August Mommas

Let me tell you about a fabulous group of ladies, known as the WTEAugust2010. We are a group of about 500 ladies that all had babies due in August 2010. We met on the What To Expect When You Are Expecting discussion boards for our due date month. We have formed bonds that are stronger than some we have with people we have met face to face. It all started with questions about when will we hear the heart beat of our little ones, when can we find out what sex our baby will be, is what I'm feeling normal and then advanced to what people were doing that were driving us crazy. It became a place to ask questions we were afraid to ask anywhere else or too embarrassed to admit we didn't know. It became a place to vent about anything from too much unwanted advice, to the annoying neighbor down the street, to the things our significant others were doing to drive us bananas. Then as we got closer to our due dates, we gave each other moral support, that although it seemed as though it was taking forever, we truly would have our babies some day soon. We started seeing posts about whether to go to the hospital or call the doctor and is this what labor feels like? As some of us started having babies there were all new topics to discuss from feeding schedules, sleeping and pooping! We found late night entertainment on the boards as we were up feeding our babies, while our significant others slept soundly next to us. There are some posts that stand out that will never be forgotten, like one where one of our ladies swore she was going to kill her husband (100% jokingly, and ANY NEW MOM who has a newborn can relate to) and another lady going off on her and saying she was going to call the cops. That lady got an online beat down from all of us mommas coming to her side to defend her. I don't think she posted anymore from then on, just goes to show how we stand up for our ladies!

We even had a code of acronyms that you would spend half the night trying to figure out what someone was saying, that became second nature in no time- SO, LO, DF, DB, BFP, BFN, POAS and many others I can't recall now.

We laughed at funny stories, we cried with mommies who lost their angels, we did what we could to help a mommy who lost everything in a fire a week before her due date, another that needed a water filtration system because her baby kept getting sick, to another mommy who had her identity stolen and needed help paying rent to not get evicted. I have not read any baby books since having Alyssa because I have all these ladies with real babies going through the same thing as me at the same time!

As our babies were turning 2 months old we discovered some mommas had a hard time keeping up on the boards, and we couldn't share pictures easily, so we started our own Facebook page. It has been so fun getting to know all these ladies and seeing pictures of their beautiful babies.

These girls have become sisters from all over the world, connected by babies with a common month's due date (I can't say birth dates, because some came in July and some in September). I don't know if any other month's board has created the same strong bonds we all share, but it is exciting to think we will be friends for many years to come. I strongly recommend anyone who is pregnant to get on the WTE website and start talking to mommas in your months due date because there really is nothing else like it.

First Time Blogger

Ok, I am new at this, but after reading some fun blogs, thought I would give it a try. So, who are we? Scott, Rachael and Alyssa Gondola. We have been married since June 2005 and we had Alyssa on August 9, 2010. We live in Windsor, CA, but have both lived in Sonoma County our whole lives.