Infertility & social media

[Mul82]

I have just had my 3rd miscarriage and I’ve also has 3 x failed IVF rounds (no
implantation). We’ve been trying for five years.
I wondered how people cope with social
media? The constant baby pics, pregnancy announcements, bumps etc.
I’m thinking of leaving social media because I’m not sure it’s helping my mental health.
I do want and to try and celebrate other people’s positive news and don’t want to live in the dark but I’m finding it too much.
I wondered how other people deal
with this?

Deleted it and dont go on. Feel 1000× better. Best thing i ever done actually as got rid of a lot of crap not just baby crap! Waste so much of your life on there i found.

I have secondary infertility. Came off social media over 6 months ago. It was too triggering. Can’t see me going back on any time soon!

After a year and half of struggling I hid a lot of contacts and removed myself from groups that weren’t helping me, it definitely helped. I wasn’t in a space to feel anything but resentment at hearing their news, so it wasn’t worth putting myself through it

I was in that space for a further three years and think not forcing myself to see it all really helped me focus on myself and what I wanted/needed to do to get through

I feel the same, have stopped following certain people as it hurts to see it. I have been thinking of leaving as between pregnancy stories and sad news I think it's bad for my mental health

I deleted all social media, it was damaging my mental health anyway and I knew going in to start IVF that if it didn’t work seeing baby pictures daily from people I hardly knew would be too difficult.
I feel much calmer since coming away from it, and it is also how I found mumsnet, so that is where I come to scroll now when I’m bored at work…. And I can pick and choose which threads I want to read / engage in rather than having everything shoved in my face with no control over what comes up.

Also, sorry to hear of the difficult journey you have had ❤️

Thank you to everyone that’s taken the time to respond to this. I am going to take a break from social media. These forums are much more helpful. I feel reassured to know other people are in the same position, even though I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.