I wonder if people talk about June...you think we're mean go check out June. I mean a lot of the BMBs are suneshine and rainbows now. We may be the hardasses now (besides name board, yikes).
I wonder if people talk about June...you think we're mean go check out June. I mean a lot of the BMBs are suneshine and rainbows now. We may be the hardasses now (besides name board, yikes).
I have lost patience for my own family so I don't care at all about internet rudeness especially when the stupidity and ignorance and lack of looking around is so glaring!
Good. Let them talk about us. I refuse to read nonsense everyday. We deserve some order!!!!!! Everything else in our lives at this point we cannot control. Also this is my outlet.......
I wonder if people talk about June...you think we're mean go check out June. I mean a lot of the BMBs are suneshine and rainbows now. We may be the hardasses now (besides name board, yikes).
Maybe I'm an exception, but I have absolutely no interest in other boards, which makes me question how much people from other boards are really paying attention to our drama. I mean, I can see having lurkers from May and July, but other than that I feel like visitors from other boards are probably only occasional. But again, I'm only basing that on my own practices on here, which definitely might not be the norm - I know many of you check out other birth month boards fairly regularly.
I wonder if people talk about June...you think we're mean go check out June. I mean a lot of the BMBs are suneshine and rainbows now. We may be the hardasses now (besides name board, yikes).
Yes. They do. I engaged in a thread about this on the May board...
I wonder if people talk about June...you think we're mean go check out June. I mean a lot of the BMBs are suneshine and rainbows now. We may be the hardasses now (besides name board, yikes).
Yes. They do. I engaged in a thread about this on the May board...
I've been thinking about this quite a bit. It's just a suggestion, but how about as a group we come up with a stock response to any "when will labour come" threads which directs newbies to previous threads - a bit like how @amark11 and (i think) @hoodoll82 have done in the past, which is helpful and polite. That response can just be copied and pasted every time. We could then use "love-its" to show support for that stock response.
If an OP gets pissy we could then just ignore it because we've given our response - and sometimes silence says more.
I also feel frustrated/angry when newbies just wade in at this late stage and haven't got the time or respect for those who respond to questions regularly (I don't include myself in this). I'm just trying to find an alternative solution to the problem as I don't think newbies are paying any attention to this thread.
If we just gave one response every time (which we were all happy with) then maybe we'd be less frustrated and the board would be as we prefer?
Maybe I'm just shitting rainbows... Feel free to Rambo me if I'm being ridiculous xxx
I've been thinking about this quite a bit. It's just a suggestion, but how about as a group we come up with a stock response to any "when will labour come" threads which directs newbies to previous threads - a bit like how @amark11 and (i think) @hoodoll82 have done in the past, which is helpful and polite. That response can just be copied and pasted every time. We could then use "love-its" to show support for that stock response.
If an OP gets pissy we could then just ignore it because we've given our response - and sometimes silence says more.
I also feel frustrated/angry when newbies just wade in at this late stage and haven't got the time or respect for those who respond to questions regularly (I don't include myself in this). I'm just trying to find an alternative solution to the problem as I don't think newbies are paying any attention to this thread.
If we just gave one response every time (which we were all happy with) then maybe we'd be less frustrated and the board would be as we prefer?
Maybe I'm just shitting rainbows... Feel free to Rambo me if I'm being ridiculous xxx
That is a beautiful thought ... But I think we may just be too far gone for that kind of maturity... At this point in the game it seems more annoying to me to redirect and so many of the ladies have gotten so skilled at gifs... What would happen to that entertainment!!?!!? It really wouldn't be fair to them to take that all away
I've been thinking about this quite a bit. It's just a suggestion, but how about as a group we come up with a stock response to any "when will labour come" threads which directs newbies to previous threads - a bit like how @amark11 and (i think) @hoodoll82 have done in the past, which is helpful and polite. That response can just be copied and pasted every time. We could then use "love-its" to show support for that stock response.
If an OP gets pissy we could then just ignore it because we've given our response - and sometimes silence says more.
I also feel frustrated/angry when newbies just wade in at this late stage and haven't got the time or respect for those who respond to questions regularly (I don't include myself in this). I'm just trying to find an alternative solution to the problem as I don't think newbies are paying any attention to this thread.
If we just gave one response every time (which we were all happy with) then maybe we'd be less frustrated and the board would be as we prefer?
Maybe I'm just shitting rainbows... Feel free to Rambo me if I'm being ridiculous xxx
My opinion on this changes daily... when I'm feeling nice (and rational, ha!) I'm inclined to think as you do, @Addelie ... But when I'm cranky or need some entertainment, the gifs that come up from regulars in those threads really hit the spot!
Ultimately, whatever. If the group decides to do a stock response, I'm all for it - that's probably the mature route to take. I'm not feeling very mature lately though
I've been thinking about this quite a bit. It's just a suggestion, but how about as a group we come up with a stock response to any "when will labour come" threads which directs newbies to previous threads - a bit like how @amark11 and (i think) @hoodoll82 have done in the past, which is helpful and polite. That response can just be copied and pasted every time. We could then use "love-its" to show support for that stock response.
If an OP gets pissy we could then just ignore it because we've given our response - and sometimes silence says more.
I also feel frustrated/angry when newbies just wade in at this late stage and haven't got the time or respect for those who respond to questions regularly (I don't include myself in this). I'm just trying to find an alternative solution to the problem as I don't think newbies are paying any attention to this thread.
If we just gave one response every time (which we were all happy with) then maybe we'd be less frustrated and the board would be as we prefer?
Maybe I'm just shitting rainbows... Feel free to Rambo me if I'm being ridiculous xxx
Im also trying to get on board with this. I've decided for myself that I would *try really hard* to provide a helpful response that shows people how to navigate around and be a helpful contributor. Usually, someone has gotten there before me, and in that case I *try* to leave the thread alone. Until OP gets snippy, then I'm *trying* to stick to defending the correct response and also pointing out inconsistencies in OPs train of thought. The 'u people need to learn how to read' comment pissed me off, cause you don't get to tell us we don't know how to read when you can't even spell properly.
So. I am trying to leave such threads alone if they have gotten a helpful response already unless the OP has gone flashpoint already by the time I get there. If I get there and OP has not yet received a 'helpful' reply, I will try to provide one. Just a PSA to everyone that I'm trying to turn over this leaf, here.
Oh, tho... I don't know if we could have a stock response, it just seems like we need to taylor it a little each time, cause these threads may all *mean* the same thing (when I am going into labor) in the grand scheme of things, but they have varied jumping off points (effacement, contractions, mucus plugs, water breaks or leaks, etc)
No one can really predict when you'll go into labor.
I am 38weeks and 5days, a STM, 3cm dilated, 70% effaced, the doctor and midwife claim I won't make it until my next appointment, the baby has dropped, and I've lost my entire mp with bloody show. Baby is still lingering around to this day just waiting when he's ready.
So no ladies no one can predict when you'll go into labor.
I don't understand that thread? I thought I did until the comment with the hashtag? I don't even know how to respond within my new 'trying to be helpful' boundaries... Well, balls.
I stand by your answer, too @ElRuby - the situation rings weird. It has an odd undertone to it. But hey man, I'm trying to surf this leaf I turned over. I'll probably fall off of the wagon, eventually (like when I'm a week overdue and supremely short on temper with anything, even eating) but hey... I can try
@mellymar and @karaelaine1991 kudos on your maturity and guidance! I chose the low road this time...but I stand by my answer
I'm not feeling super crabby today so I figured I'd play nice even though truthfully I am not qualified at all to give her any of the answers she wanted haha.
I really think @klkonwi had it right in thinking it's fake though. Either that or the girl is super mixed up. I just can't see why a doctor would suggest those options so early unless she's had a complicated pregnancy, and if that's the case she should've been thinking about her options WAY before now!
I don't think it was a joke sadly. It's honestly a shocker to me sometimes when I realize just how uninformed some women are about their bodies and pregnancy in general. Like at my hospital tour... Some of the women sincerely were under the impression that their due date was the exact day the baby would come. No joke they were shocked to learn that it's approximate. One woman said "so what time should we come in on our due date?" Ummmmm
@Serenamarr that makes me sad and pissed off at the same time. Sad that no one is educating these women and pissed off that they don't educate themselves about their health and bodies.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Re: NO ONE can predict when you will start labor
Omg you have to post this as a response whenever people ask if they're in labor!!!
If an OP gets pissy we could then just ignore it because we've given our response - and sometimes silence says more.
I also feel frustrated/angry when newbies just wade in at this late stage and haven't got the time or respect for those who respond to questions regularly (I don't include myself in this). I'm just trying to find an alternative solution to the problem as I don't think newbies are paying any attention to this thread.
If we just gave one response every time (which we were all happy with) then maybe we'd be less frustrated and the board would be as we prefer?
Maybe I'm just shitting rainbows... Feel free to Rambo me if I'm being ridiculous xxx
Ultimately, whatever. If the group decides to do a stock response, I'm all for it - that's probably the mature route to take. I'm not feeling very mature lately though
So. I am trying to leave such threads alone if they have gotten a helpful response already unless the OP has gone flashpoint already by the time I get there. If I get there and OP has not yet received a 'helpful' reply, I will try to provide one. Just a PSA to everyone that I'm trying to turn over this leaf, here.
Oh, tho... I don't know if we could have a stock response, it just seems like we need to taylor it a little each time, cause these threads may all *mean* the same thing (when I am going into labor) in the grand scheme of things, but they have varied jumping off points (effacement, contractions, mucus plugs, water breaks or leaks, etc)
Edited, spelling
I am 38weeks and 5days, a STM, 3cm dilated, 70% effaced, the doctor and midwife claim I won't make it until my next appointment, the baby has dropped, and I've lost my entire mp with bloody show. Baby is still lingering around to this day just waiting when he's ready.
So no ladies no one can predict when you'll go into labor.
I don't use hashtags. Only now for the irony.
I really think @klkonwi had it right in thinking it's fake though. Either that or the girl is super mixed up. I just can't see why a doctor would suggest those options so early unless she's had a complicated pregnancy, and if that's the case she should've been thinking about her options WAY before now!
Edited - spelling! I hate my phone!