Pregnant women and families are sharing photos and more on Facebook, Web sites

Like many expectant mothers these days, Autumn Yates posted updates about her pregnancy on Facebook.

“It’s nice for my extended family to see pictures from time to time of me getting bigger and little comments like, ‘34-week check-up went well!’ ” said Yates, 29, a Spanish teacher from Oakton. “I don’t see anything wrong with that. I think there is kind of a line sometimes, though.”

For Yates, that line is somewhere around “creepy” 4-D ultrasound photos and cringe-inducing comments such as, “My cervix is now dilated [fill in the blank] inches!”

In a world where it hasn’t happened unless it has been shared, parents and parents-to-be are increasingly posting photos of pregnancy tests, bulging bellies and swollen feet, and “Baby’s kicking!” status updates. More than 30 percent of American mothers have posted their sonograms online, according to a 2010 study by global security software maker AVG. By the time they are age 2, 92 percent of American babies will have an online presence.

“I think we’re definitely becoming more and more comfortable with just sharing our lives so publicly,” said Yates, who gave birth to a girl in May. “I think where I am is kind of right on the cusp: The following generation is even more open; people my age tend to be a little less forthcoming when using social media.”

Baby-bump posts aren’t restricted to Facebook and Twitter pics. Searching “Pregnancy ultrasound” on YouTube.com turns up 5,230 results. There are weekly “pregnancy diaries” full of ultrasounds, sonograms, photos and moms-to-be chattering for 3, 5, 10 minutes at a time about doctor appointments, the nursery, what to wear and what to pack in the hospital bag.

And the self-coverage doesn’t stop at the 40-week mark. Nancy Gaba, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and vice chair of the OB-GYN department at George Washington University’s School of Medicine, has seen family members photographing and videotaping in the delivery room, as well as talking about uploading items to the Web.

“I have some people, like a patient’s mother, say to me, as I’m delivering a baby, ‘Could you move out of the way? I’m not getting a good enough shot,’ ” Gaba said. “I appreciate that they’re trying to memorialize their special moment, but there are certain times when we have to say ‘Okay, you photographers all need to step aside so we can do what we need to do.

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