How much is TMI?

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AIBU or am I just a prude? I am shocked with the amount of pregnancy/birth information some people are sharing on Facebook lately, but I don't know if I am BU to think that. So, straw poll please.
These are three entirely unrelated people I know who have all posted what I think are inappropriate comments in the last few months.

1. a male friend of mine, whose wife I have only met once, and who made no secret of the fact he and his wife were trying for a baby, and kept saying things like "going to give my little swimmers an outing tonight, straight to Planet Baby". Then when she got pregnant and had a baby wrote something about "judging by the state he left his mum's bits in, he's probably going to be an only child for a while. "

2. a friend of a friend (I don't know her, but my friend's comments appear on my timeline. She put: "Hoorah. Goodbye mucus plug, now come on baby."

3. a relative who live tweeted her sister's labour cm by cm, including the need for stitches afterward. She was saying things like "So proud she's at 3cm already. Keep going."

Now, AIBU or are any of those scenarios appropriate?

YANBU. Oversharing is reaching epidemic proportions. I would have been uninterested in all of those scenarios.

I don't have FB, and very glad too.

YANBU. All of these examples involve TMI. Another who doesn't have FB because of stuff like this. Ridiculous.

YABU to log in to face book.

YANBU

judging by the state he left his mum's bits in, he's probably going to be an only child for a while

This is über TMI

Ewewewewew at the first 1!

Bleurgh

1. Ewww TTTMI - YADNBU
2. Quite funny. YAB a bit U. There's not enough use of the phrase mucus plug IMO.
3. YANBU but due to it being fairly dull rather than TMI so much

Someone posted a pick of the cord in a knot on her face book that showed up on my "feed" she was showing how lucky they had been but I thought that was OTT. So glad I don't use it anymore.

Ewww! YANBU, especially the first two. This is why I rarely log in to FB.

YANBU

I can't stand this!
I had a FB friend give her own cm by cm account of labour! During the actual event!
Some things are private! THIS IS ONE OF THEM!!!!!

Unnecessary !!!!!!

But all that and worse is posted on MN daily!

YANBU

Oversharing is one of the many reasons I deregistered from FB

Rhonda, anonymously, yes.
And we are all friends, are we not?!

Yabu - there are far more offensive posts on fb. Let them enjoy the excitement of childbirth. Though do agree on the ew factor of number 1.

Recently had my own DD (and shared none of the above sort of information) and preferred to announce to people by text etc before giving my excited dsis the nod to post DD's arrival on FB (at her request).

My DD was bigger than average but long and lovely. Some twat I've never heard of, let alone met, posted 'is her vag ok?'. That's right, complete stranger, I'm really going to tell you about the state of my lady bits. Fwiw, I ended up having a c section.

Yabu - there are far more offensive posts on fb. Let them enjoy the excitement of childbirth. Though do agree on the ew factor of number 1.

Recently had my own DD (and shared none of the above sort of information) and preferred to announce to people by text etc before giving my excited dsis the nod to post DD's arrival on FB (at her request).

My DD was bigger than average but long and lovely. Some twat I've never heard of, let alone met, posted 'is her vag ok?'. That's right, complete stranger, I'm really going to tell you about the state of my lady bits. Fwiw, I ended up having a c section.

There's a very easy way to avoid this, and all the other rubbish on FB. You know what it is...

Ewwwww! So glad none of my FB friends do this!

No, YANBU - they all need to STFU

Wow! This is awful! Block them all!!

One persons tmi is another persons not enough information. I think it comes down to how detailed do you want your information.

I don't want any detailed information about the minutiae of people's lives especially around childbirth. Just let me know the baby is born and I will get a card in the post.

It's just grim isn't it.

The first one is totally horrible. Not the least of which the simple fact that he's disrespecting his own wife!

The second and third... I'm unsure. I think the second harmless, the third oversharing, but as a general rule I think we could all stand to be more open about childbirth.

But NOT as far as cord pictures! Or any pictures of medical waste, in general.

Yanbu....

Thanks for another reminder of why I'm not on fb

That is disgusting!
I hate that level of over sharing, it just makes people look like big big twats.