Posting on Social media

I posted on Christmas Day last I was 18 weeks I think I was around that but then after a while I was mad I did as I had enjoyed keeping the news to ourselves so regretted that I had “announced” it! Each to their own but that was just my feelings and experience!

My baby is 6 weeks and I have nothing on social media. In fact I don’t think I have announced engagement or wedding. Why do you feel you need to put on social media? There is no law, just do what you are comfortable with ??

I never announced! My son is 2.5 months now. I did everything old school - kept it to a tight circle of family and friends. Don’t feel like you’re wrong in wanting to keep things private!

You do what's best for you. But honestly, I didn't post and I'm glad I didn't bc I had a mid pregnancy loss so if I did post I'd get a whole bunch of questions and would have had to tell everyone the news.

We announced the day my son was born. Only a few people knew we were expecting.

My daughter is 2.5 months and people are still finding out. I didnt feel comfortable posting anything on social media and i wanted to focus on my pregnancy and newborn rather than peoples' reactions/comments on my posts.

I don’t plan on announcing this pregnancy. I’ve kind of fallen off most social media anyway and the older I get the less interesting it all is for me. I announced right away with my first but I have no desire to with this one for some reason lol

Love all these stories ! Maybe I won't post a thing until the baby is born. It's so true there is no law saying you have to post. I think what gets to me(my fear) is that people talk crap and make it seem as if your "embarrassed" of your kid . But I have to not care what people think and so I don't think ill post until the birth .

I had her in March and did at different moments with everyone. My friends and cousins knew first, then my aunt and dad, then my aunts on my mom's side, and my grandma was like a month before. I enjoyed the privacy and didn't want to be bombarded with questions. I kept getting the occasional "You should announce it!"

I announced I was pregnant at 35 weeks. You do what you want!

My husband made announcements in his own social media profile. I kept it to myself

I didn't post a thing on social media. My husband doesn't have any socials and I only have Facebook which I use very very rarely. We didn't post a thing until after Ethan was born, and only then because I felt pressured to by my in-laws. We don't share any pictures of Ethan online either. I figured the people I wanted to know I would tell myself and anyone else wasn't important enough for me to communicate with regularly. Just do whatever feels right for you x

I regularly post on social media but surprisingly I haven’t said a word yet about my pregnancy to any of my followers, the only people who are aware is people who regularly check in with us so that’s my husbands parents, his grandparents and my best friend. I plan to announce some time after I give birth but im in no rush, besides I have a few self entitled distant family members who are gonna be butt hurt I refuse to share every aspect of my life with their nosey asses so im hoping a surprise we had baby number 2 will give them a nice little smack in the face.

We didn’t really announce anything until I was 6 months along. I wasn’t hiding it but I’m just not a showy social media person 🤷🏻‍♀️

We “announced” one month before at my baby shower! All the important people knew. And we wanted this time for ourselves. You’re under no obligation to live out loud for other people. And if people got upset/hurt, i said that “i happily told people when we spoke to one another… so apparently we don’t talk much” 😂😂🤷🏽‍♀️ not my fault.

No one knew until I was 5 months after the gender scan and even still we told only immediate family. Lol my son is 2 months and people are still finding out and be like “ WTf I didn’t know you had a son” etc- everything doesn’t have to be shared on social media.

I posted a birth announcement like a week after but nothing before that

I still haven’t announced my pregnancy on social media. I want to soon but I also know that some family members will want to steal the baby thunder which I’m not too excited about. I’m more worried about posting when she actually arrives

I don’t have a social media anymore so people can just find out when they see me with my bb :)

I didn’t post on social media until about 35ish weeks! It’s no one’s business but who you want to tell 😊

I was the same way

Same I'm 6 months and still have not announced but I didn't find out I was pregnant until I was 17.5 weeks along 🙃. We haven't even had our first official sonogram where they give you pictures. I only found out I was pregnant and how far because I went to the E.R. thinking I had a bladder infection with all the trips to the bathroom

I never announced i was pregnant on social media. Those who needed to know knew. I posted a pic of my hand holding my littles hand with his name and date of birth 1 month after he arrived but won't be posting any photos of him on social media either. Just personal preference 😊

I haven't n don't really want to...I've told a small circle of people as well but I don't know how long they will keep it at that.
I don't feel it's their place to tell others but then again if they didn't hear it from me I don't see how it shud be their business🙄 I have to protect my own privacy

Its same for me.. I want that when baby is more stable in my tummy that's the time I wanna share to my friends.. 🙂

I didn't share on social media with my 4th baby (didn't even have social with baby 1 and 2) until after my baby was born. Close family and friends knew but the rest of the world got a birth announcement afterwards. I actually really enjoyed just keeping that whole pregnancy to us, it was really special in a way. Social Media can be really overwhelming these days when it comes to pregnancy announcements and gender reveals and crazy advice 🙃 there is no right or wrong answer, whatever you are comfortable with, don't feel pressured to share because others share every step of the way

I’m due next month and still have yet to decide when I want to announce my pregnancy, idk I’m a private person

some people are just more private about their lives and there’s nothing wrong with that

I didn’t put anything on social media until my baby shower at 36 weeks, and I think friends who attetended posted pictures of me and bump before I did 😅 I just didn’t feel I wanted to do the big announcement or the usual scan post etc. just go with whatever makes you feel comfortable you shouldn’t feel any social pressure to publicly announce things online xxx

I never announced my pregnancy on social media and only did a post a week after bub was born announcing her but not her dob or full name. I think I’m today’s world we owe our kids the ability to have the online presence they want not for us to determine it before they can consent

Why do you need to? If you haven’t so far and are happy with that decision then why now?
We didn’t announce the pregnancy at all on social media, I posted a picture of his hand at 1 week old with his name. I won’t be posting his face on social media at all, IMO the people that need to or want to know will see you and baby anyway. Or if I don’t see them that much but they are still a good friend they wouldn’t be worried about texting me to ask for a recent picture x

I posted at 24 weeks :) xx

We announced after having our 20 week scan and finding out the gender. It's just what we were comfortable with. Wanted to enjoy the news with close family and friends before announcing it to the random people I went to school with 15 years ago and haven't spoken to since lmao 🤣🤣

I didn't post on SM until after my son was born. The way I see it is that those close and important to me knew and that's what mattered. I'm not one for posting my life on there anyway

I felt the same, was nice having it as news for special people first. Posted on social media once I was about 5 months 😊

I didn’t post until 26 weeks - I was made redundant and job hunting and didn’t want it to affect my chances of getting a job x

I haven't put anything on social media and I'm not sure if I will. I haven't even changed my FB status to married even tho it's been almost 3 years. As far as I concerned those close to me know what's happening in my life, and i don't feel the need to share with social media.

Never posted on any social media platform. My son is 6months old. Still not posted. My privacy remains my privacy..i guess its an Africa thing. Announcing it on social media and getting all that comments doesnt really mean much to me because only your family will be there for you when you finally put to bed and need help.

I wasn’t going to post at all but my partner really wanted too.. I think just because he was so proud which was lovely too see we waited until 4 months … I think it’s just whatever you feel comfortable doing… in your own time or not at all , it’s your life and your baby💕

I never announced my pregnancy or the birth and do not show my childs face on any social media either. Do what feels right for you.x

I never posted my pregnancy 🤰🏾 on social media at all. My baby came early June 4th she’s a preemie so I didn’t post until a week after she came home from the NICU. She spent 74days in the NICU everyone was like what wait when was you pregnant? But I liked my privacy and the ones that needed to know knew.

I posted at 30 weeks. It’s completely your call, do what makes you feel comfortable. I felt as long as I told the people who matter personally, it really doesn’t matter about the rest. I hate how social media gets in our minds and makes us question what we should and shouldn’t be doing x

My daughter is 5 months old and I haven't posted anything on social media. No announcement, no pictures of her, nothing. I guess it's just a choice, but I'm not into social media much anyway.

I just posted a 15 second video of my ultrasound without any details on my story.

The ones that mattered asked and congratulated me.

I got to see who viewed it and said nothing. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don’t regret it.

I did not post anything about my pregnancy. My child just randomly showed up one day on my feed when he was 18 months old. I also rarely post him now that he is 2. It’s ok and totally normal NOT to post even big life events on social media.

I announced it on Snapchat on Mother’s Day when I was 6 months on friends only and I only put a photo on IG when I was weeks away from my due date 😅

I didn't announce my pregnancy with my last baby. We posted after his birth, nothing since. The majority of my pregnancy was during lockdown, we only told the people we saw in person or that we were close to that we were expecting, it was so nice to have that privacy. X

I don't have anything on my socials about my family. Up to you whether to share. I feel like there are so many crazy ppl out there stalking online..

We waited until I was 20 weeks this pregnancy. I also don’t want to post when he arrives for a few days/weeks. I was pressured into announcing the birth of my first son. I’m not doing that this time!

I don’t think we are going to post until we have a baby shower. I just don’t know how I feel. On one hand I want to be able to post for my own memories and to look back but on the other hand I want to be able to share my most important parts of life with only the ones I’m closest with.
With a baby shower people can come along and we are inviting men and women so not just a girly day and I’m sure our friends will want to post and so that’s ok. I don’t want to limit the fun at all but equally I want to share in our own time. By the baby shower baby will be ready to arrive too.
I think it’s completely personal preference and no right or wrong just whatever you want gor yourself.
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