BabyCenterReviews 221

The article are interesting sometimes, but not even that great. The community section is a mess. I've been a member for 4 years.

Bargain Hunters is the worst board on this site. There are so many people that will make fun of you, and like others have said, mob mentality is real with them. I've tried to report a few things, and when you do, if you report too many times, you get in trouble. Apparently you can, "harass the report button"? I've had a lot of run ins with people just saying inconsiderate and mean things about you. And replying to your comments as if you don't exist while bashing you? I have been in tears over comments made, and it's not worth it.

The few people that are nice are so hard to find. There are so many members there who just want to be mean, it's terrible.

Winoknittermom, trinaliz, REALLYcoolapotomous, jerkfacejen, Paranoid Libra, mommytotwingirls, megmul, wyldstyle2, OutmannedMama, EriuBC, MolitovRoosterteaz, DustRadio, are just some of the members that are ridiculously petty, and will eat you alive if you don't believe in everything everything they do to the letter.

Update: 3/30/18: Also, since writing this, winoknittermom is now fatgirllaughs. Don't know why she needed the name change, but that's frequent. They popular ones will take a break and then come back. Maybe to erase the past? Not sure. But the rudeness catches up with you eventually.

Also, what is up with all the boob pictures?!?! Such pervs! Who are you sending your chest to?!

User name is LClout5 under the group May2017 someone titled a question "birth envy" in babycenter.ca. This member is racist and the whole group gained up on me when I was trying to make the OP feel better and instead everyone was against me. I'm not there to fight with anyone else and I only respond to OP's or write questions myself. I should've known from the start on my very first post someone asked if she should or should not circumcise their son and I said yes circumcise and everyone was against what I said all arguing with me. They were telling me something about how other cultures should not circumcise the females like wtf. They said that b/c I'm muslim so they think we circumcise females ffs. I just responded saying I'm not here to argue or talk negatively about other cultures. Same thing happened with this nimrod LClout5 saying something about other cultures well first of all I'm a white muslim ok girl I never grew up in a "different culture" and this girl was acting like she smart saying she has a science degree and writing percentages at how I was wrong about this happens with everyone b/c I was obviously trying to make the OP feel better. Well I guess that means she not street smart with common sense. The OP even disliked what I said she rather read at how rare her situation was ok racist I don't care at all. Like I said, I'm not there to argue just to ask questions and also give some advice from my point of view. They would call me troll and ignorant. I was very nice to everyone there so I deleted my account b/c of this racist, dumb, disgusting ppl.

I have used babycenter.com to find tips on how to handle different stages of my infant and toddler. The website is good. I posted for the first time in a group about a relationship problem I'm having. I was hoping to get advice from women who had actually been through or witnessed something similar. NOPE! From the very start all I received was question after question about why I am so weak or am I "really so stupid". Then if you answer their questions... say you respond with "I'm very independent and do not allow people to just run over me" Then they really let loose on you. You cannot defend yourself. You cannot ask for advice from people who have dealt with this situation. They will CURSE at you! They honestly just try to get you to say "I'm so low and weak and I hate my life". Literally. After my experience I went through the boards reading different comments. They prey on women who are so low with no self esteem. And these women are commenting all day and night every day on multiple posts. Do they not even actually have kids they have to raise? If you say something they don't like they will delete your comment. You can't delete your post or your account. You have to ASK for something to be taken down. And then they won't do it! My last comment was "keep up the good work ladies! (Sarcasm obviously) I know longer need comments or advice" Then the board owner completely went off on me. They will copy and paste everything, I guess just to make sure everyone everywhere can see their attack and their little clique can all laugh together.

100% agree with 90% of the posters on here! Me and my husband are just getting started on our fertility journey since we have been ttc for 3 years with no success. I decided to join this site in hopes that I would get comfort and support from other moms who are ttc, pregnant, new moms, or just general advice. Boy did I go to the wrong site! I was warned not to post any questions on this site, but I thought how bad could it be? I mean this is supposed to be a site full of loving and caring moms! I was met with mean, rude, condescending posters who seem to spend their entire days just sitting around on there cpu's waiting to target and harass unsuspecting new members! It was disgusting! One poster cursed me out for waiting hours before I responded to any of their belittling comments. Like HELLO, who wants to respond to bullying AND i happen to have a life that doesn't revolve around this "teen drama show" website! I saw a few other people on here post that their accounts got closed. LUCKY YOU! After all the bullying I received from a post for about 2 days, I had had enough! I emailed baby center 4 TIMES and requested that my account be closed, and it is still up TODAY! It seems like they want you to continue to be harassed! I mean, what kind of site DOES NOT ALLOW you to delete a post after you make it, so the bullying will stop? You have to REQUEST that the "group owner" delete it! And most of the time that does not work because they are usually as awful as the group members! What kind of site DOES NOT have a "deactivate account" option right there on the page? Instead you have to REQUEST your page be deleted! And in my case, they still won't delete it! This site needs to be shut down permanently!

The site has gone from annoying and petty with some good, supportive parts to completely unsafe to be on.

Lately several posters have taken to targeting posters for harassment and bullying. This has crossed into hunting them down across all boards and searching their real life information and seeking out real life information with the intent of affecting the posters in their daily lives.

This is a risk on any site, but on baby center this is encouraged by the site moderators. They will take no action against people who are a danger to others. There are boards that are helpful and supportive, but posters who are predatory are able to follow posters and search their posts on the other boards.

Absolutely DO NOT Post ANY information about yourself, pictures of yourself, or pictures of your children on this site. If you are seeking support for sensitive issues do not go here, as they have also baited and tormented posters who are mentally ill for entertainment purposes. (Stated on other websites.) If a poster is putting you in a dangerous situation, the board moderators will not help you.

One of the first things my OB half-jokingly told me when I got a positive pregnancy test was to stay off babycenter for the sake of my own wellbeing. I got the app which was adorable and decided to check the boards, thinking the bad stuff I heard must be wrong. Ha ha! It was even worse than I ever imagined! There is a group of regular posters who appear to base their daily lives around this website. I am serious. Day and night, they are on there, obsessing over these threads. The regulars are allowed to harass and bully others to no end. There is pretend catholic called gratia, portlandgirl, renne8, someone who makes up fake stories with a thumb as her avi, the list goes on. Anyone new or anyone sane posting for advice or just to chat will be greeted with sarcasm and outright hostility. The inlaws board appears to be 90% fake stories, marriage board exists to inform each and every poster that their spouse is terrible and needs to be dumped immediately, and the bargain hunters board? The best life bargain you'll get is in not visiting that board at all. Just skip this website entirely.

Ive used this site twice since November 2017 and Im surprised a class action lawsuit hasnt been filed yet against the site. I mean if FB can get sued by its user Im almost certain this site can too. Especially since it does the exact opposite for whybit was created. It has guidelines and rules it doesnt follow and it seems like this cyber abuse is condone by the way the complaint emails are handled. We all need to look into this.

I've been on babycenter for 6 months now and will never be back on. Never once have I made a post that has gotten any feedback but bullying. Even asking is a certain symptom is nornal will get you bullied. Don't ever try to go on other boards. Most of the time the community is horrible because it the group owners and moderators. They are the ones creating cliques and doing most of the cyber bullying. If the people in charge get an ego trip making fun of people, how will the website get any better?

All the one star reviews are accurate. Don't use the birth boards if you have questions and need support during pregnancy. The women love to make fun of people and make them feel bad for asking innocent questions. They smugly pat themselves on the back for being able to "tell it like it is," when in reality they just think it's fun to make people feel stupid. The mods are worthless. They are usually the biggest drama queens of all and love to sit back and laugh as they watch their favorite "mean girls" make fun of people. I was done with the site when I read one thread of these idiots making fun of a pregnant woman on bed rest with a brain bleed. They told her she was just looking for sympathy and only kicked their insults up a notch after the woman said their comments had driven her to tears. Also, don't even bother trying to join in if you don't toe the line as a liberal, pro-abortion feminist who thinks every marriage problem should be solved by leaving your husband.

I'm giving two stars just because I sometimes read the hydrocephalus board and the women there are actually nice and the mod is really great! It's a smaller group though and is definitely not the norm on this site!

Pretty much all of the 1 star reviews are accurate. This is not a good place to look for support or answers. If you post a question, expect to be ridiculed. If you post an answer to a question, expect the same or possibly worse. I have never experienced cyber bullying until I came on this site looking for support. There are boards such as bargain hunters and debate team, which they claim they are not a birth board but they forget they are under the website "babycenter" not B! T@h center. I actually highly doubt many of these "women" are even mothers. In my opinion misery loves company and if you go out of your way to be hurtful towards someone that just shows what an unhappy person you are. It doesn't take much courage to be mean to a stranger on the internet so I would love to know how these people truly are when they aren't hiding behind a computer screen.
With that being said, I wish I knew of a real mother's group where people could go for real support where the content is regulated. This website is just a lawsuit or suicide waiting to happen (if it hasn't already).

I pride myself on litterally TRYING to be a good person. When a question was asked I GENUINELY answered as if it were me. My last comment was simply about how we should be nicer to each other as I was previously told I didnt know what I was talking about by a "nurse". Everyone there was pregnant or trying to conceive. I received a 12 page thread of i think 150 comments stating that I am weak, made of snowflakes, and that I must have been one of the stupid girls that thought gas bubbles was my fetus moving. They are disgusting vile women who are miserable trolls. They are everything that is wrong in the world meanwhile they are raising children... and teaching them what? I had hoped for a nice response but instead they tried to corner me into idk what. What was their point? They talked about my fetus? And after they locked the thread i noticed about 50 ladies liked my comment but no one spoke up. I guess they already knew how it would end. All in all I told myself, self you are currently in the hospital for dehydration and colitis, being right is not that important. I asked to delete my acct. I'm still waiting. I thought it was a support group. I wish all these ladies and I could start a nice lady baby forum. If you want a calm, peaceful pregnancy start by STAYING AWAY FROM THIS PLACE then have a piece of carrot cake.

I got a Babycenter account when I was pregnant and had a lot of questions. Very quickly I realized though that what happens there is that the admins and friends of theirs are basically there to act out their frustrations with their sad lives on others by responding cruelly and harshly to even the most innocent questions. I was told I was a piece of crap parent and one member even messaged me saying she hoped my baby died -- because I asked if people put seasoning in their homemade baby food. NO JOKE. When I reported this psycho who wished death on my baby, I went to sign in later only to find that my account had been inactivated due to "suspicion of being a second account"... It was not -- however, great nebulous reason to use so that I can't really fight back. Not much of a loss but that should tell you how these creeps operate.

This website is the worst! They have "Debate club" where bunch of regulars post and use direct insults or passive aggressive tone to berate others. The moderators don't respond to reports of those comments because the regulars post them and plus moderators enjoy bullying. It is sad. Don't even join this community, the group owners have zero regards to human decency - they will trash you and tell you that you are in the wrong. They are some miserable people. Only losers with no friends spend so much time arguing with strangers, they hate theirs lives and take it out on innocent newcomers. It is sad that "grown" women express such immature and un-motherly behavior. I am scared what they teach their kids, who will mostly likely end up in prisons. The cyber bullying like it happens there is illegal and I am surprised how that website is still running!