You know you spend too much time on the bump when....

BornReady

So the other day at work I was talking with someone and I was like, "I bet this is what @somerandombumpuser looks like.". Thankfully this was all in my head, but I was slightly disturbed at my level of bump investment. 

Has anyone else ever thought this? Am I completely losing my mind in the world of IF and TTCAL?!? 

What are your "You know you spend too much time on the bump when..." thoughts?

SoonToBeMommaHowe

Oh god I'm right there with you @BornReady. How about
You know you spend too much time on the bump when...you check and are actually a little pissed that there's no new updates to read. Lol 

lilylover27

@bornready so true! I tell DH everything I read on here and he is like you talk like you know them! Also another you know you spend too much time on the bump when it comes up in your most visited website section!

Wishilivedinflorida

When DH asks how the Bump ladies are and asks what other crazy fertility tricks I've learned from them today....

Cmckenzie

When you know when a bump lady is having test or treatments done so you just know to check in/ wish them luck

lilylover27

When you think about the board after you take your temp in the morning...honestly it is the first thought I have as I sit there taking my temp!

HLD3194

When something good/bad ttc happens...BDing all weekend? You ladies and my H know lol

dubcompanion

When you know to check the Board right away on certain mornings (e.g. Weekly check-in days) because those are the days with the rockin' convos!

mylittleversailles

This is all so cute! 

I've had different home bases on the internet over the years - in fact one person I've known since she was 14 and she came to stay with us all last summer and visited at Christmas and she's trying to get into grad school here to live with us next year- but this is the loveliest, most supportive corner I've ever found.

Which means I check back a lot more than seems normal. Of course DH knows about all your struggles and triumphs, too! He asks for updates when I forget. At first he just saw the tab and thought it was weird I was so invested in a website about our public transit system (TTC: Toronto Transit Commission), but he knows what's up now.

dubcompanion

@reneeannemm I've told my DH about struggles and celebrations I read about on the boards. I think he's noticed how helpful you all have been for me and is glad that I have people to seek support and guidance from outside of our group IRL (one has had a loss but the rest haven't started TTC). 


I have "shower thoughts" sometimes (nothing weird, I promise) and once I pondered how we'd all get along whist sipping coffee, tea, or italian sodas at a cafe. Would I know who was who immediately on sight and/or after a brief interaction? Another random thought I had once was how crazy it would be to realize you knew someone IRL on TB. Like, you're talking to someone, and you go, "Wait, where you are from..." And then you PM them and you're like, "It's me! Your friendly neighbor! Wasssup!" (Assuming it's someone you'd want to reveal self to) 

Maybe I take too long of showers.

lilylover27

@dubcompanion I too often wonder what it would be like to meet all you lovely ladies! Also a though comes into my mind every so often, especially when I see someone else from NY, if we ever crossed paths, because you know if someone is from your state they must live right next to you! When I first joined TB I was too nervous to put an identifying information because I was afraid I would be outed by someone nearby and then everyone would know we were TTC, but now I don't care!

chloe97

@lilylover27 I felt the same way! I thought for sure someone I know would go through pages and pages of my posts and figure out that it must be me! Ha. Who would ever have the time or desire to do that?

brooklyngirl18

@SoonToBeMommaHowe yes exactly! i'm always bummed when i check in and don't see any updates. must find more hobbies.

you know you spend too much time on TB when your work to do list keeps growing and growing...uh yeah i should probably check some things off my list before checking back in later. 

Wishilivedinflorida

@dubcompanion I have thoughts like that but usually not in the shower haha! I think it would be funny to meet IRL because unlike @chloe97 or @reneeannemm we don't really know first names here. So, I would totally call you "dubcompanion" to your face. 

TScalei

When you find yourself thinking or texting (eeek) in Bump acronyms, lol What up DH? My CM looks good - ready to hio. Seriously though I do tell my hubby all the bump acronyms and . he gets a big kick out of it. Sometimes  I picture a group of women sitting around at a fancy tea or nice wine bar talking about the things we talk about and it makes me laugh.

SnobunnieMel

When you are filling out doctors office forms and fill things in with all the acronyms too

chloe97

Ha! Fooled you @Wishilivedinflorida, my name is actually NOT Chloe IRL. I would imagine that if you met me, you guys would never be able to call me anything else. Ha! 

@SnobunnieMel I was talking to my RE the other day about OPKS, my LP, and RPL. Luckily she speaks the language so she gets it. Most normal people do not!

SoonToBeMommaHowe

@TScalei it's so funny you said that. My husband left me a note that said "please pick up probiotics and multivitamins for DH"...I was cracking up. But now it seems we're not the only ones that use TB abbrevs IRL 

mylittleversailles

@Wishilivedinflorida My first name is definitely Renee. I have a major aversion to be called by nicknames/anything other than my name, so usernames are not fun for me. 

One time at dinner, my friend and I explained all the TTC abbreviations to DH and his best friend. It was a hilarious conversation. It all seems so normal to me now and I realize it absolutely is not!

dubcompanion

@Wishilivedinflorida And then eventually you'd just call me "Dub Comp" and I'd call you "Wish Flo."

Sometimes I wish it was possible to do the @ sign with nicknames of our usernames - esp. since on mobile, the @ tagging doesn't always pull up suggestions. Don't worry, @reneeannemm in this fantasy tagging, your Bump nickname would just be "Renee". @chloe97 your Bump nickname would be "NotChloe"!

chloe97

Chloe was an incredibly sweet chocolate Labrador that could cheer up the saddest soul. She passed right before I started TTC which is why I use her name! 

I'm also in BabyCenter because they have some very specific boards (Triploidy Loss, RPL, NIPT testing etc) that helped a lot when I was going through my last dramatic loss. They don't allow tagging, which is weird. Some of those threads are 4 years old with 4000+ posts, it's so confusing to wade through. You can reply directly to one post in a thread, but not multiple people which clogs up the thread if you have multiple comments to make. I end up putting @ in front of people's user names, I'm sure they think I'm crazy.

AliciaGoose

You know you spend too much time on the bump when this is what your phones battery usage looks like:


Woops! Teacher + first week of summer break = too much downtime that is not spent responsibly. 

I also do the talking / texting in acronyms part A LOT. My favorite is when my phone autocorrects a normal word to something TTC related. And my DH also frequently asks how my "bump friends" are doing and who has gotten BFPs recently!

Hopefulmommy1980

I think I often check here before I check Facebook in the morning and after I get off work

Cmckenzie

The fact I am at work and typing this message.

It comes up as one of my suggested sites on my homepage...

roper2617

When you refer to your DH as DH IRL instead of his actual name and people have no flipping clue what you're talking about. 

yolandamunoz

Oh this is so funny!!!! I also wonder what we would be spending an afternoon together!

Learning the acronyms has been the biggest challenge so far, with English being my 2nd language, and now I am pretty fluent in them!

rainbowturtles

When it says there will be outages between 1pm-2pm and you're like....WHAT WILL I DO WITH ALL THIS FREE TIME???!!! 
  

SnobunnieMel

@rainbowturtles I had a meltdown about the same thing today