Secret pregnancy!
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I kept my pregnancy a secret for awhile because I didn’t want to tell my work until it was absolutely needed. I know there are all kinds of laws protecting me in theory but I wanted to protect myself anyway.
A lot of people didn’t know I was pregnant until I was 8 months. It’s easy to keep your business your business
I hid my pregnancy for as long as I could. Told the world at 25 weeks. I wanted to wait longer but I had to start planning a baby shower. If I ever become pregnant again, I'm hiding it for longer. It was the right choice for me. My first pregnancy was a CMP when I was 20. I got no support, only judgement, and a lot of hurtful comments while I was grieving. I decided then that I didn't want people's opinions about my pregnancies/losses.
I haven’t posted anything online about pregnancy. Close friends family and coworkers know but it’s not something I am comfortable having everyone online know about. It’s not a secretive thing, for us it’s more of protecting our child from strangers and superstition.
My husband and I have told close friends and family in person and we keep them up to date. We have kept it off social media because for us it's our intimate and personal journey. We'll announce once we've had our babies probably when they hit the one month mark. There's nothing wrong with sharing on social media but personally we feel not everyone needs to know our business.
I can totally understand people not wanting to post on social media. After my 12 week scan as long as all is well I think i will post to announce. I will be telling family first and a few close friends know. I think it’s totally personal preference, I just struggle not to share 😂
I did this too, I posted after my baby was born and only my close family knew (and a few close friends) had a high risk pregnancy and felt it was important to keep this close to me, I was just anxious is all. Don't think people should take it personally when they aren't told of news when it's not their business!
I did
My cousin did this and it was so awkward. I was confused about whether she even wanted the baby or not, and I was hurt that she didn’t tell me. It was just... awkward.
Ive not only never shared either of my two pregnancies, I have never posted any photos of either of my kids to any social media platform...
I shared at 35 weeks lol!
I havent announced my pregnancy on social media, everyone is too nosey! My family have put comments on which has annoyed me and had numerous people add me because of their comments xx
I told people in person, then announced a safe arrival on social media. The benefit of telling people is you get to see their reaction which can be lovely. It's horses for courses, you see some incredibly creative and clever social media pregnancy announcements. I was sensitive to a lot of friends suffering pregnancy loss with my approach. Someone I know set up a Whattsap group to announce and give updates, I think that is inappropriate.
I didnt put either of my pregnancies on Facebook. When I had my first i actually had to shoe a friend my c section scar at a party as they didn't believe me 😂😂 I just don't feel the need to post about it, plus I dont think its anyone elses business or expect them to care about my life haha 😅
Idk I’m so over protective I have a new fb page and I still want to be careful posting too much about my unborn child whose not here yet. I had too many ppl that I was friends with on Facebook that were not friends in real life. I now just add ppl I know or family and friends on my Facebook but still I don’t even have a pic of me yet but my business logo. I will post my maternity picture though but I will wait to post my baby.
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I never really post on social media so I can't imagine I'll do an announcement or scan photo or anything.. people who are close to me either know already or will know because I'll message them/tell them in person
I did that with my pregnancy. Kept it of social media until my twins where born. Family and friends knew. I put photo on now but my account is only visible for friends to see the images .
I did this exact same thing. I only posted one pic a month after baby's birth and I doubt I will be posting any more.
Due to covid it was easy to keep my pregnancy private since we all were isolated, so I haven’t told about it to anyone except my family. And announced only a few days after the delivery.
I havent posted anything on social media, I will once baby is born. I have told all of the people who actually bother with me and message me xx
I haven’t even posted on social media that I had a baby 😂 never announced my pregnancy. I was going to announce the birth but decided anyone who needs to know already knows xx
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I did this 🤪🤪🤪
I have kept everything off social media and plan to continue to do so. No reason other than personal choice.
I've kept my pregnancy low key, ie it not on social media. Only the people I see daily know and members of my family.
I didnt tell anyone online until 6 months pregnant but then still didn't post much. Social media is a bit weird these days
I had a friend who did this! I knew she was pregnant because she told me and we are fairly close! But she rarely posts her on social media
I did 2/3 of my babies. Didn’t announce until a few weeks after they were born. Only told immediate family (grandparents & aunt/uncles) & friends we seen on a regular basis (can’t hide it from them seeing them often).
I did and I’m not really sure I will announce it when the baby is born. I guess I’ll just post a picture of the baby if I feel like it but no introductions or anything like that. Keeping it low key made my pregnancy very smooth, but obviously people are different.
I did with my second and surprised everyone.
We are thinking about it. We were waiting until 20 week scan to announce but some friends of ours have needed to terminate their pregnancy due to high risk complications and they were only 10 days behind us. So now we’re thinking of just waiting till baby is here.
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I didn’t announce my pregnancy on social media and kept all photos of me off too. We announced baby’s arrival a few days after she was born.
I decided not to post anything on social media about being pregnant. I am 8 months and will have a baby shower ppl will barely find out now lol. It will be an interesting surprise since I am single 😬 that's one of the main reasons I kept it on the down low too
Yes I have
I kept mind from social media so many people were surprised and shocked but it’s nice because your little bundle of joy is a lovely surprise to loads of people xxx
that’s kind of crazy, but I guess if you weren’t close enough to tell in person then hey, surprise! Lol
I didn’t post about me being pregnant tell I was about 30 weeks hid it from customers at work till then also. Just was better not having people be all omg let me feel it kick, boy or girl etc etc. It was way less stressful seemed like.
Yes I did. Suddenly announced it when he was a week old xx
I refuse to post anything about my baby in social media until about 3 months old lol.. I’m selfish I want him all to myself for sometime before sharing him to the world..
I hang out with my family a lot, and they dont post other's peoples business on media. However I am due in April, which means at Christmas and new years i will be showing pretty well. Hard to hide that in photos.
No but I'm trying to hide it until gender reveal
My sister did! Lol. She only told closest family and a couple of friends. She kept the pregnancy a secret and didn’t find out the gender until the birth. I couldn’t do either lol
That’s what I did! Only close family knew I was pregnant and I announced birth last week on sm
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Wow! How did you keep it secret?? I’d be dying to spill or post selfies lol
I haven't posted about my baby anywhere except here. (She was born six months ago.) The only people who knew I was pregnant and who know about the baby now are those who are actually involved in my life currently (or who care to check in every now and then). I want my baby to get to make her own social media presence when she's old enough. I know it's atypical, but my DH and I like it this way. 😊
No but I would like to! My parents would spill the beans however.
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The is what happened to me! Was so excited to announce my sons birth as I hadn’t mentioned it online... my mum goes ahead and posts it on Facebook 5 minutes after I messaged her saying he’d been born 🙃 not happy
Yea that would be my mom also 😂 one time my brother told her a secret and she posted a weird close up picture with the caption “sneak peak of what’s to come” he was so mad lol
Same!!! And my baby is 6mo 😂