Has anyone else not announced they are pregnant on any social media platforms and to family/friends you don’t see much?
Over the past two and a half years we have found out who are true friends are and what we don’t want is people to come running to our door for “new born baby cuddles” then piss off again.
I’m really adamant about it. My husband however says after my first scan he’d like to put it on Facebook. I really don’t think it’s anyone else’s business.. anyone we are super close will see us over the next 7 months so they’ll know I’m expecting anyway as they’ll see it.
Лучший комментарий
Комментарии
@catherineln25, It must be hard😕 There’s a few in my family including my nana who I no longer speak to and it was hard not having them be part of it but the way I seen it was they caused the situation so it’s up to them to fix but they never did. Focus on your little one at home and little one on the way and that’ll get you through💜 Your little angel in the sky will be looking after yous too💖
@kathleenc, it’s so hard isn’t it. My nanna drives past my house everyday as well. She lives not even a 30 second drive away. I went with my dad to see her at Christmas and my LG had no idea who she was, if anything she was frightened of her. I thought that would spur my nanna on to fix the issue. It didn’t though. My Nanna’s sister (my great aunt) lost her grandson 2 years ago he was only 3 years old so I’m shocked they’ve allowed it to go on for so long xxxx
@catherineln25, That’s so weird my nana lives right next to me too. Literally 3 doors away from me. I see her all the time but we just don’t talk. Haven’t spoken in a good few years now🙄 Crazy how similar we are! Yeah you’d think she’d make extra effort after something devastating like that has happened! Can’t choose your family unfortunately😑 xx
I never announced on FB and I’ve never posted photos of my daughter on any social media. People who know us see us regularly and anyone who lives far away I send photos by private message! If he is insistent on putting a scan on then I’d get him to wait until 20 week scan when you know baby is healthy xx
I never announced my pregnancy with my youngest on social media. I say it's because we found out she was poorly, but honestly I was 20 weeks when we found that out so really, it was simply because I didn't feel like letting the world know, especially when we had told friends & family who we see and speak to very regularly. Telling people who I probably speak to or see maybe once / twice a year seemed pointless & then after we found out she was poorly we didn't feel like having to have painful conversations with people who didn't really know us.
I will say though it may be a situation where you have to make the decision together because it could possibly cause unnecessary stress. Does it really matter if he announces it? At the end of the day if randoms who you havent seen for a while start asking to come for snuggled tell them no. But at the same time if you really don't feel that's something you want then maybe make a comprise.. don't make an announcement but don't keep it secret either. If that makes sense? x
We lost our second baby at 17 weeks. We didn’t announce our 3rd at all. Not on any social media. We told our very close family and friends who we see and that’s it. Some of my family didn’t even find out until he was born. We’re not big social media people anyway. But I didn’t ever feel like it was something I needed or wanted to share with the world. Do what’s right for you and sod everyone else
We lost our baby before Poppy at 16 weeks. It is SO SO hard and that’s where a lot of our family issues came from as my step cousin had her baby two weeks after I lost baby and because I didn’t send her a congratulations card or present they called me every name under the sun! Because of that it makes me realise I want to protect my kids from these people xx
We told very early to our family, but no social media anywhere anything, managed to put pics of me 8th month pregnant with no sign of bump,..
Very unsure of whether we will put it when baby will be born.
My other half was understanding, as I felt more secure with people not knowing things 🤷♀️💃
He really want to make announcement of birth, but not sure about it, 🤷♀️
If your going to do it from my experience do it after a few weeks. We had coach loads of people through our front door for the first 4/6 weeks when poppy was born now those people are no where to be seen!!! enjoy your time with your new family before letting other people in xxx
@catherineln25, Really hope i will be able to protect my bubble xx 🙏
And hope you will find a way to keep yours ❤️
We didn’t announce our pregnancy until gone 20 wks but by then I had already got rid of lots of people on my fb. I decided that I would be putting pics of LG at some point and I didn’t want some so called friends to c. Have u thought about doing a social media cull? Do u think that would help? Xx
I have done one but I still speak to mutual friends especially on my husbands side where I speak to the lads girlfriends so I don’t want it to get back to the people we’ve got rid of. My husbands ex best friend is my daughters godfather and he’s just been AWFUL. Never wanting to spend time with my LG then blames me for it saying he doesn’t like me and refuses to see Poppy if I’m there so I really really don’t want him to find out nor does my husband even he’s deleted him off Facebook but we found out the other day he’s always asking questions of what we are up to and can he see our profiles on other peoples accounts xxxx
We had loads of issues with family when poppy was about 6 months old and two of her godparents just stopped speaking to us so after that I decided if they couldn’t be bothered with her I didn’t want to give them a second chance. I’ve said this for ages and the whole way through our fertility troubles however now I’m actually pregnant it’s really hit home how many people don’t bother anymore! X
Anybody of importance we told in person. Family, close friends,family friends, so I didn't see the importance of announcing to social media. I had completely forgot that I hadn't until I posted how I was excited that I was due this month and there were a couple people who were "omg I didn't know, congrats" 🤷♀️ it honestly was very easy to keep it off Facebook as I don't post much anyways
Yeah I only announced I was pregnant with my daughter because my mum was going to do it if I didn’t... so yeah pressure really...
Next time round it will be off Facebook, no one but who I see in person will know...
I may post a few pics after birth to share to family I can’t see directly but depends :)
But yeah going to be very quiet with it next time round :) xx
So, my husband put in fb our photo in 7 month pregnancy, because I asked him not to do it early
We annouced on fb this time, as I now try to purge my fb of people I haven't spoken to in the last 3 months, but no one on fb knows the sex just that we are expecting, We have a lot of family all over the country/world so it's alot easier doing it on fb xx
My husband put both scans on Facebook I asked him not to tag me and a lot of people don’t know but the essential ones to me do. I wouldn’t have it any other way
I lost my little girl at almost 22 weeks. We announced on Facebook with her so I also had to let everyone know we’d lost her. So I didn’t announce my next pregnancy on Facebook until very late (because I couldn’t hide my bump any longer). I was scared in case I lost him too then I’d have to tell everyone again. It’s your baby so it’s your choice! Maybe if he wants to show off the scan picture he could send it to the people he wants to show it to in private messages? I had a little group chat we’d use to keep close family updated xx