4) Vulgar/Offensive Language and Restrictions on Post Content, Chat Messages and Tags. We do not wish to restrict your right to display personal views, ideology, etc. but do ask that you continue to remain respectful of others. Please refrain from including profanity, violence, obscenity, lewd, or sexually explicit content within your posts in deference to (or as a courtesy to) your fellow members and their families. Likewise, this does also extend to our "tagging" feature as well. *Note* This does apply to images, videos, and other content from *offsite.* Content posted within our public forums and within chat must adhere to our guidelines and terms of use. While we are not a site for children, as a parenting community there is a "reasonable expectation" that the site is family friendly. If you feel you simply must express yourself using these means we actually have private forums and chats just for you to do so within your post instead.

Please note that it is never ok to use racial or other discriminatory remarks. While you are welcome to express your belief/point of view, (within posts, signatures, or comment areas), please understand that you are expected to be able to do so without mocking, bashing, or demeaning someone else's views/beliefs. Once again, it is an issue of respect for all your fellow Pregnancy.org members and non-members alike that are subjected to reading. If you have a question whether something is allowed, please ask us!

5) Donation drives, solicitations, and research studies. All donation/charity drives and solicitations posted on site must be approved by management prior to posting. Unfortunately, we are not able to consider requests for personal reasons (financial hardships, new computers for members, or to gain funding for continuing education, etc.) We are simply too large a community and it is extremely difficult for us to determine one person's need more worthy than another. It has also been our experience to have members conned with illegitimate requests. While we often get to know our members personally and realize that there are many worthwhile causes, we still must apply the rules "across the boards". Requests considered must be for serious cause, proven via a verifiable source (such as a news agency or public service) or for a national foundation such as the March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, etc. with all monies directly donated to the charity. All research studies and surveys must be reviewed by us prior to posting. In order to insure that all posted studies onsite are ones that we do believe will benefit our members we have developed some basic criteria in order to meet approval. All others will be deleted and the account deactivated. If you would like more information on any of the above,, simply email us with your request.

6)Buddy/Ignore Lists: We are pleased to offer this feature to our members, both accessible via your profile (User CP section.) Buddy lists are fun ways to keep track of your friends onsite. Also, since we do recognize that with a community of this size, (just like within our own family!), there may be those that no matter how hard we/they try... well -- annoy! Rather than allow this to negatively affect your experience here at Pregnancy.org, please use this feature. We do ask that members do not share or display either their buddy or ignore list. Doing so would only cause hurt feelings which is not the purpose of this feature. Those choosing to do so will find their account, at minimum, temporarily deactivated.

7) Signature and Avatar Guidelines. Please notice we have specific guidelines for these privileges. Please see the section below.

1. Image dimensions and File Size Limitations:
   • Avatars - You may include a small graphic image below your details in posts. Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 110 pixels, the height no greater than 110 pixels, and the file size no more than 391 kb.
   • Signatures - These shall be limited to 500 x 500 pixels maximum with a file size limit of 250kb maximum.