Facebook Group for Aug 2017 Mommas

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

Hey Ladies!! I have started a Facebook Group for all of us mommas that are due in Aug 2017!! We only have about 25 members right now but it's already going great!! Would love to see you all there!! I joined one with my Jan 15 baby and it reached over 400 women all over the world all due in the same month! I have about 8 ladies from there who have become some of my best friends who I have met in person and just adore!! Please follow the link and send a request and let's get this group flowing with love s support!!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/746857218811480/

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

https://www.facebook.com/groups/746857218811480/

bumpybump · December 2016

I'm guessing you missed the post and discussion below about a Facebook group below.

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

You guessed right. It's obviously optional, im
not forcing people to join. Just putting it out there for people who would like too. We are up to
30 members now and it is already great support.

blt12 · December 2016

Is the group private? Or if I join will others be able to see that I joined? Wanting to keep my news a secret for a little while longer!

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

It's secret

try the link, and let me know of it worked for you!!

bumpybump · December 2016

I also want to add that coming in here and blasting a FB group makes it very obvious that you have no respect for those of us who want to be contributing members of the Aug17 BMB here. Especially "gloating" about there being 30 members already. Go be in your little FB group and leave this one be!

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

Omg

I didn't know someome would be so hateful

I wasn't gloating, simply stating what a great support it already is. I find this group to be quite confusing and hard to follow, where Facebook makes it much easier to support and lean on one another. Im still just in shock at how hateful one person can be

this is a time we should be coming together with fellow mommies and pregos, not belittling them......

nabrowntown · December 2016

Wow @bumpybump, chill. Maybe you should be the one to find a different group. That was rude and uncalled for.

tripledaggerWed95976 · December 2016

I'm pretty sure all @bumpybump was saying is that many of us have spent a long time here on the bump, supporting each other, getting to know each other, forming a community.
So, it's kind of a bummer that this discussion of already migrating away from the bump is already being thrown into the mix. Facebook is nice, but we all joined the bump for a reason too... so, I guess I just don't understand the desire to IMMEDIATELY move to Facebook when some members still haven't even gotten their BFPs yet.
Totally not saying anyone is right or wrong, just saying I don't fully understand the big rush to move to Facebook

bumpybump · December 2016

I also find it very strange that OP never Intro'd or posted anything in this group except for this thread. I'm guessing she's going around to any forum she can find for people due in Aug 2017 and attempting to build her group. Very fishy if you ask me.

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

I am new here and I guess I was excited about the FB group so I did post about it first. A FB group was formed from the BabyBump app when I was pregnant with my Jan 2015 baby and I have become so close to a number of the women, two came to my wedding earlier this year because of the bond we have formed over the last almost three years. Like I said I find FB to be more
personal then this where I don't even know the name of the person I'm talking too. Yes I was really excited about this and still am as I won't let someone take my excitement away, but I just can't come to understand how someone can be so ugly over something nice that was being done......

bookworm40 · December 2016

Over my 2.5 years with infertility the bump has been a godsend to me. It's been a great place to get and share information. On the original FB post I did say it would be nice to have a group but since all of us are still very early on I think the consensus was to wait until after the first trimester. I for one really don't want to migrate over to FB just yet simply because I really haven't announced to many people and who knows if someone you know is part of these forums and also trying to keep it quiet for a while! Just my two cents.

nabrowntown · December 2016

I just don't understand why this is such an issue. If anyone doesn't want to join, then don't. Or wait until you do. This is such an insignificant thing and likely not a deceptive conspiracy to steal cyber-beings.

and_peggy · December 2016

Totally agree with @bumpybump. There's something called privacy. I want to be able to trust all the people on here before I put my real name and information out there - via Facebook. Anyone can hide behind a computer and we just hope that you are who you say you are and not some creep just preying on people. The Bump is a great community for moms who don't know each other. Facebook is not that; it's for people who know each other. If you really want to make a group, go back to MySpace. I joined a FB group with my May moms many many months after we got to know each other. It's just weird to me how fast people are flocking.

Peedy · December 2016

So, I know I'm involved in a bunch of non-pregnancy groups on fb. And I didn't need to know anything about those people before I joined.

and after reading all of these conspiracy theories, I checked out Knottie's fb page. It's legit, lol.

NYTino24 · December 2016

I think @bumpybump's point is that getting people to move away from this site is not building the community we currently have. People can feel free to leave, but I'm sure a bunch of the core regulars will stay and make A17 a great BMB! Everyone do yourselves a favor and check out the "let's migrate to FB now" threads on other BMB. It doesn't unite people - it tears BMBs apart unnecessarily.

Natsuki · December 2016

Knottie28416932 Don't let people get you down! This is your happy time!

To my knowledge the isn't a rule saying you have to post in the introduction thread first before you can create your own post on this board.

I'm also sure there are tons of different August 2017 groups floating around on Facebook so I don't see an issue with you creating your own right away! If other people want to create a group later (based of the previous discussion) they certainly can.

nabrowntown.

I think I am the only person that does not have Facebook in the world and have no interest in it. I do completely understand the desire to have a Facebook group though! Everyone already uses Facebook so much anyway, it must make it convenient to have everything right there in one app/website.

I wish you the best of luck!

Nxy · December 2016

I keep my Facebook on lock down so if I join a group for A17 moms it'll be later. I do agree that it is a little odd that this is the first time we are hearing from knottie. Not like she's a dude playing pretend odd just like a normal amount of odd.

BobanaTaggs1001 · December 2016

I've already explained why it was my first post. Because I was excited about it. And then I didn't post anything because of how badly I've been beaten because of this. Something I thought would be nice for those who wanted to participate. Y'all sure know how to make a momma feel welcome

maybe it's just my hormones....because normally I don't let people get to me like this.

Feel free to check out my Facebook so you know
im not fishy or a creep or whatever else anyone said....... Hannah Marie Taggart

littlebug2010 · December 2016

You have to realize that you just burst into a group of women who were already supporting each other on this board, and without telling us anything at all about yourself, you told us that we should just ditch this place and join your group. Im sure you meant nothing by it and were just promoting your group to get more members and hopefully make connections with some. But It felt a lot like someone just barging in. You are welcome to introduce yourself and participate on our board, but if the only reason you joined the bump was to recruit for your page, then please go somewhere else!

and_peggy · December 2016

I think everyone is excited. But not everyone is ready to publish all their personal information. The Bump is a fabulous resource for Moms and Community. We would love for you to stay and participate as these veteran moms have a lot of invalueable information.

But just step back and recognize where others are coming from. It was a little strange for you to come in and say you had created a FB group, when we didn't know who you were. Especially because 3 posts down, there was already a discussion happening. And, in my opinion, it was even more strange that so many people were joining.

We hope you stay and build relationships here, but not at the expense of drama.

denison2 · December 2016

I found a fabulous Facebook group for my March 2013 baby from my bump board. It's actually one of the main reasons I came back here!

TheNewMrsLee · December 2016

This post needs to be temporarily put in chill. If people want to go to Facebook they are adults. Most BMB groups at some point have a Facebook group and they go fine. Over time all mom groups drift because we are busy being moms and have to find time for showers and cooking and loving our families vs being fully involved online. If you want to join do your Facebook stalking and be safe and have fun. If not hang here and enjoy until more people are facebook ready. If you're never ready the BMB will always be active too. Easy solutions. No need to get nasty early ladies! Hormones will fly and we have to remain civil!

tripledaggerWed95976 · December 2016

Does everything really need to be blamed on hormones? Yes, pregnancy affects our hormones, but it doesn't by any means render us incapable of acting rationally or thinking analytically. Just because we have an opinion doesn't automatically mean our hormones are "flying" just because we are pregnant...

clrgrdfrk · December 2016

Oh ffs.... join the fb group or don't. If this pregnancy goes well and I enjoy and benefit from this board maybe I'll join a fb at that time. My oct12 fb group, about 120 members moved over from here, is amazing still to this day, almost 5 years later. I do see the benefit of a more personal fb page, just seems early to me.

Op... maybe tb isn't for you if this thread is getting to you so much.

and_peggy · December 2016

Of course it's the hormones fault @tripledaggerWed95976 duh. Don't you know opinions aren't a thing?!

This post was "in chill" until people starting rehashing it unnecessarily.

clairemwalker · December 2016

Im just gunna stay chilling until we get to know each other more. My march 2016 bmb didnt start our fb until third tri, and we only ever accepted regulars, so there is only 50 people in our group. Its great that way and we all know each other really well. So i think ill wait for a fb group until i get to know some of you a bit better here first, then if i am invited into one i may join

mmbenke · December 2016

I would love to join the facebook group! And just sent a PM on Facebook. We just had our first baby this past May, and I was a part of the May 16 group. Loved it... and would love to join this one too! We're due 8/30 from this FET

tripledaggerWed95976 · December 2016

@mmbenke did you have a different username when u were part of the May 16 board? I'm asking because I was/am in that group and I don't recognize your username

kauny991 · December 2016

Wow some of you guys are really mean

this is my first pregnacy & 1st time here at the bump. Why is there so much judgment here. If this is the way it is then maybe this not the support group I need.
@Knottie1454621357 I will be joining your group

DoulaTog13 · December 2016

Just a word of caution and advice... My old BMB had a member that was super active. She was a regular who was looked up to and even became a mod. After almost 1.5 years of us all getting to know each other... she ended up being an AE and was behind several VERY vicious AE posts. So, no matter how much you think you know someone...this is still the internet and it's still very easy to deceive people while seemingly being a normal and productive member of the group. That's why a lot of people feel more comfortable until more time has passed. You're free to start your offboards, but just be cautious in your interactions. We are all strangers.

lynzeyk · December 2016

Sorry, what does AE mean?

Smoid · December 2016

Alter Ego. So she had multiple accounts. @lynzeyk

vlagrl29 · December 2016

I hope people still stay here. They did this with my March 2011 moms page and most people left. There also was a lot of drama on the FB page so I chose to leave it.

lynzeyk · December 2016

Thanks @Smoid

MatteaGabrielle · December 2016

My last bmb made a FB page after everyone made it past the 3rd trimester. It's was so much easier to deal with and I made some best friends of it. I eventually left but it was a constant support through midnight feedings and wonder weeks. I don't see why it's such an issue. I will join one again this time, but I need a month of so. The admins also made it and requested that people message them their emails for invites, so that not everyone and the trolls could join.

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