Town Hall- let’s get organized y’all

daisy0322

I’ve seen a quite a few ladies in agreement that we would appreciate some more structure in our BMB. 

Let’s start with sign ups and a friendly reminder for everyone to reread the “read this first“ post pinned at the top. 

I know we will need someone for the following:

-daily check in 
-weekend check in (I prefer this to be fri-sun but what do you all want?)
-curricular posts such as bitch fest, thankful for, FFCF, etc 
- monthly posts such as monthly mental health, symptoms, cravings, etc 

Also feel free to add suggestions to how to get us on a good path, one of the best things about TB is the community it builds, largely helped by its typical structure💕

marionberry19

I’m happy to do the Monday Bitchfest. 

Also, I’d be interested to know if our board would like to do the weekly bumpdates & when we would like to start. I lurked on a few boards and see some are doing them & some aren’t. 

KFrob

I will do FFFC!  

daisy0322

I’ll start the monthly threads in general specific day commitments make me nervous haha 

pinkkillersheep

@marionberry19 What are weekly bumpdates? Is it for everyone in week [insert number here]?
I’m going to attempt to do the daily and weekend check ins but I am terrible with GTKY so I will leave that to whoever takes the Tuesday GTKY thread if that’s ok. I agree with the weekend going from Friday - Sunday. I’ll try to have the posts up by 10 AM EST.

I’d also like to suggest a spotting/threatened loss support thread. I’ve seen them in other BMBs and think they make sense. Not sure how everyone else feels about that though and didn’t want to make that decision in a vacuum.

marionberry19

@pinkkillersheep the bumpdates are like a weekly post typically Wednesdays where everyone posts photos of their baby bump. 

scostel2

@marionberry19 yes on my old board we called Hump Day Bump Day and it was like progress pics!

scostel2

Is the Daily Check-In in place of randoms? (Like just a daily thread) or is that meant to be the weekly ticker changes? If it's like a random/catch all, I am happy to take one of those! If we are going in that direction then I don't think we need a separate GTKY since there is usually one in each check in? 

scostel2

Triple comment in a row! LOL So just to make sure I have it right, would we be looking for signups for a structure something like this 

Monday Daily Check In - 
Monday Bitchfest - @marionberry19

Tuesday Daily Check In - @scostel2
Unpopular Opinion 

Wednesday Daily Check In - 
Wednesday Weekly Bumpdate/Hump Day Bump Day - 

Thursday Daily Check In - 
Thankful Thursdays - 

Friday/Weekend Check In - 
Flame Free Friday Confessions - @KFrob

Monthly - 
Symptoms Thread - 
Mental Health Check-In - 
What Your Pregnant Self Is/Isn't Eating (Cravings) - 
Pregnant After Infertility Check In - @scostel2

Any we are missing? Do folks want to quote this comment and sign up in this thread?

pinkkillersheep

@scostel2 Not sure if you missed my comment but I volunteered to take the daily check ins minus doing GTKYs and keeping that a Tuesday thread. However if you’d like to take it that’s also fine with me. 

scostel2

@pinkkillersheep Ahh I missed that thank you!! So you would post the check ins every day and then we will just keep GTKY a separate weekly thread? I'll take that one! Then it would look like 

Monday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep

Monday Bitchfest - @marionberry19

Tuesday Daily Check In -  @pinkkillersheep
Tuesday GTKY- @scostel2
Unpopular Opinion 

Wednesday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Wednesday Weekly Bumpdate/Hump Day Bump Day - 

Thursday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Thankful Thursdays - 

Friday/Weekend Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Flame Free Friday Confessions - @KFrob

Monthly - 
Symptoms Thread - 
Mental Health Check-In - 
What Your Pregnant Self Is/Isn't Eating (Cravings) - 
Pregnant After Infertility Check In - @scostel2

Any we are missing? Do folks want to quote this comment and sign up in this thread?
Any we are missing? Do folks want to quote this comment and sign up in this thread?

daisy0322

I’ll do the monthly mental health, symptom, and craving/ crying 

scostel2

@daisy0322 Tha@daisy0322

Anything without a name next to it is still up for grabs! 

Monday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep

Monday Bitchfest - @marionberry19

Tuesday Daily Check In -  @pinkkillersheep
Tuesday GTKY- @scostel2
Unpopular Opinion 

Wednesday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Wednesday Weekly Bumpdate/Hump Day Bump Day - 

Thursday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Thankful Thursdays - 

Friday/Weekend Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Flame Free Friday Confessions - @KFrob

Monthly - 
Symptoms Thread - @daisy0322
Mental Health Check-In - @daisy0322
What Your Pregnant Self Is/Isn't Eating (Cravings) - @daisy0322
Pregnant After Infertility Check In - @scostel2

Any we are missing? Do folks want to quote this comment and sign up in this thread?

KFrob

what the heck , throw me in for hump day bump day too

scostel2

Thanks @KFrob!  Two left to claim!! 

Anything without a name next to it is still up for grabs! 

Monday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep

Monday Bitchfest - @marionberry19

Tuesday Daily Check In -  @pinkkillersheep
Tuesday GTKY- @scostel2
Unpopular Opinion 

Wednesday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Wednesday Weekly Bumpdate/Hump Day Bump Day - @KFrob

Thursday Daily Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Thankful Thursdays - 

Friday/Weekend Check In - @pinkkillersheep
Flame Free Friday Confessions - @KFrob

Monthly - 
Symptoms Thread - @daisy0322
Mental Health Check-In - @daisy0322
What Your Pregnant Self Is/Isn't Eating (Cravings) - @daisy0322
Pregnant After Infertility Check In - @scostel2

Any we are missing? Do folks want to quote this comment and sign up in this thread?

tmarie0805

Think I’m heading off the board, but I just wanted to thank everyone for their opinions and sharing stories and experiences!! I’ve just found a Reddit board I’m enjoying with a little less formality and that! I wish everyone the best!!!!!

daisy0322

@tmarie0805 glad you found something that works for you! H&H 9 months 💕

Tulips29

Hi everyone! A little late to the party, but I'll take Thankful Thursday if it's still up for grabs. Just let me know if there are any specific rules to these posts. Do I just start a weekly TT thread about what we're thankful for that week? 

Also - maybe an unpopular opinion, but are daily check-ins too much? I recall back in the day when I was part of pregnant after IF board, we did a weekly check-in each week on Mondays and everyone posted there throughout the week. Thoughts? Or ya'll prefer daily? I don't mind either way, just find it hard to keep up sometimes I'm up to it all though! 

pinkkillersheep

@Tulips29 I am wondering the same thing about check in frequency. I’m used to TTGP where we did daily posts so it makes sense for me, however that may not be the case for the majority here. I figured we start with daily and see if the engagement drops too low to where we should switch to weekly. 

daisy0322

@Tulips29 I agree with you. I was just thinking others preferred the daily Check in. In past BMB boards I think we had bump clubs and we all did check in with d erupts in our due date week too 

romeoandjuliet146

@Tulips29 I prefer the weekly check in but don't mind the daily if that's what everyone prefers.

KFrob

@tulips29 and @romeoandjuliet146 I also prefer the weekly 

pinkkillersheep

That’s good enough of a consensus for me! I’ll discontinue dailies after today and then plan to start a weekly on Mondays. Does that work for everyone? I can also take UO on Tuesdays if that’s still open!
@daisy0322 Sorry I am not sure what bump clubs are and didn’t understand the last comment after “check in”. If this is something you’d like to see, can you point out a month that currently has one so I can replicate it? Happy to do it, I just want to make sure I do it right!

Tulips29

@pinkkillersheep weekly works, thanks for taking the lead!

daisy0322

@pinkkillersheep sorry my thumb  is apparently not cooperating with me. They were just smaller check ins so you could get to know people better. 

scostel2

This all sounds great! So here is what I am seeing

Monday Weekly Check In - @pinkkillersheep

Monday Bitchfest - @marionberry19


Tuesday GTKY- @scostel2
Unpopular Opinion @pinkkillersheep


Wednesday Weekly Bumpdate/Hump Day Bump Day - @KFrob


Thankful Thursdays - @Tulips29


Flame Free Friday Confessions - @KFrob

Monthly - 
Symptoms Thread - @daisy0322
Mental Health Check-In - @daisy0322
What Your Pregnant Self Is/Isn't Eating (Cravings) - @daisy0322
Pregnant After Infertility Check In - @scostel2

scostel2

@pinkkillersheep  @daisy0322  are bump clubs like weekly ticker changes? On my old board, we had a weekly check in for everyone who 'turned' a new week on each day. So, for example, I am 11 weeks tomorrow, my week changes on Friday every week, so we had a Friday Ticker change club.  I liked it on my old board, but this one seems so much smaller I don't know if it would land the same way. 

daisy0322

@scostel2 yes! Thank you- goodness brain fog is killin me 

pinkkillersheep

@scostel2 Ah that makes sense! That does sound fun but I agree we seem to be a small (but mighty!) group.

bww_0331

Are we thinking of having a weekly randoms?

marionberry19

@bww_0331 I think we should do a weekly randoms