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I wasn't sure how to answer but then I remembered that my dad actually did this. I was slightly annoyed at first but not for long. He doesn't have a lot of Facebook friends (and are mostly family) so I figured he was just proud. I don't know if I'd feel different if it was my MIL.

Did you tell her you didn't want it up?

Yes I'd be annoyed either way, but if she didn't know better and was just showing her excitement, I'd try not to be angry.

It depends. If you weren't posting it because you didn't want to tell anyone yet, then yes. And I would be upset about not taking off the personal info. But otherwise I would just blow it off because she only did it because she's excited. But I would talk to her about posting things in the future.

Probably, because when I'm pregnant, the chances of thinking through things like this rationally are very very low But, even not pregnant, it kind of annoys me when she shares pictures of LO. She's not very judicious when it comes to who she adds as a friend, so there are complete strangers out there seeing pictures of my baby without my permission.

I'd be annoyed! Especially that your info was up there. I'd just kindly say "hey, I don't mean to sound crazy but would you mind taking down the us photo? We didn't want to share it just yet, and also my name/dr is on there..thanks!!" She has no room to argue!

I would be pissed and have a talk with her.

I agree its a bit much. Just let her know you shared the picture for her personal use not for sharing. I agree with just letting her know you weren't ready to share.

Yes! There are plenty of other ways to express her excitement. Depending on your relationship with your MIL, maybe ask your husband to talk to her.

Totally! I'd tell her to take it down if I didn't want it posted at all!

Only if she didn't know you weren't planning on posting it or announcing it just yet.

Um yes! Definitely!

I would be annoyed but I wouldn't say anything. For me, the payoff of saying something is not worth the aggravation of having a tiff with my MIL. This would fall under 'pick your battles' for me, but you might feel more strongly about it. I would get DH to say something if it is a big deal to you.

This sounds like a case of old people and the internet. We told everyone not to post on FB when E was born because we wanted to post it, and the person who outed us was my 75 year old grandma. We never even thought to tell her not to post it. Your MIL probably doesn't realize posting the pic is any different than showing her friends at the office. I would explain to her how you feel about posting that kind of stuff online (especially with your info attached) and ask her to take it down.

Yes.

YUP! I feel like if you wanted it there you would have put it there =) sorry...

dude, anything someone posts a picture of anyone or their baby---they should ask first.
I would have been pissed!
But I'd just say it to her nicely & move on. Clearly she did it out of excitement an not hate:/ but still---soo annoying!

YES! VERY annoyed and upset. I don't think posting photos of other people's children, unborn or otherwise, is appropriate at all. ESPECIALLY if you asked her not to tell anyone before 12 weeks. I'm so sorry she did that.

I'd probably be annoyed and ask her nicely to take it down because I don't want friends from high school/college/work seeing a photo of my uterus, etc. But I get along great with my MIL so I wouldn't make a big deal about it and I doubt she would either.