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Gizmo1231 · January 2018

*Stolen from September 2018*
Welcome to the October 2018 BMB! If you're new to TB, we're excited to have you! Below you will find information on how the flow of BMBs work, guidelines and helpful links.

Some links that you may find helpful:

How-To Guides:
-How to quote: Hit the "quote" at the bottom of the post you want to quote. You will be taken to the reply box with the quote set up already.
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-How to insert a spoiler box: click the drop down list arrow next to the paragraph symbol (third from the left, next to bold and italicize) and choose spoiler. It will insert a grey box, and everything that you type in there will go into the spoiler.

For the sake of board organization, here are some simple guidelines for posting threads:

DO:
-Introduce yourself in the "Introductions" thread
-Feel free to start one of the weekly posts listed below: if a post is "assigned" but hasn't been started by mid morning, feel free to start it!
-Post your own thread if you have a confirmed loss
-Post a thread that would apply to the entire community and doesn't fall into one of the categories for daily threads listed below (Ex: what to pack in your hospital bag, baby gear, etc)
-Comment, share advice and show support for your fellow bumpies; this is a two-way street, to get support, you must show it as well

DON'T:
-Start a thread asking about symptoms; please post this in the current weekly "symptoms thread" - this is helpful because it keeps the board from getting cluttered and makes it so we can all see the whole discussion in one thread, rather than having one thread about MS, one about food cravings, another about vivid dreams, etc.
-Ask the community if you are pregnant, it is against TOU
-Start a thread asking for relationship advice; a professional is better suited for this task
-Post pictures of your pregnancy test, this is also against TOU
-Post a thread that asks a question only applying to yourself unless you suspect you may be going through a MC
-Get bent out of shape if someone calls you out for not following these guidelines; if you expect to be part of a supportive board (which we are), you need to be able to take the time to learn the ins and outs of the board

Weekly threads- any ideas ladies??
MONDAY
-Monday Bitch Fest
-weekly symptoms thread ( @cdepperschmidt )
TUESDAY
- TW Tuesday... TW = Twatwaffle. Who or what in your life is being a twatwaffle?
-High Risk Check-in

WEDNESDAY
-hump day/bump day ( @Gizmo1231 )
-PAIF check in ( @sailing_mama )
-weekly randoms ( @hellopartyof5 )
-WTF Wednesday ( @pebbledam )

THURSDAY
-PGAL check in
-unpopular opinion UO
-Thankful Thursday's (@ladyofarlington)

FRIDAY
-Flame Free Confessions ( @chopchop25 )
- TTGP Grad check in ( @chloandcoco )

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONTHLY
- What my pregnant self is eating/crying? ( @pebbledam )
-AMA mama check in ( @jengibre_zorro )
- What I found hilarious ( @knottieamusements )
- healthy mama check in

Once we all get farther along, we will also have pinned threads for things like ultrasounds, sex announcements and birth announcements.

I've copy/pasted this from previous boards, and it seems to be the way that they are all organized, but of course we should feel free to tweak for our needs! For example, some boards do weekly ticker changes while others do weekly due date check-ins (ex, DD 1st week of Sept.).

If anyone has a suggestion for other threads, please feel free to comment a suggestion.

PLEASE keep in mind that there will eventually be a lot of us on this board, and an organized board will be much easier for everyone to use. If we can all keep the one-off posts to a minimum the board won't be too cluttered to navigate, and hopefully we won't end up answering the same question 2,000 times.

Let's have a great BMB ladies!

Gizmo1231 · January 2018

@BumpAdminCan we please get this stickied?

kiwi2628 · January 2018

Some weekly threads would be HDBD for Wednesday (you know, once we get further along) and a TW Tuesday (TW = Twatwaffle. Who or what in your life is being a twatwaffle)

Gizmo1231 · January 2018

I love having a ticker change check-in too each day of the week!

keiragann · January 2018

Thanks @Gizmo1231

midwestmom12 · January 2018

I’m placing a vote for the weekly due date check-ins (i.e. DD 1st week of October). I was lurking on the September board while I was waiting for this one to open, and I found those to be helpful!

doula-mama · January 2018

I also like the idea of the weekly due date check in

cdepperschmidt · February 2018

Mental Health Checkin? STM+ Check-in?

ChloandCoco · February 2018

@Gizmo1231 @SkilledSailor @midwestmom12

Instead of a daily ticker change, could we change it to check-ins based on EDD. This way the ladies who are due at the end of the month don't feel so far behind. The September BMB has it set up this way and it seems to be working for them. It looks like Thursday would be a good day for these threads.

We could still do a ticker change, but turn it into a weekly ticker change party where people can come in and celebrate their ticker change with a GIF or meme related to their milestone.

Could we also get a TTGP grad thread set up for Friday?

pebbledam · February 2018

@ChloandCoco - I would also prefer to do the check-ins like that or at least by week of EDD.

koala1107 · February 2018

Can we do an AW ultrasound post like September has? I had my first scan today and am sure more people would like to share soon too!

keiragann · February 2018

Wondering about a PGAL thread?

Gizmo1231 · February 2018

@keiragann I have it down to start on Thursdays but no one has volunteered to start it weekly. Do you want to?

Gizmo1231 · February 2018

@koala1107 Yes! starting one now!

keiragann · February 2018

Also didn’t know about a High Risk thread

kosmo86 · February 2018

for the weekly check in how should be break them up, 1-7, 8-15, 16-23, 24-31? OR groups with days 7,7,7,7,3 or 7,7,7,10?

knottieamusements · February 2018

kosmo86 said:

for the weekly check in how should be break them up, 1-7, 8-15, 16-23, 24-31? OR groups with days 7,7,7,7,3 or 7,7,7,10?

My vote is for 1-7, 8-15, 16-23, 24-31? I think that will be easiest for people to figure out without thinking- especially if you are cruising for a friend’s update.

knottieamusements · February 2018

Can we have a monthly “Things I found hilarious” thread to go along with the “why I’m crying” thread?

kosmo86 · February 2018

also maybe a healthy check-in, maybe monthly? someplace to talk about exercising and trying to eat better?

pumpkinpancake · February 2018

What days do the weekly due date check is get started? Seems like only two of the weeks have threads going now, so I’m not sure what’s going on there.

pumpkinpancake · February 2018

Also, September has a lot of other good thread ideas on their board organization post. Things like weekly appointments, weekly questions, WTF Wednesday, etc. I see on ours we have weekly randoms starting on Wednesday, but would it make sense to start all the weekly ones on Mondays so that we have the whole week to have them going?

knottieamusements · February 2018

pumpkinpancake said:

would it make sense to start all the weekly ones on Mondays so that we have the whole week to have them going?

I like them spaced out over the week so that there are new threads to be reading and participating in. Otherwise, you’d have a cluster of a lot of activity on Monday/Tuesady, and then things would taper off until the next week.

sammierose464 · February 2018

I agree @knottieamusements

Gizmo1231 · February 2018

I agree @knottieamusements
i can get the other threads added to our list- just let me know which ones you would like to volunteer to start!

pebbledam · February 2018

I can do WTF Wednesdays.

knottieamusements · February 2018

I’ve got the humor thread.

chopchop25 · February 2018

I can do FFC if we still need someone!

Gizmo1231 · February 2018

chopchop25 said:

I can do FFC if we still need someone!

Gotcha!
@kosmo86 can you do the monthly Healthy mama check in?

kosmo86 · February 2018

@Gizmo1231 yep!

bethica83 · February 2018

signature test

oops. fixed!

bethennyfrankel · February 2018

***lurking***

It has been expressed in the past that TTGP would like if the gif directions were in a different place so that new moms were not navigated to their space. I also noticed that the siggy instructions are in TTCAL and locked.

Considering these 2 issues (along with the directions being outdated), I recreated these threads on the New to The Bump board for everyone to use and practice on without fear of triggering. Could you replace your link list above with this list?

Thanks so much and good luck to all the October mamas/babies!

Some links that you may find helpful:

pebbledam · February 2018

Thank you @bethennyfrankel!!

DunkinDecaf · February 2018

So, I see that we’re doing check ins by week of due date instead of day of ticker change which is what I’ve seen/done in the past. Is this a thing now? Can we switch or do people like this better? And if we’re sticking with week-of when do we post the next weekly check in?

cdepperschmidt · February 2018

I kind of like the ticker change. But if we are going to do check in by due date, it should be weekly?

pumpkinpancake · February 2018

I’ve always been used to seeing it done by ticker change day, but am open to either way really. I feel like each way has its pluses and minuses, so whatever the group wants. If we keep it by due date weeks though, we should definitely figure out which day we start a new one each week.

cdepperschmidt · February 2018

I made a poll.

Gizmo1231 · February 2018

I've been starting the first week of October DD check in on Thursdays as that's the day my ticker changes (so, selfishly). So if that works I will claim that day.

ladyofarlington · February 2018

How about a Thankful Thursday thread? We all have things to vent about and we can commiserate over symptoms and FFFCs, so maybe it would be nice to share what we’re thankful for and add a little positivity too?

doula-mama · February 2018

I personally like the weekly check-ins to start on Mondays, especially since things tend to be quiet over the weekend.

Gizmo1231 · February 2018

@ladyofarlington would you be willing to start the thread on thursdays? I will add it!

ladyofarlington · February 2018

@Gizmo1231 - sure thing!

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