Are we all a little bit more arsey because we're all knocked up?

[pigletmaker]

I know that hormones abound and that there are many tears shed in the name of pregnancy.

Are we all also a bit more temperamental on Mumsnet and a bit more arsey in our responses too?

Or is it always combustible on here, regardless?

its always like that!!!

Im knocked up, feel really crap and have very little patience right now, so am trying to stick to my ante-natal thread to whinge with like minded people!

thats a good idea. I am beating a swifty retreat generally. I find it really upsetting sometimes.

JARM - I´m with you as my tolerance level seems to have plummeted since falling pregnant. Everything was fluffy & lovely when I was pregnant with DS, with this one everything gets on my (rather large) t**s!

I agree, for a while I wouldn't post due to the not to nice replies I would get in return. I think if your a first timer you get jumped on pretty quickly

Generally I've found MN to be a bit of a lifesaver as most people are really supportive and have more understanding of what I'm going through than some of my friends/colleagues, however good their intentions!

having said that, when I had a scare with a bit of bleeding a couple of people were maybe a bit harsh with their responses - sure that the intention was good but they scared the shit out of me!

Others were lovely and very kind with their replies.

Guess its the same as anywhere else, some are lovely some not! And yeah, we're probably all crazy with hormones/ lack of sleep/fear - know I am

teenyweeny - there are some smug, tragic people on here who post horrible things because they have sad little lives that revolve solely around their children and they are secretly bitter about it. BUT there seem to be some nice people as well.

Pigletmaker - don't take it to heart.

I am very stroppy at the mo.

Oh, pigletmaker - I meant don't take people's comments to heart; I wasn't directing my first comment to you.

I think it's us first timers that annoy all the people who have had ten thousand babies because we don't know much so we ask lots of questions and get confused. I got upset over MN one time, but then lots of people said nice things so I thought, well it must just be one person feeling crap and wanting to ruin it for everyone else.

There are some of us who are nice

I remember a thread a few months ago about what you could and could not eat and somone really jumped down the OP's throat - 'oh, we all know all this, why are we going over this again and again?' But as a first timer, even if you know it, you need the reassurance of being told it again. I think a lot of the threads on here are for reassurance and not necessarily the info itself.

Luckily, I've found the vast majority to be lovely and helpful but it only takes one comment to scare people away.

There are some wonderful people on MN you´re right there & it really is a wonderful place to be to get advice, have a whine, etc. Don´t know what I did before I discovered it ... oh yeah, did some work

Your right, I think the not so nice ones found new threads! It's always great to be able to share exp with others, after all this is what MN is for!

Sorry you've had a bad time on a thread, I'm def much more touchy/stroppy/moany since pg though, more so in RL than MN really. I'm blaming exhaustion from working 40 hour weeks solid for the last 7 and half months, but cannot feckin wait to M/L starts next friday woohoo!! New mellow Ambi will appear...

i read a funny post in the Meet Ups section in which a women said her DH referred to MNers as "mums with knives"

i think your point is interesting - like MN is a cyber hormonal stew pot - but that has its up side as well as its downs. and better to play out those downs among nameless others than on our loved ones....