thanks for the attacks...awesome, ladies.

mommytobe03 · January 2010

Wow. I made a post about some exciting and also semi-scary news I got today. Never ONCE on these boards have I seen someone get personally attacked like I just did. I thought these boards were for support and encouragement and not negativity. A few nice words or thoughts regarding the difficulties we are facing would have been acceptable. Telling me that what I?m feeling in my body, what my doctor has told me as well, is wrong? WTF, people? If you don?t have anything nice to say? why say anything at all?

FYI? Just because YOU didn?t feel something until a certain point doesn?t mean somebody else is lying or wrong when they feel it. Everybody has a different body. Some people are way more in tune with their bodies. Some people are TINY and are naturally going to feel things sooner than others. That doesn?t mean my doctor is a nut job. Obviously, I?m not feeling the baby actually kick?but I AM feeling the baby moving around in there. I?m sorry that you can?t believe it, or that it upsets you.

Why in the world would I come on these boards and post lies about my body and experiences? That just doesn?t even make sense. I wouldn?t lie IRL to hurt my worst enemy. Why would I lie to people I don?t even know on a message board?

Thanks but no thanks for all the rudeness and negativity. I hope you aren?t ever looking for simple encouragements and instead get bombarded with rudeness. I know we are all pregnant on here, but that doesn?t mean you have to be catty and snarly.

~Kat~ · January 2010

No one attacked you; they simply don't believe you. You are totally over reacting.

kg_08 · January 2010

It's true, people do get personally attacked on here for one reason or another. And yes, it's not pleasant. I think ppl were quick to give opinions because really, none of the information out there indicates that you would be able to feel baby this early, it's just almost unheard of. That being said, I feel like I'm feeling something too, but have purposefully only told a couple choice people for this exact reason. Also... could it be possible that you are a little further along than your ticker says?

SarahBukisi · January 2010

i didnt see your other post. but logic tells me it is too early to feel the baby move. but i swear i have felt it move this week too. esp after having a first child and knowing what what feels like.

pixy_stix · January 2010

(someone point me where she was "attacked"?)

disbride061103 · January 2010

mommytobe03:
Wow. I made a post about some exciting and also semi-scary news I got today. Never ONCE on these boards have I seen someone get personally attacked like I just did. I thought these boards were for support and encouragement and not negativity. A few nice words or thoughts regarding the difficulties we are facing would have been acceptable. Telling me that what I?m feeling in my body, what my doctor has told me as well, is wrong? WTF, people? If you don?t have anything nice to say? why say anything at all?

FYI? Just because YOU didn?t feel something until a certain point doesn?t mean somebody else is lying or wrong when they feel it. Everybody has a different body. Some people are way more in tune with their bodies. Some people are TINY and are naturally going to feel things sooner than others. That doesn?t mean my doctor is a nut job. Obviously, I?m not feeling the baby actually kick?but I AM feeling the baby moving around in there. I?m sorry that you can?t believe it, or that it upsets you.

Why in the world would I come on these boards and post lies about my body and experiences? That just doesn?t even make sense. I wouldn?t lie IRL to hurt my worst enemy. Why would I lie to people I don?t even know on a message board?

Thanks but no thanks for all the rudeness and negativity. I hope you aren?t ever looking for simple encouragements and instead get bombarded with rudeness. I know we are all pregnant on here, but that doesn?t mean you have to be catty and snarly.

First, you weren't attacked. If you think that you were, then this isn't the place for you. It gets WAY worse. People were actually quite nice to you.

Second, I find it laughable that you say that you have NEVER ONCE seen someone be personally attacked on this board. You've been here for 15 days and 9 posts. Again, you weren't personally attacked and there is way worse that goes on. Head over to 12-24 for some real "personal attacks". If you think what you got today is bad, you are in for a rude awakening.

You can be in tune with your body, incredibly tiny, what ever, but I can promise you that it is physically impossible for you to feel your baby moving. I said it in your OP and I'll say it here. Your uterus isn't even above your pubic bone yet and your child is the size of a grape. You are feeling gas bubbles and your body shifting as it prepares for your expanding uterus. Nothing more. I'm sure that you are excited, but I can promise you that when you actually DO feel the baby move, you will realize that right now you are wrong.

Also laughing my head off at the classic newbie line I know we are all pregnant, but can everyone just be nice. Spend some more time on here and you will see it's posted about one every other day.

Put your big girl panties on and be ready to hear some things that you don't like or don't post any more. Your choice.

Mini-ebeth · January 2010

I don't think anyone was trying to be mean but like others said its just unheard of at 8 weeks to feel something.

Sorry that you felt people were attacking you.

Smootchy · January 2010

Big Smile thank you. friday was getting pretty boring...

for the record. This is NOT a support board.It's a message board. If you take things this personally at 8 weeks, I feel very bad for what you have to come.

ShanaNChris · January 2010

pixy_stix:
(someone point me where she was "attacked"?)

I would also like to see the "attack"

Erin0922 · January 2010

Guessing the OP got DD'd... not even showing up on your profile?

?Didn't read it, don't know if you were "attacked" but I do find it amusing that you basically described yourself as a TINY girl who is more in tune with her body than the rest of us.

What makes more sense? Hundreds+ years of doctors knowledge saying you can't feel a baby at 8 weeks, or you and your skinny, kumbayah-self just "knowing" ?

Lazzlee79 · January 2010

I'm sorry you feel like you were attacked. I remembered your OP and I was in shock your nurse would say that. Like PP stated, there is no way to feel the baby right now. I know everyone is different, but that's really really early. Hope you have a better night...

brideofscowboy · January 2010

mommytobe03:

Wow. I made a post about some exciting and also semi-scary news I got today. Never ONCE on these boards have I seen someone get personally attacked like I just did. I thought these boards were for support and encouragement and not negativity. A few nice words or thoughts regarding the difficulties we are facing would have been acceptable. Telling me that what I?m feeling in my body, what my doctor has told me as well, is wrong? WTF, people? If you don?t have anything nice to say? why say anything at all?

FYI? Just because YOU didn?t feel something until a certain point doesn?t mean somebody else is lying or wrong when they feel it. Everybody has a different body. Some people are way more in tune with their bodies. Some people are TINY and are naturally going to feel things sooner than others. That doesn?t mean my doctor is a nut job. Obviously, I?m not feeling the baby actually kick?but I AM feeling the baby moving around in there. I?m sorry that you can?t believe it, or that it upsets you.

Why in the world would I come on these boards and post lies about my body and experiences? That just doesn?t even make sense. I wouldn?t lie IRL to hurt my worst enemy. Why would I lie to people I don?t even know on a message board?

Thanks but no thanks for all the rudeness and negativity. I hope you aren?t ever looking for simple encouragements and instead get bombarded with rudeness. I know we are all pregnant on here, but that doesn?t mean you have to be catty and snarly.

Sleep Indifferent

bstrangely · January 2010

i'm sorry you're having this experience. i honestly feel sorry for some people's kids if this is the way mom treats people she just met :P

please stick around. we need more people on this board who have something resembling empathy.

Mini-ebeth · January 2010

I feel bad for you because I think you escaped the attack originally and just caused the attacks now.

People on the boards are nice 90% of the time but occasionally someone writes something inflammatory or makes a stupid comment and people jump on it.

It happens and unfortunately the attacks are much worse than your OP.

Mrs.Rose · January 2010

OP, no one attacked you. Your doctor probably just didn't see the sense in correcting you on something that does not really matter. However, there is not a chance, no matter how TINY you are, that you are feeling the baby, unless you are much further along than you think you are.

Take a deep breath, and consider that you are wrong, and accept that a few people commented on that. You don't have to believe anyone, but it is what it is.

AMYfromKY · January 2010

Honestly. You can not feel this.

It's the size of a kidney bean. It's just gas my dear. You will feel it soon enough though.

mn*plumm · January 2010

I didn't realize 3 comments=someone being attacked.

jodyrm · January 2010

chapski:
thank you. friday was getting pretty boring...

THIS!

Jocelyn0415 · January 2010

Honey, at 8 weeks gestation, you cannot feel movement.

Your baby weighs about .04 oz. There is absolutely no way you're feeling that. Sorry to burst your bubble.

pixy_stix · January 2010

So she dd and then posted this? Excellent.

Mrs. Leary · January 2010

mommytobe03:
Wow. I made a post about some exciting and also semi-scary news I got today. Never ONCE on these boards have I seen someone get personally attacked like I just did. I thought these boards were for support and encouragement and not negativity. A few nice words or thoughts regarding the difficulties we are facing would have been acceptable. Telling me that what I?m feeling in my body, what my doctor has told me as well, is wrong? WTF, people? If you don?t have anything nice to say? why say anything at all?

FYI? Just because YOU didn?t feel something until a certain point doesn?t mean somebody else is lying or wrong when they feel it. Everybody has a different body. Some people are way more in tune with their bodies. Some people are TINY and are naturally going to feel things sooner than others. That doesn?t mean my doctor is a nut job. Obviously, I?m not feeling the baby actually kick?but I AM feeling the baby moving around in there. I?m sorry that you can?t believe it, or that it upsets you.

Why in the world would I come on these boards and post lies about my body and experiences? That just doesn?t even make sense. I wouldn?t lie IRL to hurt my worst enemy. Why would I lie to people I don?t even know on a message board?

Thanks but no thanks for all the rudeness and negativity. I hope you aren?t ever looking for simple encouragements and instead get bombarded with rudeness. I know we are all pregnant on here, but that doesn?t mean you have to be catty and snarly.

You make me laugh. Thank you.

mexicolombiana · January 2010

jodyrm:
chapski:

thank you. friday was getting pretty boring...

THIS!

And, as one of the people who commented on OP's post that has now been deleted, I just wanted to say that I wasn't mean at all. And I did not attack you. And unless I missed seeing any crazy posts before the post got deleted, I don't think you were really attacked.

I was just stating my opinion that I didn't think it was possible to feel the baby that early. Hey maybe all 1,000 of us are wrong. It's quite possible I'm sure. But what's more likely is that you are feeling your uterus shifting around, your intestines shifting, and perhaps increased digestive movement. In other words, you may feel your body just adjusting to having a baby inside of you. Regardless, I think it's safe to say we are extremely skeptical about what you feel, and being a public message board, people are just expressing their skepticism.

I think more importantly, we hope that you have a safe and happy pregnancy especially since you told us you are now considered to be high risk.

Good luck! and welcome to the bump! Just know that controversy, snark, and disagreement are just part of the game... Hopefully you will also continue to get support and empathy from other pregnant ladies.

MWoodside · January 2010

Um, ok. Your baby is the size of a raspberry at 8 weeks. That is why you can't feel it moving around realistically. I don't think you are lying, you are just confused.

flippy1234 · January 2010

You weren't attacked before, like other posters said, this post is much more likely to cause people to "attack" you. I replied to your other post... and in no way was I trying to attack you. I, like other posters, even wished you the best regarding your other issues you posted about. Sorry, but there is absolutely no way you would feel your baby at 8 weeks.. the fluttering you are talking about is gas. I promise. and get ready for a lot more gas... pregnancy symptom

good luck

grace416 · January 2010

MWoodside:
Um, ok. Your baby is the size of a raspberry at 8 weeks. That is why you can't feel it moving around realistically. I don't think you are lying, you are just confused.

and the babies bones don't start hardening till 11 weeks.

618mom22boys · January 2010

Please stick around I can tell you are going to be fun in the future!!!

Go take some gas-x.

allyandpat2010 · January 2010

Oooooh entertainment! fun!

Beccaboo0713 · January 2010

Do you see that baby in there? That tiny little dot in the uterus. You aren't going to feel that. You just aren't. What you are going to feel is gas. When you get pregnant there is so much gas. You are feeling a fart baby, that is all.

HoleyStory · January 2010

I didn't see your OP either but I do find it impossible that you can feel something that is so small. No matter how thin and tiny you are, there is no way. If a nurse told you that it could be the baby moving, she has no right in being a nurse. My sister is a nurse and told me that it is medically impossible for you to feel the baby moving this early unless this is your 15th pregnancy. Did your doctor's office also give you an ultrasound and tell you the sex of the baby?

I don't mean to be snarky but the fact that a medical professional is giving you false info is very annoying!!!

Shandie_725 · January 2010

This is my U/S at 7 weeks and 2 days - I was measuring ahead at 8 weeks even that day. As you can tell, there is no definitive shape to LO - she's essentially a blob. The tech who did the u/s said that at this stage, she's about the size of a peanut - literally.

So, in conclusion, I really doubt you are feeling LO move. There is really nothing for you to feel. LO doesn't even weigh an ounce at this point...There is no way you can feel kicks or movement. I will bet that you will have one heck of a BM later...or some incredible gas.

UrbanHippieMama · January 2010

618mom22boys:

Please stick around I can tell you are going to be fun in the future!!!

Go take some gas-x.

LOL... this.

If you can't handle the mild responses you've received, you need to GBCN. That was nothing. But I think you should stay, because we all need a little entertainment.

BellaDella · January 2010

"fart baby" just made Gatorade come out of my nose.

anabell0920 · January 2010

OP- Take these looks like you need them

mrsrose16 · January 2010

I've felt my "baby" kick when I wasn't even pregnant. Sometimes things in your body move (gas, spasm, etc). I totally can see how it can feel like a baby kick.

But, as pp's said, there is no way that you can feel a baby then. I'm over 15 wks (measuring 16w), and I haven't even felt my baby yet (this is my third). My placenta is on the front, so it's going to be a while.

Just try to be realistic, and then no one will "attack" you.

Temp200154562509288 · January 2010

618mom22boys:

Please stick around I can tell you are going to be fun in the future!!!

Go take some gas-x.

Yes Yes

allyandpat2010 · January 2010

anabell0920:

OP- Take these looks like you need them

Oooooh those look comfy...

MomE2Be · January 2010

When I was 8 weeks I wanted to feel the baby so bad, along with 4 weeks, 10 weeks.. pretty much every week there was. Then i would swear I felt it.. and then maybe ten minutes later or an hour later I had passed a little bubbly form called gas... And that movement was no more. I feel bad that people "attacked" you. Once you get to the 12 weeks and on our hormones start kinda going outta wack and what we read on babycenter.com or in pregnancy books is what is the truth we feel. I know if it is your 2nd, 3rd or 4th child you can sometimes tell te difference between gas and the baby. But Now that I actually feel the baby, I know when i was, 8, 10, 12, or 14 weeks it was all just gas or bubbles in my stomach. Hope your pregnancy continues to be healthy and wonderful. Don't worry about what other people say. We tend to jump at every oppurtunity we can when it makes us feel better lol. Back a month or so ago i think i tried to stand up for someone and I got jumped on too lol, but I have read that post since and oh my gosh i was so dumb. Just be careful what you say

Congrats on the baby!

FemmeNat01 · January 2010

Seriously? I think you really do need those big girl undies that Anabell posted.

There is no way you could feel your baby at 8 weeks. No matter how tiny you could possibly be.

anabell0920 · January 2010

MomE2Be:
When I was 8 weeks I wanted to feel the baby so bad, along with 4 weeks, 10 weeks.. pretty much every week there was. Then i would swear I felt it.. and then maybe ten minutes later or an hour later I had passed a little bubbly form called gas... And that movement was no more. I feel bad that people "attacked" you. Once you get to the 12 weeks and on our hormones start kinda going outta wack and what we read on babycenter.com or in pregnancy books is what is the truth we feel. I know if it is your 2nd, 3rd or 4th child you can sometimes tell te difference between gas and the baby. But Now that I actually feel the baby, I know when i was, 8, 10, 12, or 14 weeks it was all just gas or bubbles in my stomach. Hope your pregnancy continues to be healthy and wonderful. Don't worry about what other people say. We tend to jump at every oppurtunity we can when it makes us feel better lol. Back a month or so ago i think i tried to stand up for someone and I got jumped on too lol, but I have read that post since and oh my gosh i was so dumb. Just be careful what you say Congrats on the baby!

You sure you learned your lesson for sticking up for a dumb poster?

sarahmae8 · January 2010

It is not mean for people to tell you the truth. When I was 9 weeks, I *thought* I felt the baby move and my MIL was like, no way honey. And she was right. I was feeling gas. Trust me, once you do really feel that first real flutter/kick you will realize that what you're feeling right now is NOT the baby. Wishful thinking. Here is some hope though: I had a friend who did feel her LO as early as 15 weeks because her placenta was near her back and so there was nothing between LO and the uterine wall. But really, you need to be stronger if you're going to hang out here. I've been offended before, but such is life.

WishLuckyStar · January 2010

This thread is hilarious. OP is delusional.

I'm banking on it being DD'd as well. Lame.

Want a personalized experience?

thanks for the attacks...awesome, ladies.

Re: thanks for the attacks...awesome, ladies.

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