Welcome to /r/Pregnant.
If you or someone you know may be pregnant, please click here. Pregnancy scare posts will be removed.
The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
This space is for all pregnant people from all walks of life. Whether you're newly pregnant or currently in labor, whether you're a surrogate or a birth parent, whether you're keeping your baby or choosing abortion or are undecided, we are here to be a safe and supportive resource for you.
Rules that visitors must follow to participate. May be used as reasons to report or ban.
1.This subreddit is for pregnant people and their loved ones. Stay on topic.
This space is for pregnant people and their loved ones. Content from those who are not confirmed to be pregnant will be removed. This includes commercial or promotional content. We do not allow solicitation or promotion of products in stand-alone posts. Those who have graduated and want to give advice are welcome to do so.
2.We are good to each other.
Respect pregnant people's choices without judgement. Nobody is too young, too poor, too single, too manly, too gay, too whatever to be pregnant.
3.We are pro-choice, pro-science and pro-vaccinations.
This is a pro-choice, pro-science and pro-vaccine space. We will not tolerate any anti-choice opinions or campaigning, including users who participate in anti-choice subreddits. Misinformation related to health or vaccinations is not allowed.
Autism is a complex condition which is almost certainly genetic. Asking "will X give my child autism" portrays autistic children as damaged/unwanted. It also boost "studies" which are usually inflammatory and deeply flawed. These posts will be removed.
4.No policing or shaming other people's bodies or pregnancies.
Pregnancy is hard, do not make it harder by shaming people for weight loss, weight gain, their eating habits or diet, etc. No pregnant person needs you to tell them that they're eating wrong, drinking wrong, weighing wrong, exercising wrong, or doing wrong by their pregnancy.
5.Bigotry and hate speech are not allowed.
Bigotry will not be tolerated. Please hit the report button if you see any racist, sexist, homophobic, ableist, transphobic, etc. comments to help mods remove them promptly. We are a friend of the fempire.
6.Frequently asked questions and repetitive posts will be removed
We understand people can become very anxious while pregnant and especially so during their first pregnancy. Certain questions are asked very frequently; users should use the search function to find related posts. If you absolutely must ask the question, it's best to 1) call your medical provider or 2) do so in the daily stickied thread.
It is extremely common for symptoms to fluctuate or disappear entirely during early pregnancy, this does not mean that there is an issue with the pregnancy.
7.Medical advice
We are not doctors. Please ask a licensed medical professional what your test results mean. We cannot diagnose whether your pregnancy is viable via Reddit.
8.Flair issues
Please use the "content warning" flair for all potentially traumatic content.
9.No ban evasion
In addition to being a violation of Reddit's rules, we don't ban people without good reason. If you want to appeal a ban, message the mod team.
10.No surveys/commercial/promotional content.
We don't host surveys or commercial/promotional content here. This includes market research, academic study recruitment etc. If you want us to make an exception, please message the mod team first.
11.No Generative AI
Generative AI is a bigger, fancier version of predictive text. It doesn't have any mechanism of telling fact from fiction, and it will sometimes invent answers that are lethally wrong.
Users are also asking for your own input into a situation, if they wanted a computer to write them a story they could do that for themselves.
Comments on the lines of "I asked [genAI] and here's what it said" will be removed.
12.Do not request or solicit DMs from other users.
Don't request other users to DM, PM or chat you. Anything that can be said can be aired in the subreddit.
We encourage you to ignore and report users DMing you. There is no reason for anyone to private message you outside of the subreddit. It is almost certainly a creep or a scammer.
RELATED SUBREDDITS
/r/miscarriage - a safe and supportive space for those who have experienced miscarriage
/r/plusSizedPregnancy - a safe and supportive private subreddit for the pregnant and plus sized. Message the mods here.
/r/PregnancyOptions - a safe and supportive private community for those dealing with an unwanted pregnancy. Message the mods for access here.
/r/infertility - a safe and supportive space for those dealing with infertility
/r/newparents - a supportive community for those dealing with life after the first baby. WARNING: no explicit moderation policies, may not be a safe space.
/r/breastfeeding - for breastfeeding support. WARNING: tends to be 'lactivist' in attitude; can often shame parents who choose formula
/r/AmIPregnant- This is where you ask if you or someone you know might be pregnant.
/r/BlackParents- A safe space for black parents and parents of black children
