April 2013 Moms

Pregnancy w or w/o message boards

I don't know why I started thinking about this, but lately I've been wondering....

Do you think women that participate regularly on message boards (such as TB) during pregnancy call their OB or visit L&D more frequently or less frequently than someone that doesn't participate in an online forum? How about just plain worry, in general?

I could kind of go either way. I mean, it seems like a lot of the time if someone asks a question, even if people say it's normal, there's always the caveat of "call your doctor if you're concerned". Also, from being on the boards, I realize how frequently concerning issues arise and so I can see calling/visiting more frequently to be sure one of those possibilities wasn't happening. .

On the other hand, I've also seen people post about certain symptoms, movement variations, etc and been comforted that things are moving along as normal.

What do you think?  Is TB a source of comfort and community (of course it is) or do you think that sometimes ignorance is bliss (also true)?

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Re: Pregnancy w or w/o message boards

  • I do think it depends on the person, but for me this message board has increased my knowledge 100%, and I haven't had to ask my doctor/OB nearly as many questions as I would have otherwise, especially given that I am a FTM with few close friends who ha

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  • I'd say comfort and community for me.  I don't have alot of mom friends so I love the boards to see what is "normal" during pregnancy or what worked/didn't work for the S+TMs on here. 

    In fact I have never called my OB with questions

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  • I dont' know -- but I do think that TB or this board anyway isn't an accurate representation of what is "normal" in pregnancy.  Just as one example -- did you know that only 10-15% of women have their water break naturally?  I never would hav

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  • I think it depends on the person.  I like the message boards for the community of other women going through the same stage, wondering the same things, experiencing common symptoms & milestones and kvitching about them more than our SO's and IR

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  • I think it's nice to talk it out with some ladies who are just as clueless or scared or nervous or exited or anxious etc. It's like having 100 new friends who are all in the same boat as you!
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  • imageFremdschamen:
    I do think it depends on the person, but for me this message board has increased my knowledge 100, and I haven't had

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  • I probably would have called/visited the practice a hell of a lot more than I did (I think I called out of outside issues once or twice if that so far). I'm currently 34w4d. These boards have given me that realization that REALLY not EVERY pregnancy is th
  • I think it depends on the person, but I find that the message boards have a calming effect on me for the most part. There have been several times where I've experienced something, come here and found 10 threads on it with people being reassured that it

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  • imageJSS1002:

    I dont' know -- but I do think that TB or this board anyway isn't an accurate representation of what is "norm

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