Re: Curious: FTM or STM?

• starphish18 member

  November 2016

  FTM here. Soaking up all the STM wisdom. 

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• tenfour member

  November 2016

  Third time

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• LCRbelle member

  November 2016

  FTM 

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• Kipperoo member

  November 2016

  STM, here! 

  

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• Luckyu317 member

  November 2016

  Third and fourth

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• hp_momma member

  November 2016

  Third time! 

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  Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
  Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
  Little Brother Due 05.22.17

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• pshaortao member

  November 2016

  Spreadsheet also reveal what number baby were having

  
  

  
  

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• rebecca517-2 member

  November 2016

  FTM and learning so much from all you STM+

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• Jkp7749 member

  November 2016

  stm

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• HLD3194 member

  November 2016

  Time to blame baby brain, I voted FTM but am STM...I thought it was asking stay at home vs full time working.  

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• SparkySunDevil member

  November 2016

  I voted STM, because there was no options for anything further. Third time here, though 

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• livin541 member

  November 2016

  STM! We have a pretty tenured crew here. I saw a thread on another BMB where the moms who already had 2+ shared advice and wisdom with those of us going from 1 to 2 (or 1 to 3!). Would anyone else be interested in that? I personally will take all the help I can get!

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• starphish18 member

  November 2016

  @livin541 We actually have had 1 or 2 posts like that on here. Check near the beginning. One was something like "I wish I would have known...". Another was a post about the beast parts of having a newborn.
  
  That being said, I'd love to see some more of those posts occasionally! 

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• mrsrep123 member

  November 2016

  Second timer 

  DS1 7/24/15

  DS2 5/7/17

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• emilyalso member

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  @livin541- I think some posts like that will be more relevant later in pregnancy... you know... so you don't have to remember the information for so long with pregnancy brain! I know I spent A LOT of time researching what to pack in my hospital bag the first time around, so surely one of those can get started later.
  
  ETA: I think C-section info would be a good one too (even for those who don't think they'll need it - I didn't!). 

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• geoffandjen728 member

  November 2016

  Third time

  Me:33/DH: 34
  Married: July 28, 2012
  DD: July 29, 2013
  DS: July 1, 2015
  Current EDD: May 15, 2017

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• mamatowildones member

  November 2016

  Third baby/third boy 

  
  

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• heath313 member

  November 2016

  Third time mom

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• kat81 member

  November 2016

  I replied STM but I am a third timer!
  

  
  
  
  
  

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• otatop member

  November 2016

  Old ass FTM here.

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• clebl24 member

  November 2016

  STM, but I feel like I have forgotten a lot. 

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• MelThu member

  November 2016

  STM

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• JCWhitey member

  November 2016

  TTM

  B born 7/15/13, C born 3/2/15, #3 on the way May '17

  
  

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• megchelle member

  November 2016

  I voted STM but I'm a third time mom really. 

  

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• pshaortao member

  November 2016

  I feel like a bored loser but based on the spreadsheet we have the following:
  FTM: 74
  STM: 69
  3rd +: 26
  
  I know we have plenty of active people that are not on the spreadsheet which is fine, and several people on the spreadsheet that are not very active if at all. I just thought it would at least be interesting to see the stats compared to the poll.
  

  
  

  
  

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• starphish18 member

  November 2016

  @pshaortao That is interesting. It seems like a higher percentage of FTMs may not be as active on the board. Or maybe they're lurking more often if they don't feel that they have advice to give?

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• pshaortao member

  November 2016

  Maybe so! I definitely participate a lot more this time around than on my last BMB. I felt like I had very little to contribute, but fortunately I participated enough to be part of the fb group at the end and cannot imagine life without an amazing group of women. We can always do some kind of roll call thread to bring in the lurkers  

  
  

  
  

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• chickyclg member

  November 2016

  pshaortao said:

  I feel like a bored loser but based on the spreadsheet we have the following:
  FTM: 74
  STM: 69
  3rd +: 26
  
  I know we have plenty of active people that are not on the spreadsheet which is fine, and several people on the spreadsheet that are not very active if at all. I just thought it would at least be interesting to see the stats compared to the poll.
  

  I'm not even sure I added myself to the spread sheet :hangs head: off to go do that I guess.

  
  

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• vrj0522 member

  November 2016

  Interesting that we have lost so many FTMs!! My guess is that they were either drive bys that needed someone to share the news with but weren't looking for a community or we've lost them to the infamous FB group.

  

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• NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot member

  November 2016

  
  Based on the number of intros and "birth" announcements (cringe), I think we have a lot of FTM lurkers.

  
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• chickyclg member

  November 2016

  NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot said:

  
  Based on the number of intros and "birth" announcements (cringe), I think we have a lot of FTM lurkers.

  That freaking "birth" announcement thread! Is there any way to make it unstickied?  Like constantly tag the admins to unsticky it to clean up the page?

  
  

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   6-12-2010  Miscarriage. 

  3-16-2012 D&C/Miscarriage.
  

   Blocked Left Tube. 
  

  Diminished Ovarian Reserve   

  MFI - Sperm Morphology 2%.  

  MTHFR 
  

   Abnormal Antiphospholipid Antibodies

  April 2013 ~  1st IUI attempt - 100 mg Clomid- Canceled
  

  May 2013  ~ 2nd IUI attempt -100 mg Clomid- Canceled
  

  June 2013 ~ 3rd IUI attempt - 100 mg Clomid+ Trigger+ Progesterone~BFN
  

   IVF/ICSI #1 May 2014 ~ Freeze All ~ Due to OHSS

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  5/28/2014 ~ FET#1 ~ Transferred 2 Hatching Blasts

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  6/12/2014 Beta #2 ~ 3099

  6/16/2014 Beta #3 ~ >5000

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• starphish18 member

  November 2016

  And what about that babies r us announcement that they stuck us with? How long will that stay there?

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• chickyclg member

  November 2016

  Forever, my bet is if they take it down it won't be until we are in 3rd tri.

  
  

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  Me~28 DH~27 

  
  

   6-12-2010  Miscarriage. 

  3-16-2012 D&C/Miscarriage.
  

   Blocked Left Tube. 
  

  Diminished Ovarian Reserve   

  MFI - Sperm Morphology 2%.  

  MTHFR 
  

   Abnormal Antiphospholipid Antibodies

  April 2013 ~  1st IUI attempt - 100 mg Clomid- Canceled
  

  May 2013  ~ 2nd IUI attempt -100 mg Clomid- Canceled
  

  June 2013 ~ 3rd IUI attempt - 100 mg Clomid+ Trigger+ Progesterone~BFN
  

   IVF/ICSI #1 May 2014 ~ Freeze All ~ Due to OHSS

   5/1/2014 ~ 22 retrieved, 12 fertilized, 3 frozen

  5/28/2014 ~ FET#1 ~ Transferred 2 Hatching Blasts

    6/1/2014~ **BFP**

  6/9/2014 Beta #1 ~ 1022

  6/12/2014 Beta #2 ~ 3099

  6/16/2014 Beta #3 ~ >5000

  6/19/2014 First U/S ~ TWINS!!!  
  1/7/2015 Twins born @ 34 weeks
  
  

    
  
  

  
  

  
  

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• starphish18 member

  November 2016

  Whyyyyyy

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• ShadeofGreen816 member

  November 2016

  I'm so relieved that I'm not the only Type-A, anal-retentive one who is SO bothered by the "birth" announcement and that STUPID registry event thing. If they're going to put something up thats only active for ONE DAY, it'll obviously stay on the first page without being stickied. 

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• pshaortao member

  November 2016

  ShadeofGreen816 said:

  I'm so relieved that I'm not the only Type-A, anal-retentive one who is SO bothered by the "birth" announcement and that STUPID registry event thing. If they're going to put something up thats only active for ONE DAY, it'll obviously stay on the first page without being stickied. 

  I think a lot of us feel the same way. You hear that @ashaw84 ?

  
  

  
  

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