Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
Rather than migrating to FB and losing this place completely what about making it password protected? That way if new LGBT people find TCF they can ask to join? That protects us so we can share more things and post pictures.
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
We're open to that idea too. Especially if it would make people feel more comfortable to post. And new people could find us. Pictures would be fun too.
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
Post by wittyandwaiting on Jul 7, 2016 9:08:19 GMT -5
I just posted a shout out to them in because I had a few questions about this, feel free to add any questions that you may have in that thread and hopefully they'll get back to us.
Howdy. You can probably count me as someone who doesn't post here as often as I should. Reason? Well...it's just slow. I post on 2-3 other boards regularly and it's upbeat and humorous and helpful for the most part. Nothing is negative here but it's also kind of boring. Maybe we can spice it up. I'm on mobile most of the time now but do we have lots of lurkers?
**lurkers come out!**
I do love having a place where there are other lgbt parents and I've known some of you for quite a while- but I also sometimes feel like at the stage many of us are in there aren't always lgbt issues. We are parents like everyone else. I don't want to see this go away. My BmB has a private sub board that I haven't joined yet- mainly for photos. But I'm not sure if it's even busy. Plus then how do we decide where to post a thread. Public or private?
Post by crazyaunt84 on Jul 10, 2016 15:27:04 GMT -5
It's sad that this board never took off the way the bump board used to be. I, too, am guilty of not checking in often. Definitely part of the issue is time. The other part is divided attention. I went to the private FB page that the old group went to when the split happened and I don't post there as often as I should, but more than here for sure. Sometimes XPs feel redundant, and I'm definitely hesitant to post as many details/photos etc. I would like to see this place become more active, and I'll try to participate in any way I can if there is a commitment to move forward!
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
I'm assuming we're thinking this private board would only be for regular posters?
I think so.
I don't know how we decide what an active poster is though.
Everybody here right now.
I think any new people - who we would love to have you lurkers you!! - would need to post in the main threads at least: randoms, TTT, check ins, etc. to be added to the password group.
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
I don't know how we decide what an active poster is though.
Everybody here right now.
I think any new people - who we would love to have you lurkers you!! - would need to post in the main threads at least: randoms, TTT, check ins, etc. to be added to the password group.
I think that makes sense. Maybe we could do an intro post for those who feel comfortable.
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
I think any new people - who we would love to have you lurkers you!! - would need to post in the main threads at least: randoms, TTT, check ins, etc. to be added to the password group.
I think that makes sense. Maybe we could do an intro post for those who feel comfortable.
Post by 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) on Jul 13, 2016 21:05:17 GMT -5
I would post more again. Time plus feeling like I've gotten out of the loop (due to time) has me not posting so much but I think there's a lot id like to ask and post!
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
I'm not sure what others are thinking and I haven't thought a lot about it but I guess I assumed it would be those who have posted frequently over the last few months. I assumed it would be those whose names are familiar. Not to sound mean or not inclusive, but personally, I'm not too interested in including people who just start posting now to be included in this private board. Again, just thinking out loud. What do others think?
I've never seen a private board before. Would new people or people not on it be able to see it?
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
I'm not sure what others are thinking and I haven't thought a lot about it but I guess I assumed it would be those who have posted frequently over the last few months. I assumed it would be those whose names are familiar. Not to sound mean or not inclusive, but personally, I'm not too interested in including people who just start posting now to be included in this private board. Again, just thinking out loud. What do others think?
I've never seen a private board before. Would new people or people not on it be able to see it?
I agree, I think there has to be some level of familiarity.
I went looking around TCF for another group that has a private sub-board and here's what I found:
Post by crazyaunt84 on Jul 15, 2016 15:32:55 GMT -5
I'm good with it.
Just playing devil's advocate though - will a password protected group actually increase activity in the long run? If people drop off, it will be less likely that new people will find their way to the group. As it is, I've done several covert runs over to the Bump to recruit people off that board.
So...it might actually bite us in the ass. I'll still play no matter what we decide though!
Just playing devil's advocate though - will a password protected group actually increase activity in the long run? If people drop off, it will be less likely that new people will find their way to the group. As it is, I've done several covert runs over to the Bump to recruit people off that board.
So...it might actually bite us in the ass. I'll still play no matter what we decide though!
I think the goal is to keep our usual threads on the main board and use the password protected area for totally different threads (i.e pictures, birth announcements, and confessions)
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
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