What about a "Moving Forward" board?

[wloublue]

I know I am not the only one here who has been though IHAM and TTC, and have little hope of ever making it to PAM, much less MAM.

I don't seem to fit anywhere, my grief is not as acute as it was when I first joined but I rarely post anymore because no amount of "baby dust" is going to make a difference, KWIM? Very few people even know who I am anymore, because most of the people who were here when I joined have moved on to MAM or drifted away.

What about a place for those of us who will never have another child and are just trying to come to terms with that and figure out where to go from here?

[melodyg]

Wendy, I think this is a wonderful idea. I think it would have been a wonderful place for me to go when I was starting to think I would never leave TTC board (I'm not trying to hurt your feelings by saying that). And I know there are times now when I have things come up that would be nice to post somewhere... reminders of my m/c and journey to have a baby that just don't seem appropriate to post on IHAM but I'm not really sure where to post. I usually end up posting on MAL but it seems like a "Moving Forward..." board would be really appropriate for that. I know there has been talk in the past of having a board for adoption issues as well and, while adoption is not the answer for everyone, this board may be a way to work through those feelings of not having any (or more) biological children and deciding whether to pursue more by another route or how to make peace with not having more children. I guess I'm thinking of all of the ladies who m/c'd and either were not able to or chose not to ttc again too.

[wloublue]

Melody, you aren't hurting my feelings, LOL. Well I know how long I have hung around ttc

Besides just working through coming to terms with no more babies, it would be nice to have a place to post about other positive things we are doing to move forward- going back to school, redecorating that room that will never be a nursery, travel, etc.- that have nothing to do with babies.

A place to celebrate the blessings we do have and the new dreams we dare to dream.

[Clara Hinton]

This topic has come up several times now--enough times that I feel like we might have enough interest there to have a separate board.

I will set this up, possibly on Wednesday evening.

My goal is to include as many as possible on the support boards without getting too limited in our boards. Then, it becomes somewhat "cluttered" and really makes it difficult to find a place to post.

However, I'll set this up, and I'll give it a try.

Love,
Clara

[wloublue]

Thanks, Clara. I hope it is helpful to others like me, and is not just a redundant "potpourri" board.

I understand not wanting to clutter up the boards, or to have so many that the community becomes fractured.