After receiving multiple comments/messages asking about what happened to the photos on this blog, I wanted to address the issue.
Earlier this year, all the photos on my blog were deleted… by me. For a couple reasons. First of all, at the time when you google c-section phrases such as "5th. c-section" or "c-section birth plan", my photos came up as some of the first ones on google images. That would have been great if all my photos had been watermark protected, but mine weren't. My babies' photos are important to me, so the idea of having people copy/paste them didn't set well.
I had so many photos that it would have taken a really long time to go through them all to find the ones that needed to be deleted (after all, I do have 5 little kids to take care of). So I took the easy way out- I clicked delete all. Just like that, all my pictures were gone. For a while they were still viewable on google images and I was able to pick a few to keep, but enough time has passed now that they are (for the most part) not there anymore.
Lastly, I've debated deleting (or making private only to me) this blog for quite some time. It's something I consider on a weekly basis. I get very close to taking it off, but then I'll receive an e-mail from a reader about how helpful the c-section information has been for them. So… this blog is here for now, but it might not be later, but might be again at a later date. Right now I feel God leading me to keep it up, but no promises on tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a blessing to anyone reading it in the meantime.
I for one enjoy your site. So many good ones are leaving lately.
ReplyDeleteI had a c-section 10 months ago, and I just found your site. I had a terribly difficult time with it. It has really helped me to read your story. Thank you for sharing! May God bless you and your family!
ReplyDeleteBlogging is such a nice vehicle for getting out and sharing information, for the enjoyment of writing and publishing, for establishing online friendships, and many other reasons. However, there are drawbacks and issues to be concerned with, especially when it involves our children. I would love to post pictures of my children, but have yet to do so.
ReplyDeleteI wish you blessings in making decisions about how you want to handle your blog. I've enjoyed reading about your style of mothering; as one who is young and a mother of five.
I just wanted to say how helpful I found your website to be and how thankful I am for your advice. You were kind enough to respond to an email inquiry several months ago. Your encouragement meant a lot at a time when I was trying to decide whether I should consider having another child. Best of luck to you and many blessings to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteI totally get your desire for some privacy and not to end up as "clip art" on other sites. Thanks so much for the great information here. I'm having my second c-section in about 3 weeks and it was SO great to read your packing suggestions and pre-op experience. My first was an emergency so we had no idea what we were getting into - this time we have time to relax and make some choices. Thank you for being here!
ReplyDeleteHi, I haven't stopped by in a while... I thought I would let you know what I did with my photos. I kept getting people coming to my Blog via 1 photo that that started to make me uncomfortable. I switched my photos out of google, as even private they were coming up in searches. I moved to flikr where they are really private but I can insert them into a post. Then thy aren't searchable anymore, and if someone clicks on it, and they can't use them anywhere else. I do this with 90% of my photos now and all of my son. Foods etc I let stay public. I'm not sure how to embed these if you write your posts in blogger(but there is a way), but if you use windows live writer there is a flikr plugin that makes this simple. Good luck.
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