time she dilated another centimeter!! Then it was 10 - time to push!! A few minutes later there was already a picture of the new baby up. If that's what people want to do and share every detail with people, then have at it folks, but it just was a little weird for me.

    Indifferent

    There were probably two people who were interested in that -- and they were already at the hospital.  Ugh.  Facebook.

     

    I actually had her hidden or whatever so I didn't see her in my newsfeed, until a friend of mine texted me to tell me about this ridiculousness....I have a lot of people under strict orders of NO PICTURES on FB until I am ready....they can post whatever they want about his arrival, just no photos. I am not worried about unwanted visitors at the hospital. People know how I am, they will have the courtesy to call first!!

  • I'm so glad you posted about this because I know a few people like this and now I know I need to prepare. I should know better too because I have a cousin who posted on FB about our Grandma passing away right when it happened so many of our close family and friends found out via FB and we only found out about the post when we would call to tell them. Can you imagine finding out about something like that online?! But seriously I think this baby update warning will be directed to my sister. Lol!
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  • imageWife2Billy:
    I should know better too because I have a cousin who posted on FB about our Grandma passing away right when it happened so many of our close family and friends found out via FB and we only found out about the post when we would call to tell them.


    I thought this only happened to me! I found out about my grandfather passing away from my cousin on fb. I haven't even thought about people posting about our twins arrivals on fb before we announce but now I am! My cousins wife is awful and I know she will announce it! She announced my pregnancy on fb too I didn't even get a chance to tell everyone yet! I should probably start talking to people about this so nobody announces it!
  • LOL, your friend is going to be in for a huge surprise if she thinks that's all that needs to happen for the baby to arrive.  Almost wish I could see that meltdown.

    In regards to PPs, I too will need to tell my family no updates to FB.  And it will NOT go over well.  I have a feeling DHs family will be fine with it (as they have been with everything else), but my family is super stubborn and will resist anything that they are told NOT to do, even if it's reasonable.  So I am probably going to get a guilt-trip from my mom about it (or her simply telling me it's cruel for me to ask them to do that), and the rest of my family will probably just all out ignore it.  I will send them the message, and if they don't do what I ask, there will be hell to pay later.  If I see someone on facebook updating or announcing my baby's arrival before me or DH does, I will tell them to immediately take it down and it won't be in the nicest words.

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  • imageWife2Billy:
    I'm so glad you posted about this because I know a few people like this and now I know I need to prepare. I should know better too because I have a cousin who posted on FB about our Grandma passing away right when it happened so many of our close family and friends found out via FB and we only found out about the post when we would call to tell them. Can you imagine finding out about something like that online?! But seriously I think this baby update warning will be directed to my sister. Lol!

     

    Actually, a guy I graduated with died, and his family couldn't reach his sister. It was alllll over FB before they could find her, and they had to send a police officer to her home, to make sure she didn't find out that way. People weren't meaning to be disrespectful, they genuinely were sad, but it was awful!  

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