Pregnancy announcements?

[Babylentil]

Hi everyone, Im 16+2 and I'm wondering when you all had your pregnancy announcements? I don't mean just to close family etc but like posting on social media I'm so happy with my pregnancy I just want to shout it from the rooftops but I'm not sure if I'm being impatient and it's too early. I know everyone is different but I'm just curious as to when you did yours? Thank you

Social media only informs random acquaintances who are obviously not close enough to find out in person or through word of mouth.

How miserable people are. I am thrilled for any friend who have any big announcement. I’m thrilled for you OP!

Don't see the point of announcing a pregnancy on social media. It is nothing but attention seeking as people will find out when the baby is born anyway?

Speak for yourself Baloonphobia 😂

@BelulahBlanca thank you so much! I'm thinking the same, if these people didn't announce on social media then why are they commenting on my post? Spreading negativity isn't cute 😂

Thank you everyone for your helpful and not so helpful comments, I'm very happy to be pregnant after trying so long and if you think I'm attention seeking or silly then that my loves is down to you but personally I'm thrilled! I have friends, close friends, acquaintances and family on Facebook. A lot of people I still talk to if I see them, and it's easier to announce on one place where they will all see it rather than individually for the next 6 months when I bump into people.

Really can't understand people saying it's silly that I'm happy about creating life, starting a family, and wanting to celebrate it and share it with people. Each to their own but please don't come on my post and spread negativity. Thank you 😊

I posted on social media at 16 weeks. I would have done it sooner but there were a few people I wanted to tell in person first.

Don’t let any Neggy Nancys here put you off. I love seeing others good news, whether they’re a close friend or a distant acquaintance- it’s always nice to see. And you should be excited to share your news.

Have you thought about what you’ll post? We did a cute pic of a dog sitting next to our scan pic. We got so many lovely comments & congratulations- and it made it feel really real having the news out there!

I posted a pic of my scan pic with my dog just after 12 weeks and then barely mentioned it again for the next 6 months until he was born.

Didn’t bother. Was much nicer to tell people in person.

I posted on fb after my 20 weeks scan. I didn’t tell anyone in person for a number of reasons.

1. I live in a different country to all my family and friends so if I’d waited til I saw them the baby would be about 2.

2. I had a miscarriage last year at 12 weeks, and this time around I found it hard to say the words ‘I’m pregnant’ even at 38 weeks! I don’t think I’ve actually said it out loud yet.

You’ll get lots of negative comments on here. I think it’s more attention seeking when people don’t announce it and just start posting pictures of themselves with a bump so everyone has to do the whole are they/aren’t they dance and wonder whether to say anything or if they’ve missed the announcement.

If your social media friends don’t care that you’re pregnant then why are they even your friends anyway?

We announced it at 12 weeks after scan and NIPT results. I love seeing other people’s announcements and it was a nice monent after months of unsuccessful trying to be able to share the good news.

I didn't post on social media after watching a friend of mine do the same.

She posted a scan of her first all excited (20 weeks) and had 100s of comments and so on.

She lost her baby at 30 weeks and did tpost anything as she just didn't want to and shut herself away.

It got to her due date am loads of people posted on there with things like "any sign of baby yet" and so on.

After that I sworw I never would. I posted photos once my daughters were safely here.

There are some right arses on here !

I announced mine after 20 week scan , we found out the gender and by then had a cute bump.

My dad is a photographer and we uploaded a picture with my husband cradling my bump with a blue love heart emoji

Congrats on your pregnancy 🤰🏼 you show your bubba off !!

I've told a few close friends and family already, will be telling all other family after weve told my step son, and that will be just after my 12 week scan. Work I'll be telling about 14 weeks and then I'll announce it on social media after that, so probably 15/16 weeks.

People are so rude, it is a massive deal to you and your family and you have every right to make a massive deal out of it for a little while as it's a life changing event for you. And some people may not see the point on social media, but if your like me I mainly have close friends that live quite far away or family that live in a different country, so it's hard to announce it to them in person, or even show scan photos and stuff to them person. So for some it's a important and easy way to show/share information.

I never announced on Facebook. It's quite cringy in my opinion. People who bother to see me knew of course and then at 8+months I put a picture up of me with the dog. Did the same with my second but dd was in the pic with me instead!

Isn't put a picture up an announcement? Lots of people saying "it's cringey to announce so I just put a photo up with me with a bump..." and so De facto announcing your pregnancy on fb? I don't understand the difference. All others are doing is putting up a few words saying we're expecting, due in June 2019 or whatever.

I think first time round I posted my 20 week scan photo but this time not announcing. Having suffered the misery of multiple miscarriages and struggling to conceive second time round I'm probably more mindful this time of upsetting someone in a similar position.

Also, the people who really matter know already and I'm just not big on the idea of a sm announcement this time but to each their own - everyone does it differently and that's absolutely fine!

My dh and I don't need to post in social media, we just start by telling my MIL. She's faster than Social Media

We did it on fb at 21 weeks once we knew the sex but friends and fam knew at 12 weeks.

OP asks when people did announcements and then is annoyed when some posters say they didn’t do them.. I don’t get this, you asked for info? As someone with an experience of infertility the OP should have an inkling why pg announcements on Facebook can be upsetting for some, as well as delightful for others. It’s not a sign of negativity when people say they struggle to read them, it’s a sign of pain. I never felt friends shouldn’t post their news on Facebook, but it was always painful to read and when I was successful I didn’t post anything till the baby arrived.

We did it at twelve weeks after our scan and then at 17 weeks when we found out whether we were having a boy or a girl. With my other children we announced it pretty much as soon as we knew and had told family, so about 7-8 weeks.

I find it amusing how social media is deluged with pics of people breakfast and daily lives for friends and family to see yet a massive thing like having a child we should shut up about? Makes total sense....
On my first I announced as soon as I found out I was pregnant but I was very young and naive about what can go wrong.
I'll be posting a pic of my little boy and the scan pic after 13 week scan all going well. He's been nagging for a little brother or sister for near 8 years so I am very much looking forward to sharing my excitement and his with my family and friends.
What I love about Facebook is that's its almost like a journal and keeps a record of your life without the tedium of diary entries.
Every day I get a memory reminder of something past I've forgotten about.
Today I had a memory of the first time my son met mini mouse at age 2. He was terrified and the look on his face was awww because I'd been taking pics expecting him to be happy.
My Facebook is friends and family only. I don't have people I don't see in day to day life on it.

never felt friends shouldn’t post their news on Facebook, but it was always painful to read and when I was successful I didn’t post anything till the baby arrived.

Just curious, but why would seeing an announcement of a newborn baby be any less painful to someone dealing with infertility than a pregnancy announcement?

We posted after our 12 week scan with #1 (after we'd called family members and told close friends in person)
We were excited and wanted to share (and tbh I don't exactly have that many Facebook friends so I wasn't announcing to the world)
Currently almost 20 weeks with #2 and we haven't done anything on social media and don't intend to do an annoucement.
We've told family and friends who matter along with work and colleagues so I guess any other people will spot it if a photo of me appears with a bump or they see me out and about.
I expect we will announce the birth as its a quick way to get photos to some of our family members and friends without having to call and message them all individually (not something you really have time for at the start), but again I expect we will wait until we know our close family have passed on the news to those that matter before sharing on social media.
Everyone should just do what they want to do and what makes them happy. Best to start getting into a routine of doing that now as when a baby appears everyone will have an opinion (good and bad) and you need to hold onto the fact that you need to do what works best for you.

I've never seen a Facebook friend announce a pregnancy and thought it was silly or attention seeking.

At my very least positive, it would be someone maybe from school I'd forgotten I was connected to appearing on my page as their post got a lot of likes... And I would think "Oh, so-and-so is having a baby," usually followed by "How nice, best of luck to her/them."

Much more commonly, it would be an old friend I'm not in frequent contact with anymore but still have very fond feelings for. When I see those annoucements, I always feel such joy for the person! It doesn't matter that we're not close enough for me to have found out in person!

I can't imagine feeling negative, or anything worse than neutral about an announcement on Facebook.

That said, I don't know how to advise you as this is my first pregnancy and I'm not sure yet what I'll do or if I'll do a Facebook annoucement at all (I don't use it freqeuntly) or, if I decide to go ahead, when I'll do it. I just wanted to add another bit of support to say that if you do an announcement, well I'd be happy for you if it popped up on my feed ❤️