I'm new to this - introducing myself, is that what everyone does?

rachelariel88 · June 2015

Hi,
I'm Rachel, 27 and my husband Brandon is 30. I'm 5 wks and 5 days along with our first pregnancy. I started on here about 2 wks ago as soon as i got a faint but positive test! I'm slowly getting more involved. Just started posting on boards tonight - go figure, i can't sleep now and i can hardly stay awake during the day.

I've seen several boards of women introducing themselves and i did see a board for everyone to intro themselves on it but I'm sorry there were so many posts i couldn't read and catch up on them all... so from my first impression, it seems most women intro themselves so i guess that's what I'm trying to do.

I don't understand all the abbreviations - silly question but how does everyone know them? Did i miss or ignore a list or something somewhere?

Well we have 2 dogs and are very excited to be adding a baby to our family. Hoping we all stay healthy.

I'm really excited to be part of an online community of this nature as we've kept the pregnancy news limited to a handful of family & friends thus far.

Anu guidance on how to go about involvement in here would b great!

rachelariel88 · June 2015

Just found the board about the acronyms so thankfully I'm up to speed!

MarcoMama86 · June 2015

Congrats and Welcome! I am still learning the abbreviations too and am constantly googling them!

lilqt3929 · June 2015

Welcome! You'll get the hang of it, it just takes some time. In the beginning there are a lot more posts but eventually they slow down and it's way more managable.

wagvan · June 2015

There is an introduction thread up near the top of the page. Welcome!

rspalding001 · June 2015

Welcome and congrats!

bublesmiled · June 2015

Congrats and welcome. I agree with the enjoyment of an online community because it's killing me not to tell people or talk about it. I stay involved by just looking at the board on my downtime and chiming in when I have something useful to say.