#054 Pregnancy Updates

Pregnancy is one of, perhaps even THE MOST exciting time in a woman's life (did ya see what I did there? haha). Seriously, it's a big deal! It's like a fucking superpower - "Yeah, dude - I grow babies in my belly. What can you do?!" Men hold the key, but the women make it happen.

While the miracle of life is something to be reckoned with, I do not feel it is appropriate to plaster updates all over the internet, particularly on social media sites. In fact, I'm going to go one step further and say it is downright obnoxious. Once in a while, say every couple of weeks or so... sure. But every freaking day?! Hell, even every WEEK is too much. What happened to the days when you found out a woman was pregnant then caught up with everything at her baby shower? Or, sometimes maybe you didn't hear someone was pregnant then WHAM, you see a birth announcement in the paper or get one in the mail? Sometimes it's best not to share everything.

I can't pass through one day's worth of news feed on the social media site that I frequent without seeing something related to someone's pregnancy. I mean, that's great that you're pregnant and all, but did you really need to tell me about the gallon of ice cream you just ate, or the terrible gas you've been having lately? Because quite honestly, if I wanted to know, I would have asked.

If I were pregnant, I would poll all my "friends" or "followers" and ask who wanted to receive these updates. Then, I would set up a filter to allow only those who wanted to see the updates to receive them.

There's also an application on this particular site that updates you on how far along (in weeks) she is in the pregnancy, and how large the baby has grown to be. "30 Weeks: Baby weighs as much as a large cabbage." Great! Maybe that's what's causing all that gas (or maybe it was the ice cream).