We often hear one of two extremes: I joined right away, or I lurked for a year! Wondering if anyone falls in between?
We often hear one of two extremes: I joined right away, or I lurked for a year! Wondering if anyone falls in between?
honeydew / 7303 posts
I made an account the day I got my bfp, but my first post was 10 months after that!
coconut / 8079 posts
I read the blog for several months before joining and participating on the boards.
pomelo / 5258 posts
5 or 6 months. I lurked while pregnant and didn't post until after LO arrived.
nectarine / 2220 posts
I think I signed up right away, since I was sent an invite from a WB friend and figured I'd be pregnant soon. But when that didn't exactly work out as planned it took me a couple years to come to the site with any frequency since I had zilch to contribute.
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
I'm in the one year crowd. I followed the due date club I would have been involved in had I joined but didn't think I had anything worth contributing. When he was 4 months old I finally got up the nerve to join.
nectarine / 2031 posts
Yup, I lurked for almost a year before joining and waited a couple more months before posting
grapefruit / 4712 posts
I joined pretty soon after discovery probably one or two weeks but my first post came way later.
pineapple / 12053 posts
Not long. I made an account 2 months after the site came out, and my first reply was 2 months after that!
pomelo / 5469 posts
About 3-4 months. I was following my due date group for a little while and then decided I wanted to contribute.
pineapple / 12566 posts
@jhd: Same with me! I didn't even notice the "boards" area for several months.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
I joined right before my wedding but didn't become active until LO was born the following September.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
I lurked for like a week? I was in the TWW with my first pregnancy and I somehow found the current POAS board through Google. I got my BFP, made an account, and joined my Feb 2014 Mom group!
apricot / 422 posts
I lurked for nearly seven months while we TTC. I didn't join any POAS boards because I didn't think our timing was right and it seemed like a lot of pressure (and a lot of pee-sticks).
I had a good feeling on our BFP month but didn't want to join and be "Hi I'm new....OMG BFP". I joined afterwards to participate on my monthly board.
clementine / 927 posts
I was reading blog posts like crazy till I ran out of stuff to read and turned to the boards. Maybe a few months before I actually signed up and posted anything.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
About a year. I was active on the pregnancy boards on WB but my babies board after LO was born kind of fizzled out. So I finally started posting here.
kiwi / 673 posts
A couple months before I made an account. But I found the site maybe a year before that (I can't remember how or why) and just filed it away since I wasn't ready to TTC yet.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I'm pretty sure I joined and started posting immediately!
pomegranate / 3729 posts
I joined and started posting either while it was still in beta or right after. I know I needed an invitation to join at that point so I don't think that lurking was an option! I was more active on WB until many of the other Mom's I was pregnant with made the switch.
apricot / 305 posts
I joined right away after I heard of it on WB, but I still just read way more than I post.
clementine / 750 posts
I joined pretty early when we were still TTC. I actually joined back when you had to have an invitation not long after HelloBee started.
coconut / 8861 posts
I joined when it was mentioned on my due date board over at WB. I didn't get into it until after my LO was about 3 months or so.
pear / 1788 posts
About 6 months. Waited until we were closer to TTC. Before that I just wanted to learn about TTC, but had nothing to contribute.
pineapple / 12802 posts
I joined during the BETA. Took a break for about a year or so because I wasn't preggo or TTC. When we started to discuss TTC I came back with a vengeance!
apricot / 320 posts
I posted on WB when planning my wedding...that's how I knew about HB. I lurked when I was pregnant with DS and off/on when he was younger; decided to join in now that we're TTC #2.
kiwi / 554 posts
I joined quickly, but it was almost a year before my first post! I waited to post until we were actively thinking about TTC.
apricot / 343 posts
A year and a half...because I have twins and I honestly just didn't notice there was anything besides a blog! My head has finally cleared somewhat.
apricot / 409 posts
I lurked for several months on HB mostly just reading the blogs. I lurked on WB for over a year and followed my due date club but never actually joined. I actually found HB when someone on WB mentioned that the founder of WB had a baby blog called HelloBee so I decided to check it out.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
I read the blog posts while pregnant for the last few months but didn't realize there were forums until after having LO. So I probably only lurked on purpose for a couple months.
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