To want to know how much of your pregnancy you put on Social Media?

[YouAreAWizardHarry]

I'm posting here as I have a strong opinion on everything but haven't ever given this any thought, and AIBU is full of strong opinions

I am pregnant with DC1, and have seen a number of people mention they don't like scan pictures on FB - why?

I'm quite private on social media due to my job, but had though of putting one scan picture on, and then announcing the birth (no thousand statuses about pregnancy in between). Im also conscious of a particular friend struggling to conceive at the moment, but live over 100 miles from family so still want to share some.

How much did you share and why/why not?

I announced my pregnancy on my business page with an illustration, no scans shared.
I announced her birth on my blog and linked to my business page.

I don't share any pics of her though.

None but I announced the birth (after I've told family and close friends). I've had a few miscarriages though so thought of having to un-tell everyone again is my main reason.

I'm not bothered by others people's scan pictures but there does seem to a huge flurry of them whenever I have miscarried (sods law) so I just like and then hide that person from my news feed until I'm over it.

I like seeing all the photos. That's purpose of social media surely - sharing.

I shared quite a lot but my profile is locked down to only friends and family. My family are scattered around the world and a lot of my friends were travelling/living abroad during my pregnancy and it became exhausting responding to the same messages asking the same questions all the time so pictures and humorous updates were required.
Everyone guessed when I went into labour (39 hours) as I was overdue and had agreed to post a daily 'no baby' update. We announced her birth 3 days after she was born when she was out of the woods for infection.

I don't agree with people with 1000s of acquaintances sharing intimate pictures of scans, bumps, first hospital picture etc. These are private moments to share with close family and friends.

I announced with a scan picture, told people when I was diagnosed with pre-e and that it was under control in the same post and then nothing until DS was born

Nothing directly on Facebook and definitely no scan pictures.. For several reasons. I'd had a couple of friends who had struggled to conceive/needed IVF/had stillbirths mention how insensitive they found public scan photos and when it took us 12 months to conceive, I started to see their point.. Plus I'd also seen a Facebook friend's husband post a picture of their 12-week scan photo and a few months later there was a picture of her not pregnant which must have been absolutely awful. I've been quite anxious and this just re-emphasised that an okay 12-week scan does not equal a healthy rest of pregnancy and baby at the end of it. As someone else has pointed out, would you really want your 100+ Facebook acquaintances to know that much?

Nothing. Until the birth when my DH posted a picture of our DS and tagged me in it (with my consent). Same for the wedding. We only posted a photo after we were married. Nothing in the meantime. I don't feel the need to share such stuff with everyone on facebook. If you see me and talk to me you will get to know otherwise not sure why you would be interested.

Not a huge amount with my first - scan pic announcing I was pregnant and a few moaning status updates and a bragging one about fitting into pre pregnancy jeans at 8 months and a photo was posted by dh (tagging me) when she was born.

Even less with my second. Photo of a baby name book to 'announce'. Virtually no pregnancy specific updates and a photo was posted 3 days after she was born. By that time our close friends and family knew but she spent 24hrs in special care so just waited until we were home before spreading the word further.

I've had a few friends who have posted so much it's like they think they are the first woman to reproduce,i've no patience for them and spent their whole pregnancy sitting on my hands so I dont type something (for example 'no one cares if you have heartburn') I regret.

I also refused to tell anyone my due date and the date I was booked to be induced (at 38weeks as diabetic for both pregnancies). Just kept it vague,along the lines of 'baby due in January'