one-two FB punch

erinlovesdavid · October 2010

I experienced my first FB PG announcement, complete with u/s pictures. It was at the top of my news feed when I logged in last night, right above the brand new album of a friend's newborn who was delivered by C-section in the end of September.

It was worse than I thought it would be. I really thought I was in a place where I could feel happy for the happiness of those around me. Nope. I felt like the wind was knocked out of me and actually had to log out of FB completely. I can go weeks without crying, but all of a sudden, I hit a setback like this.

I'm so glad that today is my Friday!

camdenfaithful · October 2010

That totally sucks. I don't know what it is, but FB announcements are the worst. I wish I knew what it was, but they definitely get to me a lot more.

And today is my Friday too!! **does happy dance**

Gummybear · October 2010

Ugh. I totally understand. I can tell you this too. At least for me, it never ends. Our journey to conciove DD was also traumatic and harrowing (though not as bad as TTC #2). I still got that gut-punch feeling while I was pg. I even got that feeling when I would be sitting there, nursing my newborn! It makes no sense. This stuff scars you for life.

JenWhite123 · October 2010

I completely understand how you feel. I deactivated my FB account, because there are just too many things I can't deal w/ right now, and posts like that on FB are one of them.

millejj1 · October 2010

I'm so sorry. It comes and goes. Sometimes I can see facebook announcements and be ok, other times it kills me. A lot of it depends on the person.

Hugs!

shouldbworkin · October 2010

(((hugs))) I think it's hard when it's totally unexpected. And, some days are just better than other, yk. =(

erinlovesdavid · October 2010

millejj1:

I'm so sorry. It comes and goes. Sometimes I can see facebook announcements and be ok, other times it kills me. A lot of it depends on the person.

Hugs!

I think you're right. I am pretty disappointed because this particular FB friend has had a m/c, and so I would have thought that she would have used some discretion before posting something like this. And we're not super close...in fact, I'm not really sure why I'm still even "friends" with her.

MrsR25 · October 2010

I'm sorry. I totally set my newsfeed to ignore posts from this one girl I went to high school with who is pregnant because she updated 2-3 times daily with pregnancy status and every other day with belly shots.

camdenfaithful · October 2010

O it definitely depends on the person. Some people I am truly and genuinely happy for, but some of them I have to block.

I'm friends with a girl on FB who is due a week after I would have been and she posts bump pics weekly and anywhere from 2-5 status messages a day usually about being pregnant. I want to choke her.

carcrashheart · October 2010

i'm sorry..
it's a sucky feeling. once i would see FB announcements i would instantly hide the person until i felt ok with seeing their baby stuff.

2 wks ago a friend announced his wife's pregnancy by posting a video. they did the EXACT SAME THING that we had done to tell my parents. they purchased "grandma to be"/"grandpa in training" shirts and wrapped them up. then candid camera'd them opening the gifts, figuring out what it meant and jumping up and down. to watch someone do the exact same thing that we had done hurt like a b!tch. i hid him. i can't even muster up to say congrats, and our m/c was 6 mos ago. *sigh*

Mrs.Leah.Maria · October 2010

It's still progress, hun. I swear it is.

I'm sorry.

HappyLaLa0914 · October 2010

Ugh - I'm sorry. It's terrible, isn't it? I feel like I see a new pregnancy announcement or birth announcement every day on FB - it's really, really hard not to be bitter and angry. I'm happy for all the people I know who are having babies, but I want it to be ME.

Kira98 · October 2010

I'm so sorry. I think Gummybear is right, in a way it never ends. While I was pregnant with my son after my first loss, I completely lost it at my sister's baby shower. (hugs)

inlovewithB · October 2010

Not fun....I think we should all start avoiding FB. I am going to try to not log on until I get a BFP.

martinimomma · October 2010

((hugs)) That just sucks. FB sounds like more of a curse than a blessing when I read about it on this Board. I'm one of what seems like 5 people in the country that are not on FB, and if anything stories like this validate my staying the heck off of it.

And I'm jealous about today being your Friday!

nikki04vb · October 2010

I'm sorry..... that FB sneaks up on you. I don't like that. You can never predict what people are going to post. I had a bad FB day yesterday and hid a few people's status updates. I feel much better now

EmeraldEyedLady · October 2010

That sucks. I'm sorry you had to deal with that today.

The daughter of a former co-worker (whom I am still friends with) just had a baby yesterday afternoon and while I'm happy for her all of the pictures all over my FB news feed hit me really hard last night and this morning.

BlakeG · October 2010

Huge hugs. It just sucks. I don't think I will ever get used to that feeling.

ColleenS629 · October 2010

Hugs!

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