A FB photo I just saw

[bronxgirl]

Perhaps I should put this on MMM, but I wanted to share with all of you. One of my FB friends just had his first child. Understandably he is very excited and wanted to share the good news. However, he just posted a picture of his brand new son minutes after he was born covered in vernix with his genitals on display (how I first became aware that it's a boy) and a big fresh bloody stain on the sheet next to him. I don't mean to be judgemental, but I don't think I would have posted that picture.

[rubytue]

ew!! I'm not a mom so I sure can't appreciate that.

[yellowbrkrd]

Ick! Though, you're right that he was probably just excited and didn't think before posting.

[whitepicketfence]

+o(

Even as a mom, I wouldn't want to see that. In all of the pictures we have of the girls shortly after they were born, they're at least all cleaned off and no genitals are showing.

[LoveTrains]

Eh I don't see what the big deal is about baby bits.

[agnes]

Aug 23, 2012 22:05:23 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Eh I don't see what the big deal is about baby bits.

Ditto. This wouldn't bother me.

[jennipea382]

I've seen those types of pictures on FB a lot. I personally don't mind them (I don't get grossed out that easily) but I'm not sure I'd post them for everyone to see. I can definitely see how someone scrolling through their news feed would be in for a shock with that photo!

[mayflowers22]

Aug 23, 2012 22:05:23 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Eh I don't see what the big deal is about baby bits.

:Y:

[Deleted]

Aug 24, 2012 0:29:39 GMT -5 Stan said:

I just googled vernix. While eating cottage cheese.

Definitely a bad idea.
I also don't see the issue with the baby bits but to each there own.

[crashgizmo]

My issue with baby bits is that, as screwed up as it sounds to us, there are sick fucks who get off on kids that young. So I would be hesitant to put it on Facebook or the like.

[smiley]

That is a not a picture you share with the world. ^o)

[AAM2012]

That doesn't beat my friend who posted a pic of all the bloody mess (placenta, blood, etc) that comes out afterwards.

[aspentosh]

Aug 23, 2012 23:17:25 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Not my personal style, but I wouldn't be grossed out I don't think.

Agree. Not something I'd do, but I don't side-eye the people that do.

[bronxgirl]

Aug 24, 2012 8:55:58 GMT -5 incogneato said:

I personally feel that birth and the evidence of it : vernix, blood, etc, can really only be appreciated by the parents going through it.

I'm a big fan of clean baby, naked or not.

I posted clean naked baby with modesty cropping after DD was born. I plan to do the same with the next baby. Nobody needs to see baby goop all over some poor child.

As a parent I don't want tmy child's genitals all over the internet. As a viewer I don't need to see bloody sheets.

[benitabutrell]

My FB friends are so guilty of crap like this. One posted her daughter wrapped in a blood stained blanket. Would it have been that hard to ask a nurse for a clean blanket? Or wait an hour to upload a different picture to Facebook?

Another "friend" posted a picture of her son being delivered (literally) from her vag. It took a few friends commenting things like "hey, I see your furry bush" for her to delete it. So gross.

[slug*bug]

Aug 23, 2012 21:37:44 GMT -5 yellowbrkrd said:

Ick! Though, you're right that he was probably just excited and didn't think before posting.

I think I'd give him a pass: I think it's sweet that he was so excited to post the first photo. Hopefully it will be funny later when people give him a hard time about it. Because you're probably not the only one who wasn't ready for that!

[adlove]

Aug 24, 2012 4:21:26 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

That doesn't beat my friend who posted a pic of all the bloody mess (placenta, blood, etc) that comes out afterwards.

Ok that's disgusting. +o(

[soleil]

A few months ago a friend on facebook had a baby. I was like, ''ooh pics!''. I click on the link, and the first photos that pop up are some graphic ones of her c-section. As in, her cut open, blood, the baby being taken out. Not quite was I had been expecting--was it really necessary to put those up publicly?

[Deleted]

I have a friend whose husband posted a picture of himself in the delivery room holding the new baby. He didn't realize that in the background was a crotch-shot of his wife getting sewn up. It's kind of hard to see because of the bright lights, but there she is, heels in stirrups and dr between her legs in their son'sriret Facebook picture.

Suffice to say, there was a BIG push present afterwards.

[slug*bug]

Aug 24, 2012 13:17:00 GMT -5 @idaholakelady said:

I have a friend whose husband posted a picture of himself in the delivery room holding the new baby. He didn't realize that in the background was a crotch-shot of his wife getting sewn up. It's kind of hard to see because of the bright lights, but there she is, heels in stirrups and dr between her legs in their son'sriret Facebook picture.

and :-(

OMG!

[Deleted]

I have a friend whose husband posted a picture of himself in the delivery room holding the new baby. He didn't realize that in the background was a crotch-shot of his wife getting sewn up. It's kind of hard to see because of the bright lights, but there she is, heels in stirrups and dr between her legs in their son'sriret Facebook picture.

Suffice to say, there was a BIG push present afterwards.

[malibu]

Aug 24, 2012 2:08:40 GMT -5 crashgizmo said:

My issue with baby bits is that, as screwed up as it sounds to us, there are sick fucks who get off on kids that young. So I would be hesitant to put it on Facebook or the like.

This was my first thought.