Announcing Your Pregnancy on Facebook

[Spiket77]

Hi Ladies,

I was wondering how everyone feels about announcing your pregnancy on facebook/twitter? I'm 15 weeks and into my 2nd Trimester. I don't really feel like there are any issues with telling folks at this point. My hang up is that facebook seems like a weird venue for a pregnancy announcement? Maybe I'm reading too much into it. My close family is bugging me to say something. It's kind of annoying. I have heard some people say it is tacky to say something on facebook but then for some it's just fun.

The second part of this question is if you did share it on facebook...what did you say or do?

I saw one status that I thought was cute and applicable to us because we have  a remodeling company...
"Adding on two feet to our house on ____Due Date_____"

[jschoch8]

My close friends knew before i said anything on facebook anyway. i said at 13 weeks "hello second trimester!"

[Limonada]

I'm very old school, and I think that family and close friends should be told personally (phone if you can't do it in person) rather than on Facebook or by email.  For people that you're not really close to and your FB "friends" that you only really connect with on there, fine.  But I really do believe that family and close friends deserve a more personal approach.  

Announcing a pregnancy, especially a first pregnancy, shouldn't be a social media "thing", but that's just my humble opinion.

[cocacolapanda]

As others said telling close family and friends personally first is best (over the phone or what not).  Then posting on social network sites is just fine.  What I did was get a belly shot and post that saying that our son will be a big brother.  Since it was my second pregnancy I didn't post anything  until I was showing (due to several other things I didn't want specific people to find out before other events happened).

[Spiket77]

Thank you ladies! It's fun to hear how everyone feels about announcing on social network sites. Lucey12, I love that announcement...so sweet. rccresswell, I had that fear that something would happen and I would have to back track. You are right about having support. Sorry for you loss and best of luck with this pregnancy! :)

[Cassandrajane]

My SIL told everyone on Facebook before she told her family. Thats how I found out. But she got PG out of Jealousy and for attention basically...
And she isnt very well liked so no one cared really.
But if YOU feel happy announcing it on FB, then why not. I dont have FB because of being under a protection act, so the police say I cant use it.
But if you wanna do it then do ahead. You know where you can write a little about yourself underneath your picture, you could write something there, or put __ Weeks to go.. and people will become curious and ask...
Its up to you, whatever you feel comfortable with and whatever makes you happy :)

x

[yoli476]

Hi, I am nearly six weeks now.  Iam dreading telling my parents.  This is my third child and although I am 30 I seem to end up acting like a 15 year old when it comes to announcing serious things.  I think I will tell her this week and then tell my other children at around 9 weeks.  Then I may announce it on Facebook, it's a nice idea that people will know all at the same time x