https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:56:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-480014 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:41:16 +0000 Boogs 480014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually enjoyed following her and I thought it took a lot of strength and willpower to do that during labor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-407209 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:35:51 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 407209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really liked the creative visual storytelling Instagram allowed - it was pretty compelling to follow along with the photos. </p> <p>Baby's name and photo up on her blog if you've been waiting for it: <a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-407208 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:33:02 +0000 Smurfette 407208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-407206 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:27:38 +0000 T.H.O.U. 407206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name she gave him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406063 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:28:18 +0000 theknest 406063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Katie Bower! I've been loving all the updates. However, if it's not your thing, it's so easy to unfollow. </p> <p>I'm hoping for a VBAC too, so proud of her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406056 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:21:54 +0000 MrsTiz 406056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: Oh I love her writing, I liked her letter to Jeremy about why he is her boyfriend, too! She is so open and actually writes about feelings that are easy to connect to!</p> <p>10.3 ah! That is HUGE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406047 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:13:07 +0000 mango.sprays 406047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrstiz: yep, they posted a picture this morning of the "stats" card for the baby<br /> @scg00387: totally agree about that post! I thought it was really brave, and probably a comfort to a lot of people feeling the same way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406040 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:07:59 +0000 immabeetoo 406040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrstiz @mango.sprays posted up above he was 10.3 - so I was going from her! Her oldest little boy is so stinking cute. I really liked her post about not "falling in love" from the start - I read about it where someone was criticizing her for putting that online where her son could read it some day, but I really appreciated the honesty since I'm sure shes not the only one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406036 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:04:50 +0000 MrsTiz 406036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: Was he 10lbs? Wow! I wonder what she'll name him? because she named her first son after her husband, so I wonder who the new son is named after? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406026 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:59:36 +0000 immabeetoo 406026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have read her blog from time to time, so I"m hoping they put up a picture of the baby somewhere else! 10 lbs?!</p> <p>@mrstiz I think instagram is a more specific audience - I would guess that the only people who are on it are people who really like details and seeing photos whereas Facebook has ended up being really open. I have past professors, elementary school friends, family members, etc. all on Facebook - I can't imagine that if I were to have an public Instagram anyone but my young-ish peers and maybe close family would follow along. I could be way off though - I don't get the appeal of Instagram used publicly and just use it on a private account with my husband to share day to day pics back and forth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406018 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:51:14 +0000 MrsTiz 406018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: I didn't say they were graphic, just detailed. Which they are, how many drops of Pictocin, how dilated, etc. </p> <p>Apparently people like Instagram more than Facebook, there has been a million threads about over sharing about birth on FB but apparently seeing is is different? </p> <p>I wish she would hurry up and get to posting pictures of the baby, that is something I actually want to see a lot of :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-406005 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:43:52 +0000 wahine08 406005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love reading birth stories and I've been following along. It doesn't bother me. I wouldn't share as much but her blogging style is a little more open and I do enjoy it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405986 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:36:18 +0000 aprk 405986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really didn't think it was so bad. This is one of the opt-in/opt-out situations that makes the Internet so damn lovable. Some people love to share in the moment ... doesn't mean it's right for everybody. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405970 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:26:29 +0000 Mrsbells 405970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like birth stories and all that but there is such a thing as too much sharing. I think it makes it less personal and less special. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405966 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:23:36 +0000 T.H.O.U. 405966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: That is a bit of an exaggeration, it was a really long induction and she posted maybe a picture every few hours, not even every hour. None of the pictures have been graphic AT ALL. She has over 100 likes on each picture and people are asking for more updates. </p> <p>Now - Picture of "Its a Boy" card<br /> 10hrs ago - "Goals met, vaginal delivery sign"<br /> 11hrs ago - Prep for delivery<br /> 13 hrs ago - Picture of her face while pushing<br /> 15 hrs ago - water broke<br /> 16 hrs ago - Epi </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405953 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:17:22 +0000 mango.sprays 405953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was 10lbs 3oz!! Go Katie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405496 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:50:58 +0000 lovehoneybee 405496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I'm totally following along! I'd have never done it myself, but she's already a sort of public figure.</p> <p>She's pushing now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405480 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:41:53 +0000 photojane 405480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i dig it too! i love birth stories! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405463 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:25:15 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 405463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been following along. I hope she is getting close. She's been in labor a long time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405459 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:20:08 +0000 Springtime 405459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't mind seeing stuff like that on instagram, I think facebook is a little different though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405451 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:14:12 +0000 glimmersnaps 405451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol as long as I don't see a crowning shot, I'm cool with it.</p> <p>I wouldn't do it myself though. I was way too out of it anyway. I remember being mad when DH was texting updates to family and not focusing on me. I was in labor for 44 hours so he kinda had to text them because they were all freaking out (and in different states) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405450 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:13:16 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 405450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm digging it. If I wasn't interested, I'd just ignore it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405447 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:10:02 +0000 Minnie_Girl 405447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been following all day. I'm so nervous for her! :( </p> <p>Seriously, she's been going through an induction for over 24 HOURS. I say she's allowed to post a picture every time she has a contraction if it helps her through! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405435 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:49:27 +0000 MrsTiz 405435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: +1<br /> It def. is neat to see but I would nevveer do that. I hadnt thought about it in the sense of her being a blogger, so it makes sense for her. But if a friend was doing that I wouldn't be as interested, it's oversharing. Like people updating facebook or twitter that much during it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405420 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:32:04 +0000 mango.sprays 405420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm kind of enjoying following along, but would never do it myself... It feels a little like reading a birth story, only real-time! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405418 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:31:13 +0000 Weagle 405418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I love hearing the stories, too. But I'd rather hear some of them after the fact. I feel like the birth of your child is something that you kind of want to be "in the moment" about with your family, not a bajillion other people. Blogger or not. Some things can still be shared without being made a spectacle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405413 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:28:27 +0000 mrsjyw 405413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haven't been following her... but that's a lil too much for my taste, so it's a good thing that i'm not following! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405410 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:26:29 +0000 Turd Ferguson 405410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know, I'm kinda torn. On one hand, I personally find it a little odd/much, but then again, no one is making me read it/see it. She has quite a few people following/commenting/interested, so I guess, why not!? </p> <p>Don't get me wrong, I personally would not engage in posting this much info., but like @Arden: said, "whatever gets you through!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405409 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:26:06 +0000 DillonLion 405409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was into it until the close up of the epidural lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/katie-bower-bower-power-blog#post-405408 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:26:04 +0000 Arden 405408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: That's kind of what being a blogger is all about though, don't you think? Putting your life out there for the world's entertainment/education. Personally, I love hearing labor/birth updates from my favorite bloggers, because I feel like I know them. </p>