Facebook announcements...

[Pollyanna]

Our oldest two found out about my dad's death from facebook. It was during the summer and they both had practice. I was at mom's and when they got home they checked facebook and my nephew (who was also at mom's) had made a post about 5 minutes after dad's death. I felt awful for DD and DS but they knew death was imminent (had already said goodbye) and had talked a lot about Tata and spent a lot of time with him. My initial reaction was to be mad at my nephew but he meant no harm and it was part of how he was dealing with the death. My kids were not upset and it's now family lore. I don't know, it seems like you can't please everyone. Some people want a personalized hand written announcement of your pregnancy (or other special event, some want a phone call, some want to hear in person, some want a facebook post. Good heavens, I honestly think everyone just needs to get over themselves and let people live.

[oceanchild]

Facebook cuts both ways. Personally, I think the 3-D ultrasounds are unnerving and spooky. I didn't really want to look at what's inside your vagina but thanks for posting it, just in case!

Hahahahaha. Maybe when I have one of my own I'll finally see the appeal of ultrasound pictures.

[ladymoreta]

Hehe I love them, but I totally understand the creepy factor. I put mine in their own "folder" on FB so people can avoid it if they're looking through my pictures.

[corn poffi]

I think they're creepy too! But I don't care if people post them. I know others probably don't think they look like weird gummy candy. I do find it odd when people post them as their profile pics though. I never knew I was friends with so many fetuses!

[Chrisada]

I have a friend posting her bare postpartum belly to show how flat it is getting each week after giving birth. Seriously, nothing is off limits on FB.

[SoonerTexan]

Technically it's the inside of the uterus...a little less eww factor than the vagina.

[Chrisada]

I'm pretty sure if you search through my FB pics you will indeed find a 3D ultrasound picture...

[scarlett09]

I have a friend posting her bare postpartum belly to show how flat it is getting each week after giving birth. Seriously, nothing is off limits on FB.

I also had an acquaintance from college post progress reports about his wife's (also an acquaintance) labor. Although I knew you guys in college, I haven't seen you in years and we are not so close that I need to know how far your cervix is dilated and how many rounds of cervadil you've had inserted in your hooha.

After that, I made DH promise not to do anything like this when it's my turn. Although he's already showing signs of being completely anal about what I post on FB about our future children.

Technically it's the inside of the uterus...a little less eww factor than the vagina.

Not so sure about that. I think my vagina is a lot prettier than my uterus, and it's gotten many more compliments. But neither has appeared on FB, I'm proud to say.

[v-girl]

I have a friend posting her bare postpartum belly to show how flat it is getting each week after giving birth. Seriously, nothing is off limits on FB.

At least it's her belly and not any other parts that may have stretched. But still weird.

[corn poffi]

Has anybody checked out the site stfuparents.com? I love it. It is totally not about normal parents who post cute pictures and updates. It's about those that post labor updates, extremely inappropriate pictures, sympathy statuses etc.

For the record, I do not mind normal child-related updates. I think videos and pictures are adorable and I love the updates about cute things kids have said/done. I'm not that horrible of a person. Haha but there are some people who really take it to the next level. I have a Facebook friend who posted nasty pictures of her baby's hernia surgery. Not only were they graphic, but most of them of a naked baby with no covering of the more sensitive areas. Facebook asked her to remove the photos. Why on earth would you ever post pictures of your naked child on the Internet?

[scarlett09]

Has anybody checked out the site stfuparents.com? I love it. It is totally not about normal parents who post cute pictures and updates. It's about those that post labor updates, extremely inappropriate pictures, sympathy statuses etc.

I have a Facebook friend who posted nasty pictures of her baby's hernia surgery. Not only were they graphic, but most of them of a naked baby with no covering of the more sensitive areas. Facebook asked her to remove the photos. Why on earth would you ever post pictures of your naked child on the Internet?

Going to check out that website now. I also had another acquaintance who posted pics from the delivery room. The pictures of her being handed her daughter for the first time included pics of her hooha. My girlfriends and I took turns logging into FB from a single claptop and clicking "report" on all of those pictures. FB made her take them down.

[Chrisada]

Yes, love STFU parents and follow their feed on FB. And ironically, they show a 3D Ultrasound for their profile pic. All though it's of a beer can. LOL.

[ladymoreta]

I thought about reporting a friend's video of her daughter in the bathtub. I love bath pictures if everything private is covered or censored out, but this one showed a lot...

[AmeliePoulain]

That is crazy about the after labor pics. People go too far... my uncles ex-wife also has naked pics of her toddler on there and of herself half naked sometimes in front of mirrors. Other people post their every move like "pumping my breast milk" or "ooops I spilled a whole bottle FML " I've seen a pic of someone's son's poop on the floor, snot on a sleeve. What is the point?