August 2025 Randoms

acleverusername · August 4

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acleverusername · August 4

Paging the following members who have contributed over the past 2 months...

@emeraldmaybythebay
@gingerbunny23
@lalaurenj
@littlebabybuster
@kbmt
@xan-bran-and-grandpa
@stephgaietto

...and a bunch of knotties...

This is a pretty low-volume group and I'm wondering if you want to keep it going, stop, migrate to a forum that most users use most frequently? The size and low-volume of interaction isn't surprising; I've heard this from other recent BMBs.

Anyways, please opine with your preference!

kbmt · August 5

I like the idea of keeping it going. With my last birth month group, I think we migrated after most babies were born, and that group is still active, which I love. I’m not saying we need to wait that long, but maybe give people a little time to jump in? Or someone monitors this group and adds people to the new platform as it makes sense.

Honestly, I’m not super sure how to properly participate in The Bump and wonder if others think the same. For example, I’ve been dying to ask what people do for leg cramps while sleeping on their sides, but don’t know if that fits into an existing thread or if I should make a new thread. I was just going to wait for the weekly check in thread.

gingerbunny23 · August 5

I’m not opposed to shifting to some other platform if it might enable the group to connect a bit more on all the little things day to day. Kind of like kbmt mentioned above, I don’t always know how to engage or really connect with folks this way - but I would very much like to connect and keep in touch! I’d still want to try and make a point of checking back here for folks joining a little later in the game and wanting to connect, though.

I’ve been lucky and haven’t been struggling with leg cramps at night this pregnancy….but I will share that I’ve eaten a ridiculous number of bananas and made banana pudding more than four times in the past month 😂 I have always heard increasing potassium can help with muscle cramps and spasms. A friend of mine used to swear by drinking YooHoo for her leg cramps!

acleverusername · August 5

@kbmt with my Apr 23 BMB, we migrate to FB half-way through (once most ppl have had their anatomy scans). It worked well for us as we were able to drop the anonymity that comes with being on TB. But, we did have a way to "authenticate" which included sending a photo of yourself with your username scribbled on it to one of the "leads." We wanted to avoid having catfishes in the private group.

Our April 23 BMB is now on Discord since Facebook likes to sensor inoccuous photos and then people get banned. It's hella annoying.

emeraldmaybythebay · August 8

I'm down for whatever. I am so bad about logging onto the bump other than just getting the size of baby and daily comparison objects because the kids LOVE that.

I'm so bad at social media. AI gives me the creeps. 🤷‍♀️

@gingerbunny23 Magnesium always helped me with leg cramps. I hope that helps, although yoohoo sounds much better. I'd try that first! 😉

littlebabybuster · August 11

i’ve been in other bump pregnancy forums but i’ve never migrated to a more private forum. once my pregnancy comes to an end i check back in to see how everyone is doing & then everyone slowly stops posting and then thats it 🥲 but i don’t use any socials & i love this temporary community.

emeraldmaybythebay · August 17

@littlebabybuster I feel the same. It's so nice to have while in the trenches of pregnancy. I'm always so excited for women to add to their family or begin one. It's such a special time in our lives. A taxing time but a wonderful one. I always lose touch and uninstall the app soon after though. I'm not active on social media either. I have a troll looking FB account for marketplace and homeschooling and that's it! 🤣 honestly AI terrifies me. So I'm as incognito as possible. 🫣

acleverusername · August 18

All,

If this is the only forum we use, and it sounds like others benefit from having it around, I would ask for help keeping it alive. It's pretty simple to start weekly / monthly posts and - as you can see - I'm unable to do that on a weekly basis.

FWIW, @littlebabybuster / @emeraldmaybythebay, as a FTM, I have greatly enjoyed my previous bump group beyond birth, We're 2.5 years out, and there's still 10-12 of us that contribute actively on a daily / weekly basis. It's especially great for "hey, my kid is doing this right now... anyone else?" But, for many-time-mothers, you have the benefit of your own experience to be able to answer these questions.

TY!

xan-bran-and-grandpa · August 20

Several of us moved to a fb group a while back. Honestly I haven’t really said much on here because it just seems like low engagement/interaction… it’s also extra steps to get to. Following conversations is much easier in the fb group. I am 20 weeks tomorrow woot woot

emeraldmaybythebay · August 20

@acleverusername that sounds lovely. 2.5 years of women to support and grow as mothers with. My groups were rather small and inactive. I think its a convenience thing as @xan-bran-and-grandpa said. I also don't like the publicness of the boards with lurkers and such. Also, happy 20 WEEKS!!!! You're halfway there Mama!!!!! 🤗

kbmt · August 20

@xan-bran-and-grandpa, did you move to a FB group specifically for the January 2026 birth month group? I feel like I started checking this forum within a few weeks of finding out I was pregnant and must have missed a lot. Haha.

Happy 20 weeks!

acleverusername · August 22

@kbmt there's a large Facebook Bump Group for Jan 2026 babies, so I suspect it's that one. I think I remember seeing an earlier post about it.

gingerbunny23 · August 24

Hi everyone, I’ve been locked out of my original account (ginger bunny) and failed for weeks to regain access. Testing this here to see if I can post and what I’m posting as now 😂🤦‍♀️

update: huzzah! At least I was successful in reclaiming the username!

acleverusername · August 28

Question for you all. In my first BMB, we did a weekly HDBD (hump day, bump day) which is a pic of our bellies on Wednesday of each week. Since the volume here is pretty low, I wanted to check if there's interest in doing that. If yes, maybe doing it monthly is more attuned to this group?

emeraldmaybythebay · August 29

@acleverusername I never partook in the other groups for multiple reasons, but I'd be down for monthly.

acleverusername · August 30

Then I will start a thread 1st Hump Day of the month.

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