https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:44:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69299 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:22:34 +0000 HabesBabe 69299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's gross, per se (the ultrasound pics)-- I just think that people are way into oversharing and that some things would be more "special" if they were kept between friends and family? That's why I'm anti-U/S and HPT on FB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69290 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:18:27 +0000 Rubies 69290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it a pee stick pregnancy test? Or a digital one? If it were digital, then I wouldn't mind so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69286 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:16:02 +0000 googly-eyes 69286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know, I guess I can see both sides of this argument so it doesn't really bother me either way.</p> <p>On the one hand, you just peed on that, I don't need to see it. On the other, if you don't really feel like getting creative and I can't see the pee drips, then I just don't think about the pee part.</p> <p>Same goes for ultrasounds. It does kind of gross me out that people are putting up pictures of their uterus for the world to see. I just try to focus on the baby part of the picture.</p> <p>As far as it mattering WHEN they peed on it- who cares? It doesn't bother me if someone tells right after they found out or after 12 weeks or whenever... It doesn't affect what they are telling. In fact I think it might be even stranger if they get to 12/14 weeks and still post the stick, as I think most people have ultrasounds or something baby (small gifts) to show by then, but either way I don't really think it bothers me. Now if it had the cup of pee on the counter next to it...yuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69257 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:48:21 +0000 mrs. wagon 69257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After announcing to friends and family in person, we posted a scan of an ultrasound picture.</p> <p>About a week later, a girl I hated from high school (but never talk to anymore) posted a status update to the effect of: "I think it's disgusting when people post ultrasound pictures on facebook... gross!" </p> <p>Yeah, unfriended. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69255 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:47:13 +0000 HabesBabe 69255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a fan of announcing pregnancies on FB, either with a pee stick or an ultrasound. Bump pics or other stuff are ok, but I don't need to see something you pissed on, and the inside of your uterus shouldn't be online, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69254 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:44:58 +0000 littlebug 69254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, that kind of skeeves me out. Most of my friends post the ultrasound picture or a bump picture to announce. But I love @FutureMrsMCK's idea, that's adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69216 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:03:45 +0000 MrsH 69216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, all I can think right now is ewwww...there are much cuter ways to announce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69162 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:49:47 +0000 heffalump 69162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend who did that. She waited until after her 12 weeks to post, but still I don't need to see something you peed on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69153 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:03 +0000 DpeachLu 69153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ive seen that a lot too.<br /> I announced it by posting a onesie :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69152 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:29:01 +0000 Andrea 69152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: that finally crosses the line right? </p> <p>i find most things on FB to be TMI so i definitely don't want to see anyone's pee stick either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69151 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:28:12 +0000 mediagirl 69151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: whatever are you talking about? YOU overshare? Never. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69149 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:48 +0000 birdofafeather 69149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: your announcement made me laugh out loud. love it!</p> <p>@mediagirl: i'm not sure how far along she is... which is stranger: that she posted right away or kept the photo until she was 12 weeks and then announced?</p> <p>i'm not totally grossed out and this person has been known to share a little too much for me personally, but i just wondered if anyone else had seen/done the same as it's the first time i've seen it on facebook like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69148 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:06 +0000 lilteacherbee 69148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a LOT of fb friends who have done this. I always just shake my head. One girl posted the pregnancy test the day after she took it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69121 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:25 +0000 mamimami 69121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meh, doesn't bother me. Hopefully they're not showing the pee end of the stick, LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69120 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:01 +0000 chopsuey 69120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't post a pregnancy test on fb. I think that says a lot.. Im queen of tmi. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69115 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:51:46 +0000 tequiero21 69115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think that's the kinda pic you send to your SO, not post for everyone to see, but that's just my opinion. and also, i would never post that on my facebook just because who knows what could happen. i'm 31 weeks and i still haven't facebook announced it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69101 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:31 +0000 Mrsbells 69101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree. pee sticks dont need to be on facebook. its different on here because this is a baby and parenting site, and we post a lot of stuff that is typicall TMI. but it just seems too much for facebook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69099 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:18:36 +0000 mediagirl 69099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, did she wait till 12 weeks or did she post it right after peeing on it? That would make a big difference for me. If she posted it as her announcement at or around 12 weeks, I don't think I would have had a problem with it. Honestly, I'd rather see that than ultrasound pictures where I can never figure out what's in them anyways. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69098 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:18:12 +0000 BabyLove 69098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eck, I have to agree with you. I do have a picture of the test. But I sent it to NO ONE. No one, most likely not even your SO cares to see where you peed to prove that you're prego. Jeez. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69093 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:29 +0000 mrsjyw 69093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>agree. i dont think id keep that photo for more than sending to dh, family, close friends maybe through text messaging. i'd just announce it on a status if at all on fb. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69091 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:35 +0000 lovehoneybee 69091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't do it. For one thing, I didn't want anyone of my IRL friends to see something I peed on. For another thing, especially after our miscarriage, I wouldn't want to announce right away and then have to go back and tell everyone and their mother that we lost the pregnancy. </p> <p>We announced at 13 weeks, after we got the results from our NT scan back. I posted a picture of our 12 week ultrasound, and said "(DH) is going to be a Daddy, and I'm pretty sure it's mine." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-pregnancy-on-facebook-with#post-69080 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:33 +0000 birdofafeather 69080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>photos of your positive pregnancy tests? i'm not TTC yet, but i had a FB friend post photos of her positive tests to announce their LO on the way...</p> <p>to me, that's a little much. sonograms, cool. cute photos of buns and bumps, awesome. pee sticks? no.</p> <p>and don't get me wrong, i LOVE seeing the positive tests on these forums, but it's anonymous and i feel like this is a place to tell sooner than you would with your RL friends.</p> <p>agree? disagree? did you post your positive HPT to announce? </p> <p>(i checked the past FB announcement thread and everyone had way cuter ideas about announcing and no mention of HPT photos.) </p>