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smilee
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Random Question: what makes you respond to a post?
smilee
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( I am totally procrastinating putting away laundry!)
Me: I admit, I am drawn in by a cleverly worded subject!
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Re: Random Question: what makes you respond to a post?
TTC Since Dec 2006
*IVF #1 cancelled at ET*
*IVF #2 OHSS, transfer cancelled*
*FET #1 2 frosties, c/p*
*Lap April 2010, removed endometrioma/endo implants*
*Surprise BFP June 2010*
*Beautiful daughter born 2/14/11!!*
Thoughts from an Overwrought Mind
SAIFW
Ditto this.....Also if it is someone's story that I have followed.
Ditto: if it is asking something I am involved in or know about then I respond. I am also a sucker for a sad story and even if there are 87654351684 replies I will still reply and say something.
Honestly, there is so much that I don't know about personally on this board so I don't respond that much. But if we are talking testicles and spermies I am there like white on rice!
I will respond if it is something I have been through before or have knowledge about.
or..if its a fun poll (like the day you were on a roll with poll making).
A BFP for a person that I have seen on the board and have followed their story. BFNs are the same situation.
TTC since March 2007 - currently on hold
I ALWAYS want to reply to your posts because I absolutely LOVE your screen name.
Cracks me up every time!
Either it is about beer or you like to lift kilts.... either way... love it!
interesting title, something i've experienced. . . .offer support even if its just a hug b/c i have no information or advice to give. . .
also, time. if i don't have a lot of time, i skim through and read, but may not respond. if i'm really short on time, i just check on names of people who i know are waiting for or going through something.
sometimes i have nothing but time and read EVERYTHING but don't have something to say. or sometimes i do. sometimes i never post sometimes i'll respond to everything. . . i guess i'm a tempramental nester.
Tara & Dave - TTC since September 2006
PCOS - dx 1999 (amenorrhea) | freakishly long fallopian tubes
Hypoglycemic | thyroid issues | severely anemic
Multiple Clomid cycles of 50, 100, 150 - absolutely no response
Follistim 50/100 | Follistim 75/125 | Follistim 100/150 IUI - all BFNs
Converted IVF - BFP - m/c | FET - BFN | IVF #2 = BFN
IVF #3
TMI in the title gets me in every time
and if it is a topic that i am curious about or relates to me, or if someone is just having a bad day and needs to know that they are not alone
A clever title or a subject matter that I know about or, admittedly, if I am "friends" with the poster
since I can't do any of this at work, it really honestly depends on my time. If I am short for time, I scroll through and read issues that i am following or posts that sound like something I can either add my 2cents too or am interested in myself. Only responding to a few.
If I have time then I really do try to respond to all that I can but many times I just read / lurk and wait till I have time to reply.
What a great question. I love this board so very much, but I will say that at times it seems like you have to be "well known" to get readers and replies. I feel like as a newbie I often get very few readers/replies. The ones I get are great and much appreciated.... maybe I just have boring topics and need to get more creative
I do love the polls too!!
I try to respond to most MFI posts, any ivf questions I can answer and any post relating to a ivf cycle that isnt going perfectly...bc these are the posts I feel my input might be most relevant to. I respond to any bfp post I catch that isnt a drive by. I will respond to a bfn post but only if it says SAIF.
Cleverly worded subject posts get my attention and I usually respond.
I guess it depends on how much I am, or am not, working.
This. The only thing I would add is that if I have followed someone's story or cycled with them I will open all of their posts.
ditto
TTC since 2008 dx PCOS & MFI
Clomid/Femara no "O"
IVF #1 BFN
FET #1 cancelled for biopsy
FET #1.2 c/p, July 2012 c/p
IUI #1 & 1.2 canceled
IVF #2 ER 12/1, Freeze all due to OHSS
FET #2.1 cancelled due to DVT risk, FET #2.2 Jan 2013
my blog
This.
I am most likely to open posts with technical questions. I like to try to help people with the knowledge I've gained over the last almost-four years. That said, I tend to avoid posts that seem to indicate they contain the same question some asked yesterday and the day before and the day before...
I also tend to open (and respond) to posts where women are having a bad IF day as those can be very isolating times and it's nice to know you're not alone.