Read This First-Welcome to February 2017!

Xstatic3333

Hi there, and welcome to the February 2017 BMB!  Congrats on your BFP!

This post is intended to keep our board organized, welcoming, and fun!

First, please use the search function. As we get more people and more threads, there are sure to be duplicate posts. For easy to answer questions, the search box will be your friend. It's on the top right on desktop, bottom of the page on mobile. 

Next, introduce yourself and share your due date on our intro thread!

Some links that you may find helpful:
What do all of those abbreviations mean?
I want a ticker on my signature!


For those of you that are new to TB since you got your BFP, the threads below are standard threads to all boards. Anyone can start these threads, just please do not duplicate! Some work better if one person volunteers and those that have are listed below. Feel free to volunteer! If you accidentally start a duplicate thread, that's a great opportunity to start a GIF party!

Daily Threads: (please add date to thread title)
-Ticker Changes (when your weeks progression changes, you participate in that day. For example, if I will be 10 weeks on Thursday, that's the day I participate)

Weekly Threads: these will be posted on Mondays and will run the course of the week. (please add Monday's date to thread title).  If there is another check-in you would like to add and start, please comment below!  
-Symptoms thread 
-Weekly randoms/spam
-Exercise/fitness check in @Xstatic3333
-Moms of multiples check in 
-PGAL check in @becbec28
-Weekly appointments
-High Risk Pregnancy 
-GTKY
-TTGP Grad Checkin @Steelerfan78
-STM+ Checkin
-C-Section Moms Checkin

Weekday Threads: happen once a week on the same day (please add date to thread title)
-Meal Plan Monday 
-Twatwaffle Tuesday! @joyful08
-AW Wednesday @WorkingOnMyNightCheese
-Unpopular Opinion Thursday @Steelerfan78
-Flame Free Friday Confessions @becbec28
***HDBD (hump day bump day) will be added Wednesday's once they're necessary!

Monthly Siggy Challenge (starts July): @BumpasaurusRex

When we all get farther along, we will have stickied threads for things like sex announcements, ultrasound pictures, and birth announcements. 

If you'd like to volunteer to post a weekly thread, just post below!  Also, if you have suggestions for anything you'd like to add or change, it's still pretty early.

Post/Organization inspired by September 2016 BMB

Xstatic3333

@BumpAdmin could we please sticky this thread?

Also, it's still super early and I wouldn't want anyone who doesn't even have their BFP yet to be excluded from shaping the organization of the board.  If there's anything you want me to change, add, or edit, please just comment here and I will do so!  I tried to reflect everything people wanted in the "bored" thread but easily could have missed something.

musicinmysoul17

I'll start the PGAL check-in and FFFC!

WorkingOnMyNightCheese

Thanks for getting this started! I can take on AW Wednesday.

@BumpAdmin @BumpCaitlin @BumpTara can we please get this stickied?

PerraSucia

How are you so organized already? 

Im so impressed. 

musicinmysoul17

I know we have a few ladies and we may get more, but what about a TTGP check in?

WorkingOnMyNightCheese

becbec28 said:

I know we have a few ladies and we may get more, but what about a TTGP check in?

Do you mean TTGP grads? 

Xstatic3333

becbec28 said:

I know we have a few ladies and we may get more, but what about a TTGP check in?

I added it when I was in editing just in case you guys decide to do it!

musicinmysoul17

@Xstatic3333 awesome thanks! Yeah, that's what I meant lol brain not working

rissa06

I wouldn't mind doing the high risk pregnancy check in and meal-plan Monday check-ins...

BumpasaurusRex

Should we do a monthly siggy challenge?  Those were always amusing.

Xstatic3333

BumpasaurusRex said:

Should we do a monthly siggy challenge?  Those were always amusing.

Sure!  Do you want to run it or just have me add it to the list?  I guess we could start in July?

BumpasaurusRex

Xstatic3333 said:

BumpasaurusRex said:

Should we do a monthly siggy challenge?  Those were always amusing.

Sure!  Do you want to run it or just have me add it to the list?  I guess we could start in July?

I can take it on!  We can start next month  

snarky14jd

rissa06 said:

I wouldn't mind doing the high risk pregnancy check in and meal-plan Monday check-ins...

love the meal plan idea!

fefewa14

Hi-new to this forum and pregnancy. Is there a key for all of the things you are mentioning? I.e. Ttgp check, gtky, pgal 

Xstatic3333

fefewa14 said:

Hi-new to this forum and pregnancy. Is there a key for all of the things you are mentioning? I.e. Ttgp check, gtky, pgal 

Check out the "what do the abbreviations mean" link in the original post

Xstatic3333

@BumpAdmin @BumpCaitlin can we sticky this please?

Pamela0619

Hi!  Just joining you ladies  

Me: 36  DH:39

Married: 6/2015

BFP: 12/31/15...MC 2/4/16 @ 7wks

BFP: RAINBOW BABY 5/30/16  EDD: 2/5/17

musicinmysoul17

@BumpAdmin can we please sticky this? Thanks!

joyful08

I can do twatwaffle Tuesday if no one has claimed it!

Xstatic3333

joyful08 said:

I can do twatwaffle Tuesday if no one has claimed it!

It's yours!

Steelerfan78

I can do the TTGP Grad Check-In and UO Thursday 

musicinmysoul17

@BumpAdmin can we sticky this please?

Xstatic3333

Hey, we got stickies! Woohoo!

WorkingOnMyNightCheese

I think I said this already, but I can do AW Wednesday!

Xstatic3333

WorkingOnMyNightCheese said:

I think I said this already, but I can do AW Wednesday!

Oops! Sorry I missed it!

poofwok

Out of curiosity, does anyone claim the ticker changes? Or is that whoever wants does it on their day?

Xstatic3333

concreteangell said:

Out of curiosity, does anyone claim the ticker changes? Or is that whoever wants does it on their day?

I think it's whoever gets it going.  I haven't seen one around here yet but I know some still are waiting on their first ticker change!

catiecatp

Quick question - I see that there are at least 4-5 of us from the TTCAL group that were quite active - could we tack that on to the TTGP grad thread? I don't feel that there needs to be a separate thread for it, but it would feel nice to be included there... 

musicinmysoul17

@catiecatp I don't think anyone would mind adding TTCAL to the TTGP grad check in weekly

Knottie1456178787

Me:23    Fiance:22
DD: 08/28/2014 
EDD: 02/07/17

samandelaine

Me: 26  DH: 28

Married: 7/2014

BFP: 5/31/2016 (surprise baby)

EDD: 2/5/17

samandelaine

okay I created my tracker but where do I go to make it part of my signature?! 

I copied and pasted it below but not sure how to permanently make it part of my signiture... 

https://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=UBB&utm_campaign=tickers][img]https://global.thebump.com/tickers/tt1d2000[/img][/url]

NurseTMD85

I'm also having trouble making the ticket part of my signature. It just shows up as a link. Can anyone help?

Xstatic3333

Welcome guys! There's a link in the OP for ticker help. With mine I also had to google a bit and play around with it. 

peachesnbean

Are we going to do a BMB "team name?" Just curious. My Sept11 board was the September SweetPeas. We could have a lot of fun with February... Winter, valentine's day, chocolates, superbowl! LOL

NurseTMD85

@samandelaine I used lilypie.com to create mine. It was much easier. You'll go through the steps to create your personalized ticker, copy the image URL, and then paste it in your signature (not in the text - click on the picture icon to paste it there). Mine came up right away.

poofwok

I think it would be fun to have gif parties when we hit new trimesters and viability week!

FishyMom

Does anyone know if we plan on doing a randoms thread?  I know in my previous BMB we did a randoms thread that we used to talk about anything and everything... I think that is what made us such a tight group and got us to know each other outside of just the pregnancy bond. Thoughts?

BumpasaurusRex

FishyMom said:

Does anyone know if we plan on doing a randoms thread?  I know in my previous BMB we did a randoms thread that we used to talk about anything and everything... I think that is what made us such a tight group and got us to know each other outside of just the pregnancy bond. Thoughts?

There has been a weekly randoms thread but it doesn't seem to have picked up much.

Xstatic3333

Hi everyone!  There's been lots of new people lately and the time I can edit this post is quickly ticking away, so take a look and let me know if there's any regular threads you'd like to add or take charge of!  FWIW I am not at all married to doing the Symptoms thread, I've just been starting it because it's an important one for keeping things organized