to think that people shouldn't post congratulations and details of birth on facebook before the mum has even left hospital?

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Friend of mine has just had a baby. She texted us all to tell us the details to which I texted back. I have gone onto Facebook and some of our friends have written messages to her on there about the baby, sex and the name.

What if she hasn't had chance to tell everyone or some people may not have checked their phones yet or something but its already posted on my friends page where she won't see it anyway until she comes home and gets around to going on the computer.

My sister posted the picture that I texted her of DD to her facebook page immediately after the birth. She didn't think but my DH was not impressed. He hadn't even been home and had chance to tell everyone himself but half of my family had already seen DD's picture by then.

AIBU to think that people need to not put things on social networking sites before the person has even left the hospital?

I got dh to put it up on fb as soon as he got home on both our fb accounts, whilst I was still in. mil and mum were also there for dd's birth so they phoned everyone else so for us it worked out fine but I can see how it would be annoying if family found out after your friends.

announcements by either facebook or text are pretty chavvy :)

if you want someone to know, you phone and tell them

If it's not your baby, then it's not your news to share, by whatever medium.

Exception to this being if the parents have given you permission/asked you to tell people. (Delegated ringing the extended family of aged aunts to my grandmother as I never really speak to them anyway & she was dying to boast at someone.)

YANBU.

I disagree what announcements via text are 'chavvy' Monsta. We have a large group of friends and a big family, all of whom were on a list to be texted after I went into hospital for an induction. Sending texts means people know you're ok. Who has time to make squllions of phone calls when they have a newborn in the house?

OP - YANBU. I have disabled people from writing on my wall - I want to have control over what people do and don't see there.

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When I had my ds3 I sent texts with his details on to my friends with a picture, I just added on the end please don't put it on facebook as I want to do that myself thanks. Nobody did everyone was happy, I hate other people telling good news it's thunder stealing and it isn't your news to share

disagree about the chavvy thing. I hace family on fb and its easier to show them the pics that way. Its only chavvy if you make it chavvy.

YANBU

I disabled my wall temporarily before I went into labour as I knew I would be in hospital for a few days. Meant no one could see my wall so if anyone tried to announce it they couldn't. I did it as someone announced my pregnancy on facebook when we hadn't mentioned anything on there.

I cringe when I see others posting it on to people's walls. And when they say congratulations on the birth of X weighing Y etc it's so obvious they want to be seen to be 'in the know' and important enough to have been told off facebook, otherwise why wouldn't they just say congratulations? The parents know full well what their baby is called!

the parents should announce on fb when baby arrives,till then you say NOTHING!!!

many of my friends have had babies and all have texted/rang me saying baby is born, weight/name /pic etc but until they announce it officially, no one should say anything

but saying that onr of my friends took 13years to have a baby,said if we were one of the selected few to hear from her to say nothing, and her sister put congrats on fb

needless to say my friend was pissed off, and sister removed post, but why do it