Many people like to keep their pregnancies under wraps, but they may choose to divulge the information to a select few family and friends on the basis that they'll keep it a secret too.
But one woman was left furious after her mother-in-law revealed her pregnancy on Facebook just minutes after she was told, using the hashtag 'new baby'.
She said that she and her partner told everyone to "please keep it off socials", as they didn't want to post anything on there, but the mother-in-law went against her wishes, and she took to Reddit's 'Just no MIL' forum to rage.
She wrote: "So, yesterday my boyfriend and I found out that I am pregnant. I am WAY further along than we thought I would be, as I had an emergency scan in hospital because I was in so much pain. I have PCOS and missed my period for months in the past, so didn't think anything when I missed it a few times recently.
"I'm 20 weeks! We are beyond happy and so excited. It's obviously a lot earlier than we expected, but we have a lot of family support so we are going to continue with the pregnancy happily.
"I am a petite girl, and I'm still not even showing. The scan was all good, and the baby is healthy. I had literally no symptoms other than maybe some bloating last week, and a bit tired here and there.
"So we told the family. We were very shocked and just wanted to share the news. We told everyone to please keep it off socials, as we do not want to post anything on there at the moment. But guess what! Within MINUTES, and I mean minutes my mother-in-law posts 'I can't believe I'm being gifted a grand baby so soon'. With the hashtag #newbaby.
"Honestly, I was raging. I saw red immediately and just started panicking. My boyfriend called her and told her to delete it, but it had been up for like 30 mins and so many people had already seen it. She posted before I got to tell my grandparents and because she tagged my boyfriend, EVERYONE SAW IT.
"When my boyfriend confronted her, she said she just couldn't contain her excitement and she was so happy that she was going to have another baby. I feel like she just ripped that moment away from us. Everything happened so quickly. I'm trying really hard to let it go. But I feel so angry.
"She is already talking about setting up a nursery, and she told my boyfriend that we will be living with her. My boyfriend told her now, and that he will be moving in with my family. Then to that, she said 'but who will help you with the baby?' And my boyfriend said 'me and probably her mum'. This turned into her screaming and crying in our faces, and telling us we are ungrateful and that we are keeping her baby from her.
"I feel sick. My boyfriend and I just left, he packed everything he could and is going back for the rest of his stuff later. He was very upset but now he's just talking about the baby and all the things we're going to do. I just can't stop thinking about how more than half my family found out on the internet. My mother-in-law keeps messaging me and asking about the gender, the name, and all this stuff. We've only known for two days. Wtf."
In the comments, people were gutted for the woman and her partner, and were left wondering why her mother-in-law had disrespected her in such a way.
One wrote: "Don't let her know another damn thing. Keep your labor a secret from her and if you're worried tell the place you birth in to NOT let her in. She'd be lucky if she ever met her grandkid after spewing c*** like that. AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!"
Another fumed: "Call her out for posting about the baby. It's not her post to tell. Remind her that this is not her baby!"
Someone else raged: "For the love of god put as much distance as you can between yourselves and this woman before this baby comes. She will make your life a living hell."
What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments.
