Which would you prefer? (clicky poll)

Yellow_Daisy

I am in the app process to start a new Resolve Support Group closer to home than the 40 min each way I drive now.[Poll]

Yellow_Daisy

I am curious what you all think and would be interested in.

Our current plan is to have 2 meetings per month. 

One will have a guest speaker for 30-45 min with time at the end for group support amongst the ladies who are attending.  The guest speaker will not be present for support time to protect everyone's privacy.

The other will be strictly support with a round table update and feedback from peers.

 

 

SallyAnneS

I'm in a toss up between option 2 and option 3.  I think having guest speakers would be amazing!  But I don't know if I would have 2 nights a month for support meetings, especially if they are far away.

MyShellyBelly

I chose the option with the informational meeting and the support meeting. I really think the more I learned about IF and different options that are available, the better it's helped me (the knowledge is power saying is correct to me!) and I don't know how I could have made it through this cycle without the support I've found from the wonderful ladies on this board, so that's why the support meeting would also be important to me! Hope that helps!

k-mart

I chose option 3 - but I do have to agree that it might be hard to commit two nights a month. But on the other hand, the meetings that my Resolve group does is a dinner and we all just talk about what we are going through - it would be nice to have a speaker once in a while and to learn about different things in the IF world.

Could you do a consistent monthly meeting for support and then random ones for speakers - as you find them?

Yellow_Daisy

The distance is why we are starting a 2nd group.  We live in an area with enough people to support multiple groups and given that the area is pretty geographically spread out it doesn't make a lot of sense to drive so far.  The current group meets 2x per month but people just go when they can.  It is rare that everyone attends at the same meeting.

Yellow_Daisy

k-mart:

I chose option 3 - but I do have to agree that it might be hard to commit two nights a month. But on the other hand, the meetings that my Resolve group does is a dinner and we all just talk about what we are going through - it would be nice to have a speaker once in a while and to learn about different things in the IF world.

Could you do a consistent monthly meeting for support and then random ones for speakers - as you find them?

Resolve requires you to have set dates and locations.  So it would be something like the 2nd and 4th Tues of each month at 630.

We plan to have people come in and talk about IF financing options, therapists, procedure info on IUI, IVF, embryo donation, foster adopt, international adoption and private adoption.  We aren't sure what other speaker topics we are going to have yet.

anangelbug

I love the one I go to (well I did up until the last one, but that's another story for another day).  It's the 2nd Wed. of every month from 7:00pm-9:00pm.  One hour is a guest speaker or a panel of guests and one hour is for talking/sharing etc.   Sometimes if the speaker doesn't apply to someone they will just come for the sharing part.   It's great that you are starting one in your area!

JM1977

Two meetings per month might seem like a big commitment to me, so personally I think I would prefer one.  The ideal arrangement to me would be to have it mainly be supportive/sharing and then have a guest speaker/informational session every 2nd to 3rd time.  Just my thoughts!  I think it's wonderful you're doing this!