In particular, there is a group/discussion board for anything and everything that could go wrong in the course of having children. And, as I now know, there's an awful lot that can go wrong. (Given that I have a doctoral degree in reproductive biology, you'd think I'd have known that all along, but life is neither a textbook nor a dissertation...)
You can join those boards and access them all through a button simply labeled "Community."
I realized tonight that the past 10 months of my experiences with Harper can be summarized through the Baby Center boards that I joined - my "Community." At every twist and turn I reached out for support, information, and camaraderie and each time I joined a new board I had a sense of, "Finally, I have found my people..."
Every sleepless night throughout my pregnancy and after Harper's birth and death - and trust me, there were/are many sleepless nights! - I would spend hours scouring these boards for the answers that would reassure me, that would make me feel everything is all right. I still do. That's the scientist in me, I suppose. Reassured by research, even if the plural of anecdote isn't data.
My Baby Center board list, in the order in which I joined them:
- Babies and Children with Heart Problems
- AVSD Parents
- IUGR Babies and Kids
- Clubfoot Support
- Special Needs and Medically Complicated Kiddos
- Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss Support
- TTC After a Neonatal/Infant Loss
- Genetic Carriers
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