Found out the sex!

katiebugz94 · October 2015

My husband and I are having a little boy!!! We are so excited! First grand child on both sides of the family! He's gonna be a spoiled little one for sure! Quinn Phillips Allvin! ❤️

ecwk · October 2015

Sigh. There are two threads here already to announce this. Even the people who post here everyday don't make their own AW thread for this. There is also a thread specifically for posting your ultrasound pictures. If you're going to stick around, please use the search function, read the intro guide and lurk. If not, yay for another drive by.
It's too early for me to link the threads or to gif but just picture Tina Fey rolling her eyes.

kynbar5 · October 2015

I'd like to add for safety purposes, please don't go around posting your child's entire name right along with u/s pics that have personal information on them. Stranger danger is a real thing and most of those Lifetime movies are made from real stories.

PinkSunglasses16 · October 2015

I DECLARE A GIF PARTY FOR THIS DRIVE BY NONSENSE

smount2011 · October 2015

party!!!

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bntfroggie · October 2015

kynbar5 · October 2015

flowerpower5838 · October 2015

Because I am not quite ready to actually start working yet...

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12613011/team-pink-blue-or-green-poll#latest - Announce your baby's sex thread

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12592562/show-me-your-ultrasound#latest - Ultrasound thread

Halloween dance party gif edition:

Skeleton Dance animated GIF

oceanchild · October 2015

@flowerpower5838 and don't forget the ever annoying "found out what YOUR having - post it here" and Peter Pan "gender reveal" threads!
Mobile, so cannot link or gif

flowerpower5838 · October 2015

@oceanchild I genuinely thought about including the Peter Pan post lol.

Swillah · October 2015

matteosmom2012 · October 2015

soxfan9968 · October 2015

smount2011 · October 2015

JLaVO888 · November 2015

Sometimes I wonder if regulars create a fake profile just to start a thread that they know will begin the snark/gif party just to spice it up around here.

I guess my mind understands that more than the idea of someone logging on to a computer, joining an Internet community, posting one picture of their child's personal info and never returning. I mean, isn't the point of sharing awesome news to get responses?!? They don't come back for the responses. What was the point?!! #feelingconfused #mylifeswonderings

Mickeybee44 · November 2015

Congratulations on your little boy. I love the name you chose.

smushi · November 2015

jenniferskuse · November 2015

Crikey who stole the jam out of your doughnut! Perhaps she didn't know there was already a thread for this?! But there's really no need to be horrible, yeah maybe it's annoying for you to see the same thing posted, but it hardly warrants all fuss. I thought I'd look back on this board to see if there were any improvement in people being catty. Clearly not! Enjoy your day ladies

Ps. Congratulations Katiebugz94 x

ecwk · November 2015

jenniferskuse said:
Crikey who stole the jam out of your doughnut! Perhaps she didn't know there was already a thread for this?! But there's really no need to be horrible, yeah maybe it's annoying for you to see the same thing posted, but it hardly warrants all fuss. I thought I'd look back on this board to see if there were any improvement in people being catty. Clearly not! Enjoy your day ladies

Ps. Congratulations Katiebugz94 x

Seriously? Get down off your high horse already. Who even are you? I love how you just arrive and announce to a group of women who've been in regular contact and supporting each other for months now and decide to tell us we are being catty and make out that the no name random person who *hasnt even come back* is some sort of victim here. This time, you should just stay away. Bye Felicia.

jenniferskuse · November 2015

Aw bless a gif for me too! Aren't you big and clever. Oh grow up, I've been I here for a while, I'm a busy person and don't often post. I am happy for the girl that posted. Which is why I wrote what I did, and it's likely the above responses are why she hasn't responded yet. 'And this time stay away' - Lol. I stuck up for someone as I found all the fuss was unnecessary.

smushi · November 2015

jenniferskuse said:

Crikey who stole the jam out of your doughnut! Perhaps she didn't know there was already a thread for this?! But there's really no need to be horrible, yeah maybe it's annoying for you to see the same thing posted, but it hardly warrants all fuss. I thought I'd look back on this board to see if there were any improvement in people being catty. Clearly not! Enjoy your day ladies Ps. Congratulations Katiebugz94 x

You're right! I'm so glad to know who her son will be, since I don't have a clue who she is! Yay! Yippee! I was so curious about her baby's gender and what his name will be, since you know, this was her first ever post ever ever on the bump.

If no one knows a person, or they've never introduced themselves, does it really warrant all the fuss of starting a new thread just to tell the sex and full name of their baby to a bunch of strangers?

ETA, hmm maybe I should start doing this in real life. I know that lady at the grocery store I've never seen before or met is just itching to know what I'm having!

ETAA OP, I should say, I'd love to learn more about you through some board involvement! Jump in and reply to a few threads (GTKY threads are great, or the weekly ticker change thread is awesome, and unpopular opinions on Thursday are always fun).

ecwk · November 2015

jenniferskuse said:

Aw bless a gif for me too! Aren't you big and clever. Oh grow up, I've been I here for a while, I'm a busy person and don't often post. I am happy for the girl that posted. Which is why I wrote what I did, and it's likely the above responses are why she hasn't responded yet. 'And this time stay away' - Lol. I stuck up for someone as I found all the fuss was unnecessary.

Yeah a gif all for you! They so aptly convey how I feel when I read this MUD. Here's another one!

Again, I reiterate, who are you? I'm calling MUD on this because there is no way anyone is stupid enough to judge a group of women based solely on replies to one single thread. Haven't seen you participating much though you've apparently 'been here for a while'. By all means stick around, participate, lend some support, get to know the wonderful women here. But informing us that you think that we are horrible, catty people isn't really the best way to go about interacting in an established community.

flowerpower5838 · November 2015

jenniferskuse said:

Crikey who stole the jam out of your doughnut! Perhaps she didn't know there was already a thread for this?! But there's really no need to be horrible, yeah maybe it's annoying for you to see the same thing posted, but it hardly warrants all fuss. I thought I'd look back on this board to see if there were any improvement in people being catty. Clearly not! Enjoy your day ladies Ps. Congratulations Katiebugz94 x

..:Sigh:..

Hi Jennifer - apologies in advance for the novel...

As someone who has been here a while, I am sure that you're aware that there are guidelines...let's call them 'BMB Best Practices.' There are TWO sticky threads on the first page - one posted by BUMP admin that is called "The Bump Guidelines" and also one called 'Welcome to March 2016! (READ THIS FIRST)' that was created by a very established Bump user.

If a new user reads either one of these, she will understand that it's necessary to 1.) lurk a little before posting to get a feel of the board 2.) know that it is best practice to at least introduce yourself BEFORE posting or commenting on a board (not to mention STARTING your own discussion...) and finally 3.) know that there are specific boards to share your symptoms, baby's sex, etc. etc. so that all of the IMPORTANT threads can remain relevant and not fall off of the first page where they are in the land of the forgotten.

I hope you can understand that this is an established community where some women comes often (daily, all day, weekly, etc.). We absolutely appreciate and welcome "new" members to our tribe, but ask them to respect the already established tones and preferences that we have been building upon since July.

It may seem that we are policing the way this board runs, but if every Tom, Dick and Harry came by to create their own gender reveal, individual symptom, repeat question, etc. thread, could you even imagine how disorganized and unusable this board would be? I know me personally, I wouldn't come here anymore if this board was simply "drive-by" users (users that post something only to never to return, like OP) clogging up the board sharing their own things instead of actually participating in existing conversation.

Wouldn't it get annoying to be the friend CONSTANTLY dolling out advice/support/whatever only to never receive it in return? That's how it feels as an active member here when people ONLY come to talk about themselves while never reciprocating to other members.

SarahFoley725 · November 2015

All I got out of this is that I'd love a blueberry filled donut right about now.

kitteh81 · November 2015

I kinda look at it like being part of a prenatal mommy's group. We all get together on a regular basis and share our lives, our struggles, and our pregnancy journey. The group is open to newcomers, but we would expect that anyone new to the group would come in and try to get a feel for us first, and maybe introduce themselves before just jumping in.

Can you imagine being part of an actual, face-to-face group where someone new shows up and just blurts out the sex of their baby and then leaves. That would be odd, no? Now, imagine the same thing keeps happening on a regular basis, just random unknown women popping their head in the room to blurt out the sex of their baby, or waving around an ultrasound picture asking us to guess what they're having, only they immediately disappear afterwards. It would get a little annoying, no?

I know that the internet isn't the same thing as real life, and women can just stumble in and post whatever they want. But that doesn't mean our reactions will be any different from my hypothetical scenario.

smushi · November 2015

@kitteh81 Oh you reasonable person with your sound logic...

kitteh81 · November 2015

I think you meant to say "bully."

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