FB announcement...yes or no?

chandler07 · June 2015

Ive done them for my first two but am to the point now where I'm deliberating if FB is too informative anymore. What did you do? Yay or nay?

BrookeBrown2015 · June 2015

I haven't announced on FB and haven't decided if/when I will. It (the pregnancy) just feels so personal still, which is kinda funny for me to say I guess since I am on here talking about my pregnancy with strangers lol.

chewie5990 · June 2015

I'm planning on announcing on Facebook after the anatomy scan. I'm doing it mostly so relatives and family friends that live far away know. I've told everyone I'm close too but don't plan on calling up every relative to share the news so Facebook seemed like the easiest option.

Beckah31 · June 2015

I'm waiting to do a baby reveal in December. If I don't see or at least talk to you on the regular, you can just wait until then. Unless someone rats me out with an accidental bump pic or something.

stephaniearthurs · June 2015

I announced last week after my last Dr.'s appointment. I got really worried after. Now I'm wondering if I should have waited until 20 weeks! But the cats out of the bag now.

My hubby and I joked that we wouldn't say anything at all and then just start taking pictures of the baby an not explain anything!

LauraSmarterSpam · June 2015

Didn't do it with DS, and won't be doing it with this one. People just found out because we weren't being secretive about it, but we didn't do a kablaam announcement. I have a few friends who have struggled with infertility and losses (my sister being one of them), and don't want to blast it in their faces. Granted my sister knew shortly after the stick showed positive.

grkgdss00 · June 2015

I'll do one later on, maybe after 20weeks. The important people already know.

bluelily9 · June 2015

I did it for my first and while it's great to see all the "Congrats!" comments, after losing my second early on (thankfully I never announced that one) I'm just not feelin it for this one. I told everyone who knows not to mention it on fb even though all my family, close friends and bosses know. I figure people will see pics of me pregnant at some point and we are doing a gender reveal at my sons 3rd birthday so people will see those pictures.

kawolt · June 2015

I'm not into announcing on FB...kinda feel like if we wanted you to know then you would. My parents feel the complete opposite and are actually mad at me for not doing a FB announcement....go figure!

soccsm13 · June 2015

I haven't announced yet, but probably will after my anatomy scan. I didn't announce my first until 17 weeks and I'm more hesitant this time after a loss with my second. I do want to be the one to announce though, before someone else outs me.

Miracle_Mommy · June 2015

My husband is big on social media... we had been ttc for 3 years. And the day after the stick turned positive he was posting it on Facebook. He would get so jealous when his friends would post their pregnancy on facebook because ttc was an especially sore subject to him. I guess he was just so excited he couldn't wait to share! Lol

fiorip · June 2015

I'm not posting it on fb. No particular reason other than people close to me and my husband already know we're expecting.

discohiker · June 2015

We announced via FB for the first two, but this time I think I am just going to keep it on the DL and only let people who I actually interact with face to face know. Maybe I will do an announcement around Thanksgiving or something.... just to mess with folks who haven't seen me in a long time.

rain0831boww · June 2015

It's totally up to however you feel. If you genuinely want to share the news, then go for it but if you don't care about sharing it, you can always wait until later.

kit9452 · June 2015

We told close family and friends personally first. A month after that I announced it on facebook. We were hoping family would spread the word to other relatives, but it turned out to be a mess with some relatives knowing while others having no idea.

fmraglio · June 2015

We posted to Facebook for the sole reason that I wanted to be able to tell everyone before my MIL did. I really just wanted people to hear it from me and there are a lot of people that I only keep in touch with on FB since we moved.

But we didn't do anything fancy, just posted a picture of us together and wrote that we were expecting a baby in December. My phone was ringing constantly the whole rest of the weekend from people I haven't heard from in years, it was kind of nice.

misamima · June 2015

With DD, we didn't "announce" on FB until past 20 weeks. Everyone already knew by then anyway. And it wasn't really an announcement. It was just posting a picture of me with a very obvious bump.

With this LO, it'll probably be the same. All our families, friends, and coworkers know.

amye02 · June 2015

We are planning on doing our announcement this weekend on Facebook, including gender reveal. Only immediate family members know right now and Saturday marks 16 weeks.

mellybelles · July 2015

We are not making a formal announcement, I personally do believe fb has created a culture of oversharing. The people we love and love us all already know about the baby, and I'm sure my old high school lacrosse friend I haven't seen in 10 years could care less.... I won't lie though I love seeing some of the other ladies posts they are putting up... All have been super cute!

JulieK79 · July 2015

I'm undecided. We made a FB announcement last time after week 20 when we found out the gender. I'm in the same boat as others - we've had a previous loss so I'm still more worried this time around about things. Plus one of my closest friends was due in October and lost the baby in the spring. We have a lot of mutual friends and I don't want her seeing our friends congratulate me all day long.

missphil · July 2015

It depends on who populates your facebook. For me, facebook is mostly people I know or knew but are not really in my life. The people close to me or the people I work with already know. I prefer to announce only to people I see regularly. I kind of like having this secret from the people of my past and that's why I won't be announcing on facebook.

RSB1982 · July 2015

I'm not doing a FB announcement, I just don't really care to. My DH on the other hand keeps joking about putting an announcement on the Face. No idea if he's kidding yet or not. He seems pretty serious. He really wants to take a picture of a loaf of bread in an oven and post it to FB with no explanation and then let people speculate. Haha we'll see. He hasn't mentioned it in a few days so maybe he's forgotten!

redfallon · July 2015

I still don't understand when people have people on their FB that they haven't talked to in years, or who are very casual acquaintances. I've got my extended family, and friends that I actually talk to, and people from high school that I interact with on there. I go through every so often and clear it out of people that I don't interact with or those that don't post anything.

I'll be putting something on there because I want to share my news with those people, but I don't live near everyone and don't talk on the phone to everyone, so FB is the easiest way to share it. I don't know when, though.

sunneedays · July 2015

I waited until 12 weeks to announce mine. I probably would have waited longer if I hadn't had 5 ultrasounds by then. We had been TTC for 5 years and had 2 MCs during that time. I was just too excited to keep it in! This pregnancy also marked the first time we got to hear a heartbeat, so I felt pretty good about it.

I think the decision is incredibly personal though, so what is right for one person may not be right for the next. Good luck!

adbrading · July 2015

We announced on Facebook. I actually couldn't wait. We did it after the first ultrasound. We did the first came love, then came marriage....thing. I think it's totally up to you. Everyone I am friends with on facebook I am also friends or at least have met and know in real life. I couldn't wait to shout it from the rooftops! The support has been amazing!

jeanperez87 · July 2015

I don't have a facebook i do have an IG but havent posted a pic of my bump or an ultra sound i will eventually im thinking after 20 weeks. But its totally up to mom whether she'd like to share with facebook on social media etc.

Cmagno · July 2015

Nope, I actually deleted my FB a few months ago. Now that DD is getting older it is starting to feel like an invasion of privacy to me (even though I'm the one posting!?). I'm probably crazy but sharing intimate news with 300+ friends, who I realized I'm mostly not even close to, got weird. We have been telling friends and family about baby #2 and its actually been fun running into people who don't know and getting to tell them in person, verses a FB blast in one day. I have to say going social media free is pretty awesome

redfallon · July 2015

Cmagno said:
Nope, I actually deleted my FB a few months ago. Now that DD is getting older it is starting to feel like an invasion of privacy to me (even though I'm the one posting!?). I'm probably crazy but sharing intimate news with 300+ friends, who I realized I'm mostly not even close to, got weird. We have been telling friends and family about baby #2 and its actually been fun running into people who don't know and getting to tell them in person, verses a FB blast in one day. I have to say going social media free is pretty awesome

So why not delete the 300+ friends and only keep close family and friends on there instead of deleting the whole thing?

shanniflo · July 2015

I haven't decided yet, this is my third pregnancy and I had a tough time with my second who is only 8 months old. I almost feel like if I don't people will think I'm trying to hide it.

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