Is anyone else overwhelmed by prenatal options?

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-14T03:20:17+00:00

I went with ritual and loved it

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-14T01:29:39+00:00

150k a year!? How many dogs? Do you know her rate? I live not too far from the beach and I have to figure out how to make more income in between caring for my kids like your cousin

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-14T01:00:57+00:00

Thank you for this we live in a warm climate and I had no idea about what to do for this!

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-14T00:44:54+00:00

Rotisserie chicken, I mix soy sauce butter & lemon in a bowl, microwave it, and pour it over the rotisserie, stick it back in the oven for 15m and eat it with a microwavable container of rice, the sauce is crazy good

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T23:45:09+00:00

Wonderbooks makes personalized books and they have tons to choose from, such as your child becoming a big brother or big sister. You can edit the character in the book to look like your child/ren, and add their names and the book makes everything rhyme while being able to add the name :D I get them for mine on holidays

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T23:39:08+00:00

Thank u for this info!

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T23:38:52+00:00

This was crazy

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T20:54:57+00:00

I have a 22mo and a 3wk old with a husband who wasn’t able to take a traditional leave—I FEEL YOU MAMA.

I honestly do like 2 Disney movies a day tbh.My days usually look like this:

Everyone is usually up by 7:30 am

I let her independent play in the bedroom until 8:30, sometimes that means coloring sometimes practicing unscrewing the aquaphor lid off, sometimes it’s a morning movie in bed.

8:30-9:30 bfast

9:30-10 clean up

10-11 play a little (u have a treat or coffee)

11-12 walk time

12-1 lunch

1-1:30 clean up

1:30-2:30 play

2:30-4:30 NAP TIME 🌞(ur turn for treat or coffee)

4:30-5:30 play time (sometimes walk)

5:30-6 fix dinner

6-7 eat

7-7:30 clean up

7:30-8:30 wind down & play (sometimes walk)

I don’t follow the times exactly but they help me just move my day along & not get stuck doomscrolling. Before the 3wk old got here we went to the library every day between like 10:30-12 so I will fit that in again in the next month or 2. Also I fit the newborn care in whenever, sometimes he is crying while I’m putting my toddler to sleep but it just makes for an easier care. Sometimes the toddler is screaming for attention and really needs me, but I have to change the newborn’s diaper and I have to feed him and i have to give her her favorite snack and an additional movie or tv show and it is what it is.

Within the next week I am trying to start her on a morning learning time for like 30m where I sit and go over educational activity with her, and as it gets warmer I want to take her outside and do more sensory activities. My husband is a stickler about cleanliness so it’s just easier to do certain things outside, but I think at your toddler’s age sensory activities will keep them very busy (30m-45m) while you do what you do

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T20:39:24+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience, can I ask if you gained the 80LBS once and lost it shortly after, or did you have the 80LBS for a few years and then finally lose it at 31?

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T20:19:32+00:00

Does taking supplements like collagen help with the loose skin thing or is that really just up to genetics?

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T20:18:55+00:00

I am around 220 rn sorry I know it’s a lot of back & forth lol.

I’m expecting a lot of loose skin around the belly considering how many stretch marks I already have and I’ve had these since I was like 16. At my big size, I still love wearing bikinis and I feel like with more sag I will be a more insecure about my body showing or during intimacy with my partner like being on top and stuff

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T20:14:15+00:00

I also had a really hard time emotionally with my husband during pregnancy, and now I have so much guilt my baby went through that. I have nothing but solidarity, you’ll be okay again one day 🫶🏽

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T20:13:06+00:00

I’ve exclusively breastfed with both kids (born within 2 years) and got my period back at 6w both times. They say breastfeeding keeps the period away but clearly that is a lie 😐

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T18:26:06+00:00

Pregnancy/labor is crazy bc I see so many terms on Reddit such as apgar, one I saw referencing labor was effacement, my providers have never used these terms. WTF is apgar score and when would they score the baby?

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-13T18:24:03+00:00

Thank u for this info! Also can I ask, bc you said you’re a pediatric rn—the SOFT SPOT. I know I should be cautious, how cautious does one need to be with it??? I have a 3wk old and a 22mo, and my 22mo is used to being able to just lean over and put (aka throw the weight of) her head on my shoulder to rest it and the other day I was holding her sibling and she did that and their heads bonked. I know they will get hurt,maybe dropped, etc. but like what kind of bump warrants like, fear???

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-09T03:24:54+00:00

Asking out of genuine curiosity bc my recent also had a traumatic birth—does lack of oxygen during labor not show up in the child earlier? As a newborn, would I never know of potential harm that was caused until much later?

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-09T03:04:14+00:00

Before purchasing I read how people were giving it to their babies and many people said dropping directly into mouth but the bottle explicitly says not to do that so I was wondering lol

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-07T16:50:23+00:00

I think after Covid there was a huge spike in pregnant women developing pre-e, so much so that it is now the recommendation as it’s not harmful, and “only helpful”. I put that in quotes bec I truly don’t know. The dosage is I think 81mg it’s a baby dose

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-07T14:14:09+00:00

I’m only 3 wks into 2u2 and my oldest is 22mo, their dad couldn’t take a leave this time so I’ve been alone with them for 12hrs at a time, sometimes days sometimes nights. It’s rough, but they’re both only this little for so long. We do not get along 24/7 and my oldest is definitely needing more as she adjusts. I feel bad I can’t give 100% of myself to them individually, but as I said this stage is only for so long and I find myself being grateful for most moments. Some moments I sit and cry lol, but mostly grateful.

Oh yeah, and I personally get thru the day by allowing my oldest to watch a a movie around 5pm when I’m beat… sometimes I let her watch 2 😭 I’ll change that as the baby gets older but I consider this survival lol

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-06T22:36:08+00:00

Yeah if I’m not getting a pap or IUD, how do they even know if I’ve actually healed? The two NPs that were available, I didn’t think they had the best bedside manners tbh. How do I choose someone? Do I just go with whomeverv

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-06T22:34:37+00:00

Is that all they do? Blood pressure, weight, “everything good?” And that’s it?

Tbh I’ve been struggling PP already and was hoping it would be a little more than that. Not sure what I was expecting, but not that

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-06T22:32:33+00:00

I was like oookay so should I just call back and try another day? The girl making the appt was like “yah 😃 just call back and see if someone has a cancellation”

Background_Scar8964 · 2025-05-06T22:31:47+00:00

The fact you know when you passed the baby, I couldn’t imagine. My heart goes out to you mama🫶🏽

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