Am I the only one not planning a huge Facebook announcement?

satindawl83 · May 2015

I don't knock anyone who is, but it never crossed my mind to post anything other then "hey, I'm pregnant."

Anyone else out there keeping it low key?

fairygirl86 · May 2015

The only thing I did was took a picture of my daughter in her shirt that said ask me about my big secret on the front and says I'm gonna be a bug sister on the back. That's the biggest thing I did lol.

susiaustin · May 2015

I just posted a sonogram picture I'm waiting till people freak out and message me because only the ones who knew have noticed yet

BostonBaby1 · May 2015

I don't even have Facebook. It creeps me out so

But I think it is cool if people do.

mellybelles · May 2015

Nope not me I'm actually he opposite! I'm going to keep it a secret on fb and then suddenly post pics of the baby and just confuse everyone that I'm not close friends with hahha!

alexandratb · May 2015

I've always thought big FB posts are tacky and AW-ish.

That said, my husband wants to do one, so .... I told him he's tacky.

satindawl83 · May 2015

Ok ladies, I'm feeling less like an oddball now.

And I agree, I love the subtle posts...I had a friend change her profile pic to a jar of Prego and she said nothing else. Loved it!

jenmardel · May 2015

I do not plan on making any sort of announcement on Facebook. I just feels like it brings too much attention and questions and nosiness that I just don't have the patience to deal with. The people I have the patience for will know by me telling them face to face or over the phone. However, I will say that I do get a kick out of funny or original pregnancy announcements when I see them!!!

Birthinrox · May 2015

I didn't post anything about my first pregnancy until 24 weeks and will probably wait until later for this one. I just don't feel like being super public.

kmkaull2 · May 2015

I'm not posting anything on FB til baby is born. The people who need/want to know, will know without a FB announcement.

amandaluv5 · May 2015

I just posted a picture of my pregnancy test waited for some ppl to see it that I was close to and then deactived my fb and left a comment and said I'll be gone for 9 months ttyl

sbost0118 · May 2015

I'll probably post a sonogram at some point down the road. Mainly so my extended family will know without me having to call everyone. I've got about 60 cousins all in all and barely talk to most of them.

erikaalzet · May 2015

My friends and family are pretty active on FB. While I plan on making ZERO Facebook announcements (I'm doing one for Instagram, but that is a more "curated" friends list), I'm sure once I'm showing I'll be tagged in a picture. Our family has a lot of summer birthdays and BBQs, and love to take photos.

Arrow7329 · May 2015

For my first I posted a picture of the Expecting Mothers Only Parking sign and said "my new parking spot for a while". For this one I made a check lest on poster board for DS. The last item says -Become Big Brother December! I think it's fun. I like the jar of prego idea, super cute!

Beckah31 · May 2015

I've been debating this, I'm super thinking about not posting and then just (hopefully) showing up with a sweet baby photo on Christmas Eve (I'm due 12/20, so you never know). We lost twins just after birth at 23 weeks, so I'm kind of scared to go super public, but I'm really starting to dig this idea of not telling.

Elizabella85 · May 2015

One of my bridesmaids totally did that. Her baby was born in early April so it was hysterical!!! People thought it was a late April Fool's joke. Nope! I think one or two people were annoyed, but all of the "real" friends knew!!

MegStark · May 2015

I didn't first time around, and won't this time either. People will eventually figure it out.

BabyOnBoard1215 · May 2015

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LaceyH13 · May 2015

I definitely feel similar. Telling people in real life that I am close to is weird and awkward enough, I probably will just wait and let the baby tell them around Christmas. No need for all the questions and unasked for advice from people I barely speak to.

coffeerainrepeat · May 2015

I don't even want to say anything on Facebook... come December, I'll post a picture of my baby. All the people that are most important to me will find out from me and my husband, either in person or over the phone. I have too many random friends from high school, college and such, that I am not close with and don't care for them to know all the details of my life. Ya know? Just a little creepy to me.

redfallon · May 2015

Nothing huge. I want to get DD a big sister shirt and post a photo with her. Not original, but low key and gets the job done.

arichlife · May 2015

I use and love Instagram way more than FB (smaller amount of people and I interact with them more) so that is really where I will post my fun big announcement. I might just leave the FB post to my husband who will just say something like "expecting baby #2 in December!" And call it good.

GalLaura · May 2015

No big announcement here. I'm not even sure how I'll address it in social media lol

SamiBearrr · May 2015

My boyfriend already put the ultrasound picture as his cover photo, however I have a lot of family on mine that don't need to know so mines staying as is. No pictures or statuses

LauraSmarterSpam · May 2015

Didn't do one with DS and not doing it again.

Goldsgirl9 · May 2015

I didn't do it with DS and I will not be doing it this time. Something about it wierds me out.

Taylovesbrad · May 2015

Well you all have more restraint. I will probably do the sonogram or something, but not until at least 3 months. Will make sure to tell friends and family in person, or over the phone. So much of my family is out of state that it's a good way to stay connected. I just majorly edited my friends list though

krickert16 · May 2015

We are not, but not because I think they are tacky.... But rather because I want my child to be low tech, low social media! So many of my friends have hashtags for their babies!!!!! So basically creepy people can look at them at any time! Ew! Anyways.... That's why lol

kidcapri100 · May 2015

My husband and I are not announcing on Facebook or really anywhere for that matter. I've had it since college and have literally racked up almost 2K "friends" - however I can't even remember who half of them are now. The only reason I'm still on the thing is for work and distant relatives.
I don't feel like advertising my pregnancy, and I don't feel like 1700 of those "friends" will even care.
We plan on personally telling our close friends and family and that's it.

megirl81 · May 2015

Not posting anything until the birth. I believe in jinxing. (Experienced some... not fun).

313Meg · May 2015

No plans to do one! I just posted a pic last time of DH and I on a date night, and I had a belly. It was like "what a nice date" or something like that. That's how they were exposed. Lot's of surprised ppl.

lablover920 · May 2015

I have facebook but hardly ever really post. Just some pics that are linked from my instagram. So it will prob be a situation like you @313Meg One day they will just see a pic of me with a baby belly

grkgdss00 · May 2015

For the time being... I don't plan on announcing it either. That could change, but it wouldn't happen before 20 weeks.

VesperLove · May 2015

I don't have plans to announce but DH is so excited and sees them on his FB all the time and kind of wants to do one. I'm trying to explain to him that it's unnecessary but he's got it in his head it's something he wants ... we'll see what happens. I really don't want to because I know of a few of our friends (pretty close ones) who are struggling with infertility and I know how some of those types of posts have been difficult for them. I feel like it would be a big slap in the face to be like "yeah, those can be hard to see" and then post one of my own in the same way. I'm all for doing something a little sneaky (posting a pic that obviously shows a bump but not calling it out, posting an ultrasound photo but not directly to my front page that people can find if they really wanted to search my pictures, mentioning something at random in a post that makes it seem like it's common knowledge) but not some big "hey look at us, we're pregnant" announcement.

RSB1982 · May 2015

I am not planning on a Facebook announcement. I barely even check FB anymore. When we began ttc last July, I actually thought it would be healthy for me to distance myself from FB a bit. There for a while it seemed like all my friends were announcing pregnancies, posting cute pics of their kids, while we were trying so hard. It was disheartening. That being said, I have seen some really cute announcements. I kind of wish I were more into that stuff, I'm just not that creative.

kampbell · May 2015

I'm going to be low key too. I don't have anything against the big announcements, just feel like everyone I want to know, I'll be telling personally. I'm sure when I start complaining about late night feeds etc, it'll become pretty apparent.

lrprevost · May 2015

I don't plan to ever say anything on FB. Family and friends will know, and I just don't really care about anyone else knowing. I won't hide it if someone says something, but I won't put it out there. Plus, it will just be hilarious to see people so confused if we just post a picture of the baby in Dec. I may post something on Instagram because I'm addicted, but i'm not sure. We'll see!

krick43 · May 2015

I don't plan on doing one- I think it's great if you're up for it but personally I haven't talked to most of those people in so long I don't feel like they need to know!

redfallon · May 2015

To those of you who have people on there that you don't talk to, why do you have them on there? Why not delete those people that you don't talk to?

JulieK79 · May 2015

I had a mc in December and it was so unbelievably hard to see ultrasound pictures and "We're having a baby!" posts at that time that it's made rethink things a bit. I'll probably post something at some point but I probably won't post too much. A friend of mine posted her US picture, a "we're having a baby" post, and a side by side picture of the ultrasound and her toddler all in one day. I was happy for her and she had every right to post it and be excited, but it made me a sobbing mess at that particular point in time.

satindawl83 · May 2015

@redfallon I've had Facebook since it rolled out during my junior year of college (when it was only for college students!) Over the years, I've amassed a ton of people, and every so often I'll delete a few, but it's not worth the hassle to delete everyone I don't talk to regularly.

To me, Facebook is just a dumping ground of people I used to know, met once and they decided to friend me, co-workers who friended me, and other randomness. Close friends are a small subset...which is probably why I'm not a fan of the big FB announcement.

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