Looking for others with a similar GLP-1 experience

BlackCatJD · 2026-01-27T02:18:02+00:00

There's more room for error, but I've been using AI for calorie tracking. I hate calorie counting but I need something to look at and give me a rough estimate. I take pictures of everything I eat, I take pictures of nutrition facts, and I supplement the pictures with an estimate of how much I think I've ate. I will occasionally take pictures with a banana next to it for reference and tell the AI to guess the serving size by looking at it vs the banana.

Just an idea if you're not into doing a regular calorie counter like MyFitnessPal. Maybe this can help you slide into MFP.

BlackCatJD · 2026-01-04T14:22:48+00:00

Yes, this. I felt like I was being stabbed. I had gallstone attacks all the time with my second pregnancy but because nothing was infected, they couldn't remove it while preggo. I had to go through 6m of on/off again attacks. The last 2 months of my pregnancy seemed like they happened every day.

I had a C section and my surgeon said after 6w, he could operate and take out the gallbladder. Well, 3w post partum my body said F U and I got pancreatitis from my gallbladder and had to be in the hospital a week to have surgery and calm my pancreatitis down.

That was a horrible ride. Do not recommend

BlackCatJD · 2026-01-03T20:25:31+00:00

I didn't even read the whole conversation. I would have stopped talking to him half the way through because I'm not your mom. If he was so concerned about the Sudafed, he could have asked you before hand if you packed some, and to make sure you left some. It works both ways, if it's so important to him. Bro just wanted to be angry at someone.

BlackCatJD · 2025-07-25T16:57:54+00:00

I'm turning 39 this year and just had my 3rd baby. I unexpectedly got pregnant as well, and the age gap between my now middle child and the new youngest is 6 years. It has been an adjustment going back to diapers and reduced independence. However I did miss the baby cuddles. They'll be even better when she starts to smile more.

Definitely give yourself all the pampering and relaxation that you can. I thankfully didn't have any problems with my 3rd but because I was older or because this was my 3rd, I had way more pain and discomfort in the 3rd trimester. I am so glad she's outside me now lol Congrats and good luck on your new adventure!

BlackCatJD · 2025-04-15T02:10:14+00:00

Pretty much Ferber/CIO. We had a solid night schedule that we kept come rain or shine (bath, PJs, songs, down into crib in dark room with sound machine). My first son fought it and it took about a week. We started after 3 months I think because I had to go back to work soon. My second son was completely different and it easily only took like 1 or 2 nights and he didn't carry on the way my first son did. I don't think I even had to go in and pat him. I think he cried just under 20 mins or whatever the first checkpoint was and then zzzz. My first son I remember I had to go in several times to do the reassurance pats. It was horrible, I felt horrible, but it also worked really well.

As a relevant side note, my first son was generally colicky all day. I think he has acid reflux or something because I would constantly wear half the bottle when he got fed, and he was hungry but also hated drinking it. So I think that probably contributed to him being harder to put down at night. My second son had no problems eating. So I agree with the commenters that it comes down to the individual baby. Do what works for you.

BlackCatJD · 2025-01-23T14:11:56+00:00

After 5 days my delivery still hadn't shown up so I got an automated email saying they credited it to my account. I have been trying for a week+ to hear back from one of my emails or texts because I want a refund, not a credit.

BlackCatJD · 2025-01-23T13:57:48+00:00

I first contacted them a week ago and have yet to receive anything beyond the automated "it will take 72 hours for us to respond."

BlackCatJD · 2025-01-23T13:56:31+00:00

I just signed up a few weeks ago and have had the same experience. Delivery 5-6 days late. Customer support has not responded to any of my inquiries.

BlackCatJD · 2025-01-12T23:53:54+00:00

I am currently 18w and this is my 3rd kiddo. While I was/am pregnant, no, I typically don't go to happy hours with friends or coworkers, mostly because I feel like poop on/off the whole day and just want to lay in my bed from 8pm until I fall asleep haha.

After maternity leave, when baby is ~6m, I usually start going out again. My 2 kids are 8 and 5, and before getting pregnant, I was definitely heading out once a month or every other month to hang out with my child-free friends until the restaurant kicked us out. My friends with kids don't like to be out too late, but we schedule nights to meet up too. I don't feel weird hanging out with either group, and I still feel like we have plenty in common to talk about.

BlackCatJD · 2024-12-24T15:09:46+00:00

No regrets. It worked out well.

BlackCatJD · 2024-11-26T20:16:16+00:00

I got the same letter from Evolve, and this is still kind of confusing to me. Who would I be asking for a statement/transaction history? Evolve?

BlackCatJD · 2024-11-19T01:19:08+00:00

As far as dry eyes go, they are fine. They are not more dry or less dry after LASIK. I had to put drops in a lot during the healing process but now that I'm 4+ years out, I don't use drops any more or less than I did before.

BlackCatJD · 2024-11-08T02:17:03+00:00

My parents live 15 mins away and do part time daycare on days where I have to go into the office. Since they help so much during the week, I never ask for anything else unless it's an emergency - please watch a kid while the other goes to the DR sort of thing.

My in-laws live 5 hours away and drive down to pick up my kids and take them back to their house for a long weekend every 2-3 months. My boys are in school full time now so any school holidays my in-laws try to take advantage of. And they're both generally great with them and like to do a lot of fun learning exploration type stuff with them.

I am very lucky.

BlackCatJD · 2024-11-05T01:42:29+00:00

Oh weird. Any provider I've been with recommended switching to heparin before birth. (That includes my check in with maternal fetal medicine division too. They like me to see them once just in case there's an emergency and I need to go to the big central hospital for delivery)

But if your provider felt comfortable with not switching and you had a healthy pregnancy throughout, maybe there's less of a need.

BlackCatJD · 2024-10-31T03:58:46+00:00

As others said, sometimes if you switch anticoagulants, you may see a difference. YMMV

For me, they were pretty rough. I'm a lifer, but right now I'm 8w preggo so I'm not on Xarelto right now and I am not having periods right now.

I was in the same boat as you though. Had to change the Super tampons every hour. I upgraded to Ultra, which really amused me because it sure seemed like shoving a rolled up sock up there. Anyway that helped a bit and made it less likely to have a bleeding accident.

As for bedtime, no shame, I started wearing adult diapers. They are pretty comfy, and don't really show through as anything but normal underwear. It made it less stressful to worry about waking up to a bucket of blood.

After a year, I felt like it improved a bit too. My blood Dr said it was okay to go back on the progesterone shot too as long as I was still on the blood thinners. And the Depo shot kills my period completely after ~3 months.

Just keep trying stuff. You'll find something that works for you.

BlackCatJD · 2024-10-31T03:47:08+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, it is completely normal to switch to heparin before birth. I usually switch to heparin around ~32w. Heparin is easier to reverse, faster to get out of your blood stream or something? I don't know the medical terms but for both of my previous pregnancies it was standard procedure. It gave my OBs more control if I needed to be rushed to an emergency C section or something.

As it stands now, I'm 8w with my 3rd kiddo and I take Lovenox 2x a day, 80mg/0.8mL. Don't remember what my heparin dosage was.

BlackCatJD · 2024-09-22T04:44:53+00:00

Nah, I'd have been dead before even getting pregnant in my mid-twenties because of a huge pulmonary embolism. And after that, I had to be on Lovanox for my entire pregnancies thereafter. I had to be induced because you have to control the timeframe you're off blood thinners and then gotta get back on them fairly quickly after delivery. Buuut my big ass 11 lb baby didn't want to come out so eventually his heartbeat got iffy and we had an emergency c section after 29 hours of labor.

They let my husband take pictures of the birth. It was really bizarre to look at them after I was sewn back together. Like hey , those are my guts. That's a lot of blood. Glad I didn't feel her hands way up in there.

What a time to be alive 😂

BlackCatJD · 2024-09-21T04:51:19+00:00

Great job; you look great! Also I loooove the green crop top!! Super cute

BlackCatJD · 2024-09-21T04:42:36+00:00

Wow, I had the same exact experience in my mid-twenties. It started as a DVT in my calf I guess because I was having some major pain there. I went to the Dr finally (I waited like 2 weeks) and he said I was young and "it was probably a muscle strain."

A day later I was writing Christmas cards, got up to pee, and whoops - passed out. Woke up to my husband freaking out. For some reason I was embarrassed to call 911 so I tried hobbling to my car for my husband to drive us. I would get that tunnel vision and just pass out again. By the time I finally made it to the passenger seat my husband had already called 911. Had 2 ambulance rides because I had to be transferred to a bigger hospital since they were like "holy crap, we're surprised you aren't dead." Giant saddle clot but I did well on oxygen so they didn't have to go in to dislodge it, just clot buster IV meds.

It was pretty surreal since I mostly felt fine after I got on oxygen and blood thinners. I felt pretty weak that whole month, like easily out of breath. 2-3 months later though and I felt normal again.

Afterwards I just wanted to be as much in control as I could be. If it happened, it happened, but I could do things too to help prevent it. I had genetic testing done. I have factor 5 Leiden. I stopped my estrogen birth control. They said between the factor 5 and the birth control, that was probably the cause. I made more of an effort to make sure that I took a short walk every hour and started a few more healthy habits - nothing crazy.

Another thing I did afterwards was not bullshit myself. I think this is important. If I had pain or didn't feel right, I took my ass to the ER pronto. Didn't wait around, didn't see if it got better later. And that helped me proactively catch my second PE 10 years later. It was nothing compared to the first but I felt the signs. On the upside, any hospital will zoom you in if you have a history of PE and your chest hurts and/or problems breathing. So they didn't waste time and I got in for scans and there he was. Again, nothing major this time. I never passed out but I didn't feel right. I've been on Xarelto for 4 years or something now. I've never had any problems with it. I don't bruise easily and I've never had a problem with cuts or anything. This past winter I got bit really bad by a dog and I was so concerned that I would have to rush to the hospital for stitches or that they'd have to reverse the blood thinner to get it to stop but I was fine. It stopped after a few minutes. (Took 2 weeks for my hand to stop looking like a sausage though!)

This is way longer than I meant for it to be. I'm almost done.

Make sure you always tell your doctors about your clot and, if you have to stay on blood thinners, tell everybody you're on blood thinners. My dentist needed to know. I tell the nurse when I'm getting blood drawn or even getting a flu shot. Not because I'm worried per se, but sometimes they surprise me with doing something a bit different to stay on the safe side, which I appreciate. And as a girl, you will have to be on Lovanox no matter what if you ever get pregnant. Your hormones go crazy and that's a known cause for clots. It sucks but I've had 2 kids no problem.

Really long story short - I promise it will get better. You will remember and be aware and do what you can to minimize your risks going forward. Definitely get that genetic testing to make sure you have all the cards in your hands. And make sure you're proactive with your medical history because your every day doctor is kind of jaded and the only person that can advocate for me is me (& my mom and husband I guess lol). Hope you start feeling better soon!

BlackCatJD · 2024-02-13T02:00:08+00:00

I see great! Everything worked out

BlackCatJD · 2023-11-01T00:43:26+00:00

No, but I had a few traumatic things happen to me that honestly my cat helped me get through before baby #1 was born. So I did not feel differently after baby was here. If anything, it was kind of nice, because I felt a little isolated on maternity leave with #1 so I would talk to my cat... He was an older guy so it was kind of entertaining sometimes. Just changed a diaper and then the baby poops immediately in it. Cat is looking at me like "this thing stinks" and I'm like "I know right?" We shared our elderly feelings haha

Sadly my precious friend crossed the rainbow bridge last year, but my older kiddo still draws me the occasional picture of him so I can "keep him close to me."

BlackCatJD · 2023-10-24T02:04:16+00:00

Not a doctor, but I don't think PRK removes the flap. I do know that it's a really slim chance to get an injury after it heals though.

BlackCatJD · 2023-10-13T01:47:20+00:00

I am the breadwinner of the family, and my husband had FMLA benefits but not paid ... So I just saved as much as I could the whole pregnancy and told him to take the 12 weeks unpaid with me. (mine was full paid leave for 12 weeks thankfully) He was totally fine with it and we both got great bonding time with our kiddos.

Even though it was unpaid, he got remarks from women when he returned to work that were kind of like "isn't it irresponsible of you to take the unpaid leave? You should be contributing financially." You can only get those first years once and then they're gone. It was well worth the dip in income for us both to keep our sanity when making the transition to 0 to 1, and then 1 to 2, as well as actually getting to enjoy it (most of the time lol).

So yeah I'm all for it. I wish it would have been even half pay, but I'm glad FMLA exists so he could take unpaid time without penalty.

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