to find certain pregnancy posts annoying?

[BellaDianne]

Ok, I know IABU most likely but I have a couple of pregnant friends who like to post constantly (5+ times a day) about their bumps online, every video of every kick, every description of every symptom, one was posting from the moment she found out she was pregnant (she posted the test online), there have been posts about how someone didn't move for her on the train and she posted a photo of the bloke who refused to stand up, has invited us to a 'gender reveal' party even though she's only 16 weeks and hasn't had her anomaly scan.

AIBU to want to scream every time I see a post from either of them?

Yes I know, I can delete them. I'm 27 weeks pregnant and incredibly irritable and having a horrendous pregnancy with every complication under the sun (probably adding to my annoyance...)

I'm glad I was pregnant before social media became a thing. I didn't even like having my photo taken!

Ugh, YANBU

My pregnancy has not appeared on my social media at all. I know at least one friend who's had problems conceiving and would never want to rub it in her face.

There have been some photos of me posted by other people at events etc. that do show the bump but that's it.

I have some whatsapp groups of people I know are interested (fellow pregnant friends / new mums) and I spam them there instead!

I'd just mute them for now. They most likely won't notice.

I know someone who posted lots about her pregnancy (not to the scale you mention) and links to attachment parenting and how they were going to do things. I should have seen it as a sign of things to come and she was insufferable when her baby was born. I deleted her.

@belladiane click on their profile on the 3 dots in the top right corner there is the option to mute.

Yes, that's annoying AF.

I think I posted 6 times about my pregnancy on social media the entire pregnancy and 3 of those were answering requests for new scan pics and to see my prego belly.

I assumed my pregnancy was mostly just exciting for us and the grandparents.

My Mother however posted dozens of times a month about it but I had no control over that. I'm guessing a few people probably blocked her from their stream or however that works. 😂

Have a social media break or click on lots of other friends, as the news feed displays more of the people you look at more. If they want to post, that's up to them, but you don't have to read it :)
I wouldn't want to post until the baby was safely arrived personally, as I have quite a few acquaintances on my fb, rather than just close friends and I wouldn't want the questions if something went wrong.
I think there is a taboo about talking about baby loss though, so maybe a changing culture of lots of people posting openly and very early isn't a bad thing overall and I'm just daft to have been so secretive / worried.
When their babies arrive there will be much, much more posting I'm sure!

Oh these wind me up so much OP, I often end up hiding the people from my newsfeed. I'm also irritated by all the constant posting of babies once they're born (usually from the same people).
I don't mind at all the odd post or photo/video, it's actually quite lovely to see, but I don't need to know every bloody detail of the child's feeding habits, shitting habits, when they yawned/laughed/farted/threw up every time, nor do I need to know what strong and amazing women the mothers are etc. (about 5 times a day) for choosing to breastfeed, and in public, and over the age of one!!! Woohoo good for you, I may have been more impressed hadn't I already known all this shit from the previous 3 thousand posts you've posted this year alone!!!

Yeah these people really get on my tits, so it's better that I just hide them or unfriend them now