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Mrs.E.07

I'm thinking about starting a blog. Partly to deal with TTC stress but also because I want to have a better record of my time abroad. I also have a lot of crazy stories from school that I feel like I should write down so I don't forget, haha. But I'm worried that it would be too identifying if I talked about all those things in the same place, since there aren't that many people who fit into all those categories! I don't want, like, my classmates to find out I'm TTC, for example. I also feel like no one would want to read my blog, so maybe I should just write in a diary!

So if you blog, how do you make it harder for people to figure out who you are? Or do you just not care?

km_md

I blog! And in some ways, I care, some ways I don't. Depending on which site you use for blogging, you can adjust privacy settings so that you have control over who sees it and who doesn't. I've found it to be a great outlet for me, so I hope that you can get something started. If you are really concerned though, paper journalling is also a great way to go, I do that as well. It is scary with the internet and knowing that what you put out there stays out there. Good luck!

csspencer

I blog, I don't necessarily post my TTC stuff, but that's only because I really don't want to share my CM and how many days we've had sex, I share it with you guys but that's just because we all are in the same place. If and when I get pg, I think I'll start a separate blog and see if I can merge the two once I become public about it. 

But I don't post DH's name, I use J...but that's only because I don't think he wants his name out there in blog world, but I do post his picture. Ok, I may not be making sense. But what I'm trying to say is its an individual decision if you want to post everything in one blog, I know some people have a "life" blog and a "TTC" blog.

check out my blog, the link is in my siggy. 

jenn0021

I blog. (Vote me for best blog! Sorry, had to sneak that in there. )

I started it a couple weeks after my second loss. It started as a place to write down my feelings and thoughts and just get it out. I never used names and tried to be vague about certain situations. While it's never been private, I only gave the address out to certain people. If someone searched hard enough, they would be able to find it but I didn't think anyone would put the energy into it.

Over the last year, it has progressed from a loss blog to a life blog and I am more careful with what I write in there now. It's public and most of my friends and family know about it. So I don't really mention anything TTC related. I find that blogging has been really therapeutic for me and I would recommend it.

fluttergirlmoonchild79

I blog (link in my siggy).  I don't use DH by name.  I decided to be very open about my grieving because I want to try to attempt to help people understand and also to possibly help others.  I didn't think anyone would want to read my blog either but in some cases I've had over 800 views on just one post!

CaliforniaDream87

I barely blog...

I write from time to time. However, I don't care too much to hide who I am. I just started though and I haven't told anyone that I'm doing it.I know the blog site I use has pretty strict privacy policies that I can enforce if I wanted to.

lovelainie

I blog! 

I write about everything--TTC, my loss, life in general.

I don't try very hard to keep myself incognito, but I try to use nicknames for everyone, and I don't really advertise that I blog at all. (Although it is in my sig...) I only have a couple of readers I know IRL, the rest of my 'followers' are from here.  

edenrivers

I also blog (www.fourthtrimesterblog.com), but I use fake names for me, DH, DS and friends I may mention in the blog. Some people know it is me, some don't. But, I won't be stalked or identity-thieved either.

I also don't post any pics in which you can see me, or DS (or DH) directly either ... since most blog sites don't have password or sign-up protection.

I also stick to post-baby, momma kind of topics. My professional blog (I'm an editor) is strictly industry-based.

anitaflora

I blog but I get lazy about it. Then, now for instance, I get pretty down about having the losses so I avoid writing about it for a while.  As for how I cloak my identity - I don't put anything very identifying on my blog I don't think.  But I know that whatever I put out there could be found by anyone too so I don't ever put anything up that I wouldn't feel comfortable if it was put in a newspaper.  So pretty much I don't really care but I try not to make it easy either!  I just started it this year and have been pretty bad about keeping up with it.  

Mrs.E.07

Thanks, everyone!

nbcarlson

mdharrison:

I don't care, honestly. I don't put anything on my blog that people shouldn't be reading. All my blog traffic is through TB. You can make it not searchable and private if you want.

This pretty much the link is in my siggy. But really it is mostly because I have no where else to just verbally vomit. On blogger you can have more than one blog, so you would be able to make a school one and a TTC one. I pretty much just throw everything into one on mine ha.

TKtravels

I started blogging when I first moved overseas, but I did not want the general public to be able to find me, so I used a nickname. 

On my second overseas assignment, I stopped caring, and so I changed my wordpress nickname and url to my given name.   

 

ETA: I don't write about my personal life (including my loss, TTC, etc) but I do write about our travels, my professional life, and I post pictures from whatever corner of the world I happen to be in.