I am relieved to say that I am officially deactivated on Facebook. I have been thinking about this for a long time and it was just the time. I had an event that ended today on Facebook and so I felt finally free to purge myself of going on there.
I can’t believe how absolutely peaceful it is to know that one source of tremendous “surprise” pain is eliminated from my daily activities. I’ll miss the infertility groups and resolve page but honestly it was killing me. When my friend announced her pregnancy last week And I was just torn up and crying all day. This has continued on and I’m in the worst place of my entire life. I can barely get out if bed right now. But one thing is for sure….I’m guaranteed not to see an ultrasound photo first thing tomorrow morning and that is a huge relief!!
mylittleaddy 
Hi there! I totally feel you on how hard it is to see everyone’s babies and pregnancy announcements on Facebook.. it sucks and its depressing. With that said, I would like to offer a different perspective on Facebook. You don’t need to use Facebook to torture yourself with everyone else’s (fake or real) happiness. Facebook can be such an awesome tool, you just need to use it in your advantage, you need to know what you want to get our of it. I, for instance, think about 40 years from now, and being able to download “my timeline” and going over it with my grandkids (or dogs at this point)… you can be friends with people, but you dont need to follow them (they will never know that you dont see their pictures and announcements) and if you want to keep something and not share it with anyone, you can post it to your timeline and share it only with your self! You can get the best of both worlds. BTW, I do not work for Facebook hahahaha
Anyways, choose whats best for you, obviously! I just wanted to point out a different perspective because sometimes, when we get caught up, we just can’t see it.
XOXO, Ella
I really appreciate your post and definitely think there are so many positives to Facebook that I will miss. And maybe someday I’ll deactivate my account. For now I feel such a sense of relief, I don’t think I have felt so at peace knowing that I control not being blindsided by another birth that isn’t ours. I know this is temporary as I cannot hide from this forever but it just was the time to do it. It’s totally true what you said about real or fake lives….I know that people who post all the time or post all bliss usually are the ones who have lives in total disarray. Even with that I need some distance and space right now. But I honestly do love your different perspective because the sane me before infertility would totally feel the way you do. So thank you 🙂
I just have always been a Facebook fan, since they came out. Always saw it as a tool for keeping memories for myself. I’m not one of those people that gets upset for receiving no comments on a picture LOL Because of infertility I went through a facebook hating period too.. it was too hard to see all that stuff, fake or not, and go on trying to stay positive when i felt completely stuck and with no way out… I substituted my Facebook vice with bloggind, tweeting and vlogging (my favorite) so I go on it a lot less nowadays… but I like to know that its still there… for some weird reason…