You know those people that just have to tweet about everything, from their morning Cheerios, to their nightly Crest White Strips treatment? Well, it would seem that the wife of Twitter CEO Ev Williams is one of those folks, given that she recently enjoyed “tweeting” during labor. Of course, her in-labor tweets are a publicity boost for Twitter (as if they need it) which certainly can’t hurt things for the micro blogging platform, but it does bring up the question – When is a situation just too personal to tweet about?
In this case, with iPhone firm in hand, Sara Williams tweeted from the time her water broke up to the time she was required to push. Apparently she even used an iPhone app to measure the time between contractions. Her last tweet before the actual child birth was a both humorous and likely serious “Epidural, yes please.”
While the pains of labor would probably have me throwing my iPhone at the wall, I do think it’s kind of funny that someone could think of tweeting at a time like that, and I have to believe that it was likely planned as a publicity move for Twitter. I know quite a few people thought her tweeting during labor was a bit tasteless, but either way, they sure are talking about it, and that’s probably good news for Twitter.



