Do you quote your OB friends?
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Topic: Do you quote your OB friends?
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Do you quote your OB friends?
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:33pm
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I keep coming across this issue, particularly with health stuff lately because the only people (bar my aunt, who I've seen about 3 times since my marriage 5 yrs ago) who I know with gluten intolerance are on OB. And I know one person IRL struggling with endo (which my dr first thought I had), and now Mummy_Becks, but everyone else is on here.
So my dr asks how I'm getting on with sorting out what products have gluten in them, and I say that I've been asking "a friend of mine who is coeliac" all my questions and miss out the "that I've never met except on an online forum" part!! 
At other times when I talk about friends who get pg on the IUD or have twins etc, I refer to them as "a friend of a friend" so I don't sound corny having not ever seen/met them! Do you quote your OB friends? -------------  |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:34pm
| Yep pretty often actually, I too just skip out the part that its forum advice lol |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:40pm
| I do all the time esp at work I pass on loads of info to mums I see about tried and true things that help people here. Its great. Like Teresa I miss out the online forum info too |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:41pm
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na im a geek and say my friend off the net... lolololol. (only sometimes, tho...) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:42pm
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why dont you mention it is on line - are you ashamed of it.
i always tell people that i get info from a message board... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:43pm
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Same as Bizzy... Everyone already knows I'm a geek! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:50pm
The girls from Ohbaby, then they say who? then I have to explain!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:51pm
| depends who I'm talking to. if it is someone I know, i'll say one my friends fromOhbaby, or from "My website". if I don't know them so well, i'll just say "a friend" - not cause I'm ashamed just cause a friend is a friend right? |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:55pm
| I don't mention ohbaby to the older generation of peeps like 50+ like my parents who are like internet is full of pervs and nothing can be right and good on it lol |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:09pm
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I tell people, but then this is my job so most people know about it anyway. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:15pm
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Yep I tell people all the time .. and I call all of you my friends *hug*
The plunket teacher just raised her eyebrows when I said I got heaps of great info/advice from our forum ... but then Id probably trust oh baby more than most plunket nurses (not including our very own special oh baby plunket nurse of course!) ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:15pm
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I'm not ashamed so much as, associate with a lot of old-fashioned people. My parents are a bit like the ppl that Stacey suggested, although younger! ------------- |
Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:16pm
Lol, sometimes but only to people who know we're ttc and I just say people from 'my baby website' (those who know are aware of what this is, and poor DH - I'm always talking about 'my baby site') Ha ha  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: marielb
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:28pm
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Yeah, I just say a friend or if people know my on line addictions I would say 'someone I know on line'.
------------- Isaac is 6, Ethan is 4, Rico is 2 and Hunter is almost 1! |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:35pm
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yeh - depends who I'm talking to whether I say "a friend said..." or "one of my mates online said..."
Those who know nothing about Oh Baby don't appreciate the support and advice we get from each other, we're not one of those forums with dirty old men pretending to be 16 year old girls! Most of us are pretty savvy when it comes to that stuff anyways and usually manage to weed out the freaks ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:37pm
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Actually ,.....i say (for example) my friend on Ohbaby, her real name is ****** and is located in (eg) Auckland , her DP is **** and her DD is ******** and she is due end of August with her 2nd a boy they are calling ******* and her email address is , her phone number is , and she prefers (for eg) cloth nappies to disposables .....
naaaaahhh.. But i do say" my friend on the parenting forum i go on "(sorry but if I say ohbaby they think im talking about a porn site-i have immature friends ) |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:45pm
Wouldn't that then be www.Ohhhhhbabyyeahbabyyeah.co.nz
**has an immature giggle to herself in the corner** ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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caitlynsmygirl wrote:Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:45pm
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Yeah I mention friends from 'a message board I belong to'
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:48pm
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Actually some people wonder how come I have so many friends who all freakishly gave birth in the same month as me!
When I talk to DH or someone else who knows about my oh baby compulsion about something .. I usually say the Oh Baby Mummies. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:49pm
*joins twoblondinis and has an immature giggle in the corner too * |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:49pm
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Yeah most people who know me already know that I'm a geek so I just say 'one of my message board friends said...'
With other people, who I'm still trying to keep up the facade of coolness with, I just make vague references to 'someone I know...' or similar. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: marielb
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:53pm
------------- Isaac is 6, Ethan is 4, Rico is 2 and Hunter is almost 1! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 10:07pm
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Haha I'm giggling in the corner also, and I'm sure it's not just because it's so late at night (for me)!!
DH sometimes refers to this site as Oh, Bay-by! in fun, but I never really thought about ppl taking it the wrong way!! ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 11:08pm
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It does depend who I am talking to. My mum thinks this place has been great for me as I have meet people from all over the country and I have other people that have the same things going on as me. She also thinks that it is cool that Josh shares his birthday with another person who we know but haven't met. She thought is was really nice that we gave each other birthday presents and we have never met. Most of my friends know I am here all the time and don't really care. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 6:10am
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yep yep yep all my familiy and friends know i belpong to ohbaby and have even meet some nice mummys of here too its become part of my everyday life with out me even noticing lol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 7:47am
All the time and in emails, I am always doing the DH, DD type lingo and constantly getting asked what it means and where it get it from!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:30am
I do that too, sometimes when I'm talking to people IRL I have to stop myself from calling Ian DH. His name's so short anyway I don't even know why I shorten it further. I quote OB mums all the time and usually say it came from 'one of the girls', 'a friend' or 'online/ohbaby'. Unless it's something really brilliant, then I say that I came up with it all by myself
There are a couple of reasons I don't always say "from a forum", first being I consider many of you to be my friends now *aah..group hug*  so saying that it came from a friend is easier and truthful.
The other reason, particularly when talking to medical profs, is that many seem to see the internet and online forums as scare mongerers and I don't want the valuable information and advice that I have received from you all to be discounted simply because we communicate online. -------------  
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:52am
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Yup I do it too, and DF constantly asks who is who when I browse the photos etc LOL nosey!!! -------------  
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 9:57am
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yup i often bring up "yeah my friend ...." who is from OB! sometimes il explain it but most times i cant be bothered
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