Well, I think it's okay ONLY because she's comfortable tweeting about it. Everybody is different when it comes to disclosing personal, sensitive information. Obviously, Trunk is very open when it comes to this.

BTW, I'm glad this was good news for her. For some women, it's bad news.

If I was enduring a miscarriage I'd sure leave the board meeting and go straight home or to a hospital. What's sad is that so many people never stop talking about themselves online, even in the most private circumstances. It's almost an illness. Whatever, I guess her mother must be proud.

Sure, let's all tweet our TMI moments to the world!

"Just had a wet dream. Oh well, it was time to change my sheets anyway."
"Hmm having lots of clots on my period today. I'm on my 5th super-plus tampon of the day!"
"Caught a glimpse of this girl's panties while she was sitting across from my on the subway. Need to rub one out in the bathroom when I get to the office."
"Uh oh, something smells rank down there! It's going to be so embarrassing to go back to the doctor for this problem AGAIN."

Just because something is normal, natural and happens to lots of people doesn't mean it's good or helpful to Tweet about it...

By no means do I believe that something like an abortion or miscarriage should be ignored. Absolutely talk about it.

But it *is* bad news for some women. It's traumatic for some women, in which case I would recommend treating it a little more sensitively and not reducing it to the banality of "I'm in a board meeting."

Anyway, if you're comfortable airing your dirty tampons on the internet, go for it. Sometimes I spout a lot online, I admit it, though I'll probably keep the description of the fantastic bowel movement I had this morning to myself. Unless the discussion calls for it.

I had a not-especially-close friend of mine that would frequently TMI-blog about her period. It really made me and others uncomfortable. It would be different if it were a girlfriend, obviously. I just think discretion is a better way to go.

It also trivializes the occasion to reduce it down to 140 characters.

Chouette4u: Biggest laughs I've had all day! Thanks!

I believe that if a person is comfortable posting that type of information on the internet, then that is their business (plus the thousands of followers that may be reading that information).I just hope that no children/adolscent/youth or whatever read her comments. It's bad enough that we have so many teens growing up via the media. There are enough negative influences without someone glorifying abortions like it'sthe same as scheduling a visit to an overbooked stylist.

Yet another example of people oversharing to perfect strangers on the internet.

Doesn't anybody have any respect for their own privacy anymore? If we don't respect our own privacy, how can we expect others to? Just let Big Brother into your bathroom while you are at it.

Scary.

spacekat - I'm with you. I'm FB "friends" with a girl I went to hs with... I - and the rest of FB - learned about her pregnancy though an open wall discussion about her missing her period, having sore boobs, throwing up, etc.

I think FB/ Twitter is great for sharing and keeping in touch, but no one wants to know about your period.

I think it's important to discuss such private personal things with you friends, family or professionals. Not the internet. At least let the conversation be consensual, I don't like to be barraged with such scary information just because I have a facebook or twitter.

What the holy f***? Keep you private things to yourselves people. Not everyone wants to hear about it. There are things I don't want to hear about my closest friends, let alone everyone I'm "friends" with on facebook. Oversharing needs to STOP. That's so disgusting.

She's a blogger so she's supposed to write about things to get people talking and keep them interested. I wouldn't post something so personal because I'm a private citizen and don't want my private life on the internet. Some people find writing about situations they're going through therapeutic and if people can relate with her on a issue, it would also be helpful to them. (I can't judge her on what she's going through because I've never been pregnant.)

After having said that, I use the 'unfollow' button on Twitter and the 'ignore' and 'defriend' button on Facebook frequently when people constantly update about stuff I don't care about or find offensive.

I'm sorry, if people were so intent on keeping things 'private' in this world, Things like Myspace, and gawdawful twitter wouldn't be so popular. People who use them are all attention wh*res (don't lie).

If you want a private life, its not hard to achieve.

Your grandma dies? You lose a leg? You have a miscarriage? By all means, share it if you're desperate. All those will still have the same response from me; Don't care, and its up for grabs for ridicule.

I heart Chouette4u. LOVES it.

This is embarrassing, horrible, and disgusting. The fact that this is remotely acceptable in today's society is disheartening at best. I pity that woman and hope she finds love and something to turn her jaded view of human life around. I wish her the best and just hope she wakes up and sees how sad her perspective is.....all this women's lib stuff is kinda humorous to be honest.

i'm ambiavalent about this. on one hand i think the oversharing is going too far, and on the other hand i think we need to get over this puritanical bulls**t where we can't even discuss basic bodily functions that happen to us all without getting squeamish. in this particular situation i think it's going to help women to be able to openly discuss abortions and miscarriages. neither situation has to be a source of shame. an abortion or miscarriage may be a traumatic and sad occasion for some but they definitely shouldn't be shameful occasions for anyone.

Personally I keep my private matters away from the internet, unless called for.
I don't know anyone who would want to know about that sort of thing, unless they directly ask me.

Chouette4u, your post was brilliant!

I have to agree that I would not necessarily share my abortion or miscarriage, but when my grandfather died I did put it up on my Facebook because so many of my friends knew my grandfather and I just didn't have it in me to call all of them to tell them.
I would on the other hand probably put that I got engaged or that I was pregnant (if I was happy about it) on my Facebook for the same reason, because I don't have to call everyone and tell them.
I have also found that when I'm posting extremely happy or sad news it's better to Tweet it or FB it as some people are having bad/good days, and might not want to deal with having to give condolences or congratulations when they are not in the mood.

I am in the minority here, but I think Facebook is actually a way to disconnect from people. No need to actually pick up the phone and talk to someone, either with congratulations or condolences, just put a few words on the internet and you don't have to waste any of your precious time actually talking to the person.

The people that truly care for you will be in touch and will know if you are expecting, engaged,or if you have experienced tragedy. Life and communication did exist before Facebook, as hard as that is to believe. Any "friend" that you barely know on Facebook....seriously, do you think they really care if you are engaged?

I still say anybody who feels the need to talk about their periods and miscarriages to strangers just needs pity.

Chouette4u, you make me LMAO.

I just don't want to read about that (abortion or miscarriage) on facebook and twitter, hence I don't read/do fb and tweeting. I'm staying away from them.

It's totally different though if a good friend of mine came to me and just wanted to talk about her miscarriage or abortion.

I wouldn't mind if one of my friends Tweeted something like "Had a miscarriage, I need a hug" or "Got back from the abortion clinic, and I feel horrible" but, something like "meh, I'm bored and btw I'm having a miscarriage. Today's great" or something, wouldn't be appropriate. I mean, they AREN'T small events and are often devastating emotionally, so... I think casually Tweeting about them is like saying "my grandpa just broke his hip, this sucks, I have to miss poker night!" It feels insensitive. And if people go into the gritty details, like "Having a miscarriage, this time it's an extra bloody one, I think I saw the baby in it" or something is entirely inappropriate. Like "just took a dump, I looked back and it was really big this time. Kinda smelled like lunch" is inappropriate because, ew. And it doesn't seem respectful to the idea of motherhood.

That is f*cking sick.

LMAO Chouette4u. And I agree with you! TMI!!!

I'm in the boat that not only is it TMI, it sounded WAY insensitive and made me almost gasp. Who says things like that like 'just another day, another miscarriage' kind of way. STAY in the boardroom while it is happening? Are you crazy?
This person sounds a little heartless. And yes I find it a bit disrespectful. As a mother to be I'd be devastated if that happened to me. While I can respect the fact that she did not want to follow through with the pregnancy anyways, this was a human life beginning inside of you, lady. At least show a bit of caring. Maybe you are not regretful, but at least show some respect

She has no tact with her wording. Posting personal information can border on bad judgement depending how it's written. She doesn't know when her TMI will come back to bite her. If she's that concerned that's what group e-mail and in boxes are for. I think she also needs to look into a different form of birth control so this isn't an issue for her again.

Jazzytummy said, "Any "friend" that you barely know on Facebook....seriously, do you think they really care if you are engaged?"

And this is why I'm only facebook friends with people who i think truly care about my lief and who I truly care about their life. So what if i knew someone from hs, if we don't engage in some form of communication on a weekly basis, why should i keep them on my Facebook friends list, letting them know about my life when obviously they don't care. That is just stupid.

I never share TMI on facebook but if I were to, only 80 people would see it. (I feel stupid saying "only" 80 people, but since I have the least amount of 'friends' among my friends, i feel it is appropriate)

She obviously has no discretion (and possibly no heart!), the only thing she's done is make herself look terrible to the world. I'm sure the people she was in that meeting with will be speechless to know that she was sitting in there, relieved to be having a miscarriage because an abortion is soooo incontinent.
I've read her blog a little, and some of her articles, she seems like an idiot. I mean,if Yahoo! Financial fires you...

"inconvenient"! thanks Word spellcheck...going to get more coffee...

It's up to her what she posts. I just think it's messed up that it sounds like she's still sitting through the board meeting while having a miscarriage. I realize she wants it, but it's still somewhat of a medical issue. I'm pretty sure they would understand if she got up and left.
And to the person who said I was an attention wh*re because I use facebook, you couldn't be further off. I'm a pretty private person and horrible at keeping in touch. I know that facebook isn't close to actually calling people, but it's just easier for me to do it that way. Plus I don't post personal things about myself. I don't think you should generalize so much. If you knew me in real life you would never in a million years make that comment. But what are ya gonna do? People have there opinions.

That is awful!

I'm pretty sure an abortion is not a bodily function. I'm thinking that taking a baby out of a woman's uterus and throwing it in the trash is something that has to be carried out by a human, not the body.

um, biarose, I'm pretty sure the fetus isn't thrown in the trash. they have laws against that sort of thing.

You obviously haven't heard about the girl who survived an abortion then.

Since when did a miscarriage become a "bodily function?" Bodily functions are bowel movements and urination, sweating, passing gas... to degrade a miscarriage to something the equivalent of taking a crap is insensitive, thoughtless, grotesque, and most of all, depraved.

Seems to me like this lady has an alternative agenda -- to try and make herself feel better about what she's done/planning to do by making an all too public confession (2 previous abortions from what I've heard on the news); to trivialize life for the pro-choice agenda; and/or to get the supreme of public attention that up to now, Twitter hasn't done for her -- national television, news paper and radio coverage, that I'm sure has driven hits to her blog and maybe given her a whole new host of twitter followers.

Shame one her.

...Since when did a miscarriage become a "bodily function?"

Since always. Look this up in medical textbooks. A large proportion of pregnancies result in miscarriage. Some studies say up to 60% of pregnancies result in miscarriage without the woman even having time to realise that that she was pregnant. And at least 15% of all 'known' pregancies, i.e. where the woman realised she was pregnant, result in miscarriage. Many of these fetuses have been found to have serious genetic conditions.

Talking about miscarriage does not "equate it to having a crap". It recognises that miscarriage is a very common outcome of pregnancy and it is something that the female body is capable of carrying out to itself and something the female body routinely does, just as it has the ability to bear life and give birth.