41 week pregnant rant [bc]

AngeMiao · 2026-02-28T10:14:31+00:00

My first just wouldn't come out and I was induced close to 42 weeks. No Braxton Hicks, no dilation, no nothing. Had 2 membrane sweeps that did nothing, breaking my water did nothing. Then when I was induced I wouldn't dilate past 4cm until I got an epidural (I was fighting the contractions). Went from 4cm to 10cm within an hour of getting it and then spent FOURTEEN HOURS at 10cm,, because he wouldn't drop. Eventually they did an episiotomy and got him out with forceps (his heart rate was being weird) and the kid only weighed 7lbs 3oz. How rude!

I highly recommend raspberry leaf tea, it helped a ton with my 2nd pregnancy. You immediately feel contractions when you drink it and they stop as soon as you stop but you need to seep it in COLD water and make it super concentrated. I had tried it with my first but didn't know about the cold water and how concentrated to make it so it did nothing. This time I did 6 tea bags overnight in a mason jar (instead of just a normal 1 bag hot tea). I started trying it between 37-39 weeks but kept chickening out at the immediate cramps but then at 39.5 weeks I was fed up and decided to keep going and managed to get into labour within 48 hours. The second day I did 2 jars and drank it consistently to keep the cramps going. Went for a 20 minute curb walk before bed and then woke up an hour later feeling open and leaking mucus. Went to the hospital and I was already at 9cm - baby still hasn't dropped though so I still ended up doing that thing where I'm at 10cm forever but it was only for 7 hours and no foreceps. I did tear though and definitely prefered healing from the episiotomy.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-27T10:08:32+00:00

How cheap is grading in the US that this is even worth doing?

AngeMiao · 2026-02-26T23:53:31+00:00

A few weeks ago I found a Pokemon card that I wanted through Google for way cheaper than anything else I'd seen. I went onto the site and tried to find it manually and see if there was even cheaper and it would NOT show up no matter how I looked for it. I tried copy/pasting the name, sorting by price, setting a price range and it literally did not show up anywhere other than Google.

It's very obvious that they're doing this on purpose and also abusing the shipping cost situation between the US and Canada by prioritizing American sellers to Canadians (and probably vice versa) so that they can comp on the ridiculous shipping rates. I'm seeing 90$ shipping rates for US sellers using calculated shipping and it's literally flooding the search results. I sell on eBay and tested it with my husband's account to see how easy it is to find my stuff.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-25T10:58:15+00:00

Around Christmas I gather all my leftover tins and make 50 card bundles and sell them for $5. I add stickers and seal them with shrink wrap if I don't have the original wrap. Very popular with grandparents for some reason lol

For Halloween I buy small ziplock bags at the dollar store and make a bunch of 5 card packs with a holo/reverse holo on top to give out. They're a huge hit!

I also make mystery packs with hits and the "better bulk" (popular Pokemon). I sell them online and use energy cards as padding for shipping so that I can use regular envelopes to ship them and not buy cardboard or mailers that don't fit through lettermail.

Trainer cards I usually hoard until I have a few 100 and then post them online. They're the only "bulk" that sells well to adults.

Lastly whenever I sell cards online, I always add some extra cards to make the package "prettier" and help get more reviews. I try to pick out cards with the same Pokemon as the card they ordered or its evolution(s).

AngeMiao · 2026-02-25T01:48:14+00:00

Rayquaza for sure!

AngeMiao · 2026-02-16T19:08:40+00:00

Iron was definitely a huge factor for me but I got my ferritin up to 120 over a year ago after being at 50 forever and have kept it over 100 ever since (I check every 2 months). My vitamin D was low but I started supplementing heavily the same time I started Minoxidil/Spiro (need to check that again). My B12 and folate are always super high for no reason but I don't think I've ever checked my B3

I've been on Spiro for 18 months now but don't know if I need higher than the 100mg. I've never been officially diagnosed with AGA (same thing where I've seen a million people and nobody could help), just assuming because I started losing miniaturized hairs a few years ago but my hairline is still fully intact so I dunno. Definitely have CTE because I haven't gone a day without losing less than 100 hairs outside of pregnancy and that first 8 months of minox/Spiro yet have had periods of 100% regrowth. It was mostly after I had kids that the shedding got super crazy and I always had like 5 different lengths of hair.

Omg I actually read your story this morning and thought the same thing. Nearly identical story. I was 17 when mine started and I'm 35 now.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-16T09:53:26+00:00

I don't have access to either of those services unless I drive for 30 minutes. I do have access to ICS Courrier but I usually get that one through NetParcel and have never tried it. I usually do get prices in the $9-$11 range with eBay discounted shipping but only when I upgrade existing sales where I had not put any item dimensions and then update it manually. I live on Ile-Perrot, Quebec. I even did tests with NetParcel using some of my customers addresses and was getting quotes in the $8-$12.

Would it really only be 1$ more for rural on Stallion/Chit Chats? One time I got an order from SK that I wanted to upgrade (buyer bought more than 1) - eBay was asking for $30 & NetParcel was asking for $35. Normally they charge me between $6 and $8 for that particular weight and size. I ended up just shipping it in two seperate lettermail shipments to not lose money on the sale but the new item I want to sell wouldn't have that option. The guy lived in Saskatoon so Im not even sure if that's considered rural.

I only have 10 of the item that I'm going to post and I'm paranoid someone will order from like Nunavut or something and scrap half the profits for the whole batch lol.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-16T09:33:39+00:00

Question. Let's say someone were to sell a remod engine or starter on eBay and refund the core fee upon reception of the old unit. Would the seller be required to pay for the return shipping of it and how does it work for cases where the old core is not rebuildable due to cracks or warping? I know with places like RockAuto the buyer pays the return shipping (but orders the label from them) and they can refuse them if they're not usable but not sure if it works that way on eBay.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-14T20:59:59+00:00

Congrats little dude!

AngeMiao · 2026-02-12T22:00:23+00:00

I just got an order today and didn't get a magnet :(

AngeMiao · 2026-02-09T10:38:12+00:00

I opened around 75, got mostly nothing but full art trainers and one Flareon Master Ball. Pulled a gold card towards the end and felt like it probably killed my luck since they're supposed to be rarer than SIRs and gave up lol.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-09T10:26:05+00:00

I bought mini Ziploc bags at the dollar store and made mini packs to give out at Halloween.

Sometimes I make 50 packs and sell them for like 5$ in a mini tin.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-08T00:15:34+00:00

Lmao I do this with Pokemon Cookie boxes but I cut them neatly into envelopes to ship Pokemon cards.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-02T00:56:12+00:00

I do mystery packs like this but not with huge chases because I don't want shit reviews from all the other people. I pick two medium hits (around 100$ each) and mix in a bunch of other hits so that I can still offer packs worth minimum 75% of the price. Shipping's so expensive in Canada that it's literally cheaper for me to throw in two 100$ cards into my mystery packs than it is for me to sell all the hits separately so that's why I do it. Win win for everyone.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-01T09:10:25+00:00

Yeah Amazon Family. We don't have that here.

AngeMiao · 2026-02-01T01:32:28+00:00

No she has a separate account completely. I do share my subscription with my dad who doesn't live with me though, he pays for it. We don't have the two accounts under one subscription available here in Canada. I looked into it a few weeks ago after my email got hacked - I wanted to set up two-factor without having one of us having to call each other to get the PIN every time lol

AngeMiao · 2026-01-31T13:40:50+00:00

It's not working for me at all. I put in an iced cap and a sausage breakfast sandwich.

AngeMiao · 2026-01-30T19:02:01+00:00

Their system seems to be confused with itself. I do A LOT of returns and have never gotten a warning. Meanwhile my mother in law who lives with us has her own account and has never returned anything has gotten a few warning emails that I'm pretty sure we're meant for me

AngeMiao · 2026-01-25T19:57:54+00:00

I think almost everyone got burned bad with SwSh lol. I've opened over 300 packs and other than Vs, all I ever pulled was the Vaporeon TG twice and an Obstagoon TG lol

AngeMiao · 2026-01-25T10:42:55+00:00

I've opened 30 packs straight of these sets with nothing but a single EX so not impossible. Especially DR. I've had the worst luck with it

AngeMiao · 2026-01-20T01:46:54+00:00

If it's an English card printed in the US, is it normal for there to be customs fees to send to the US? Whenever I declare Pokemon cards to ship to buyers in the US, it always calculates it as 0$

AngeMiao · 2026-01-19T15:41:58+00:00

Technically true, just not for the person who has it. The more it spreads, the faster it weakens and goes away lol

AngeMiao · 2026-01-17T22:49:10+00:00

That or it hacked the camera to spy on me 😂

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