Virtual Farewell Party

[rhiOrion]

I'll miss you guys!

But let's celebrate our babies and our DDC!

:nana

[loveneverfails]

Bring on the margaritas, ladies! This has been a wonderful DDC, and I'm so glad to have known you all!

[rhiOrion]

I just realized that I shouldn't have said "I'll miss you guys" considering we'll just be in a different place.

More like... I'll miss this location!

[loveneverfails]

So, what are y'all's favorite memories of this DDC?

I remember Ivy looking like a solar system with various children going around her in orbit.

And Birth Whispering.

And Sara and her Pit of Birthing.

And being so happy for Ericka when Jennings was born.

And the various methods of labor induction tried, including chasing lecherous ducks, sex on top of washing machines during the spin cycle.

And Claire's boys doing so well, against the odds.

And posting pics of blueberries because Ginger took TOO DANGED LONG to post pics of Rowena.

And Ann taking home the prize for largest birth weight with Hamish.

And P+H's typo about Charlie's birth weight, making us all think she somehow gave birth to a 14 lb baby.

And RiverBeauty's empowered c-section.

And Jen's tremendous dedication in working with Sprout's breastfeeding difficulties.

And Jess's strength facing the demons of PPD.

This has just been such a wonderful place!

[rhiOrion]

Wondering if Ivy was having twins because her stomach was just so darn large.

The race for the gold birth stool was epic.

[sew_crafty_girl]

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[sew_crafty_girl]

Something that stands out for me is having to say goodbye to cherrybomb here, but the joy in knowing she's on the way to having her own rainbow baby.
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[nikirj]

[jenfl]

I remember waiting not-to-patiently for this DDC to open. I'm pretty sure I started the first thread here!

And, in the beginning and middle, feeling like I would NEVER know everyone and their names.

Carley's epic multi-post replies!

The honesty of everyone with regards to their PPD (former and current babies) and the encouragement to those who were showing signs.

[GreenTeaGinger61]

I remember joining with a lot of doubts due to bad DCC experiences. And am so happy I did cause this was a wonderful experience

P + H's posts were always so thoughtful and included everyone. I never did figure out to do the multiquote thingy.

And of course the race for the birth stool that made last those couple of weeks pregnant bearable.

Mostly I just think this was such a wonderful wonderful group of women who supported each other instead of tear each other down. I am happy and proud to "know" you ladies. I feel like I've added another crowd to my online friend list.

I this DDC and will be popping over the LWAB.

[rhiOrion]

Oh yes, I love P&H's threads that respond to everyone!

GTG- I'm going to teach you something! Next to the button that says "quote" there is another button with quotation marks and a plus. If you go to each thread you want to quote and hit that button, it will turn orange. Then you just hit "post reply" and it will multi-quote!

I remember how hard it was to say goodbye to CherryBomb AND to NoraFlood, and now they're BOTH expecting rainbow babies!!!

I remember how much fun it was, while I was in labor, to have my friend reading me everyone's posts as you were all keeping up with my twitter feed!

[crazyeight]

i don't know about you ladies but i had a MAJOR freakout when the duggars baby was born (who was actually due in march) and then (gosh i can't quite pin down her name...it was the surrogate mom) loosing her baby and then claire haveing HER miracle babies just a few weeks later and then erica having J early as well! i thought this ddc was in for lots of early babies there for a while....

being able to work through gender issues and knowing half the people here had some form or another!


you guys made me go crazy sometimes with the epic posts! this always reminds me of dena (cause it always seemed like S was just one of those girls...hehe writing my 10 page report on why the circ is criminal uh yeah i always think of GTG with this one i always thought this looked like an alien i got in trouble when i was pg with dd for using the wrong belly emoticon...seriously it was one that was made specifically for a person who had been trying for a long long time and i didn't know so just picked a belly...yeah that was not a good start to THAT ddc
this always looked like a turtle....

[Peace+Hope]

aw, i didn't know how to use multi-quote til i just read rhi's post! thanks, rhi!

MAJORLY to all of you. sometimes i wish we all lived in a small country, so that we could actually have an IRL par-tay!

i'm SO impressed w/ all the emoticons! my fave is always :fingersex (yes, i just did that on purpose)

you guys are all awesome, but it would make my head explode to try to speak to individuals here. i've benefited so much from the wisdom and different perspectives and experiences of EACH of you.

i tell people about our DDC and they are like, oh, fake friends.
there's no way to adequately describe the benefits of such a group, especially ours, since it's made up of the honest, giving, open shining stars you all are. thank you.

.............

[loveneverfails]

I don't know if y'all know how much it meant to me to be able to come here while Mercy was in NICU and to know that there were so many wonderful women pulling for us. It really helped propel me onwards, knowing that people had my back and were cheering us on.

And thank you so much to Dena, for understanding and being here as a resource for me on both the NICU and twin loss fronts.

:cry

And a toast in particular to the League of Ladies Who Will Still Be Pregnant in 2016. We seem to have not made it to 2016, but we had a great run!

[Peace+Hope]

and.....

OUR NEW THREAD IS UP!

i welcome suggestions/feedback/edits!

[leavemealone]

The race for the golden birth stool was memorable.

[GreenTeaGinger61]

Thanks Rhi. I'll be using that new skill in the new thread.

It's so funny but I too was thinking of you guys while I labored. I wanted to update but my computer was broke and kept flickering off and on so I couldn't tell you all what was going on! I wanted to so bad and the last thing I read before it died was Sara telling everyone "GTG is so OFF the island." and I wasn't...yet

I also remembering crying where I read about Noraflood and Cherrybomb. And I was praying so hard for Erica and Claire. Fake friends my a... I am a firmer believer in online friendships. After several babies some of my dearest friends are those I meet online. And this group is special. Not all DCC end up like this.

[rhiOrion]

Less than 24 hours left

[OneWithTwo]

I will always remember how you mamas were my rock when I had no one else. I will remember the support, compassion, and friendships made. I was in a really bad place when I had gender issues and no one understood but you mamas and that gave me comfort, especially from MPP. You mamas are so far from fake, you're better than some of my IRL friends.
I will always remember how beautiful Ivy's stomach was. I was very jealous of that tummy Ivy.
I am so lucky to have been in such a great DDC. It was my first!

[loveneverfails]

Farewell, April 2010 DDC!!! You are a wonderful, wonderful group of women, and I am lucky to have shared this experience with you all.

and

On to LWAB!!!