To get annoyed at the "Am I pregnant?" Threads?

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I get that people get excited and what not. But how can you expect strangers to know if your pregnant or not? If you really think your pregnant just take a flippin test!!

Maybe I am being unreasonable but it just winds me up. Take a test if you think you are!

I do like a good POAS thread I must admit. But what drives me batty is when someone says "Oh but it's so faint. Maybe there isn't a line. Am I imagining it? If it's faint maybe it's wrong" etc etc.

If there's a fucking line it's a line. It doesn't matter how faint the damn thing is. It's really obvious if it's negative and if you're in doubt because you can see a tiny bit of a line then it's positive!

And then someone posts "Oh better take a digital just to be sure" except the digitals are LESS sensitive than the line ones, so a really super super faint positive will show up as "not pregnant" and AAAAAARGGH learn how pregnancy tests work, it's not that hard.

I took a test the other day (negative) and DH had the cheek to smirk and say "You'll take another one. I know you." Nope. Did not, will not, have not ever taken more than one test, unless I suspected it was too early to test (now I just don't bother, I just wait unless I want to drink or something)

I don't know why it drives me so mad when people take more than one test but it does

Oh i quite like them! I understand them anyway.

I've never been as obsessed with anything like when ttc.

I don't think posters actually expect anyone to be able to tell them if they are pregnant or not. It is one of those things that people may not be able to discuss with, may be on their own and can think of nothing else.

They don't expect you to know.

It's just an opener. They want to talk.

there's just LOADS of threads on here that are exactly the same.

Anything at all that asks where can I get such and such, or what's this or how's that is very easily found out by doing a simple google search. So why do people bother to ask questions that they can easily find the answers to in about 5 seconds on google?

The point is not to get the information, it's to talk.

In many cases, what they are talking about is irrelevant. Like rl small talk, it's about the social interaction.

Or guess what happened to me today or what's for dinner or hey, what do you think of this dress, etc etc.

So when someone says am I pregnant, they know nobody knows - they just want to talk, want a bit of attention, yes, but is that so bad? - why are any of us here?

I'm here because I want attention and interaction. I want to connect with people. I wouldn't be typing stuff on here if I didn't. I'd shut up, log off, get a coffee and go watch tv or something.

I love the 'have I broken my arm/leg freds?' Yes, probably, but I don't have X-ray eyes

JUST GO TO A&E!

Yes they are annoying as are the increasing 'nub theory' ones.

Nub theory?

Bertie if I ever get pregnant I'll be taking as many tests as I can get my hands on I just won't start a thread about it.

the ones that annoy me are when someone has been ttc but can't afford to buy a pregnancy test. I know there is never a right time to have kids really but pound shops sell pregnancy tests. if you can't stretch to a pound how can you provide for a baby.

I'm always tempted to post 'yes you are, it's a boy and he'll turn out exactly like Jeremy Clarkson - how much do you hope I'm wrong about that?'

But I wouldn't. Probably. Um....yet.

aw but when ur pg you just want to celebrate xx

Best response I ever read was "Why don't you piss all over the keyboard and the computer will tell you."

yy to pure attention seekery.

YANBU, I thought that I was the only one who got agitated by these threads.

Especially the one where the woman kept putting it off; it was raining, I'm tired, I'll send DH out etc. If anyone knows what happened with that thread please let me know!

Though along with others, I have zero patience with them as I have never even had the sniff of a diff despite TTC for 4 years and three rounds of failed fertility treatment and have finally given up. So I'm not the most objective.

At least I don't post on the said threads.

Oh yeah - agree with that DietCoke !

daisydee - not necessarily true. Not all pregnancies are welcomed, uncomplicated, "hooray" moments.

Yanbu. Completely agree.

I always want to ask 'Have you had sex? Yes? Well of course you could be pregnant twat.'

I don't really mind them but I do get irrationally irritated at the amount of ignorance in the replies. As a pp said the "oh better do a digital" are really stupid.

Even worse is the implantation bleeding nonsense. Bleeding is a contra indication for pregnancy. It is entirely possible to bleed in early pregnancy but it is not a good sign. I used to post this occasionally on the TCC board but people get quite angry about it.

www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php

Don't mind a POAS thread, even the daft ones.

But I don't get the 'help me pick a name for my 10 day old baby' ones.

You've had NINE MONTHS ffs.

I knew my baby names years before I was even pregnant.

It took me three tries to explain to DH why I was sniggering so hard before I could get the words out re pissing on the keyboard

I think a desperate section for them is an excellent idea. There's so many. Then everyone's happy.

'Separate' a 'separate section' not 'desperate'. Although...

Yy Trying totally agree with the 'name my baby threads' you've had 9, nearly 10 months to name him/her.

PMSL at a desperate section.

They don't expect you to know.

It's just an opener. They want to talk.

I know. It's still annoying.

It's about as subtle as a brick.

I also hate it when people say 'I got a BPF but I wasn't sure so I did another test, and then another and they were all positive but I'm still not sure.

Dimwits.

BFP