To think it's out of order to announce the birth of someone else's baby on their Facebook page

[Babyspoileralert]

NC as I've been ranting about this all day at work!

A very good friend of mine had a baby yesterday and she texted a few friends and family to announce this and tell us the name.

Another friend then went onto the Facebook Timeline of the new mum and basically said congratulations on the arrival of 'baby's name' before they'd had a chance to announce it publicly themselves.

I understand that some people hate Facebook full stop but isn't it out of order to publicly announce someone else's very special news like that?

I agree with vivienmarys post
I don't get it either. I just had , told my mum, she told everyone else
No 3d scan
No baby shower
No big announcement
No dramatics
I had a baby, people were told by mum

It was so much simpler and there was a realisation that the world did not revolve around me

I think this will offend people, sorry. But I do think people lack perspective a lot these days (and I am mid 30s but I have teenagers fwiw)

I am also in my 30s owllady, but dc are younger, some born before fb, some after. No baby showers or 3d scans either, through choice, not that I see the relevance.

I don't have living parents, and when I did my Mum would not know all my friends, neighbours, colleagues and acquaintances. Or even very crucial people I would want to tell. Not everyone has that relationship and wanting to tell people news yourself does not mean you think the world revolves around you, merely that good news is nice to give.

I like to pretend that I preferred the 'pre-facebook' times, but in reality when the kids were small it was fantastic for last minute meet-ups/park visits/beach days etc. Couldn't go back now.

YANBU, but if your DH did a "mass" text (?) the FBer may have assumed the news was "out".

Bot Mrsdevere; being on Facebook means that you don't have privacy! In fact, if your friends are on it, you don't have privacy.
All you can do is disengage as much as possible. Thankfully none of this shizzle existed when I had my DC. If I was in that position now I would get DH to text everyone on pre-arranged group list, which in this day and age would include the grandparents, then let them get on with it. No thunder stolen.
Also, if not on Facebook, you won't see it to worry about it.

YANBU.

Someone did this to (insanely PFB) SIL. She was very anal about who knew, who was told and in what order.

A work colleague who'd heard the news down the line wrote something on the lines of "congratulations on the birth of

As I said; 'if your friends are on it, you don't have privacy'.
You may choose not to post a particular photo, but a friend has a similar one, and posts it, you can be seen in that situation.
A great deal of info can be found out about people you are not friends with, have never met, are never likely to meet.
A young friend found out who her ex was going out with, who the new partner flat shared with, where they went to school and University, where they worked, who their siblings were and where they lived, and much more through facebook. She was not friends with this person, and was no longer facebook friends with the ex, and both had pretty tight security on their profiles. it is still possible.

I sent a pic of my first born to a friend and I went on Facebook later to see the picture on there saying first picture of baby, weight, time of arrival and name, everything. Luckily I didn't have time or energy to be properly pissed off but when I thought about it later I realised how unreasonable it was. So yanbu