BabyCenterReviews 235

If I could give this app negative stars I would not hesitate to do so. This app appeared to be wonderful and informative. I enjoyed the reads and info and videos of how my body is changing and how baby is growing. But then this Sunday, everything changed when I began to miscarry my third set of twins. I immediately changed my profile to say that I miscarried and unsubscribed to all future emails. I was immediately brought to a page stating how sorry they are for my loss and that they will remove me from all email lists and would not send me any more notifications. Satisfied I deleted the apps. The next day, I recieved no less than 3 emails about cord blood registry, baby registry and baby this week. I unsubscribed to those emails. The next day, another 3 emails. Which I then replied to individually as well as all of the emails that have been sent in the last month, copying and pasting my words to each email. From that, I recieved one email of condolences and again promising that they will never send again. But to expect 24 hours for it to be worked out in their system. That was thursday morning. I recieved 4 emails yesterday which I disregarded hoping that they would finally after pleading with them for a solid week, honor my loss and respect the fact that it needed to stop. Would you believe that it is now over 48 hours since I was promised no more will be sent and I have now recieved 4 emails today, again reminding me of what I no longer have and what I am missing out on. Now I am a strong woman and will absolutely not let this destroy me or allow myself to self destruct, I've come a long way. However, what about those mamas who are understandably unable to to function and receive those emails and rent space in their hearts and their heads, making them bitter, making them more traumatized, angry, or suicidal? If this has happened even one time, it is one time too many and needs to be addressed before this company gets the wool pulled out from underneath them by families who have now lost their mothers or wives to depression, anxiety or suicide. I beg of you, if you care about us as much as you say you do, fix this problem and if you make promises, keep them I don't think you'd want a law suit on your hands

The site itself may have useful information, but the community is a collection of harpies that get off on out snarking each other. They act as if they've never made a singe mistake in their entire existence, but if the OP has they'll relish in tearing her to shreds. If you're not exactly like them everything about you is wrong and your children will be horrifically damaged because of it. Don't ever ask for real advice, you won't get it. Don't ask for support from your fellow moms either. It doesn't exist in that rat's nest.

I have begun to think that some of these online female members are probably insecure and miserable in their real lives. Miserable people like others to be miserable, too. This is very unhealthy for someone who has good mental health. Members who disagree with others' comments, would either mock, be rude to, be judgmental to, troll or bully other members. They want to be better than the other members they disagree with.
Cyberbullies would sometimes gang up with one another to bully the other poster, and I have experienced this as well. The only options for members are either to hit the "Ignore this member" or stand up for themselves, because Babycenter allow these members to troll and cyberbully and not be penalized for these negative low-class behaviors. I've even recognized some of their usernames. These types of members look for opportunities to cyberbully other members.

Babycenter groups show favoritism to those who conform and these negative trolls. They allow people to cyberbully, curse or use the F words a lot on the forums. I received a message from them about the guidelines and replied to them that they did nothing for me when I've been mocked or personally attacked by other members. They're a piece of sh*t. Their online community is kind of trashy, because of these negative cyberbullies and trolls, who have better nothing to do to others.

I used this app to help me read about what baby is up to and how the pregnancy is progressing.
I then joined the community and started posting in groups where I just ask for simple advice. They have baby groups, marriage /relationship groups, etc. well I just wanted to get suggestions about what kind of wedding band I should get for my future husband, and I got a few good suggestions but then the bullies came along and started questioning my relationship with my fiancé saying I didn't mention I had another kid with him only bc I mentioned I was pregnant with "our kid" seeing as the other baby is 2 years old and this is a new pregnancy I didn't feel the need to mention my first child in a post about a WEDDING BAND SUGGESTION.
Well I put her in her place and told her that the comment had nothing to do with what the post was about, and after I said that, all hell broke loose. I was nothing but berated and told that my post didn't belong in their group or follow their rules. Someone even said they were surprised my post was still up because it was and I quote "$#*!ing bizarre". I explained to them multiple times that I was sorry I didn't understand the rules and I was trying to remove my post myself so that it wouldn't bother anyone else. Then the admin comes in and tells everyone that *I* wasn't following the rules and completely turned their nose away to the fact that their posters were tearing me down completely.

Steer Clear from these groups if you're looking for GENUINE advice and help.

The entire community seems to be filled with the "Karens". Very entitled and judgemental. Unwelcoming atmosphere, including the moderators and group creators. All of the other reviews are very right. Any opinion or statement that strays away from the hive mind on that site and you get eaten alive. I've tried at least three separate times with the site, being sweeter each time and still getting snarky comments. Definitely not the place to go for a supportive community, ESPECIALLY for relationship advice as I see everyone just telling these women to leave their men and become single mothers over stupid things like him yelling at her once. The website itself is fantastic and it can't help its community but for some reason all of the toxic Karens that are middle-aged and miserable and must feel above people some way.

I was banned for making posts to take the minds of those struggling with PPD for myself and others for using certain topics that BBC didn't agree with. However, there are women on there that call others $#*!, and there are people on there that go out of their way to purposely bully others. The bullies calling others bullies. There was also a mother on there that was showing off her "gifted child" and was basically rubbing it in other mother's face. Because you know, giftedness is a struggle she wouldn't wish on anyone according to her. The GO's are vio happy. They delete everything and when you comment on it there's a Vio. You can't have any fun without BBC and the GO's interrupting. BBC is also inconsistent with their rules. They say this is a vio, and then change their mind to others. There is definitely favortism amongst some users. Avoid this website at all cost. BBC is a joke.

This website is so toxic and cancerous. Full of triggered women, lots of bullies, and these bitter women are pathetic man-haters! I saw triggered females saying mean things about another woman's husband because God forbid he didn't want to be in the delivery room with her. Are these your goals in life, BabyCenter ladies? To sit around and complain about men for simply not entering a room? Please, for haven's sake, stay away from this garbage website! It was so intense, it actually made me cry! How can people be so narrow-minded and malicious? I've seen posts where women BRAG about abusing their husbands! This website is trash. Man-hating trash. Stay away! Radioactivity detected!

Still have faith in humanity? Stay away from BabyCenter! Find a better mom website!

Honestly this site is full of women who are bitter and the losers of life in every sense of the word. Insecure and uneducated are understatements. They're supposed to all be full time working mums but sit there slaying people for kicks all day long. The frequent posters are simply put sad. Full of either mental health issues or just plain lack real social skills. A little band of women who find themselves using this site as an arena to feel big as they are truely nothing in real life.

I fell in love with this app immediately. Loved getting the reminders about my baby, browsing through interesting article finds and finding out how well my little one is developing. Found out in my 7th month there was a huge community forum you can post questions and responses with other real women. Thought this was great! At once I put up a post about an issue I was experiencing with an in law, in an effort to find some helpful advice or find someone in my shoes. Well, a few minutes right after I put it up I found out brutally that I had posted in the wrong group apparently. This group was for marriage and family and what I needed was the Dealing with in laws. The women were so horrible and rude to me. Shockingly, a "group owner" was the first in line. I was close to tears after hearing things like "Get over it" and "this is your problem" and "you're just being really ungrateful" and "this does not belong here. Go where there are other women like you." Another woman really said that if I did post in the group I was suppose to they'll just tell me how ungrateful and petty I am. I was so upset! The issue was my mother in law won't stop buying my baby everything. I don't want or need to be provided for. Just was looking for nice ways or suggestions to tell her to stop, that it's too much what she was doing and THEY ATE ME ALIVE. I'm still reeling from it. Terrible, terrible women!

I was a member of the Baby Center web site when I was pregnant about 3 years ago. A few times I posted a question to a community about my child's behavior, and I could not believe the bullies that lurk on this site. There were some absolutely cruel moms on this site who were some of the biggest bullies I've ever encountered. I'm being honest when I say that some of these women would probably be pleased if another member killed herself over their comments. It was horrendous. I would report some of these bullies to the web site manager, and most times nothing was done about it. And my posts were completely normal - asking honest questions about sleep issues, tantrums, eating issues, etc. I felt personally attacked on so many occasions that I closed my account. I have never had a worse experience in an online community in my life. They should either close down the open forum sections or have people monitoring the bullies 24/7. The bullies who violate their rules should have their accounts removed immediately. (As one example, I remember the first time I posted a question, I did not have a profile picture. One person replied, "if you don't have a profile picture, you basically don't exist." Wow.) Another example was when I posted something with concerns that my daughter might have sensory issues. I got responses like, "you seem overly sensitive", "you need to take a valium", "you're wasting our time on this site", etc.

I was attacked on one of my posts because I drug test for probation and wanted to ask if pregnancy horomones can cause false-positives and a few ladies started agreeing with this other lady that I was concerned about that because I had done drugs (because apparently I am just a criminal in their eyes) and wanted to see if I could blame it on a false-positive. After every bully comment that came in I did say something pretty mean after one of the ladies mocked me but I immediately deleted the comment but some MAN who was using the site saw my comment and TOLD EVERYONE what it said. I had no way of taking it back then so they ALL started flooding me with you are this and that after they set me off. They will rile you up until you say something you do not mean then JUMP you for it. I am 8 weeks pregnant and my body is going through A LOT of changes right now. Them pushing pregnant women to their breaking point is unjustifiable and they need to be held accountable for their actions. They caused me a lot of emotional stress over the things they said and made me feel and say myself! I was bullied in middle school and that brought back A LOT of old feelings for me. They are vicious and cruel women who do NOT deserve the children they are blessed with. Forgive me God but they are evil women. I hope they come to God and open their eyes to their extreme bullying ways. I forgive the ladies who did what they did but I will never forget the stress they inflicted. SHUT DOWN BABYCENTER!

The community forums on babycenter.com are the pits. They attract bullies and "snark" and have an awful gang mentality. I have been part of the forums for a few years but after receiving a "vio" (violation warning) and being banned from the Bargain Hunters forum for calling out one of the regulars for bullying I have had enough. I will not be back, it is not worth it. The place will drive you crazy.

I have seen it all on these forums, especially on the Bargain Hunters forum (aka: the $#*! of the internet). The regulars and even the GOs (group owners) whom are supposed to police the forums, will gang up on anyone they deem to be beneath them.
Don't you dare be a new user asking an innnocent question, don't ever call out anyone especially a regular for saying awful things to someone, in fact don't dare even try to be friendly on that board. They will eat you alive. They will taunt, bully, harass and even cyberstalk you unless you are one of the chosen $#*!y regulars in which case you can pretty much commit murder and you'll be given a bit fat pat on the back and will be nominated for a badge. Don't even hint that their behaviour is atrocious, they will act deeply offended and turn it all around on you to make you look weak and stupid.

It is obvious that most of these women spent their childhoods and maybe part of their adult lives being bullied. Some of them admit to having no real life friends. It is sad that they so easily turn into bullies themselves when they get together.

I have seen women saying they've received PANs (private messages) encouraging them to hurt and even kill themselves but nothing is ever done about it. I have seen women asking for support because they are in an extremely tough situation and they are told it's all their fault because of xyz.

I sent an email to the actual paid staff of Babycenter asking that they please take a hard look into the bullying that is constantly occurring on their community forums. I received no response because they simply do not care.

Please AVOID this atrocious site. They do have great info on pregnancy and parenting but I don't think they deserve your clicks and visits when they allow and even encourage such hideous bullying behaviour.

Posters attack others and say cruel things to them about their children, their family members, for no reason. The "GOs" or "Group Owners" won't issue vios to their friends. Almost anything is allowed to be said by the long time members. Some of these people post all day and all night long. My opinion now is that they are paid trolls. Is this is part of how the site generates revenue? It needs to be shut down and the people who post there day and night need to get a life. It makes me shudder to think I might know some of these women in real life.

OMG. Where do I even start?! I would give it a zero star if I could. I don't think most of the posters are real women with real concerns but only on their to troll and bully other women. Not recommended at all especially if you're looking for an online support group. Instead you'll be bullied and they gang up on you real fast makes you wonder how or why or what they have against you? The negative comments, replies, bullying, personal attacks for no reasons at all. It just seemed like that these could be some evil male internet trolls working to make some women who are in need more miserable. The site has no regulations on who is registeres or if they're even a legit person. Enough said. Stay far far away from this site.