Ideas for late pregnancy reveal on Facebook?

lindscaples · June 2015

So I am 21 weeks and we still have not put anything on Facebook about this pregnancy. (I have had 2 miscarriages since my daughter was born and didn't want people getting excited before I was able to.) But, It's getting to the point now, though, where if there are any pics posted of me, it will be obvious that I'm pregnant.

Anyone have any ideas on how to creatively post this "late" announcement?

elmann1 · June 2015

DH and I announced this week at 21 weeks as well. We both posed with a onesie, a baby bib, and the ultrasound photo. I didn't want to put just my naked baby on FB so i used DH and I as a buffer, a tie dye onesie a friend made for us, a a "I [lobster] Maine" bib (DH is from Maine)

J1D · June 2015

Many of my friends didn't post on Facebook til 20+ weeks either. They just did the same kinds of announcements as the gals that announced at 12 weeks. So just do whatever is your favorite! I know a lot of people say it's over done, but my favorite is the family growing by 2 feet with the pic of baby shoes, so that's what I did

kim1228 · June 2015

I've seen it cute where the dad stands next to the mom with a balloon under his shirt, and the mom (who's showing already) stands with him. They say "Guess who is pregnant?!"

beckles112 · June 2015

You should just wait till the baby is born and then post and say "had a baby today...no big deal." Haha I really wanted to hide my pregnancy from Facebook until delivery because I thought it'd be funny to just randomly post pics of my baby. Of course, most people already knew. Haha

savedbygrace1213 · June 2015

I haven't put anything on fb yet either. We find out tomorrow what we're having so I thought about buying shoes afterward and trying to get a picture of them dangling from my dogs mouth and put something about his human brother or sister.. We love our puppy, so we want to include him!

bbanv · June 2015

I haven't posted anything yet either and we find out what we're having on Thursday. I'll probably put something up about that after that. Maybe a onesie or something? Not really sure yet!

VioletandRose · June 2015

J1D said:

Many of my friends didn't post on Facebook til 20+ weeks either. They just did the same kinds of announcements as the gals that announced at 12 weeks. So just do whatever is your favorite! I know a lot of people say it's over done, but my favorite is the family growing by 2 feet with the pic of baby shoes, so that's what I did

I'm with this. A lot of people I'm friends with didn't post anything on FB until around this time, either. I still haven't done anything, and I'm on the fence. I might do something toward the end of this week, but probably just posting an ultrasound pic. To be perfectly honest, and I know this might come off rude (if it does, I'm sorry), I think most contrived FB pregnancy announcements are cheesy.

amberrmariee20 · June 2015

This was our overall announcement all together, nobody really knew we were pregnant until 18 weeks 2 days !

cdepperschmidt · June 2015

I just announced at 18wks. A girl I went to high school with waited until after 20weeks. She posted a meme that said, "keep calm, I'm having a baby and its a boy!" It was clever.

edavis926 · June 2015

@babycable We're doing a doggie/ shoe announcement too! I used to be able to add attachments but apparently not anymore. We wanted the shoe in her mouth but it didn't work out. So we have them between her paws while she's laying down and since I have a treat off camera she has her ears perked and a concerned "you're going to give me that, right?" Look on her face. We were going to do something like more shoes to chew but with the expression we got from her I feel like we have so many options!

I'll be 21 weeks before we announce it. Granted I was almost 16 when I told my family.

J1D · June 2015

VioletandRose said:

J1D said:

Many of my friends didn't post on Facebook til 20+ weeks either. They just did the same kinds of announcements as the gals that announced at 12 weeks. So just do whatever is your favorite! I know a lot of people say it's over done, but my favorite is the family growing by 2 feet with the pic of baby shoes, so that's what I did

I'm with this. A lot of people I'm friends with didn't post anything on FB until around this time, either. I still haven't done anything, and I'm on the fence. I might do something toward the end of this week, but probably just posting an ultrasound pic. To be perfectly honest, and I know this might come off rude (if it does, I'm sorry), I think most contrived FB pregnancy announcements are cheesy.

They are pretty cheesy! But I'm ok with that! I think a lot of new social media traditions are cheesy or "look at me- look at me!!!!" But I've waited so long for this baby and been so happy/jealous/sad every time I saw an announcement and didn't get to post one of my own that there was no question about it for me. If I hadn't been so sick it would have been over the top contrived and cheesy! Maybe with like hired clowns and lion tamers! Who knows? But it's totally each to their own as far as social media announcements go. I think it's fine when people never announce at all or just post a simple, "hey! Guess what? We are pregnant

" Whatever makes you happy

shannond21228 · June 2015

I had 3 miscarriages before this pregnancy and was also ready to have that big announcement moment too! We waited until around 17 weeks and got a banner made on etsy for our twins to hold that said big brothers.

MrsN092714 · June 2015

We used this as an announcement at almost 18 weeks, I whipped it up that morning. I wasn't sure I was going to announce at all and definitely was going to hold out until 20 weeks but I was starting to feel like we were hiding our news rather than sharing it. This was a planned baby and we couldn't be more excited for it and it was making me nervous to see people I hadn't told yet so I gave in and it's so nice to have it out in the open. It doesnt seem like anybody even really put it together that we waited so long to announce (with the exception of people who are having babies around the same time as us.)

travelinglilbaum · June 2015

We decided to post after we found out we were having a little girl. My husband took the picture of our robes next to a little white w pink robe and just said we can't wait to meet our little bambina in October. I think each to their own!

aah1013 · June 2015

We have also had two losses while trying for baby #2. Sometimes I so badly want to announce, but I keep stopping myself. I think we'll be one of those couples that just posts a surprise post after the baby is born. Maybe DD#1 holding the baby with the caption "today my best friend was born" or something like that.

silly514 · June 2015

We just announced last week after anatomy scan results and gender reveal pics. I'm 21 weeks too. It was a lot of fun. A lot of people already know but tons were surprised. We had the pics taken blowing blue glitter above dd1 and they turned out super cute!

VioletandRose · June 2015

MrsN092714 said:

We used this as an announcement at almost 18 weeks, I whipped it up that morning. I wasn't sure I was going to announce at all and definitely was going to hold out until 20 weeks but I was starting to feel like we were hiding our news rather than sharing it. This was a planned baby and we couldn't be more excited for it and it was making me nervous to see people I hadn't told yet so I gave in and it's so nice to have it out in the open. It doesnt seem like anybody even really put it together that we waited so long to announce (with the exception of people who are having babies around the same time as us.)

This is a really good point. I don't want people to think we are hiding it either. Our baby is a good thing, I'm just not big on attention. I was never a big FB poster and my fiancee isn't on FB, but I do have a lot of extended family and old friends on there that would probably feel insulted if they didn't know beforehand...especially if I want to invite them to a baby shower. Plus, my parents are chomping at the bit to make a FB post that they will be grandparents. Every time I see them they ask when/if they can post on it on FB. I know it's my kid but hey, its their first grandchild too, they are excited.

lizzyLD · June 2015

We find out the sex next week and planning on posting something at that time!

just something simple.

MauKa23 · June 2015

We did ours with the gender announcement... I'm weird about posting prego stuff on fb, so it was a big (late) step for us

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