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RL birth month groups

verveine407verveine407 member
in September 2015 Moms
I checked with my hospital and they are already starting to schedule birth classes and birth month groups for Sept babies. (Mine won't start until June but I was excited and couldn't resist.) I want to encourage all moms, not just the first time moms, to get out there and meet some moms that will be going through the stages of pregnancy, birth, parenting with you. This forum is nice for some general support and I have gotten some great feedback and ideas, so please don't take this suggestion to mean I don't appreciate this forum; I do!

I have said elsewhere that when I had DD1, I was the first of my close friends to have a child and until I connected with other moms I was sometimes lonely. I blissfully attended my birth class at the hospital and when I saw other moms exchanging numbers I was like, nah I am busy enough socially. Lol, little did I know how my social schedule would be turned upside down by a 9lb person who didn't like to sleep at night! Fortunately after DD1's birth my breast feeding group provided excellent advice and nice women to talk to.

Best wishes!

Your hospital, birth center, or OB's office will probably be able to point you in the right direction.
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Re: RL birth month groups

  • sarahnikaisarahnikai member
    I totally agree!!
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  • verveine407verveine407 member
    Haha, love it! I am sure there will be other introverts there you can bond with. My DH and I are game nerds so he will wear a t-shirt flying our nerd flag and I am sure someone will say hi nice shirt and then we will be set. Lol :-)

    The PEPS thing sounds cool too and it never hurts to spread that net wide when looking for support/friends.
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  • MehilovnaMehilovna member
    verveine407 said:

    Haha, love it! I am sure there will be other introverts there you can bond with. My DH and I are game nerds so he will wear a t-shirt flying our nerd flag and I am sure someone will say hi nice shirt and then we will be set. Lol :-)

    We sound like we were cut from the same cloth! We have FAAAR too many graphic tees, and wear them everywhere. That is how I find friends.. when someone says "I LOVE legend of Zelda" or "Hey, awesome Katamari shirt!" I'm like "you're my friend" I can't wait for the person to be saying that to ALSO be pregnant!
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  • theglitteredpterodactyltheglitteredpterodactyl member
    edited May 2015
    verveine407  Console or computer? Starcraft is like our fall back date night idea, followed closely by the new Zelda.

    I guess fashion and clothing in general is like that, you tend to gravitate towards people of a similar vein as you. Graphic ts do make pretty great ice breakers, though, so good point! Maybe I'll David bust out the retro gaming consoles shirt for a meet up :-)
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  • verveine407verveine407 member
    We play all, Borderlands, WoW, Diablo etc. - but are huge board game players. Our baby announcement used Agricola meeples and a card. My new fave board game is Shadows of Brimstone. I temporarily lost my index finger and thumb fingerprints due to supergluing its mini figures but it was a fabulous game despite my cranky attitude when we started. :-)

    Bust out those t-shirts! :-)
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  • NvrforgetableNvrforgetable member
    My dh and I are introverted game nerds to, it sorta scares me to even think about meeting other parents!
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  • theglitteredpterodactyltheglitteredpterodactyl member
    @vervein407 that's such a cute announcement, I love it! We had to take a break from Diablo and Borderlands during my first trimester, I got too motion sick to play lol but we recently got Tales of the Arabian Nights as a birthday present, and I have to say that's probably one of the best games we have for two players. I feel like most 2-player board games feel like they're designed to kill time and not a whole lot more. 
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  • verveine407verveine407 member
    Nice b-day present! I don't like too many 2 player games either. If we don't have friends over to play my DH and I will just play 2 each so we can play a four player. Legendary Encounters (based on Aliens) is ok for 2 too.

    Even if you are introverted Nvrforgetable, it really really helps to reach out. I had no interest in expanding my social circle before DD1 was born. Becoming friendly was a necessity for me after her birth because omg I needed adults to talk to and my non-mom sunbathing besties had no idea how to relate to leaky boobs and diaper explosions. :-)

    A structured environment like a happy baby class or birth month club might help. The worst that happens is you shake your head and never go back. Best case you exchange numbers with at least one mom to be that you can text when things get crazy (or awesome!) and you want to share.
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