What has Mumsnet seen you through...?

[ConfusedNoMore]

I am an old timer.

I joined when pregnant and terrified. DS is now 11.

I just saw in active a thread about what to put in your hospital bag and it took me back to when I joined. So this is my brief MN history...

MN helped me

pack my hospital bag
breastfeed
Talk about my health
Talk about sleep issues with my baby
Think about my marriage
Realize I was being abused
Find support when husband ended marriage
Get legal help
Talk to women's aid
Support my career
Buy a house
Buy lots of silly things that made me feel good
Fix my house
Think about women in society
Reconnect with my feminism
Manage my career progression
Helped me when my heart was broken
Manage my self esteem
Understand my child and his autism
Supported moving schools
.... And made me laugh like a drain many times

so thank you to all you wonderful women ( and some men, especially @pigletjohn)!

So what are your Mumsnet stories?

Oh, and currently peri-menopause.

What a lovely thread to read.
I've only been here a couple of years, but mn has helped me through my pregnancy, a scare with early testing during pg - only lovely poster in particular, also the horrific sleep deprivation of having a newborn, and has made me laugh until I've almost peed myself at times which has helped me through some hard months when I went back to work after mat leave.
I've seen some horrid threads and encountered some vipers along the way however I think mn is wonderful for the most part!

LIFE! 😄
So many different aspects of life, but I originally joined after having my daughter, and she is nearly 15.
Other things:
baby/toddler years/starting school, right through to now as a teen.
Work stress & changing jobs
Autism in close family members
Health issues (fertility & now the menopause)
Relationships
Mental health in family members
Buying & moving house
Christmas gift buying
Holiday advice
Finances
Being organised & life admin
Humour & positive/inspired threads

It's all here! MN is like a giant pan of social soup, where you can come along when you're at your lowest point & ask a question or be offered a hand hold, or you can come here to share great news/achievements.

Thank you MN and all of you who pass through here. You've been a huge support to me over the years. I hope I've tried to repay that support at times too, by commenting or offering advice.

Good aversion and tube feeding in a baby/toddler.
Autism.
I'm on Mumsnet every day and it really has been such a big part of my life.

Everything since conceiving DC1 to now parenting preteens! Money, style, house, relationship, SEN advice - I use MN instead of google really!

MN really opened my eyes to needing to retrain to have my own well paying career. That being a SAHM isn't enough security for me and my children because even the most seemingly wonderful husband and father can have their head turned and turn their back on you.
Honestly otherwise I wouldn't have bothered if not for reading what other women have been through on here.

Old-timer here too... Lots of laughter, helping me to recognise certain behaviours in relationships - and my own behaviour patterns/keeping me company through some hard times

But mostly, or most memorably - some of THE most compassionate, empathetic, patient caring souls who "sat with me" through nights of nursing my "suddenly" terminally-ill DFather - those who seemed to understand EXACTLY what I was going through & the emotionally shocking trauma of dealing with personal care/terminal "agitation"/the sheer harrowing exhaustion...

Those who were patient enough to "explain" things to me, so that I knew I wasn't alone, that I would somehow get through it

and the understanding of my devastating grief, which 3 years later, has barely abated. Those who didn't say it was "ok" because he was elderly/had a good life/was in a "better place" etc...

Am sorry I don't remember all the "regular" posters from that time. And I even uploaded pictures of my dad, which is obviously the most outing thing ever - but I wanted the whole world to know how handsome he was & who he was

I do remember someone called @mummylin who "stayed" around after for months whilst I wept and wailed...

I’ve also been around for over 12 years (can’t believe it’s been that long) and joined when I was TTC DS11.
Mumsnet has got me through so much… some big things (survival with my first including breastfeeding) and some trivial (can I eat this chicken that’s been frozen etc)
It’s been a source of knowledge to me and helped me many, many a time. I always say to my DH if you ever need to know anything ask the wise women (and some men!) of mumsnet.
I also love that you get lots of different opinions, from lots of walks of life.

I found Mumsnet properly after we had a pregnancy with a high risk chromosome issue with my first DD. It was the worst time of my life but other people’s stories got me through it. I didn’t post then but did try to help others with my story for a year or so after.

I’ve since had another baby (5 year gap!) and realise I can’t actually go on the antenatal tests board now as I find it too hard.

Both babies were were born happy and healthy so I was very lucky.

I found MN originally for a housekeeping question. Then was intrigued by the different types of lives and lifestyles ( not in UK ). Read Relationships and felt so sorry for the women being so badly let down by the men in their lives. Then , all of a sudden , I was one of these women. MN got me through the shock and grief with outpourings of support and assurances that I would be eventually come out the other side. It was a place I turned to as no-one in RL could understand or counsel me.

Thank you .

Helped me become more interested in politics

Helped me through pregnancy/ sleep deprivation

I am an old timer

Oh my goodness... I didn't realise anyone had replied

Last time I looked I thought it was a big tumbleweed. In fact, I'm sure there used to be a sad section for all the posts that had no response 😆

Thank you for all the replies. Some moving posts that resonate with me. Certainly it helps me feel less lonely.

Thank you all