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!

The best response to an "am I pregnant?" thread I have seen on here was an exasperated "if you wee on your keyboard the internet will tell you". I have borrowed that one a couple of times!

I agree. They are a bit irritating. If one of these new super sensitive tests can't tell you how can a few random folk on MN.

YABVU. Vital statistix is right, people start these threads because they want to talk to some one who doesn't know them in real life and they are panicking over the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy. I joined mumsnet because I can share my worries and receive support without involving my real life family and friends. It's easier to tell strangers and not be reminded about it unlike with friends in real life who may bring it up again. There are some really kind supportive people on here and others on the other side of the spectrum as this thread confirms.

Surely if you don't like these types of threads do the simple thing and don't read them,it's easier than going out to buy a pregnancy test! Leave them for those of us who do want to offer/ receive support.
I wish all those who are trying to conceive, every success.

Gosh there's a lot a mean people posting on this thread. I think I'm guilty of being an 'attention seeker' and posting one of these threads. What I wanted was support. After trying to conceive for years, having spend a small fortune on tests, having been completely traumatised by the monthly am I/aren't I rollercoaster and having given up once I passed 40, I was terrified of allowing myself to believe that there was a possibility I was pregnant. I didn't have the emotional strength to get back on the rollercoaster on my own. My dad had died just a few weeks before and both physically and mentally I was all over the place. I was all alone (apart from husband) in a foreign country with nobody to talk to. The kind posters who responded gave me the strength and encouragement to take the test.

Hope everything is ok now Liverpool Lou. From a fellow attention seeker

Euro we obviously remember the same person and the same thread! I wonder if she remembers making the comment? (I certainly remember who made it :o )

Hope everything is ok now Liverpool Lou. From a fellow attention seeker

It's wonderful, thank you. Turned out I was 12 weeks pregnant after all. DS is now 17 months and is the sunshine that gets me up in the mornings (usually by bouncing on my head).

Congratulations Lou I'm glad it was a BFP.