Facebook adds “Expected: Child” option for parents-to-be
August 2, 2011 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
Facebook has made it easier to let your friends and family know that you or your significant other is pregnant. The social networking giant has introduced an option that allows you to tell your network you are expecting a child.
All you have to do is pick the “Expected: Child” option from the drop down menu, pick a month day and year for the Due Date, and optionally provide a name. Last year, Facebook rolled out the option to add family members to your profile page, but only recently has it added the option to include not-yet-born members.
Facebook is constantly adding features that allow its members to further personalize their profiles. Six months ago, the company added two new relationship status options, “in a civil union” and “in a domestic partnership,” bringing the total number to 11.
As anything that Facebook does, the addition is a controversial one. Should people really add unborn children to their profile pages?
Many will argue that women and their significant others should still use more personal forms of communication to tell the exciting news to their families and close friends. Always remember who exactly is in your Facebook network of friends when making such an announcement: it would be unwise to tell an employer the news at the same time as everyone else. Then there’s the even more serious question: what if there’s a miscarriage? Deleting your unborn child from your profile page is the last thing you’ll want to do if you or your significant other has to go through such a sad experience.
Thousands of parents-to-be have created Facebook profile pages for their unborn children, so I’m sure this feature will be used by many. If you are one of these people, my only recommendation is to at least do so later in the pregnancy rather than as soon as you get the confirmation from the doctor.
