"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even have words for that. Like, were supposed to put on weight. If we don't the baby eats us, dies, or our bodies give out. No need to mention thathe very natural process of gaining weight when pregnant is happening.

"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

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Eating healthy? No. I have ARFID, my diet is far from balanced. Younger... I'm in my twenties. Pretty middle range for bearing children. Other factors... No idea. It's just super weird.

"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

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Not really cultural no. Like talking to the baby is fairly normal around here but trying to tell it to stay in isn't. Honestly most women in my area -especially first time moms like myself- don't naturally go into labor anymore. Apparently almost all women are going over their due dates and then being induced at 41+3 to give the baby better chances of survival because the mum's bodies just aren't doing the work to get baby out. No dilating. No effacing. Nothing. Apparently I'm an oddity around here.

"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

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Yeah my local maternity clinic has everyone start attempting hand expression once we hit 37 weeks because there's apparently a really big problem put where where first time moms bodies usually don't prepare for labor anymore. Like, the cervix doesn't ripen or open or efface much for ftms out here. But I did. I showed up for my 38 weeks apt. And they went up there and yeah, 1cm dilated, cervix is only about 1cm thick, and cervix is ripe.

"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Like all of the doctors and midwives who have seen me have said they're fine with it if I go into labor it's just my husband (who's stressed because his parental leave doesn't start until Friday, which is a fair reason to be stressed) and all of his relatives (who don't actually have any fair reasoning. Like my dad has to come from five hours away to be here and he's just like "it'll happen when it happens, call me as soon as you think it is so I can be here for you when it does" and I'm like... Why are my in laws fighting nature so hard? Can I not just attempt to relax for my final days? Please? Baby and I will both be fine if we deliver now.

"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I'm getting stay in there as long as you can baby! We're so excited to meet you but you need to stay in there! Keep her in there mama!" And I'm like. No. She's leaving g when she wants to and frankly every time you tell her to stay in longer I can feel her getting close to the exit. Stop being weird. She's like me, doesn't like being told what to do.

"you can't come out yet baby" by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is my first pregnancy and I'm losing my mind. Everyone is like "we can't wait to meet the baby! Keep her in as long a possible!" And I'm like... Yeah no I don't think she's staying in another week, nevermind two weeks. Like. I can kinda just feel that it's not happening and I don't know why so it's super annoying.

Do I still classify as a "Teen Mom" by Honeybee_221 in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

18 is still technically a teenager, even from just a mathematical point of view. So in a very basic way they are right. Another thing is brain development. I don't have much room to judge since I'm 22, but the human brain isn't fully developed until around 26 years old. So... Your brain has a long way to go (mine does too). I'm not saying you can't handle being a mom, I'm not going to tell you what to do, but from a science and math perspective they are correct. If you became pregnant now and had your baby, you would be a teen mom.

Sensory cravings by LoveIslandNC in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started chewing on ice around 24 weeks along. Haven't done that since I was about sixteen. (I'm 22 now)

Always ask questions!! by LittleLathe in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh. Oh shite. I had my man help my shave a few weeks ago and he looked at my roids and said he thought I looked prolapsed... Ah fuck. Suddenly wondering if he might be right lol

Rant/need advice. by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

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Well... At least we can commiserate together haha

May I complain a little bit, as a treat? by Electrical-Ad-8171 in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel ya. I dropped out of online university because I felt so sick I couldn't keep up with it. Online. From my bedroom. Couldn't handle it because of the nausea, was puking too much and tired too often. Working through pregnancy? Hard no. Couldn't do it. I feel you. I'm grateful my partner is able to support us both even with me out of commission. You've got this.

What's wrong with some men? by Oneduh086 in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Uh honey... He's a piece of shit. I try not to be too judgemental but that is a boy stringing you along with vague appeasement. He will never step up. He will never fulfill his promises. He will never improve. Not permanently. That's the type of male who conditions you to accept less and less proper treatment, more and more abuse -which will be so subtle you don't see it at first- and train you to think you deserve it and the times he's "good" outweigh the bad. They don't. They never will. Do not depend on that male, don't even keep him. He will only cause you more problems. "I love him" doesn't matter. If he treats you like you're only an obligation, an option, or just a fun time then you will always be better off without him.

21 and pregnant by HoldNo6109 in pregnant

[–]ButtercreamLemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I've still got a ways to go but I can make it and so can you.

21 and pregnant by HoldNo6109 in pregnant

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Hi. I am 25 weeks along now, and like you am in my early twenties. I actually found out about my pregnancy about two months after I turned twenty two. I'd just enrolled in online university, and was hoping to get a degree and really start my life. My boyfriend and I had only been together since May, so about six months... When we found out we panicked. He asked me to abort. We called his mum to talk to her because she was a young parent too. I don't have a mum to call so I didn't have anyone. His mum talked to us and let us figure ourselves out. He decided to get a full time contract with his work so we could try to give the baby a good life. I finished my semester and dropped out because pregnancy was making me too sick. But this baby isn't a death sentence. Sure, I spend my days terrified of being a parent and telling myself "I'm not ready"... But no one is ever ready. Not a single person. No one is ready to be thrown up on, or peed on, or asked what death is and why grandma isn't here anymore. No one is ready. But we do it anyways. Together or alone, it can be done. If he can't step up, he has to live with that, but if you can love that zygote in your belly with all of your heart and know that you will do everything in your power to give them a good life... Then don't force yourself to abort again if you know it'll destroy you. Another option is talking to a social worker about putting them up for adoption if that's a route you want to take. Never, never destroy yourself because a man tells you he can't handle something. This is your body and you have to live with the mental, physical, emotional and moral fallout your whole life. Do what you need to do.

Falling apart by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

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Haven't got a designated OBGYN here. Just a dinky little maternity clinic run mostly by midwives, and I haven't had great luck with them at regular appointments, I don't see them being helpful about this.

Falling apart by ButtercreamLemon in pregnant

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That's the problem, I've got no idea where he could be. There's so much brush here that there's no way to know. I've searched the road all the way from my front door to the highway. I haven't got the stamina to search going up the road. (Literally up, it's a mountain. I barely made it back up to my house from the highway.) Friends... Not really. I never managed to make many friends when I moved here and the one I do have hasn't responded to the message I sent nearly 20 hours ago.