When Claire Diaz-Ortiz went into labor on April 5, she did what any tech-savvy mom-to-be would do — share the details with the world. Ortiz, who leads social innovation at Twitter, posted updates from her social media account [1] using the hashtag "#inlabor." From feeling her first contraction to the first time she saw her daughter Lucía [2], who may be Twitter's youngest member, Ortiz kept more than 333,000 followers up to date on the life-changing moment.
Currently googling: Did my water just break? #labor [3]
— Claire Diaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014 [4]
Moved on. Now officially googling "Am I in Labor?!?"
— Claire Diaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014 [5]
So this is a contraction. #inlabor [6]
— Claire Diaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014 [7]
To see all of Claire's #inlabor tweets, read the full story on Huffington Post. [8]
Source: Twitter user Claire [9]