Pregnancy communities help with lived-experience questions, logistics and support. They are not clinics. Both r/BabyBumps and r/pregnant explicitly steer medical interpretation to licensed professionals and restrict test/bump photo dumping outside allowed threads.
Where to ask
Best for: Peer pregnancy discussion when you need community norms around photos, surveys and non-clinical questions.
Why it fits: Its public description: “A place for pregnant redditors, those who have been pregnant, those who wish to be in the future, and anyone who supports them. Not the place for bump or ultrasound pics, sorry!”
Rules to know before posting:
- Treat everyone with respect. It is possible to get your point across and disagree without being rude. This means other bumpers, non-bumpers, and other websites.
- We consider any link post spam if it is submitted by someone who is not active in our community. This is left up to moderator discretion, but a good rule of thumb is to keep link posts to less than 1 every 10 helpful…
- Do not solicit or ask for donations or funding of any kind. Use subreddits specific for this such as /r/Assistance.
- Do not make AMA-type posts or posts which seek to poll the community for the purposes of market research or academic research without prior permission from the Mods. Permission will only be granted in compelling…
- No asking if pregnant or posting pregnancy tests
- Do not post or ask for personal information about anyone, including yourself. This includes but is not limited to names, phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, or other identifying information.
- Failure to remain civil during discussion of circumcision.
- Bump, ultrasound, and announcement pics (including positive pregnancy tests) go in the daily bump thread only. Mods have discretion for what counts here.
Read r/BabyBumps’s current rules on Reddit
Best for: A pregnancy-focused safer-space community for pregnant people and loved ones — still not for diagnosing test results.
Why it fits: Its public description: “A safer space for all pregnant people.”
Members in our directory: 1.7M
Rules to know before posting:
- This subreddit is for pregnant people and their loved ones. Stay on topic.
- Respect pregnant people's choices without judgement. Nobody is too young, too poor, too single, too manly, too gay, too whatever to be pregnant.
- We are pro-choice, pro-science and pro-vaccinations.
- No policing or shaming other people's bodies or pregnancies.
- Bigotry and hate speech are not allowed.
- Frequently asked questions and repetitive posts will be removed
- We are not doctors. Please ask a licensed medical professional what your test results mean!
Read r/pregnant’s current rules on Reddit
Before you post
- Do not ask strangers to read labs, ultrasounds or “am I pregnant?” from a photo — contact a clinician.
- Read each room’s photo and content-warning flair rules before posting images.
- Newborn care after birth often fits beyond-the-bump / new-parent communities rather than pregnancy-only rooms.
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Rule summaries are paraphrased from each community’s published rules (public archive copy retrieved 7 November 2026; original snapshot date unavailable). Current rules may differ — check the community’s rules before posting. A good fit does not guarantee a reply.