As a married woman in her late twenties, I am horrified by the premature announcement of Kate Middleton’s pregnancy. As if the Duchess did not have enough pressure on her to conceive, her acute morning sickness is so bad that she needs to be hospitalized and reveal to the world that she is pregnant well before the normal 3 month reveal date. As much as I love, live and breathe social media, I know the decision to reveal the royal pregnancy early has a lot to do with social media. All it would take is one tweet from an over-eager, nosy staff member at the hospital and the pregnancy would be revealed.

According to a royal aide, “Considerations about Twitter and the Internet formed part of the decision in going public, as it shapes all decisions about the handling of the media in the current age.”

After the news broke, 3 Twitter accounts were launched @iamroyalbaby @kateswomb @HRHfetus and quickly suspended. As the pregnancy progresses, social media will progress with it and over-saturate the world with related updates.

Can you imagine if you had to consider the impact of social media with every move you made?