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October 2014 Moms
MissMandyD
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Giving the Side Eye
MissMandyD
member
I feel like there have been tons of random first time posts with somewhat serious questions lately. I want to be helpful but I can't help but give these ladies the side eye for popping up so late in their pregnancies and having rather odd and sometimes alarming questions.
Anyone else find themselves confused by all the randoms lately?
Anyone else find themselves confused by all the randoms lately?
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Re: Giving the Side Eye
I love the this is a thread from two weeks ago that I will comment on and move it to the top of page 1
Ugh, now I want one. And I've been avoiding sugar after dinner lately to see if it will help me sleep a little better.
I would guess that half the first-time posters don't even realize that we're a community, and not just a forum for posting questions. So I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt unless the question is pretty out there.
This is why you're the board mom! I'm walking on the treadmill and can't find the hug smiley, but I would enter it if I could!
Also, there was a time not that long ago that this was perfectly acceptable, still is on many boards.
Unfortunately I'm one of the new ladies on here. I joined about a month ago. I also just recently just changed my user name as it had previously been my email address and that wasn't a good idea at all. Still trying to upload a picture but it's not working out too great for me.
I had been trying to find a pregnancy group for a long long time just so that I could connect with other new mothers that were going through the same issues as I was to no avail.
I started out on The Knot, then The Nest and now I'm here on The Bump.
I was very excited to finally find a group like this. So far I've learned a lot of good information as a first time to be mom and I'm so grateful for you ladies.
I'm just disappointed with myself that I joined so late.
I'd also been out of the country for a very very long time and it took me a while to get back into the groove of things.
Okay, I'll stop going on and on now. I just wanted to apologise joining so late. I can see how annoying it can be for people to keep asking the same questions that have been asked previously. As a newbie here, I promise to look up previous discussion in case what I ask or worry about has been discussed before.
Hope everyone is having a good Wednesday this far ☺️
My intentions on joining the group was to become a participating member instead on someone who just comes for what they need then leaves.
I'm happy to hear that the group door doesn't close once you get to a certain amount of weeks/months of pregnancy.
That said, this board is REALLY tame compared to others. REALLY tame. So, I don't get the people complaining.
Then again, I got called mean, I think, because I told someone I wasn't going to google for her, and I can't call her insurance for her. So. I'm mean.
ETA: I should also point out that I started out ONLY asking questions, and was pretty bad about commenting. I'm still not stellar, depending on work, but I try. It's like the "see one, do one, teach one" mentality of medical school. See a comment, Comment on a Comment, Ask a question.
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.