To be weirded out by FB birth updates?

[TheMagicToyshop]

A guy I know from years ago is last night/this morning providing very regular Facebook and Twitter updates on his wife's labour - including comments on how excited he is, photos (not of her yet thank god but of their home birth set up), how things are progressing including cm dilated , and the midwife's comments. I haven't given birth myself but this is really weird right? How can she be ok with this?!

I hate that childbirth has become a show for public viewing.

If it's not some lady squealing away on OBEM, it's endless smug FB updates where the baby girl is always called "Princess" and the parents are always "blessed". The boy is always "my little man". The "princess" usually has a pink hair band on her bald head and a matching tutu. The "little man" has a bib boasting "If you think I'm cute, you should see my daddy".

"We're pushing" - dear Lord, is nothing sacred? I can just imagine the proud daddy being beaten to a pulp by his wife as he tells the world all about her episiotomy and posts lots and lots of pictures of his squashed and bloody newborn.

I tell you - if my husband had done that, the only thing that would be in 'bits' would be his skull and his mobile telephone.

I love a live birth thread but no one ever posts funny contraction pictures to go with them.
I have a clip of video showing me when I was having a particularly painful contraction. My ex recorded it so I could see what I looked like and it's very funny. Pictures like that would be great! Hehe

Following my above post, I would like to clarify that no photos involving headbands/bibs/princesses/etc. were ever taken or posted following the birth of my DC!

I know someone who texted everyone to say his wife had some 'tears'. Fortunately for her, most people assumed he meant she was overcome with emotion. Definately TMI!

Suke I am sure your updates were in good taste!

One of my friends was doing the live induction thing on facebook. Suddenly there was silence and much speculation from various people about how things must be happening and posts that just said "come on, push" etc. An hour later she was back, still 2cm dilated, on her dh's phone as hers had run out of battery!

When I had ds3 I told my family I was going in for induction and then nothing else until he was born. When I got home I discovered that my sister had been doing "labour updates" despite having no idea what was happening . That really made me cross.

A distant relation did a PFB live birth thing on Facebook filled with dilation updates. It was quickly populated by her whooping friends posting vomit worthy statuses such as "come on baby! Help Mommy out! Whoop, whoop!".

I judged like hell assumed that it was simply the usual transatlantic enthusiasm but, having had more experience of her friends and a few more live birth shows on FB I have decided that it is because she and her friends are just fucking idiots different.

I agree OP it's bloody weird IMHO.

I would also have killed my ExH or Mum if they had done that.

I would simply have to hide their posts - thankfully most of my friends are older and pretty boring. All I get is their constant marathon training updates.

I'd write back to him something like "Thanks for the constant updates, I can't believe that she's actually given birth to a baby, nobody has EVER done that before and we were all on the edge of our seats wondering just exactly how it was going to be achieved. Please let us know when the blessed infant has its first shit and precisely what colour it is. What a marvellous day for all of mankind!"

Actually, I clearly wouldn't write that, but I'd think it!