May Randoms

mflowers929 · May 2020

I figured since apparently we like to keep the same randoms, why not go monthly?
What's up with you?

mflowers929 · May 2020

Being pregnant during a pandemic makes it seem like the LONGEST PREGNANCY EVER

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

@mflowers929 I’m cool with having a monthly randoms!! Easier to track down too.

I actually think the first half went by pretty fast! But my days also fly by so maybe that’s why. I never think there’s enough time in the day 😭 I feel like the second half is going to drag though but I hope not!

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

Well, I’ve been waiting for this level of convenience and I have to say it’s nice. Yes I’m eating my milkshake with a spoon 🥄

jennifer_louise · May 2020

I'm laughing too hard at this

robinj716 · May 2020

Monthly randoms are perfect !

My cousin is pregnant too, due one month after me. She desperately wanted a boy and today found out she’s having a girl. We wanted a girl and according to our sneak peek it’s a boy! We joke about swapping babies haha. We are both thrilled they’re healthy babies, but it’s funny how things work out and gender disappointment is real! I told her it’ll be like boy/girl twins since they’re one month apart!

rosesintherain · May 2020

@robinj716 my sister is about 9 weeks ahead of me and they really wanted a boy and are having a girl. They tried really hard to cover their disappointment. We just wanted a healthy baby so gender didn’t matter to us and another boy it was lol.

My oldest and their soon to be middle daughter are 6 weeks apart. I watch my nieces during the week. It totally is like twins. It’s crazy insane for for the first couple months but my son and their daughter are best friends and mistaken for twins all the time. The “you’ve got your hands full” comment is a normal phrase in our everyday life lol. They are 2.5 now.

mflowers929 · May 2020

I just wanted a healthy baby, especially with my history, but I am kind of glad that we're having a girl now. I did want at least one girl, but I guess I would have been fine being a boy mom too

mflowers929 · May 2020

Okay, I'm loving our Sunday morning right now lol. I'm sitting here watching gardening videos, H is watching truck fixing videos, and DS is just bouncing between us and playing with his toys.

readytobemama · May 2020

We're still team green, and neither DH or I have any preference at all as long as it's healthy. But that doesn't stop the comments from everyone else around us, assuming we want one or the other, it gets annoying eventually!

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

@readytobemama I bet!! I’m not even green and people already have been asking me what I wanted. I’m like idk??? A baby???

I wanna know who’s creating all the spam accounts. Robots? Or people getting paid to be trolls? The bump should have a captcha if it doesn’t..

momofmiracles31889 · May 2020

So if the random posts/spam keep getting out of control, I was lurking on another months birth board and saw that some choose to move to a private group on bump later on in the pregnancy? Just wondered if that was an option/what you all thought about that? That way those of us who have been participating can still do so without spam and random jump ins and also when our babies all come I know I for one would feel more comfortable sharing pics in a private group than public! Just a thought and no pressure as this is my first time on a board like this so I’m not totally sure how these things work!

rosesintherain · May 2020

@momofmiracles31889 I did notice that too. I’m open to it

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

@momofmiracles31889 I for sure would want to join a private group and even FB in the next couple of months If that’s what everyone wants to do. I don’t think I’ll post his picture on the public board and I would love to see everyone and be able to show full photos of myself as well!

momofmiracles31889 · May 2020

I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking it’d be better to go private group at some point! I’d be up for a private group on the bump, I personally don’t have Facebook. With our son’s adoption being open with some bio family and closed with other bio family we feel it’s best to stay off social media for his best interest

robinj716 · May 2020

@greyl @ktholysz @readytobemama @mflowers929 Her dad passed Away suddenly a week before she found out she was pregnant, so I think that her wanting a boy was something she wanted to have in remembrance of her dad, not sure, just a guess. She’s happy, just shocked! I just keep reassuring that it’s okay to feel sad, but her baby is healthy, so that’s all that matters and how much fun it’s going to be to have a newborn girl and my newborn boy together!

I think once she starts shopping for girl stuff she’s going to be ok!

I was somewhat indifferent; one of each was a nice idea, but I was totally fine with another boy and felt it was another boy from day one! My son is so loving and I love that special mom/son bond we have and now I’ll get to have two!

robinj716 · May 2020

I’m open to a private board, will just need to know how to Find it to get to it. My tech skills are slowing in my “old age” 🙃

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

@robinj716 Aw that’s understandable! It’s going to be so fun having your babies together! I have a friend who lives in the city I'm moving to and she’s due two weeks after me! She’s having a girl and I hope our kids can be friends!

readytobemama · May 2020

I'm not on Facebook either but would definitely join a private bump board!

jennifer_louise · May 2020

I actually noticed that August already went private too.... I guess that means we're next? 😬 I think that you maybe have to do it from Desktop version but I've never tried before.

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

Yeah from looking at threads on other BMBs it looks like it’s kinda tricky to join the private groups here but once you’re in it’s easy to access? But I think everyone will have to join on a desktop. We can always do both (PG & FB) as well!

rosesintherain · May 2020

Both sounds great! I have yet to check it out via desktop.

beaandthebabes · May 2020

I’m down for a private group.

@robinj716 I know where she is coming from. Most of my little bit of sadness about not having a girl was because I lost my mother and I would have loved to give my baby her name to honor her.

raesky1111 · May 2020

Definitely up for a private board, I personally wouldn't feel comfortable just sharing my daughter's picture with the wide open internet! FB or on the Bump it doesn't matter to me, but personally I enjoy the easy workability of Facebook mobile 😂

Louise_Belcher · May 2020

I am hopeful there ends up being a Facebook group closer to birth. It is so much easier to use and feel close with people since names and pics are often real. But I would follow along the best I could either way. The anonymity of TB is great but down the road when people really want to know each other it feels weird to still go by screen names and not know real names (hint my name is not Louise). My May 2017 bump group is 90% of why I use Facebook.

mflowers929 · May 2020

I still keep in semi regular contact with a lot of the ladies who were in my December 2010 board on TK. It's definitely awesome to be able to know people a little better and be able to keep up with them

robinj716 · May 2020

Private FB is fine for me as well! I’m in the one that was created from the beginning, lots of people but only the same few who comment, so it would be nice to have a smaller group of women who actively participate and communicate.

swizzlemalarkey · May 2020

When would everyone feel comfortable starting the transition to a private group? Maybe we can do one on the bump in the next month or two and then make a FB closer to when the babies will be coming? Or after?

Unrelated but today was the first day I wasn’t exhausted all day and actually felt like I had energy. Cleaned the whole bathroom! I was hoping I also have tomorrow off but I have to work. Days off go by so fast, I’m at work too much 😢

momofmiracles31889 · May 2020

sounds like a lot of us are up for more private group options soon! I will definitely participate on a bump private board, sorry to be a downer and not join on Facebook. Hopefully there will be enough interest in both for now

Im sure even after baby comes it’s still nice to have the support of other moms in the exact same stage as you!

raesky1111 · May 2020

I vote definitely for within the next month, at least with starting one here on the bump

angbaby83 · May 2020

I am up for a private group but from what I’ve seen lurking other BMBs is that sometimes it can be tricky. Hopefully I can figure it out. lol

rosesintherain · May 2020

I think I private group starting this month and then for those on FB a group starting in August. I like the idea of both to keep in touch. Facebook is a lot easier to use then this app. But I get that not everyone has that.

balletnerd · May 2020

My 2017 group moved to Facebook about a month before everyone started giving birth. And we are an awesome support group for each other. I even went on a moms trip to Vegas with a few! We now have weekly zoom chats. It’s amazing how close you can get to “strangers” you met online. When I joined the bump last time I would have thought you were crazy if you told me I would be meeting up with people in Vegas for the weekend that I met online. But it’s been awesome.

linz36 · May 2020

My 2018 BMB moved to facebook about a month after we all delivered. At first I just wanted us to have a private bump group because I'm not a huge fan of social media. But we ended up as a private group on facebook which is actually pretty awesome! So my vote is for facebook...but in the meantime if we have to do a private bump group that'll work too.

chasingroygbiv · May 2020

I’m relieved I’m not alone in yearning for something more private. I’ve never been comfortable with posting bump pictures with my face, my kids names, even my name.. so sign me up for something private whenever the time comes!

elsie42 · May 2020

My first bmb moved to fb in April (we were the June board) and that felt like a good time. We had all spent a good amount of time chatting so felt comfortable revealing our “real” selves lol

re: gender I’m getting super anxious to find out what this baby is! I don’t really have a preference either way. We have a girl already and since I have a sister I think it would be really fun to have another girl so DD gets a sister. But of course I’d also love to experience having a son too. So either way will be exciting. I just want to know!

Also happy May the 4th to any other SW fans. Apparently Rise of Skywalker is on Disney+ now so I think I may be in for a rewatch tonight. I haven’t seen it since theatres.

jennifer_louise · May 2020

@elsie42 I'm in the same boat as you, I have one daughter who is generally a delight, and I'd be excited about another girl, or a boy! When's your AS? Mine is not for two more weeks.

I should probably re-watch RoS too! I enjoyed it so much in the theaters and had no idea that everyone else in the world hated it 😂.

rosesintherain · May 2020

Okay ladies I’m looking into the private group on the bump app. I emailed support to get the steps on how to create it. So my question now is how would you all like to proceed on who we allow to join?

I think their is a good group of regulars that we can move over and then maybe a minimum participation requirement? Or just need to see some involvement in the forum before approving requests?

This could give us a good idea on how to proceed with the FB group when we open that for FB users too!

momofmiracles31889 · May 2020

@ktholysz thanks for getting it started!! I think what you said sounds reasonable! Like let all the regulars in and then together we can come up with some kind of minimum requirement. When I read through our intro discussion again I was surprised how many names I really don’t even recognize... and this public group will still be there so if people decide to start to participate more we could always let them in later?

jennifer_louise · May 2020

@ktholysz how do we request to join? PM you or is there an "official" route?

rosesintherain · May 2020

@jennifer_louise I’ll make a post when I get it started. I had to email support because I can’t figure it out lol. So I’ll let you all know. Idk how long support will take to respond.

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