Yikes! I hardly ever post on other boards but if I'm bored sometimes I'll lurk and occasionally I'll reply to someone's post. But every time I read through responses.. I am absolutely stunned at the rudeness and the snarky attitudes! I mean really.. we're all a bunch of women here (for the most part).. either TTC.. or pregnant.. or parenting.. whatever it is. Whatever happened to if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all?? I would never act the way some of these women act. Am I crazy or am I just lurking on the wrong boards?
Re: Is it just me or are other boards super snarky?
I do think the TTC>35 and P>35 seem to have especially lovely and supportive regulars, but I could be biased.
I almost left The Bump bc of the ppl on my BMB.
I sometimes go over to 3rd trimester but start getting hives and all sweaty reading comments left by others.
I know some of the questions are absolutely stupid...bbut don't answeror comment. Just move on. Right?
Factor V Leiden Homozygous, Advanced Maternal Age
TTC #1, 5 yrs, PCOS, Femera + Ovidrel.
IUI#3 BFP, DD 5/31/2012
TTC #2, 2 yrs, PCOS, Femera+Ovidrel
IUI#2 BFP!
I'm still active on my BMB, but I feel less connected. Plus I feel like it moves slower due to the lack of posts.
Maybe I'm just old.
BFP #1 March 24, 2010; missed m/c May 26, 2010 @ 12w 4d; D&E May 28, 2010
BFP #2 Oct 20, 2010; My little boy was born on July 5, 2011
BFP #3 April 30, 2013; Chemical Pg May 5, 2013
BFP #4 Aug 22, 2013; It's a boy. Loss discovered at 24 weeks on Jan 15, 2014 (cause CMV virus)
We love and miss you Timothy
BFP #5 April 6, 2014; missed m/c May 15, 2014 @ 9 weeks; Misoprostol May 15, 2014; D&C May June 3, 2014
9/1998 - Ectopic :: 4/2001 - M/C :: 8/2006 - Ectopic :: 4/2007 - M/C :: 8/2008 - Ectopic
4/2010 - DD
4/2012 - M/C
6/2014 - Surprise Pregnancy at 42 yrs old! EDD 2/16/2015
6/9 +HPT :: 6/10 hCG 383 :: 6/12 hCG 1190 :: 6/17 hCG 8224, Prog 26.4
6/24 U/S #1 showing 6w2d CRL .43cm w/HB! :: 7/7 U/S #2 CRL 1.73cm w/strong HB!!
7/31 NT Scan U/S #3 CRL 49mm, HB160 | MaterniT21 - Negative!! TEAM PINK
9/2 - AFP Panel - Negative | U/S #4 HB150
10/1 Anatomy U/S #5 | HB 134 | CPCs found, Trisomy 18 ruled out w/Mat21 on 7/31 | all other development normal!
11/24 - Glucose was normal at 94
1/12 BPP/Growth U/S #9 HB 129, weighs 5lb 12oz already w/ 4 weeks to go!!
1/20 BPP/Growth U/S#10 HB 155, weight 6lb 9oz :: 1/26 BPP U/S#11 HB153 :: 2/2 BPP U/S #12 HB 137 :: 2/9 BPP U/S #13 HB 150
**siggy warning**
Current Age 35, DH 33
Married 9/2011
BFP 8/2012, Miscarried 9/2012
BFP 9/2012, DS 6/2013
BFP 6/2014, Miscarried 7/2014
BFP 7/2014, DD 4/2015
Factor V Leiden Homozygous, Advanced Maternal Age
TTC #1, 5 yrs, PCOS, Femera + Ovidrel.
IUI#3 BFP, DD 5/31/2012
TTC #2, 2 yrs, PCOS, Femera+Ovidrel
IUI#2 BFP!
**siggy warning**
Current Age 35, DH 33
Married 9/2011
BFP 8/2012, Miscarried 9/2012
BFP 9/2012, DS 6/2013
BFP 6/2014, Miscarried 7/2014
BFP 7/2014, DD 4/2015
I just now went lurking about on other boards to see WTF is going on. The best I can piece together (and I could be WAY off) is that TB is tired of an atmosphere where old regulars bully potential new members. They wrote new terms of use guidelines and started banning people who broke them, including moderators. Many of the regulars are getting angry that their friends (moderators and other regulars) are getting banned and they're threatening to leave. Many newbies are happy to feel less bullied.
So, that's the best I can come up with. Again, I could be way off. It seems like this board isn't really affected like some of the others.
One part of the terms of use says to specifically NOT post pics of your pee stick or ask if you could be pregnant based on your symptoms. Since the TWW is extremely stressful, why not make a board specifically for the TWW where people can post pics of their pee sticks and stress about the weird twinges? Then they can all guess about each others without interfering with other boards, or being bullied on other boards? Just an idea.
**siggy warning**
Current Age 35, DH 33
Married 9/2011
BFP 8/2012, Miscarried 9/2012
BFP 9/2012, DS 6/2013
BFP 6/2014, Miscarried 7/2014
BFP 7/2014, DD 4/2015