PREGNANCY TEST UPDATE

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

I posted a couple weeks ago about home pregnancy tests, thanks to everyone who provided input...

I finally made it to the doctor's last thursday (my doctor disappeared on a medical leave last minute).. and....

We're having a kidlet! wooohooo!

Does anyone know any good pregnancy communities?

Comments

[banka-flavored.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure of any at the moment, but i want to congratulate you on your new one one the way :)

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thanks! :D

[mari-mac1109.livejournal.com]

Yay for you!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Yay! :D

[mein-liebe.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the kidlet! 1ontheway looks good to me, relatively active.

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Perfect :D

[angel-eyes224.livejournal.com]

That is a really good community. I am still a member although my child is now 13 months because I like talking about pregnancy. The due dtae communities are usually better at being drama free.

[faylette.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :)

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[real-bethy.livejournal.com]

The birth should be in a good hour!

birth_is_normal is an active, interesting community with tons of resources - lots of smart mamas there!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[thebirds.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[alistaere.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, congrats! ^^

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thanks! :D

[ever-abstract.livejournal.com]

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and _pregnant_ aren't too bad. If you're the crunchy-type (like me) there's [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]. For general parenting things there's parenting101. I'm a member of all of those communities. They're all fairly active and have a decent cross-section of people as well as some very knowledgable people.

You'll also be able to find a community (or two) specifically for women due the same month as you. That way, you can share gripes and stories with people at the same stage as you. I don't know when you're due but...here:

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], babies_sept2007 and (if you're newly-newly pregnant) [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]

Congratulations and good luck!

-Jenn (15w)

[ever-abstract.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that would be august2007babes

[mercy-rain.livejournal.com]

In addition, I'd suggest intellipregnant.

[ever-abstract.livejournal.com]

I used to read that community but it looks dead now... :(

[mercy-rain.livejournal.com]

Oh, too bad. I'm not a member, I figured a lot of posts were just locked and invisible.

[jexia]

I think basically one "generation" of mamas had their kids. We're all around for advice and support, but have no reason to post!

[jexia]

Oh, and a lot of people find pregnant quite drama-riffic and repetitive, but I met some nice people through there.

[ever-abstract.livejournal.com]

That community was awesome. You all need to get pregnant again and revive it.

[jexia]

I wish. *sobs*

(Planned to start tryin this month, but ended up back at full-time work and have to put it off another year)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_missjones/]

i was going to post about
_pregnant_
birth_is_normal
and
naturalbirth
as well. :)


CONGRATS!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! those are perfect. I'm at 6w2d, so I'm due in September, and the september community you posted seems very active. :D

I checked out the natural/normal birth communities, but I have several medical conditions that will most likely prevent me from having a natural birth... so reading all those stories is just showing me what I'll be missing out on.

[quiltingdragon.livejournal.com]

Talk to my lj friends blognotfound and scenicbeauty - they both have several kids and are both pregnant, and know every pregnancy community, on and off lj - and can point you to the best ones.

Congrats!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot!

[t0xicmadness.livejournal.com]

pregnant and _pregnant_

Congratulations :D

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[asscollection.livejournal.com]

I don't know of any preggers communities (I'm only 19 and not planning on a kidlet anytime soon) but CONGRATULATIONS! Aahhh I just love babies! I hope your pregnancy goes awesomely and your baby is all healthy n' stuff.

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)

[carters-girl.livejournal.com]

Hey congrats, im pregnant too due 18th aug. im only 19 so i did have a bit of a panic at 1st but i registered at ivillage.co.uk theres a lot of lovely people on there that say just the right things to make you feel better :) theres a different board for each month your babies due (for me Aug 07) so you get to know everyone on there. just introduce yourself by posting everyone is really friendly. im not sure if theres an american site if you live there. but its good to find out about lj community's too

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I'm 22 and due september 23rd. I totally freaked out the moment I found out. I didn't think it'd be possible for me to get pregnant that easily at all (only took about 3 months of not using any birth control haha).. but in the end we sat down and talked about it and realized we both really wanted it even though it wasn't completely planned.

I'm signed up for whattoexpect.com They have message boards and they give you a week-by-week update on what's happening in your body that week. I find though that message boards are more polls than journals. most of the posts are "have you decided on a name yet" or "what are you craving". I haven't decided on a name yet and i have not turned into a human eating machine, so I feel a little out of place. haha

[carters-girl.livejournal.com]

heh mine was a big accident. i found out just before xmas too. iv registered on that site. still scares me to thinkits already got arms and legs and a brain :S

i have scan pics ill upload them to my journal but they're fuzzy cos i just took them on my phone from the pic itself.

the ivillage 1 seems to be quite good since u can ask anything. a lot of people were asking about morning sickness and when people were starting to wear maternity clothes etc so u can pretty much ask anything. i asked for a list of what i will actually need and i got a few replies of what people bought for their 1st, what they actually used and what they wish they had which is really useful :)

[free-me07.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! You've gotten some great suggestions, but I'll add that pregnancy questions that relate to reproductive health and well-being are always welcomed in vaginapagina, too!

[xfoundinabottle.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)