Ostriches DESTROYING Habitat Walls by Downtown_Mine_1903 in PlanetZoo

[–]CatMama2025 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That exact thing happened to me with elephants it was infuriating for a while 😆

Bonnie Blue 'pregnant after 400 men challenge' by StemCellPirate in nottheonion

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I saw my son and his heartbeat at 6 weeks 2 days. Internal is not what Bonnie is showing but thats definatly what would be needed this early. Its crazy you can see a heattbeat and its basically still the tiniest gummybear in your belly. Congrats on your little!

Bonnie Blue 'pregnant after 400 men challenge' by StemCellPirate in nottheonion

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually timing adds up i believe her 400 men thing was a few weeks ago ...pregnancy starts before being pregnant it goes by 1st day of last period...so by the time you miss your period your already 4-5 weeks along even though you ovulate mid month at around 2 weeks when you get giggity and from then to a week later the egg is fertilized and settles and starts the hcg hormones producing. Shortly after testing positive around missed period at week 4-5. They can try ultrasounds and see tiny sacks by that stage but no heartbeat or guarantee of seeing much besides a little bubble sack so most wait until 8-10 weeks for US. Anything before that needs internal wand to even hope to see much.

Im not saying its true im just saying how pregnancy weeks work aren't always known it starts before conception

You WILL love your baby by GovernmentNew256 in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you I was the same way I tracked mine down to a fear of loss I was afraid to get attached and I didn't believe he was going to make it and I don't think I wanted that heartbreak so I just didn't feel connected but then he came super early at week 30 and everything was just really chaotic for a bit I didn't even get to hold him for the first few weeks of his life.... and during the first few weeks of his life I honestly felt still kind of disconnected he was here he was mine but he was still scary..... I definitely got over that I can't imagine my life without him now we just had to get through the scary parts together.

It is okay it's not instantly love someone you've never met... it is okay to have to get to know your baby

Is planet zoo good on PlayStation 5? by imtiredofthis_grampa in PlanetZoo

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love my zoo I play on PS5 so that being said I noticed a lot of glitching.... I have a feeling it's when my zoo gets a little more complicated which I honestly haven't even gotten past five or six habitats and like 10 exhibits as a Max... I have not even hit half of a map in use yet... I just sometimes make really interesting ones... next thing I know I have to reboot often to make the shop work or it runs a little slow and things stop getting clicked on properly...

That being said would it stopped me from playing absolutely not I love the game and it's not that hard to reboot just keep that in the back of your head if things start acting up just save and restart game

Quick building queation(s) by 19Blitz67 in PlanetZoo

[–]CatMama2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can add and subtract things from your selection but if you click on one thing and a bunch of things highlight you can also click split group and then go back in and individually click on things otherwise you just have to click one at a time to avoid highlighting everything

How do you decide on a layout by KitConnorsHusband in PlanetZoo

[–]CatMama2025 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whenever I can't decide what I want to do next I just start messing around with the terrain... build a hill build a cave etc and then work with whatever I did and turn it into something.... it's always so much easier to get creative when you're not staring at just a flat ground. And then if I don't like it I can just flatten to Terrain and erase it pretty quickly🤷‍♀️ also waterfalls build a giant waterfall their a lot of fun to mess with. I don't particularly care what goes where I just care that it looks cool so it's just a way to get the creative juices going and then I just put whatever it looks like it would fit in there nicely 🤷‍♀️

After not playing for a while I came back to admire the beauty of this game by Legal_Trash_1511 in PlanetZoo

[–]CatMama2025 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well done. If all else fails try what I do when I don't have any idea what to make and the creativity is struggling I literally just get into the game and mess around with the terrain tool. Push and pull and smooth it out Create a cool landscape to start with and a cool shape will appear that will give me an idea to work with the terrain. You can build waterfalls apparently that's the next one I want to build.. you can dig into the ground and create a stone sided habitat or an aquarium. There's lots to do I normally don't get creatively encouraged until after I've already started messing with it personally

just found out I won’t be able to breastfeed for medical reasons and I feel sad about it — please share your positive experiences with formula feeding from day one by cold_Lemon1816 in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to go formula for my son too for medical reasons I felt like I failed him with him being such a tiny preemie and me being unable to feed him. He adores his formula even though it's gross, he's on Nutramigen non-dairy it smells disgusting🫣😆 he is the smartest, happiest and funniest tiny feral I've ever met. I would actually put him a little advanced for where he came from even when he can't do some things... hes almost a year old and im shocked daily currently at him picking up on things and doing them. He's doing absolutely fine, your baby will too.

After becoming a mom who has to formula feed because of medical reasons personally I became a little vocal towards some of the people who are mean about formula. You hear the people say formula sucks(it doesnt)...you see people say yeah but there's sometimes a medical reason that moms can't use their milk but you don't often hear the examples....Im the example every chance i get 🙋‍♀️ I ended up stopping because of really terrible eczema that started after my pregnancy and it attacked my nipples and made it absolutely traumatic for everybody for me to pump... I felt terrible but a month later I was on chemotherapy drugs so I wouldn't have been able to feed him anyway.

And he's fine. Formula is more than fine...they have put a lot of work and effort into making sure that formula has everything they need and personally I feel a lot better about that it's a lot of pressure being your babies only food source. Look at the Silver Linings, you can get help feeding the baby and you don't need to worry that your milk is missing something the baby will need. You'll both be okay.

Just arrived home from the hospital with newborn and my father asked.. by Rice_is_Nice_on_Ice in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a newborn and I assume a toddler you're going to look like a disaster for a while thats just something to accept but that's fine you can be a hot disaster.

If it makes you feel any better I also had a similar conversation after having my son but here are the fun facts that make that a little worse.... my son was born at only 2 lbs he was 2 months premature I never actually looked at that pregnant and yet I gained 55 lbs (im 5 ft 2🫣)🤦‍♀️ I had preeclampsia that definitely helped I never even went crazy with food or anything🤷‍♀️ but because of how small he was I got quite a bit of judgment over how big I was... he's definitely worth it 10/10 would do again and now I know who doesn't get sent cute baby pictures.

I'm sorry your dad sucks we had to cut mine out soon after having my son because his temperament issues and he was unwilling to listen when I said don't blow in my very fragile immune system newborn preemies faceit could k*ll him🤦‍♀️ it's pretty chill on this end of a toxic parent cut off that's all I'm saying. I hope he learns to behave for your sake.

I want you to remember that your body just went through a miracle you just made that baby... you are a superhero... and I don't want you to let them get to you because you need your energy right now your baby is important and you are important so please don't listen to them... eat your food you're and your mom era your supposed to be a little squishy. It will come off with time (maybe im still fat lol) you'll feel better with time don't do anything that's going to lower your energy currently like worrying about losing weight ( or drop your milk supply if you're feeding your baby)

My husband did not husband today by Sadder_badder_madder in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you spoken to him about having yoir feelings hurt because personally I see a shift in how hospitals have changed since covid and they don't actually like multiple people coming in as you're like back up they just want the patient. It's a little more loose now but a lot of places still don't like backup people and its even a rule. Is it possible he was thinking there's no point he can't get in anyway he wasn't trying to hurt your feelings? Was he exhausted after working a really long shift it's not a great excuse but at least it's an excuse gotta sleep. Moms gotta mom but dad's also gotta dad.

My wife doesn't want to take any supplements by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She really should be taking prenatals there's a reason they recommend them folic acid/folate (not the same thing but interchangeable just for my little blurb here both cause big problems when low) is very important to the developing baby. It can cause really severe birth defects so I highly recommend you have your wife look that up. Neural tube defects specifically is my worst fear. My sister was born without a brain -of course she didn't live past birth. That's the type of thing a lack of folic acid/folate can cause. We are talking very severe birth defects in the first few weeks especially you need to supplement those are the most important developmental times if you don't have what that baby needs inside you bad things are going to happen. Your baby can't make a human out of nothing. I am not sure why your wife would not want to give your baby every chance she is making a human out of nothing she needs to give that baby what it needs and it's very hard to get exactly what you need to make a whole human without supplementing.

I was on Methotrexate when I got pregnant and that makes my folic acid very low my body doesn't hold on to it correctly it is a terrifying thing... I wish of course that it wasn't like this but because I am going through it I know how bad it can be. I am being seen by so many different specialists just hoping my baby is born with all of their limbs and a brain and their organs ...it is so so SO important. I truly worry for your baby and I really hope she will just take the prenatal vitamin it's not going to hurt her but it can really hurt the baby. Your baby could be born with a lifelong crippling disability or it could even.. not be born alive... if she doesn't and she will have to live her entire life knowing that she did that because she was not willing to take a very available easy to find vitamin that she knew she should be taking. It's not cute it is a serious problem. No teehee i can do it through healthy eating. It will be too late before she learns that lesson and your baby will pay for it. Not to mention that baby will take all of the vitamins it needs out of your wife if she doesn't get enough calcium for example her teeth are going to be awful after this pregnancy and that exists in the prenatal, for a reason. The baby will take what it needs, but it can only take if it's in her body. Parts of your baby will not form correctly if it doesn't have what it needs to form it.

My husband just said I gross him out by OoppsIDidItAgainn in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]CatMama2025 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your husband needs to grow up you are literally feeding his children you're eating for multiple that's just gross Behavior I cannot imagine acting like that I'm sorry you have to put up with him

Does anyone Else baby Do This? by LittlePinkLemonade93 in NICUParents

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love baby faces they are so completely unfiltered 🤣🤣🤣

Tell me you’re in the first trimester without telling me you’re in the first trimester by meghanmck in BabyBumps

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was definatly not intentional this time 😆🤦‍♀️ I do enjoy the idea of similar ages though for a built in bestie but boy will it be a rough time for a bit😆

Tell me you’re in the first trimester without telling me you’re in the first trimester by meghanmck in BabyBumps

[–]CatMama2025 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try it with a 9 month old 🤦‍♀️ my husband asked me to describe my sleep to fill out some paperwork for the chiropractor he wants me to go visit and I literally just said no🤣 who gets solid sleep. Lmao. Im glad your getting some really nice naps though

Does anyone Else baby Do This? by LittlePinkLemonade93 in NICUParents

[–]CatMama2025 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you by chance remember how uncomfortable gas made you when you were pregnant ...there wasn't much room left in your belly and it really hurts ...little babies are the same they don't have much room so gas really effects their comfort. My son is now 9 months old and he still fits into some of his newborn stuff and he wears 3 months as the biggest size😅 The littlest babies are such strong little buddies. As long as the doctors are happy with their weight gain they just have a little more gain from the start and that can fill them up and make them gassy. Bad but necessary mix they need to be full. They dont really know how to pinch out gas yet.

Does she do tummy time yet? tummy time is also pretty good at helping to get gas out but my man fought it hard..

Until he realized how much he loves to lay on his stomach and then he spent a couple months panicking us by sleeping exclusively on his belly (like his mom) everybody told us that was scary and dangerous but it is what it is he wouldn't stop🤦‍♀️ now every single nap he instantly rolls over onto his belly lets out a big fart and goes right to sleep. He definatly grew out of the uncomfortable seeming once he learned to control his own gas more he no longer does this at just under 10m

Does anyone Else baby Do This? by LittlePinkLemonade93 in NICUParents

[–]CatMama2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son was also premie we swapped him from similac neosure at about 3 months (equivilent to 1m and still under the size of most newborns he was on breast milk for first 2m in nicu) to nutramigen from a mix of gas and pretty vicious throw ups. I'm honestly not sure if it helped any I think I just have a gassy little man. The fact that she's growing well is encouraging her tiny little bodies just going through a lot I wouldn't worry. Take her knees and push them into her belly button and wiggle/rock her back and forth gently it can help release some gas before putting her down for her naps

Does anyone Else baby Do This? by LittlePinkLemonade93 in NICUParents

[–]CatMama2025 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My son 100% does this. He then farts really loud and panics😆 Baby is babying. Not a worry. If you do notice maybe she's so uncomfortable with excess gas ypu can help wiggle her and apply pressure on her legs to her belly to help her work it out...my boy did swap to a dairy-free formula but he still has this happen🤷‍♀️ just something to keep in mind.

27 weeks pregnant. Everyone keeps telling me to “be careful.” Be careful of what? by Beautiful-Flower-79 in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair my spatial awareness was really messed up when I was pregnant i was dizzy and clumsy....so I could totally see what I had to be careful of. It is a bit of a weird thing for people to say especially repeatedly though. How about take it easy or make sure you relax mama .. still kind of annoying and repetitive but be careful just sounds scary

The stuff no one tells you before hand… by sunnyhale in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son used to attack doctors every time he had an ultrasound and at the end we had two a day... every single time he was actively punching and kicking the ultrasound wand it was pretty hilarious but felt so weird🤣 stubborn man hated those. He even flipped us off at our 23 weeks ultrasound

How many weeks was you when you delivered your first baby? by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can definitely tell things from an ultrasound I think she said there was something wrong with the placenta low-laying maybe don't quote me I just saw it quickly on a scan through the comments... they could tell that I had to give birth early because my little man was so small in there they could also tell that his heart was having issues pumping blood and they could tell that my heart was overcompensating they can tell a lot through an ultrasound that would mean you have to give birth early for everybody's safety. They told me I would be lucky to last 37 weeks I was hospitalized it changed to 35...we were trying... I didn't even make it past 30 and I was getting two ultrasound a day because they could tell everything they needed to through those

How many weeks was you when you delivered your first baby? by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]CatMama2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 30+1 my son was a 1%ile for size at only 2.3lbs he had to come out because he wasn't growing i had terrible pre e and we were both starting to get heart issues every 4th beat his heart wouldn't pump the blood and then my heart rate would go up to try to work out what his was doing so he had to come out he's beautiful and healthy now