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Any dads out there?!

mrbojangles37mrbojangles37 member
edited August 2017 in April 2018 Moms
So I heard The Bump app was voted one of the best, and what do I see when I download the app, put in all my personal details, and wait 72 hours to be given the green light to socialize?? The name of the group I've been put into for my unborn child's EDD is ... April 2018 MOMS. Is there nowhere for guys, or guys and girls, to go to be excited about their future miracle?!
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  • mrbojangles37mrbojangles37 member
    Whoops I guess I shoulda changed my name before posting ... it should be: MrBojangles37
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  • jilliant26jilliant26 member
    @knottie09cb61a00c64e160 There is a Dad's and Dad's to be group under Parenting.
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  • mrbojangles37mrbojangles37 member
    edited August 2017
    @jilliant26 Did you see the time stamps? Most recent post/reply in that group is Dec 2016
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  • orangecuporangecup member
    knottie09cb61a00c64e160 said:
    @jilliant26 Did you see the time stamps? Most recent post/reply in that group is Dec 2016
    Sorry? What do you want us to do?
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  • jilliant26jilliant26 member
    knottie09cb61a00c64e160 said:
    @jilliant26 Did you see the time stamps? Most recent post/reply in that group is Dec 2016
    Sorry it's not an active group. I'm not sure many dads know about these boards. The TTGP, Fertility, & monthly boards are the most active and typically populated by women. You are welcome to stay here, ask questions and we'll do our best to reply.
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  • ngolimentongolimento member
    We aren't dads...so...not sure what you want us to do.  The only way the Dads forum stays dead is if nobody posts.

    BabyFetus Ticker
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  • mrbojangles37mrbojangles37 member
    No no no, none of you need to be sorry, or "do" anything ... it's just tough when there's no where to go (in social media world) to be excited, and chat about the awesomeness that is to come.
    I was just hoping I wasn't alone and maybe there were other guys in this group too.
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  • ngolimentongolimento member
    I'm sorry dude, you seem nice and all.  But a group of ladies in their first trimester is the wrong group to try to use as personal Google.  
    BabyFetus Ticker
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  • cseley321cseley321 member
    Welcome and congrats :smile: My last pregnancy we had a father to be who would post from time to time - we still talk to him and the mom in our facebook chat, but it is pretty rare on these boards since I think most women use them for comiserating in the pains and joys of pregnancy. Unfortunately I don't know of any active dad to be communities, but I am sure it would be great for you guys as well and therapeutic! 
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  • klburke88klburke88 member
    I would recommend /r/predaddit

    Me: 29 DH: 35

    Married 5/3/14, TTC ever since

    DX: Lean PCOS, Clomid resistant

    Femara 7.5 + Ovidrel = BFP! Due 4/15/18

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  • maureenmcemaureenmce member
    edited August 2017
    OP - hard to tag you, but seconding the reddit rec!  As PP mentioned, the Bump is definitely more of a place for women to go through the pregnancy process together, appointments, morning sickness, etc. but I totally agree that there's a real lack of places for dads, especially first time dads, to connect, share info, get ready for parenthood, etc. When we were expecting our first, my husband really enjoyed reddit for getting info.  I'm not super familiar with it, but I assume @klburke88 's suggestion is awesome and the place to go!  Good luck and congrats!  :)
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  • pbandjmompbandjmom member
    I think you're welcome to stick around! Join in the conversation if you'd like as well! It's nice to have a different perspective. However, if you want to be around more men and choose a different forum, we understand. You do whatever you like to participate with, but you are surely welcome here.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    DD on a recent trip to London. 3 yrs old.
    EDD 4/7/18
    MC 5/20/17 @8 wks
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  • ngolimentongolimento member
    srprins1987 said:
    kind of disappointed in some of the replies to this guy =\ yeah sure the woman is physically experiencing the pregnancy but if this guy is (and should be!) excited about becoming a parent and he wants to be a part of a forum to get support as he and his partner go through this why would anyone tell him to find another place to go? Is there a rule that this has to be all women? I am definitely not trying to start anything, I just thought the forums are in place to provide support ... not send people elsewhere :(
    Nobody told him to go elsewhere.  He asked if we knew where the dads are, we said no.  

    My own personal perspective on these kinds of posts is that in all the years I've been on TB, these posts tend to be trolls.  If he is not a troll, then he is asking a really strange question that Google can help with more than a bunch of chicks can. 

    BabyFetus Ticker
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  • Jyoung327Jyoung327 member
    @ngolimento I went back and read just to make sure but unless my eyes deceive me I don't actually see me bojangles asking any strange questions, or questions at all aside from if there are dads on the bump, which there are (few, but they exist). Not sure why you want to brush him off to go Google questions when it seems he just wants to talk about his future kid and be excited. Nothing wrong with that. 
    Me: 29  DH: 31, married 6/21/14, TTC since 7/14
    BFP #1 EDD 7/17/15, MMC 1/9/15 @8w
    BFP #2 4/3/15= ectopic treated with methotrexate 5/1, YET ruptured 5/18/15= One Tube Wonder!
    2 Cycles of Femara, Ovidrel, & Progesterone= BFP #3 DS born 5/17/16
    TTC #2 March 2017 (initially med free) 
    BFP #4 8/14/17 *natural cycle* EDD= 4/25/18, MC @5-6w D&C 9/22/17
    BFP #5 12/29/17 w/ Femara/Ovidrel/Progesterone/Synthroid, EDD= 9/11/18 found out 1/18 ITS di/di TWINS!!!
    DS and DD born 8/21/18 
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  • kbeers13kbeers13 member
    Welcome dad to be! I say feel free to stay and take part as well!
    Lilypie Pregnancy tickers
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  • ngolimentongolimento member
    Jyoung327 said:
    @ngolimento I went back and read just to make sure but unless my eyes deceive me I don't actually see me bojangles asking any strange questions, or questions at all aside from if there are dads on the bump, which there are (few, but they exist). Not sure why you want to brush him off to go Google questions when it seems he just wants to talk about his future kid and be excited. Nothing wrong with that. 
    Let's call it a difference of interpretation then.  I definitely see him asking where he can talk to fellow dads.
    BabyFetus Ticker
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  • fishsticks-n-custardfishsticks-n-custard member
    Ok, so maybe I'm totally misinterpreting your post, but I just wanted to clarify: are you a cismale about to be a dad or a transmale carrying your child?

    Me: 35, Hubbie: 33
    Married DH: 2013
    DD: Dec 2015
    BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018

    Babysizer Geeky Pregnancy Tracker

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  • jkhall2010jkhall2010 member
    Why are the majority of posters on this thread being rude to him?? We're better than that ladies. Be nice. 
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  • looeezelooeeze member
    maybe since OP hasn't been back in a hot minute or posted anywhere else, we can assume he didn't find what he was looking for and let this thread die. 
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  • psuxray07psuxray07 member
    @looeeze  I'm sure he felt unwelcome and just left due to the responses.  I would've.
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  • looeezelooeeze member
    @psuxray07 maybe but we'll never know for sure, cause dude is gone. No point in keeping this thread at the top anymore. 
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