I came on here not long after I found out I was pregnant with my angel baby. I was looking up cloth nappies through google and OhBaby was one of the hits.
I joined up and lurked for quite a while, then did the odd post here and there, and in the last month or so I've really started coming on here more often.
I can't really remember how I came across it. I had never been in a forum before in fact I only ever used a computer for work purposes. I think the girls were around 3 months old when I found OB and it has been such a life saver! I wish I had found it when I was pregnant it would have been reassuring to talk to other pregnant women especially Mums with twins.
I can't remember how I found OB but I think I must've googled it. That was back in '07 when I found out I was preg with Jake. I was in a bad relationship and super-isolated, and my BFP was a suprise! I had hyperemesis and was just generally miserable.
I stuck to my due date thread for the entire pregnancy I think lol (hasn't that changed?!) then after Jake was born everything went pear-shaped in RL and I remember feeling too ashamed to post about it then I didn't have access to the net. I thought bout OB alot though and when things kinda settled down last year I found my way back I like the fact that even though I can be a PITA everyone is still nice to me and someone is always on the other end of my posts IYKWIM. If I'm lonely or depressed and getting too introverted and isolated I know there'll be someone on OB to either offload too or to distract me from my probs.
You guys have been a literal lifesaver a couple of times. Thankyou
someone on NZWP mentioned I should join the waiting to TTC back in 08 when I was planning my wedding... I lurked A LOT until we had been TTC for a while...now I almost wish I joined up earlier..
now when DH ask where I get some of my random info about being UTD etc the answer is always OB!!!
We were thinking about TTC and I stumbled across ohbaby through google and joined straight away. I've looked at other sites but never posted because I don't like any other as much as this one.
I'm another NZWP graduate and was on that at the same time as loads of you - but I had a different user name on that, I think I was something like michnz or something or other... I was a Feb 08 bride :)
I joined because I enjoyed the wedding forums and figured this would be just as fun but it's 100x better!! I didn't post anywhere as much there as I do here haha
I was stalking my neice in her last trimester to see if she had delivered yet. (I think it was 16 days over by memory so I managed to develop a good OB habit in that time) She was in one country I was in another and neither were in NZ. So it was a easy way to keep up to date on how she was doing. My youngest was 2 years so I could still relate to alot that was going on. I have since come to rely on the general chat thread to fight the boredom since my now 4 year old is getting more self sufficient. I am back in NZ but my neice is still away so I still lurk to see how my great nephew is doing.
ETA I had to join so I could post her good news to the rest of the due in group.
NZWP here too! Although I followed mainly cos all my NZWP buddies were TTC and leaving for here, so even though I wasn't, I followed and lurked anyway. Then when we got our surprise BFP, everyone here was so great!
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and someone is always on the other end of my posts IYKWIM. If I'm lonely or depressed and getting too introverted and isolated I know there'll be someone on OB to either offload too or to distract me from my probs.
