Are you planning on regularly sharing photos of you baby on social media? (Sorry for the long post)

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I’m expecting my first child any day now and I’m all of a sudden very concerned about sharing him on social media. 
I’ve been pretty much set on making a private insta account for the baby when he arrives; allowing me to manage who I share with. It also takes into consideration those who don’t care to be bombarded with baby photos and especially respect those who are going through their own fertility struggles. 
My concern is my in-laws moved out of state about a year and a half ago (by choice); which is still a bit of a thorn in the side for my husband and I who moved further from my family and support system and bought a house 5 minutes from them only months prior. [They literally announced to use they were putting their house up for sale the night we closed on our house] They can barely use social media and don’t totally understand privacy rules/sharing etiquette and definitely won’t understand that we don’t want the baby’s photos shared.
My other concern is having “people” who have chosen not to be a big part of my child’s life to repost/share photos as if they are around and making an effort. I know it sounds kind of petty but I hate people being fake that way. 
These pregnancy hormones make me super over sensitive and I overthink everything!!
Have any of you ever dealt with issues like this? How did you handle it? Am I over thinking this?
❤️❤️❤️

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I don’t share anything on social media (except here 😂).  I text important people photos and updates.

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My Facebook and instagram are private. I don’t post much, but we’ve never had any issues with anyone sharing our pictures. In my experience, most people are honestly too concerned with their own personal lives to think about doing much more than “liking” a pic.

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We only posted our LOs birth announcement and monthly photos to our Facebook page. Ive made a private group with just select people to share other updates, our families are spread out across 3 different continents so that’s the easiest way to share updates. 
We don’t prevent our parents or other family from sharing photos of her but we do have some rules. 
1. Anything in the private group stays in the private group. 
2. No naked baby pictures, she must be at least in a onesie. 
3. No photos of me from the hospital may be posted on social media.

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We deleted our social media accounts when my youngest was born. If they want updates they can text call. I send pics via texts and told them not to post on social media so far so good. My family respects that.

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I post them private and make it where friends of friends cant see either.

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We’ve decided to keep our baby boy offline. Once he’s here the only occasional photo we might post will be ones that don’t show his face. Just the way I feel about it until he’s old enough to decide and properly consent for himself. My family will still get photos and updates via whatsapp & snapchat.

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I share but I’ve made real well sure who I’m friends with and who I allow access to my Instagram and all that. I had to chop it even more with hubs job so I’m comfortable with having my kids and family on social media.

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I have private accounts that only family and close friends are on. But i upload a million pictures and i dont care lol. People can choose to follow or not follow me. I like taking pictures and having them for memories.

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My Facebook and Instagram are private and that’s the only two social media I have. I choose who I add so don’t mind sharing on there. My mother-in-law just got a Facebook so she can finally stop bugging me to email her pictures 🙄 (she lives 4 hours away).

Are you planning on regularly sharing photos of you baby on social media? (Sorry for the long post)

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