Its slow...lets talk about other boards

miakrita

I mostly post here, but when it feels slow, I lurk on other boards (like BOTB, MC/PGL and TTGP) and see familiar faces.  That has got me wondering about what other boards TTCALers like to participate in?  

What other boards to you lurk on?  What other boards do you post on?  If you do post on other boards, were you there before you came here?  Where do you feel "at home"?  

cpm1223

I post on the mc/pl board most often right now although im staring to post here more lately.

I also lurk on TTGP, introd there a literally the week before I got my BFP in November...so I never really got to know anyone over there.

I also...even though its tough sometimes..lurk on my BMB. I got to know the July 2013 ladies really well and I miss them so I check back to see how they all are..haven't really posted there lately though.

I'm still looking for my "home" I'm hoping it will be here once I start posting more and getting to know everyone.

KMW08

ttcal is definitely home. im not active on any other board.

i go to mc/pg loss to see what's going down over there and to make sure everybody gets a response, i remember feeling alone in the beginning. and I've noticed it's full of newbies and 1st time loss, sometimes advice can be false or unknown from posters there.

i also lurk on 3T and ttgp, occasionally i post if i know an answer to a question.

 i also am in the shadows on IF, but for learning purposes. i like reading what treatments and drugs and tests they're doing to try and gain understanding, i would never post there though. you ladies.

mayonegg

I stay here mostly. I was only on my BMB for a week, so I didn't really get attached. The mc/loss board was nice, but I started posting here early because someone on that board suggested that I come here, as I had a different situation than others. This really feels like home to me, and I will sometimes lurk/comment on PgAL when I can, and I lurk only on TTGP. 

bunnybun4

this is the main board I am active on...I also get on the Loss board a lot...

I used to get on my BMB everyday until my therapist commanded me to stop...and let me tell you...it has made such a difference in my life and healing.  I haven't gotten on it or Facebook in about a month and it has really been a good thing.

i lurk on pgal and occaisionally on mc/pl board to see if I can help anyone....

when I was pregnant and bored I would lurk on the baby showers board...some of those people are craycray.  it was always interesting.  now it might just piss me off.

bubbilicousgirl

I was first told about this site after my second miscarriage so I stayed on the MC/PGL board. I then went on to have two more miscarriages, so I kinda stayed there for a while. Then when I started to heal and move on I found that board was just too sad to stay on. It was hard to find time to heal and still read such sad stories everyday. So I took a brave step a few weeks ago and decided to give this board a try. So far I have enjoyed getting to know you ladies and showing support is helping my own healing as well.

buckeyebride22

I really dont lurk or post anywhere else right now.  Even though I'm not TTC again yet, I feel better being here and answering questions if I can.  I've spent time on MC/PL, TTC, June 2011 BMB, Feb 2012 BMB, and I was part of a Aug 2013 FB group.  I know from the past I can't lurk on my BMB's from losses.  Just upsets me too much.

GavinRonansMom

I mostly stay here, I lurk on occasion on PgAL, because I am hoping to make it there, and I want to congratulate those you have moved on. I started on the Loss Board, but I can't seem to go back since I intro'd over here 4 months ago. I have some sort of irrational fear, I just can't do it, I am not sure why

Junebug060609

I post here and on PAL. I lurk on pgal...sometimes chiming in if I think I can help or if I know the person. I also lurk but rarely post on my sons bmb...and I sometimes lurk on the June 13 bmb...you know, to torture myself.

alleycat39

I mostly hang out here on TTCAL. Sometimes I'll go back over to the m/c / Loss board when I have some extra time and respond to the ladies there to give them support. Every once in a while I'll lurk on my BMB board to see how those ladies are doing, but luckily I am able to do that without it putting me a few steps back.

I feel at home here, especially since there are a handful of other ladies who are in a TTA period like I am for right now. 

ball.and.chain

My first board on TB, and what I always considered my "home" board, is LGBT Parenting.  But right now there are a ton of pregnant women there who all got pregnant within a month of me, plus there have been a ton of BFPs from newbies who are like, "OMG I got pregnant on my first IUI!" and I can't deal with it.  I told them I was taking a break from them a few weeks ago and I don't know if/when I'll be back.  The people I am close to are connected to me via FB or email though, so it doesn't feel like a huge loss.

I used to lurk and sometimes post on TTGP but dropped TTGP for 3T and IF when we knew we were doing IVF.  I gradually stopped visiting 3T because I was so far ahead of most of them treatment-wise.  I lurked on Baby Names for a long time, but stopped after my m/c.

I was on PAIF and the July 2013 board when I was pregnant.

Right now I just read/post on IF and TTCAL.

DCWJes

This is my "home" board. I regularly lurk on PgAL. I also lurk and sometimes post on PAL. I sometimes lurk on BOTB, school aged children, MC/PL, and baby showers. When I am bored, I lurk on entertainment, crafty moms, blended families, babies 9-12 months (there is usually a lot of drama there), and a few others.

miakrita

GavinRonansMom:

I mostly stay here, I lurk on occasion on PgAL, because I am hoping to make it there, and I want to congratulate those you have moved on. I started on the Loss Board, but I can't seem to go back since I intro'd over here 4 months ago. I have some sort of irrational fear, I just can't do it, I am not sure why

I feel this way about the MC/PL board.  I really should be going back there to offer the same support I received when I was a bewildered, terrified, depressed newbs, but I just can't do it.  I want to surround myself with happy thoughts.  I feel selfish, but that is just what I need.  I need to be optimistic and I hate being reminded of all the sh!tty things that can happen during pregnancy.

miakrita

Thanks for humoring me!  I've been wanting to ask this for a while now.  Its nice to know we have such a diverse group of women here.  Welcome to all you new-comers.  Hopefully this doesn't have to be "home" for long.

amberpro

Lately, I've posted here the most. I recently ventured back over to TTGP. I posted regularly over  there a couple years ago and have lurked over there on and off.  I post on Baby Names when I'm super bored and a couple others. I used to post on TN Book Club and my local TK and wedding month board back in the day. 

anitaflora

I started on TTGP just about a year ago now exactly following my first loss, a chemical pregnancy.

When I got pregnant the second time I was pretty active on the BMB. And after my loss I used to lurk there a lot but never posted again.

The over that loss and the next two I was on the miscarriage loss board very immediately during or immediately after each one. But frankly I just hated being there so much I never felt like I could stay long. It was almost a little bit of denial even I think.

After the second loss I found my way over to TTCAL for the first time. Now after all that's happened last year I definitely call this board home.

But that's been after taking a couple bump breaks all together and posting on numerous boards since I fall into the TTC over 35 group as well as 2IF and TTGP groups. And then gettjng the two BFPs following losses meant I also ended up introing onPGAL twice in a very short amount of time.

So after this most recent loss I kind of had a mini breakdown of where the hell do I belong? since I wasn't sure which one of those felt like I would be able to fit into best.

But overall I feel like this is definitely the best fit for me since it's the aspect of having repeated losses that I feel like MOST defines my experience more than the fact that I'm over 35 and just a little more than the fact that I'm trying for a second. Although that has still been difficult for me, the fact that I feel like I need to connect with more ladies who are also trying for a sibling.

Therefore I post on 2IF sometimes and run a TTCAL check in over there.

There's my long a answer!

I have really grown to love this board and so many of the ladies here. I also lurk and post a lot on PGAL since over time more and more people I connected with have gone over there. And I don't know for me I am just sheerly so happy for them I post a good amount there too and hope that that's okay!

But I really, really can't say enough how much the support from this board has meant to me. I am so lucky to have gotten to know you ladies and hope that I can be a good source of support to others when you have all been excessively supportive of me.

Okay done really!!

Crunkal

This is home, but I also post on mc/pgl. I lurk on PGAL and only post congrats, and also TTGP, but have never posted there. 

precious72381

This is my official second post on this board and plan on sticking around here awhile. I'm on IF a lot, that was home but I'm taking a break from treatments, financially mostly but emotionally as well so I just give support or occasionally vent when I have a bad IF moment. I'm transferring over here from miscarriage loss board. It has been over a month and just too sad to see the daily intros. I met great people and hope to continue to share my experience when asked over there. I was also part of PAIF a short period of time. It is hard to know where I belong so I just go wherever seems comfortable. I most likely will not be successful without Ivf so I will be back at IF during treatments and hope that my biggest issue in the future will be whether to post on PAIF again or PgAL.