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Hello,

If you are reading this post, you may be wondering if you are pregnant. There is no way for this group to answer that question for you.

The only ways for you to have that question answered accurately are to take either a home pregnancy test or a test at your doctor's office, or to wait 9 months and see if you give birth.

If you have not yet taken a pregnancy test, that should be your first step before posting to this forum. Home pregnancy tests can be purchased at discount stores, grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies, etc. You do not need a prescription or parent permission to buy them. They are usually not kept locked up, so you will not need to ask a stock person for help, although this policy can differ from town to town and store to store. They can usually be found in the feminine products area of the store.

Home pregnancy tests rely on the same chemical test to produce results. The difference in price comes from the marketing, packaging, and amount of complicated technology to display the results. A low-cost test will produce the same accurate result of a high-cost test.

If you are posting to this forum with pregnancy symptom questions because of fantasy or wishful thinking, please be aware that you are trivializing the young women who are members of this forum who are currently pregnant and going through a very serious stage of their lives.

If you would like to know more about your reproductive health, you might like our sister app, Pink Pad. Pink Pad is available in both free and pro versions and contains information for period/ovulation/fertility tracking, as well as an extensive Community component similar to Baby Bump's. In the Community feature of Pink Pad, there is a forum set aside specifically for Creative Writing called Teen Poetry that can be a great outlet for exploring alternate realities and fantasies.

Once again - no one can tell over a forum community if you are pregnant or not. If you have this question, please take real world steps to find out the answer before joining this group.

Thank you for reading this very long message :)

Best wishes,
Zella
Alt12 Community Manager


Update:
Some long-time members of this forum have asked if they can flag "Am I Pregnant" posts. The answer is no, as posting this question is within the Terms of Use.

It may see silly to you that someone is asking this question on a forum, but that doesn't mean that the question is out-of-line or unacceptable. I am sure we have all had moments in our past where we didn't know what was happening or going to happen, and talking or thinking over the possibilities was the first step we took before learning what path the future was going to take.

Baby Bump is designed to be a supportive place for women to talk with each other about some of the most important aspects of their lives.

If you see a post you don't like but does not break one of the clauses of the Terms of Use, you can choose to either helpfully answer the question, ignore the post, or make use of the Ignore User feature.

Ridiculing or mocking another member of these forums is not an option, nor is flagging to "make a post go away."

Thank you for doing your part to make this forum a great place to be.

Zella

Hi Ladies,

The Teen Mom forum on Baby Bump is intended to be a supportive place for information and bonding and is specifically designed for active use by people who are 17 years of age or under.

If you are interested in discussing the theoretical points of teenage motherhood, please try the Off-Topic forum.

A special note about "fantasy" posting:
It is natural to be curious about a life choice. It is not ok to take advantage of other people's trusting nature to pretend to be something that you are not. If you are a teen who would like a safe place to express your creativity and explore an alternate reality, please try Pink Pad's Teen Poetry forum.

The Teen Mom forum is not intended to be a place to judge, bully or criticize the choices or circumstances of these women. If you see an abusive post on the forum, please flag the post using the "Report Abuse" button. Likewise, if you see a user who is abusing this forum by playacting something she is not, feel free to send a note to abuse@alt12.com with the username for moderator review.

Thank you for reading this note.

As a teen mom, you will have many challenges ahead of you. Take the opportunity in this forum to be your best self. It will only serve you well in the future.

Zella
Alt12 Community Manager

Hi Ladies,

If you run across someone who is being less than truthful in her posts or who is posting in a way that does not seem to make sense, please do not engage in a war of words or do a "call-out" on the forums. Doing so will only result in your own posting account being infracted and/or blocked.

The best way to handle the situation is to send the username to abuse@alt12.com. Alt12 takes accusations of falsehoods very seriously. You may not see visible evidence of action having been taken, but please trust that every account that is questioned via abuse@alt12.com is investigated.

If you are a teen reading this message who has been telling falsehoods but would like help in extricating yourself from a big word mess, please feel free to contact me via community@alt12.com. We can help you clean up your account for a new start. You may also enjoy the Teen Poetry forum on PinkPad, where creative tales are welcome and encouraged.

Best wishes,
Zella
Alt12 Community Manager

Hi Ladies,

Please keep the following in mind when reading and participating on these forums:

* On these forums, the person behind the device is responsible for all posts made, regardless of username.

* False or fake accounts are expressly against the Terms of Use. If you see an account you believe to be created to manipulate or disrupt the community, please send a note via email to abuse@alt12.com.

* The topics of removed posts, blocked accounts, and infractions are considered to be part of a private dialogue between Alt12 Apps and the original author. Posts on these subjects will be removed.

* Likewise, members who post on the behalf of other forum members who have had their access to the service blocked, temporarily or permanently, may find that their own access is also blocked as an extension of the other forum member's account. Friends don't ask friends to participate in ban evasion.

* The Community Team has access to tools and tracking information that our forum members do not. As hard as it can be to believe, some people who participate online that seem respectable and caring are capable of creating multiple accounts expressly to create drama and receive attention on these forums. This kind of behavior is not tolerated.

* These forums rely on a mixture of moderation concepts of princples. One of the most important is community moderation. Thousands of posts are made to the forums every day. It is not possible for the moderators to pre-moderate every comment as it is made. The "Report Abuse" feature sends a post to the moderation queue for moderator review. By making use of the Report Abuse button for unsuitable content and escalating accounts for account history review by email to abuse@alt12.com, you are helping keep the forums a pleasant place to be.

Thanks for reading this message.
If you have questions, please feel free to write to the Community Team at community@alt12.com.

Best wishes,
Zella

im so happy!!!

For the past week I've been having on and off contractions. All today I didn't have any, so I was feeling better, but they they've come back. I just want my body to make its decision. Let's choose have the baby now. ;)

I'm 32w2d with my baby girl. We just had our last ultrasound and the technician took two 3D ultrasound pictures for us! Her little arm and hand covered half her face. She has her daddy's nose and chubby little cheeks! She weighs 4lbs 3oz. She's beautiful and healthy and we are so blessed!

my fiance left to bootcamp today it broke my heart :(

My sweet sweet baby how I miss you. This emptiness fills every space in my dreadful soul. I want my son back, safe and sounded in my womb.