Hi girls,
sorry I don't know any of you so I don't want to stick my nose in but I did want to support what sushee said. I have been TTC number 2 for 5 years and a member of BB for 4 years. I started out in the TTC threads as back then it was a small site with no LTTTC or assisted conception threads. Along with sushee I was one of the originals in the LTTTC and assisted conception threads and it was a small group that naturally grew. I am the only original from that group, I think to have not had success. Then it was split out into LTTTC and AC and a long term assisted conception thread then more recently there has been other areas such as older mums and donor conception.
Each time a new area opens it is great and often needed as the original thread is often just getting too big and needs to be split. But each time, I can't help but feel a bit sad as it does tend to "pigeon hole" people and therefore further isolate them from others that are going through very similar things.
Like sushee, I have never heard any LTTTCer without children complain that we are around. and I think we can be valuable as we can give people who haven't been pg a bit of a clue about whether they may be pg. when they get the dreaded 2WW symptoms
But I also understand your need for a place where you can feel free to talk about your kids with people that also are having trouble getting another child. Maybe this type of thread is the place to do it, rather than a permanent separate thread.