to think the 'Pregnancy' board is becoming ridiculous

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I got a lot of great advice on there when I was pregnant and have continued to contribute as I feel I can give some advice having carried 3 children.

But at the moment it seems like the huns have all moved in to ask if they're pregnant (despite numerous negative tests) because they have slightly sensitive nipples.

AIBU to think some common sense needs to come into play? And if they must post it should be on the 'conception' board?

I really hate this thing on mumsnet of classing people as 'huns' , its deliberately unpleasant.

Although I have noticed an influx of nub queries and 'Am I pregnant?' questions, it doesn't really bother me. If it requires common sense I don't answer it, somebody else will, problem solved.

If you're over sensitive or offended by such questions, then I really don't think you should take a risk by using this site.

ThenLaterWhenItGotDark the huns reference was in relation to a lot of people that have 'just signed up to MN to ask this' amd sign off with 'thanks Hun xxxx', when they're given an honest answer such as '2 dpo is too early for morning sickness' then get arsey and say they're going back to because people over there are more 'supportive'.

Oh and ^nub/skull' theory is another real irritation. One post recently said 'I'm asking your opinions because I got a 50/50 response on another site'. That will be because there's a 50/50 chance of it being a boy/girl!!

I posted on one of the 'could I be pregnant ones' to do a test and got shouted down by the OP and someone else for being 'unsupportive'

But I agree, YANBU. Half of the new posts are 'am I pregnant' ones'l, including one yesterday where the poster's period wasn't due until 22nd Jan

I still dont know the gender of mine sonographer couldnt get a clear view msybe i should post on preg board for opinions? Lol

The "huns" comment is just a way of being condescending towards certain posters. It's nasty and says more about the people who use it.

I can imagine the people who ask the questions in the 'wrong' place are unaware how over invested others are with mumsnet. As for the 'moderators' who the fuck gives you the right to tell people where they should or shouldn't post?

LOL. It has a 50% chance of being right. Um, like guessing, then?

I have had the pregnancy board hidden forever. It's always been a bit like that IME. It would be nice to have an early signs of pregnancy/am I pregnant topic. I thought we did, actually. Maybe that was somewhere else. I like the idea of sticks and scans too.

I had 4 miscarriages before my daughter was conceived. I don't think there's much you can do during that phase about seeing things that cause you pain. It's everywhere. Pregnancy selfies on FB, relatives asking if you want to have a family, even bloody stupid pregnancy plotlines on soaps. MN is the same. There's no way to organise it so you're completely protected from silly pregnancy chat, unless you avoid the site altogether. I have massive sympathy, but I don't think it's a moderation issue.

I agree that 'am I pregnant' threads where the OP hasn't peed on a stick are bloody ridiculous, but not much you can do. A 'sticks and scans topic' sounds perfect but given that most of these threads seem to be have been posted by newbies who don't know the site, it'd all still end up in Pregnancy.

Katarzyna79 you most certainly should. Make sure you have a ring tired to a piece of string, a full astrological chart mapping the position of Venus at the time of conception and someone to tell you 'your bump is high' handy. You'll get a definitive answer.

This thread is hilarious. People getting uppity about us getting uppity.

And 'we' in this context is posters (like me) who get annoyed at the influx of stupid "could I pregnant?" posts. Nothing sinister or "clublike" about it. Bless you.

YANBU. I can't understand why people don't test if they think they might be pregnant rather than ask strangers on the internet. If you've missed your period and you've been having sex then POAS.

Back when i last used the pregnancy board (said nearly 4yo sat next to me) i found that at the conception/early preg stage, there were a lot of hunners and number user names around. They tapered off throughout the nine months, i assume as they realised mn was not really their thing.
So i dont think its anything new?

YABU - honestly just ignore the posts.
It's the nature of message boards. There is always going to something that annoys you.

For those that think an area has gone 'downhill' - well get back in there and change it then. Message boards are shaped by their users - and if people avoid posting thats when the balance starts to shift.

And as the for the 'huns' - it always makes me think of West Side Story. Just because people seem different - doesn't mean they are - they are just still people at the end of the day.

Sometimes it all get's a bit school playground in here - and most of us left school a while ago!

If anyone in my camp is interested, I started a thread in Site Stuff about it.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2547694-Request-for-sticky-on-Pregnancy-board

If anyone in the other camp wants to wander over and vent your spleen to tell me I need to get over it and stop trying to control people, I suggest you take your own advice

I agree with mrsfrisby. There are topics and threads that I know annoy me (usually for irrational reasons) so I ignore and contribute to the threads I want to.

I wasn't thinking so much sinister as...I dunno...peevish, I suppose. It's not a peeve you're ever going to get a resolution from, so it seems a waste of time to harbour it.
To those among us that aren't adversely affected by the issue of repetitive bullshit in the wrong place on Mumsnet, you lot come across as over-invested in the topic and quite bossy.

Pregnancy is an obvious choice of topic for all things pregnancy related including conception. Click away again and hide, or ignore. It's all you can or should do.

Oh we're in camps now, are we

Yeah, and you can't sit with us

It's a shorthand / figure of speech. Unbunch your panties (also a figure of speech, by the way).

Perhaps I should have said "If you share my opinion ..." or "If you are, like me, of a shared mind and thought process ...", since I briefly forgot everything is taken literally on MN.

I agree wholeheartedly with pictish and thenlater. I am newly pregnant myself and regularly scan the board for new threads. Those types of threads are usually very obvious from the title and therefore very easy to ignore if you don't want to read them. The self-appointed Pregnancy Board police most likely just click on them because they get a kick out of being bossy and rude.

In any event, many of the posters have already POAS but are still getting negatives. The point of them posting on a pregnancy and not a conception board is to ask pregnant women if they experienced anything similar. They won't have access to that experience on the ttc board, will they? Yes, some are a bit naive but why not just let those who are so inclined explain this gently rather than making a point of telling them to fuck off? There threads absolutely do not clog up the boards or prevent confirmed- pregnant women from starting threads.

Lol omg 'i felt myself ovulate'
SomebodySedateMe i read that one! They just sent darth an abusive message because she was sarky to her!

Jessie seriously, are you just following darth around?!

why not just let those who are so inclined explain this gently rather than making a point of telling them to fuck off

Who has told anyone to fuck off, out of interest?

I think if you're going to get upset at someone asking on a pregnancy board if they might be pregnant then you should probably avoid forums altogether.
Having said that there is no point in having multiple topics if people don't post in the right area. So YANBU but "it might upset someone" is not a valid reason IMO.

Figure of speech maybe. And darth linked to her other thread, so what's your point?