I kind of agree and kind of don't! Personally yes it DOES annoy me when people go on and on and on about their pregnancy. But equally it is their page so if that's what they want to post about then that's totally up to them!
This is explains how I feel about it quite well. It does frustrate me, but I've just hidden them. I found the people that have posted every single second about their pregnancy have then gone on to post every single second about their baby, so I've just kept them hidden. They have every right to use their facebook page how they wish, I just found it filled up my news feed a ton and I had to scroll through heaps of status' and photos. I view their profiles every now and then to catch up.
Completely agree with storked and smiler; I'm also a LTTTC and had to have IVF to concieve this pregnancy. I hated (and still do hate) those who just whine about how 'dreadful' it is being pregnant and how they cannot wait to get the baby out. It's infuriating when you'd do anything to be pregnant when they're so flippant about the gift they've been given.
I posted an ultrasound to announce, but haven't mentioned much since. Like others I have LTTTC friends and friends who've recently have miscarriages. Not only this do I try and think that probably other friends that were in my position and I wouldn't want to cause them extra pain like others have done to me.
This ^^ I've suffered from two misscarriages and have really had to bite my tongue when people have been complaining about how 'dreadful' their pregnancy is/has been. I'm sure for them it has been dreadful, but for me it's such a precious gift and it was really hard to watch. So i've hidden them too.
You'd hate me then. My first pregnancy, Facebook was my journal ha, then now she's here, every day there's a new picture. Don't like it, delete. She's happy and excited, just join in with her?
Thats me
I do weekly updates. I am excited and no one can ruin it.
I don't think people want to ruin it. My friends where excited, that's great for them, It just clogged up my news feed and wasn't really what I wanted to be seeing every day all day (back when I was suffering the MCs).
This post interested me, I'm not pregnant but stalk different areas of b n b, I personally won't be putting anything up other than an announcement I'm pg and an announcement they have been born but I won't post any pictures, I want to teach my children about internet safety but how can I do that if their whole life is on there from conception and pictures of them. If I tell my child not to post pictures of themselves on the internet they cud easily say but u put lots on when I was a baby. I think ppl should think twice about posting baby pics and so on but a pregnancy update is ok. I have a friend who comments every time her baby kicks or moves and when her older one uses the potty
itsnowmyturn said pretty much what I was going to say, but for me, I've chosen not to announce on facebook at all. My close friends and family know I'm pregnant, and if you meet me, you'll know I'm pregnant, but I haven't felt the need to shout it from the roof tops to a load of people I don't know REALLY well. That's just me though. We'd already decided we wouldn't be posting photos of our children to social networks or other areas online (except flickr where we remain the owners of the photos and can set them to private except friends and family) so concluded that the ultrasounds where private to us and didn't want them floating around online (except the one public one I have in my profile photo here on b&b).
It's all just personal preference isn't it at the end of the day, but I do get why it's frustrating for you!
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