https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:04:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/5#post-1728208 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:55:50 +0000 MsLipGloss 1728208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. In so many ways. I feel so lucky to have become irl friends with several bees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728202 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:51:30 +0000 ladybee 1728202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>October 20123 moms such as @avivoca, @daniellemybelle, @KJpugs and others have been amazingly supportive. There are also quite a few women I relied on during our loss and IF journey. They were incredibly sweet and supportive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728182 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:35:54 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1728182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HB has been very supportive to me. I do get the cliquey vibes sometimes but that's anywhere I think... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728170 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:30:41 +0000 ILoveLettie 1728170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: I am! I feel very special...and now I get to figure out if gold makes a difference or not. Of course, if I'm purposely trying to get more involved, then that kind of makes my experiment less effective as I'm changing multiple variables... :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728167 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:28:46 +0000 IRunForFun 1728167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ILoveLettie: Looks like you're gilded now!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728155 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:24:07 +0000 ILoveLettie 1728155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Thank you so much for your insights. Definitely sticking my sticky beak in as much as I can from now on! *applies syrup to beak to make it extra-sticky* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728092 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:43:13 +0000 googly-eyes 1728092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: thanks! Sometimes I go back and read all the other comments and I feel like I am totally off track! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728050 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:11:10 +0000 Cherrybee 1728050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: Noooooo! I'm so sorry!!! If I had seen your question I would have replied, even if you say "I don't know, good luck!". I live in the UK and the time I usually post threads - kinda mid morning here - everyone else is asleep and my threads can sit there for a couple of hours before someone gives me a sympathy reply! :meh: </p> <p>@ILoveLettie: I don't think Gold makes too much difference to the relationships people have, to be honest - although you do get to see pictures of people and their LOs so I maybe you do start to feel a little closer. Face to a name and all that! What made a real difference to me was hanging around here a lot more, getting involved in thread after thread, sticking my sticky beak into everything!! :grin: You should give it a try for a little while and see how you feel then? And if it's not for you then fine!! Certainly, from now on, I will remember your name and avatar, and I will think "ooh it's Ilovelettie" whenever you comment on something!! :heart: </p> <p>For me - HB is a very supportive community. You guys have helped me through asking my DH to TTC, TTC, my miscarriage, pregnancy, GD, not being able to breastfeed, PPD, sleep regressions, relationship issues, work dilemmas..... you've told me when I need to seek help, you've told me when I'm being dick, you've told me when other people are being dicks to me, you've comforted and laughed with me. I have made some great friends and added several people on FB..... but my FB address is on my profile and I'm open to any new friends! Somebody even gifted me gold! I :heart: HB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1728046 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:10:01 +0000 LovelyPlum 1728046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: I agree about IG!</p> <p>@petunia354: also this! I try to,pay it forward :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727982 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:40:31 +0000 coopsmama 1727982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: Well...maybe not more supported but it's been easier to forge connections since I'm going through the same things with a group of women and we're all keeping track of each other via our thread! It's just fun to feel like I'm not the only one doing this pregnancy thing -- especially since the majority of my friends had babies last year (like we did!) and no one got pregnant as quickly as I did. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727680 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:00:59 +0000 cascademom 1727680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: haha, that's sweet! When we had our HFM scare last weekend, I was frantically searching through my feed for @autumlove:'s pictures she posted as a reference for what to look for. I mentioned it to DH too. I love my HB IG fam. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727672 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:58:57 +0000 plantains 1727672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: DH is always looking at my feed like 'who are these people?' I always say they are my HB fam:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727637 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:51:16 +0000 cascademom 1727637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: I love all of the pictures from my HB IG friends. I like the food and pets ones too. Seriously, I drool at those all of the time. Sometimes I'll mention something from IG to my DH and show it to him. His best comment about my HB/IG crossover is that there's a lot of babies in my feed. I agree and love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727636 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:51:10 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1727636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! You guys are always so supportive! There are a bunch of you I want to get to 'know' better, but I :heart: the friends I've made already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727629 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:48:35 +0000 Kimberlybee 1727629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: Me too! I adore all of the gorgeous and cute little IG faces from HB mamas (even food pics and furry friends). Hope IG is here for the long haul and free always. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727619 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:45:45 +0000 .twist. 1727619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: FWIW, I love all your posts and constantly nod my head when you've commented! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727617 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:44:56 +0000 googly-eyes 1727617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: I agree with everything you said about the main groups.(edit).I was pregnant before the due date threads and HB in general got bigger so I don't have a huge "group" even though some are still around and I know who they are and like them, it's not the same experience I think. Hoping I make some new HB friends the next time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727616 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:44:19 +0000 Adira 1727616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: haha, your handful still seems like a lot to me since you're the only HBer I talk to off HB!!! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727611 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:42:50 +0000 cascademom 1727611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: I agree. I feel like I know HB families so well from IG. I look forward to my feed every morning full of beautiful babies, mommies, and daddies who I feel close to through this medium. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727610 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:42:45 +0000 Smurfette 1727610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Very good point!! I am on here all the time, but there are a handful I talk to a lot off HB. But like IRL I tend to have more quality over quantity friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727607 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:41:19 +0000 Adira 1727607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I also think some people are more "social" and more inclined to have LOTS of friends than others. I've always just had a few select friends in my real life and I feel like that has translated to HB as well. Even though I'm on here all the time and post a ton, I feel like I've only really gotten to know a few people really well and consider them friends. But other types of people have lots of friends and that's probably true for them both off-line and on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727602 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:39:46 +0000 Smurfette 1727602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I do think personality has something to do with it. Just like at work, there are certain people I get along with better then others. Some people get your humor and then some don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727599 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:38:35 +0000 cascademom 1727599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't weighed in yet. I think of Hellobee as being a supportive community as a whole. I came here after some time after a bad experience on another forum. At the time, I was following along on WB with some of my August 2012 mommies. I feel like I'm really close to some members that I've known now for a couple of years now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727592 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:35:27 +0000 .twist. 1727592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ILoveLettie: I guess being able to see what the content of every single thread is has been nice. My personal feelings on Gold are that I haven't really noticed a difference. The content in Gold is not secret or special or pretty much any different than any other thread on HB. I think the main reason people use it is for photos. At least that's what I've noticed. </p> <p>I haven't posted many Gold threads though, so maybe that's why I feel like it hasn't made much of a difference in my HB experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727591 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:35:24 +0000 Adira 1727591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ILoveLettie: For me, I don't feel like having Gold plays a part. I've been around forever too, but I really don't feel THAT close to many Bees... only a few, so I feel left out of the "clique" a lot, despite being very active on the site. It might be a personality thing, or maybe an external thing. I think some of the Bees have exchanged Facebooks, cell numbers, etc and maybe that makes them closer to each other than others? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727590 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:35:03 +0000 ILoveLettie 1727590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: That makes sense. And then like a pp said, things like Instagram/getting to know people on sites other than Hellobee I'm sure definitely makes an impact too :) Thanks for answering my ?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727588 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:34:27 +0000 Kimberlybee 1727588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Margaritas and Tacos! Yes I'm joining too. It's five o'clock somewhere, cheers to happy hour and TGIF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727587 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:34:09 +0000 Smurfette 1727587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ILoveLettie: It might be part of it. But I also think it depends how often you are on and how involved you get. There are many posters that post their question, and respond to that thread and don't get involved in anything else. The more you are around, the more people are going to know you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727586 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:33:56 +0000 lavender 1727586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: totally agree about IG, defiantly makes me feel closer to some HBers more so than others </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-hbers-support-one-another/page/4#post-1727579 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:32:35 +0000 blackbird 1727579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw someone said margaritas. I'm in!</p> <p>I think so :) </p>