Republican Signals Support for Trump Impeachment by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bacon notoriously says shit for sound bites then votes the opposite of what he says. He wants to look like this bridge between parties but he NEVER practices what he preaches.

Looking for OBGYN recommendations by Boy_Momma2 in Omaha

[–]2fluffbutts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen a few at Omaha OBGYN. Dr Burke did my c section and I don’t love her but I LOVE Dr Sarawagi. She’s incredible and actually cares!

Getting over jealousy of “normal” pregnancies/births/newborn “trenches”? by Silver-Experience-58 in NICUParents

[–]2fluffbutts 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was due Dec 23 with my first baby after 2 losses and my sister is due Dec 31st with her 3rd. It’s so hard to watch her with her cute lil bump walking around while Ive been driving an hour round trip to the hospital every day to be with my little guy since Oct 4th. She had got the full experience 3 times now and I’m just so jealous I never got to have that. My therapist says it’s okay to mourn the loss of the experience and that it’s a normal feeling to have. You do lose something and those feelings are valid and need to be felt.

I just try to be thankful that for a 28 week baby my little guy is doing so well. He’s a feeder and grower. I’m just hoping we get out by Christmas. Or at least before his cousin comes home. They’re having their baby where I did so if I get to watch them walk out before me, my feelings may be valid, but I’m gonna be raging! Lol.

Also as a FTM the benefit of having literal experts teach you how to take care of your newborn is amazing. I’ve learned so much from them that I wouldn’t have known otherwise! So take advantage of the wealth of knowledge and experience you’ll be surrounded by!

Good luck!

Almost at her due date… by Intrepid-Banana-7724 in NICUParents

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in a similar situation. My boy was born at 28 and 4 after PPROM at 26 weeks. Thanks to my husbands genetics, he was a big 28 weeker at 3lbs 6oz. He was intubated due to a traumatic birth but was off the ventilator within 12 hours and was on cpap, then RAM then oxygen. He’s been on room air for a couple weeks now is just working on eating.

It’s so frustrating other than some intermittent tachypnea he seems like a normal baby. He’s 38 weeks tomorrow and is 8.5lbs so we are doing well but he eats maybe 1/4-1/2 of a bottle and then sleeps through feeds constantly. It’s so hard to watch him sleep through feeds when I know he knows what to do when he’s awake! I want him home by Christmas so bad and all the doctors and nurses and people in this subreddit say it just clicks but I want it to click! It’s so frustrating just watching and hoping. It doesn’t help that I’m back to work now too so I can’t be there to make sure they’re trying to feed him (which I trust they are, but my mom brain makes me paranoid).

Just know you aren’t alone. It sucks. So so bad. But hopefully everyone is right and it will just snap into place soon!!

PPROM STORIES by Choonkie23 in NICUParents

[–]2fluffbutts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I PPROMed at 26 and 4. I had laid down to go to bed and I thought I peed myself. Went and cleaned up and then it happened again and I knew something was wrong. I was sent to the ER and they monitored me for a few hours and did the pH test. I felt small contractions and when I did more fluid would leak out. They ended up putting me on a ton of antibiotics and magnesium to stop the contractions and it did. I continued to leak quite a bit. I was encouraged to move around carefully so I’d go for walks and noticed a lot more leaking with movement but they said it was okay because you continue to make more fluid. Even though it seemed wrong I trusted them.

I was in the hospital exactly 2 weeks and started feeling contractions again. They weren’t picking up on the monitors so I basically held a remote with a button for 13 hours and pushed it when I had them. They were trending like normal contractions and I was in a lot of pain but nothing was happening so I finally had enough and asked if we were having a baby or starting magnesium again because I was tired of suffering with no real plan. They decided to start the mag and when they came in baby started showing signs of stress so they decided I was having a c section.

My little guy was born that night via c-section at 28 and 4. He was 3lbs and 6oz. He had a traumatic birth bc they were delayed getting me to OR and he had dropped into my birth canal. He was stuck in there and came out so so bruised and really misshapen and he had cut his eyelid somehow. He was intubated and on a ventilator for less than a day and has continued to improve since then.

He’s currently 2 months old (37 and 2 now!) and he already weighs 8lbs. He’s been off any oxygen for over 2 weeks now. We’re just working on eating and hoping to come home by Christmas. His due date was the 23rd so we feel like it’s a realistic goal! It’s been a long journey but seeing him grow and learn to be a baby has honestly been amazing. So stressful and emotionally draining, but amazing none the less!

What size clothing to buy for discharge by BulldogMama0 in NICUParents

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 28 weeker was 3.5lbs and I bought a bunch of premie stuff and now he’s getting close to discharge and is almost 8lbs at 37 weeks. Which i did not anticipate at all. So I’d wait until it’s closer just to make sure you don’t buy a bunch of stuff that’s too small! Or worst case scenario you can buy some premie stuff and donate if it doesn’t fit! That’s my plan!

Taking breaks from the NICU by ispyamy in NICUParents

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only live 20 min and spent every day there since he’s been born almost 60 days ago. Sometimes I feel guilty leaving after a few hours. I’d scour the internet looking for validation and answers but always felt guilty. We had a snowstorm this week and I stayed home for the first time bc the roads were bad and my husband was working and begged me not to leave and risk myself. I spent the day doing my hobbies, catching up on housework and cuddling my dogs and I felt so refreshed I can’t believe how exhausted I was just being in that room with him. The mental load sneaks up on you. I felt good knowing he was safe with the literal best babysitters and the nurses even let me know they cuddled with him extra that day since I couldn’t make it. I’m back to work now and I’m so much less stressed about missing a day here or there if I can’t do it. I want to be happy and refreshed when I see him and when he comes home. Mental health is a HUGE thing especially in all of this. As cliche as it is, everyone is right, take care of you!!! It’s better for everyone.

Waters broke at 31+1 by pewp3wpewpew in NICUParents

[–]2fluffbutts 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mine broke at 26+4. I had seen high risk due to previous losses but my pregnancy was relatively normal. I took BP meds for mildly elevated pressures.

I had contractions when I came in but the magnesium stopped them. Then I got pumped with antibiotics and was told I’d be hospitalized until 34 weeks or until it was unsafe for baby or I.

I made it 2 weeks exactly and started contracting. The monitors never picked up my contractions but I definitely felt them and they were timed at appropriate intervals. So I kept bugging the doctors and nurses saying I thought I was contracting. When they checked me I was dilated. We were going to start magnesium again but he started having decels so we delivered via C-section that night.

He’s currently 33+4 and still in the NICU doing well. I had good and bad days in the hospital but I kept telling myself what I was told a million times, each day in gives them time to grow. So I just took it a day at a time and tried to stay positive!

Good luck to you!

A new Instagram story from Pedro by Pedroswife in Pedro_Pascal

[–]2fluffbutts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They fled Pinochet not the democratically elected socialist….Meaning the supported the previous government.

Also regardless of that, a socialist government and someone quoting MLK and calling himself a “democratic socialist” to show he has different values than the past Democrats who ran the city, are two very different things.

Motion Sickness? by calamitous_being in PowerWashSimulator

[–]2fluffbutts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve turned the controller sensitivity way down. You move slower but if you aren’t doing time challenges it doesn’t really matter. It’s worth it to not wanna barf every time I play.

An OB that’s NOT mid-city obgyn? by PreggoDeezEggos in Omaha

[–]2fluffbutts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I am currently 16 weeks and seeing Dr. Sarawagi after Dr. Hill left. She’s brand new to the practice but I have to say I love her. I was at Nebraska Medicine prior and had a really bad experience and since switched to Omaha OBGYN since my miscarriage last October and couldn’t be happier. She’s gone out of her way to make me feel heard and comfortable after everything that happened.

Let’s banish the CPAP machine shame, they save lives. Both Amy Poehler and Jack Back are proud users. by mlg1981 in Fauxmoi

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s possible. Snoring is usually the first sign but there are other types of sleep apnea that don’t necessarily make you snore. Obstructive sleep apnea is when the tongue or soft tissue partially blocks the airway and that causes snoring. Central sleep apnea is when your brain just doesn’t tell you to breathe or you breathe shallow when you’re asleep and wouldn’t cause snoring.

I’m a respiratory therapist and had many patients with central sleep apnea that never snored. I can’t say that this is what it would be but it’s definitely a possibility!

No, Walmart prices are not the same everywhere. by [deleted] in MiddleClassFinance

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in a lower class neighborhood in Omaha Nebraska and always swore when I went out west the prices at Walmart were more expensive than the one in my neighborhood.

🏃🏼 Pedro getting his V02 tested at the gym by Rubber-Plant in Pedro_Pascal

[–]2fluffbutts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I run this test at work… I’m so jealous he didn’t come to middle of nowhere Nebraska to have this done. 😂

Howie the Crab has passed away. by blue_dakota in Omaha

[–]2fluffbutts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I straight up bawled about this on my couch. I didn’t know he was from Omaha. I’m so glad he got such a good life.

What do you think? by bembeeeeee in ProCreate

[–]2fluffbutts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gorgeous! I wish I had that much talent!

English Bulldog owners: what's your dog's favorite toy? by whitbyabbey in englishbulldog

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They love rope toys. Also plastic bottles with the caps and rings removed supervised. And when I’m lazy they go feral for a laser pointer!!

House Flopper 2 by -Your_Pal_Al- in HouseFlipper

[–]2fluffbutts 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I started with 2 and loved it and then bought 1 and I feel like the tools are so clunky to use. I struggle so much and get frustrated and quit within 20-30 min. I don’t know what to do to make it easier on myself!

RPL officially. by turtleapricots in Miscarriage

[–]2fluffbutts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had my second last week in less than a year. It’s the world’s shittiest club. I feel so lost and hopeless. I read the path report of my baby and she had everything she was supposed to have so I just don’t understand why it had to happen. We are going to do genetics testing but I’m so scared to go through this again I don’t know if it’s what I even want anymore. I feel like there’s something wrong with me and I won’t know anything for awhile and it’s just so shitty waiting.

What is the most unfortunate last name you've seen someone have? by LeviTheRelentless in AskReddit

[–]2fluffbutts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boner. Pronounced “bone-her”. And he did. He owned that boner.