Normally I don’t post submissions the second I get them because I already have plenty of content waiting in a queue. It seems “unfair” to the other submissions, and unlike a toddler who desperately needs to use the bathroom, those new submissions can wait. Except for this one.

First, allow me to say mazel tov to Kelley and Greg. YAY, y’all made a doctor-approved baby, so congrats! Babies are a blessing. THAT BEING SAID, Kelley, girl, what the WHAT. Everyone knows you’re not supposed to announce that you’re pregnant until you’ve passed the first trimester. Even you know that. Of all the rules to break, it’s not a good sign for the future when you start with Rule One. I’m not saying it’s a guaranteed lead-in to posts about morning sickness or incontinence or mucus plugs, but it’s certainly a start. Not to mention, August 4th? When was this baby conceived?

Ah, I see. Exactly one month ago. Biologically speaking, that makes sense! Intellectually speaking, Kelley might want to rethink her Facebook strategy. A lot will happen between now and August. Less is more. 

Related: The Opposite Of Kelley

(submitted by Anonymous)

UPDATE:

This post has incited a lot of interesting discussion in the comments. Namely, many people think that it’s absurd to wait until after the first trimester to announce a pregnancy on Facebook. (A few people also accused me of “wishing harm” on this woman’s baby, but I won’t go into that because it’s just plain crazy. When I say mazel tov, I mean mazel tov, and I would never wish harm on *anyone*, period.)

Anyway, what’s interesting about this discussion is, this blog is built on a foundation of early pregnancy announcements and sonogram wall posts (check the Archives!). Back when I started it in March 2009, people were talking about that stuff, believe it or not. It seems almost silly now, in a way, to mention that someone’s profile picture is an ultrasound photo, like that’s weird. It’s actually not weird at all. It’s perfectly normal. And I get that. I try to “move with the times” on the blog, even though I still regularly get submissions that resemble those early days. Somewhere out there, a lot of you still think it’s weird when your friend announces her pregnancy the day she finds out (rather than waiting and/or calling friends and family), and you’re still creeped out by her 3D sonogram album. 

But another large group of people thinks that stuff is old hat. It’s been played. It’s mainstream. Who am I to tell people when to announce their pregnancies on Facebook? I’m some random person, what the fuck do I know? And yes, that’s true, BUT that could be said of every other post on this site. So it’s interesting to me that of all the posts to get truly “hostile” on, this is the one for some of you. To the point that you think that by my suggesting people wait to announce their pregnancies until Week 12 on Facebook, I’m wishing something awful on a stranger and her baby. 

The times they are a-changin’.