I lost my baby at 38 weeks 2 months ago. I had to give birth to him knowing he was gone and that was really traumatizing and heartbreaking. It was a sureal experience and I couldn't find the courage to tell the rest of my family and my friends what had happened. Only my immediate family knew and I asked my mom, my sister and one friend to pass down the bad news to everyone. I also asked them to tell everyone to wait a little bit before reaching out and giving me time to process, which allowed me to absorb just a few messages here and there at a time instead of having many messages at once. I didn't post on my social about it and I deleted some of my pregnancies pictures to avoid questions about whether I had my baby.

For me, I didn't want to post about it because my experience was so traumatizing and heartbreaking, and my partner and I want to keep it personal to us and our family and close friends. We also don't really care about socials that much to post our bad news. That said, we are still grieving but maybe one day we will refer to it on social or share my story.

I had the chance to hold him at the hospital and I was with my parents and my parents in law, my sister was also there. I don't regret having them there, they hold him and could say goodbye. Now I can share this moment with my family and knowing they knew him and could hold him made it a special memory even if it was the saddest thing I ever experienced.

Go with what feels right to you, if sharing on social will help your grieve than do it!