BabyCenterReviews 235

I joined this site when I was pregnant with my first and joined a birth club according to my due date. As a first time I had little education on what to do once my baby was here. Thanks to all the threads throughout my pregnancy on my birth board I was able to learn so much information to feel like I was prepared for parenthood. This site has helped me in so many ways to prepare to he a mom, that I couldn't even begin to explain how much I have truly learned. Along with that I find (most of the time) women to be supporting and helpful. I have seen so many women come together at the benefit of another person or child. I have seen the support and love pour through to women who are hurting or depressed. I have seen women sympathy and support to women who are victims of abuse, and help them to leave their bad situations. Overall this site is amazing. The absolute best website I have ever used.

A soul sucking hole that's filled with the most vile, caustic and catty women around. They will doubt your post if you're new. They'll doubt it if you have been around awhile. They'll make you think you're being petty over any possible thing you could ever be upset about. I've seen people be accused of faking pregnancy loss, cancer, domestic abuse, etc. If you don't agree with the ring leaders you're not trusted. If you comment a lot you'll be asked who you used to be. I think all these women need a good therapist and a bottle of Xanax to calm their tits with. Maybe then they can relax and realize how stupid they are for being such scumbags on a mommy site.

Love babycenter. I started on a birth board when I unexpectedly got pregnant.
I learned SOOO much there about pregnancy, birth, and parenting. Granted there are a lot of really hormonal women all online at once, but I loved have thousands of different prospectives at once.
Once we all had our babies and our board died down I started looking for other boards that met my intrest. A joined a few, but "BHB" is by far my favorite. Sure the members can be a little cliquey and sometimes catty, but they're so fun! They are an honest group but there is something there for everyone, whether you post regularly or not. Just get a feel for the atmosphere first.
Plus, their format is way more preferable than cafemom or thebump.
Babycenter rocks!

I love Babycenter, and my favorite forum group, the BHB! Are the women there snarky? No, unless you trip their bs senses. These ladies can sniff out a lie a thousand miles off.

I've seen how the community comes together when someone is genuinely having a hard time, be it cancer, a loss, financial issues, or trying to leave an abusive relationship. These women are willing to help and stop at nothing to give those that truly need it all the resources an Internet stranger can!

I suspect most of the 1-star reviews come from women who wandered on expecting a support site. This isn't that. It's a place to talk about parenting, get advice, and have someone give you a wake up call if you're out of line! Also, if you don't read the group sticky before you post, you're sure to get some snark, so read it, for every. Single. One!

Now, c'mon over and play with the big girls, just leave your butthurt behind!

I concur with previous reviewers, BBC is the WORST website community I have ever been a part of. I'm almost embarrassed I kept up with it for so long (5 months). I went there as a first time Mom looking for support and advice, and ended up being maliciously attacked and criticized by numerous people, including Group Owners! You will know who the attackers are right away, as they seemingly never leave their computers, and are quick to leave nasty comments on every post. Then, they gang up on you with each other and turn it into a high school drama similar to Mean Girls. It's terrible! I let the internet get to me, and I got very upset and stressed out on numerous occasions WHILE PREGNANT because of this site. This is the least supportive place for a pregnant women, and I highly suggest NO ONE visit this site. It's not good for your growing baby. This website should be banned and/or monitored more closely by the true owners of BBC. I will never visit the website again. I've joined What to Expect, and the community there is SO much more supportive.

I am glad to find these reviews. I also, was followed around and harassed by several members of the board. I reported the harassment to a moderator, she used a lot of profanity in responding to me, and told me if I couldn't deal with it, to "just get off the internet". She also told me - get this - that it was a TOS violation to ask someone to stop bothering you! So if you are being harassed, you can't even ask someone to stop! I am now literally afraid of her and I have emailed babycenter.com and asked them to delete my entire profile. I came to this board to chat with other parents occasionally, but I know many teenaged girls who are more mature than the moms who post on this board. My guess is that the women who post there, don't have any real life friends and they seem to spend all day on the boards, snarking at and attacking other women. Stay FAR away, especially if you are pregnant or going through a serious problem in your personal life and need support.

Despite baby center's "rules" against harassment and bullying, the community moderators let it happen anyway. I emailed them twice and sent private messages regarding harassment issues from several posters (and privacy concerns as people were googling me). I had posters following me onto different boards and creating drama and harassing and bullying me. Baby center never responded back ti ANY of my emails or messages. Glad you take cyber bullying seriously babycenter...

If i could give zero stars, i would. Every bad review makes PERFECT sense. I am another one of many who have left the site with utter disgust. This is no place for decent expectant mothers with any self respect. This unhealthy site is infested with trolling, bullying, and biased moderation. Horrible, shameful hormone-raging women who hide behind anonymity and attack people who post there in need of various kinds of support.

If you dont share the majorities opinions, WATCH OUT! You will be roasted over an open fire. And dont dare attempt to defend yourself when you are targeted by these extremely bored housewives. There are a rare few there who are actually trying to offer support and friendliness, but the crazed hens there by far outnumber the good ladies who shouldnt even be mixed up in that horrible mess anyway.

If you are attacked/harassed on the site by anyone, which is against their "rules", dont expect moderators to handle the situation appropriately. If you defended yourself, YOU will be penalized for your reply while the person or people who attacked you in the first place are left to continue attacking others in the forums. In addition, they seem very used to having unhappy/dissatisfied members cancel their accounts, and they apparently could care less as to why they lose such a large amount of people. As long as no one in charge cleans that place up and learns how to properly handle bullying situations, that site will continue to be the toilet bowl of the internet.

The worst website I have ever visited! Does not even deserve one star. Worthy of adding a negative star rating. I can't even believe how rude, cruel, and vicious the "community" members are. I have honestly never seen anything like it my life and I have lived quite a life so far. BBC is nothing but a gang of angry thugs and bullies awaiting their next victim. It is completely ridiculous. Time to boycott Johnson & Johnson until they shut this monster down. I've met nicer people at Sturgis (The motorcycle rally)!

I rarely posted as I didn't want to get attacked. How is that supportive? I did try to start posting with things I thought were very harmless and in no way could drum up rude comments and lo and behold, they found a way. I really need to keep my pregnancy stress free and realized today that this place is just too negative and full of drama and I will be removing my account there today. I would recommend finding another site that actually has supportive women and not bored, catty, bullies!

Great site if you'd like general information on pregnancy through helpful articles. Terrible place to get support. I'm truly saddened by the treatment most members have toward new mothers seeking advice. Very disrespectful and insensitive women on the family boards. My sympathy goes out to all of the woman who have been bullied, judged, and mistreated on that site. Baby Center does nothing to moderate or stop it which is incredibly unprofessional.

Do you enjoy having 200+ comments from women from the middle of Butt$#*!, Nowhere tell you that the current scientific and medical research is invalid because they [insert dumbass action] all the time and their kids are perfectly healthy? Do you like being cyber bullied because a bunch of spiteful, bored women don't want to interact with their toddlers? Then you've found your place! This hellhole is for the lowest of the low-hanging fruit. No wonder their husbands don't want to spend time with them.