To think that in times of suspected pregnancy...

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...Mumsnet can't tell you if you're pregnant and that you should just piss on a stick?

True. But perhaps its more fun and less icky to ask MN?

That would be boring! I like using my telepathic powers and concluding that yes 50% pregnant or 50% not pregnant. Powers say POAS. Then the next one is- is it a boy or girl? Again my powers say 50:50.
But apparently not everyone shares my sense of humour!!

You need to ask the person to POAK (piss on a keyboard)

It's the only way to get an online response

I also think you should have the sticky ready to PO before posting and there not be a bajillion reasons why getting a test right now is not possible.

But if you have had unprotected sex, yes you could be pregnant, because that's how it works.

*stick

FYI YABU because even though POAS is obvious this is a TAAT.

OK? TTYL.

Sorry, thread police @basicwhatevertherestofyournameis

But if you have had unprotected sex, yes you could be pregnant, because that's how it works.

For that matter, if you're between 12 and 55 and have had a penis in your body at any time in the last 9 months then yes, it's possible for you to be pregnant (every contraception option has a failure rate; some people continue to get periods).

Completely agree - the amount of posts from people asking if they are pregnant when they haven't even taken a test is beyond belief! I haven't got a crystal ball here - im not fucking physic - take a damn test!

I am not very good at spotting lines on tests either. Everyone is 'woo congratulations!!' and I am squinting and can see no line whatsoever.

@Sparklingbrook 🤣 I'm the same, I always look but never comment. That's why I waited until 14 dpo to test myself, couldn't be done with trying to guess.

I thought it was just me Never! After ten lots of 'Congratulations' it seems a bit mean to go 'what line, where??'.

Remember when people used to piss in rabbits to see if they were pregnant?

And now we piss in keyboards.

How times changed.

I get this loads in my job. I’ll ask “when was your LMpP?”, “oh, it’s two weeks late”, “is there any chance you could be pregnant?”, “smirk, snort NO!”, “have you had unprotected sex or missed any pills?”, “well yeah, but I don’t think i’m Pregnant”. “Shall we get a urine sample then?”. The amount of times i’ve walked back to the consultation room wondering how they’re going to take the news.

*LMP

Also on a recent training course, talking about abdominal pain in women, the trainer shouts out at intervals throughout “Who’s pregnant?!”, by the end of the day we were all chorusing back “Everyone until proven otherwise!”

The am I pregnant posts do make me chuckle, If you want to know them you pee on a stick. It’s the only way, mumsnet really can’t help you.....

This is soooo my reaction when I read posts like this too! Hence, my comment on one post this morning saying "We won't be able to tell you on here, try a pregnancy test" or words to that effect.

I just don't know why people try and explain the whole backstory, dates, etc and then ask "could I be pregnant?". Just go and confirm it with a pregnancy test. Really annoys me too!

I've noticed there is always a myriad of reasons the OP cant get a test on many "am I pregnant?" threads.

Got an unclear test result? Give it a week. If you are, then you'll know. It's not difficult.

Oh and there's no such thing as a phantom pregnancy. If you're pg, you'll have hcg to trigger that positive result, if you're not pg then you physically cannot produce hcg. That's science, that is.

Then they ask if it's a boy or a girl

I remember once a woman coming on here wondering wtf was going on with her body.
She wasn't pregnant but she had children and had lost what was exactly a mucus plug when she had her other kids.

Her and her husband were hosting a dinner party that night and she posted on here saying she had pains.

Then it went quiet and she came back saying it was labour and she had a baby.

I know a lot of these stories are BS but I believed that one. I think she even posted a photo, I can't remember.

If anyone comes on to tell me it was a troll, I will cry.

There's always a reason why a test can't be bought.

'Can't get out for a week and all the shops are 300 miles away' Well in that case I will just say 'congratulations' then.

My favourite is 'I'm 2 dpo but had sex on my period and have all these unrelated symptoms am I pregnant? But I cant get a test for a year I'm so confused 🥺'

Pregnancy is a risk to any fertile sex-having woman and therefore quite a mundane issue. I have a stash of pregnancy tests in my bathroom cabinet just in case. If I'd posted on mumsnet every time I thought I was pregnant I'd never get anything else done... It tends to be the same women who use the oh-so-reliable withdrawal method. I wonder if it's an attention seeking thing.