to tell friend she's accidentally used my baby scan photo?

[LittleTruffle]

My baby was born last month and one of my friends is currently pregnant. During my pregnancy, I shared some pictures of my scan photos with her.

A few days ago, she posted a photo of a scan picture on social media. I recognised the scan picture immediately as one of mine. I even dug out the actual scan photo to double check - it is definitely mine that she's used.

She has clearly meant to post a picture of one of her own scan photos, but has accidentally posted one of mine and she hasn't realised what she's done.

I didn't see the social media post when she initially posted it a few days ago. I only saw it for the first time today. Already, tons of people have liked the picture and have made comments, which she has replied to.

I think, if I'd have seen her social media post when she initially posted it, I would have let her know.. but a few days have gone by now and I don't know what to do.

Should I let my friend know she's accidentally used an image of my scan photo? Or, should I keep quiet and just let her enjoy the moment as it's not doing anyone any harm?

YABU - Yes, it would be unreasonable to tell her.
YANBU - No, it would not be unreasonable to tell her.

You must say something in that case. Or act innocent and say how like yours it is.

Surely it will have your name on it in the top corner?
Is she pretending to be pregnant and using your pic pretending it’s hers.

I pressed YABU by accident! I meant YANBU. You should tell her.

Has it not got all your info on the scan pic OP? I wouldn’t say anything nobody will know.

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She's definitely pregnant.

I have no idea how she has managed to accidentally post mine 🤷🏻‍♀️ I hadn't resent pics of my scan photos to her her recently, so they would have been a fair way back in her image gallery. I can only assume she scrolled back to get her own photos, but scrolled a bit too far and didn't notice.[/quote]
How definitely is definitely?
I attended the scan definitely, or "it's hard to get a pillow up the shirt to look that realistic" definitely?

Does it have your name on? If not, I genuinely have no clue how you would ‘know’ it was yours. They’re all fairly similar.

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Sorry, I should have pointed out.. when I took photos of my scan pictures, I then cropped out my name/date of birth etc from the top of the image before sharing/posting the image on social media (I try to be careful with online privacy!).

So, the image that she has posted is one of mine with all the personal info cut off the top of the image.

I'd tell her, you can always keep it lighthearted. I do also find it a bit strange through! Maybe it's just me, but I spent so long staring at my scan photos that I'd have known it wasn't mine in an instant.

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What about the name in the corner of the photo? Is it visible?

Yabu. You don't know it's yours.

Sorry, you answered my question just as I posted it!

Are you sure? All the pics look the same and I wouldn’t be able to pick mine out 🤦🏽‍♀️

I would tell her to avoid any further confusion. It would be a shame if she didn't realise on her own and used the wrong photo in a baby book or something.

How do you know it is your scan picture @LittleTruffle?

Post the scans so we can see

It seems very odd as others have pointed out presumably the photo will be far back in her image folders.

If shes obsessive with how her images look on social media perhaps yours was 'more likeable' or clearer and perhaps her own wasnt as clear or wasnt quite picture perfect? Still a very odd thing to do...my first thought was also that she wasnt really pregnant

If there's no personal information, are you 100% sure it's yours?

I'd be able to pick mine out. I can picture it clearly even now years later.

I'd just leave it if I were you. There is possibly something strange going on or possible an odd mistake. Or maybe she is having twins but not ready to announce that yet, but wanted to announce her pregnancy 🤷🏻‍♀️

@vanillandhoney

If there's no personal information, are you 100% sure it's yours?

I suppose on the flipside, what would be the chances that someone else has cropped their photo in exactly the same place.

I would be suspicious. You say you’re sure she’s pregnant, how sure are you?

I'd send possibly send the below message, appreciate that it's pretty pointless, but I don't know if I could just leave it.

"Isn't it weird how similar scan photos look? When I first saw yours I thought it was mine for a second! How are you feeling at the minute, hope you aren't too knackered!"

This is so odd. How did you instantly recognise it as your scan photo, especially since it was cropped? Surely she would have had to scroll for ages to find yours in her phone, rather than the one she assumingly just took of her own scan? If she is pregnant, why would she use your scan at all? Why would she have a copy of yours even saved in her phone - no one beyond the parents actually care for a squiggly picture of a uterus with a fuzzy fetus in it.

It's all so.... bizarre.

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Trust me.. the picture is definitely 100% my scan photo.
I know most scan photos are very samey and generic looking, but not this one. Baby is laying in a very comical way.. he looks like he is making a certain gesture on his forehead with one hand, and he is holding the ankle of one of his legs up with his other hand, which makes it kind of look like a microphone. Also, his other foot looks like a particular item.

I distinctly remember this scan photo because it's so different and funny and it attracted some comments from friends. One of the comments in particular was about his foot looking like a particular item.
One of my friend's friend had made the exact same comment about the foot on my friend's social media post.