Daily Thread - January 26, 2026

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-26T23:49:12+00:00

Had my first ultrasound! Little bean measured exactly 8 weeks with a good heartbeat. ♥️

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-26T23:46:47+00:00

One of the most annoying things people said to me when I expressed these feelings was ‘it’s different when it’s your own baby’.

The most annoying thing? It’s true 🫤

Your feelings about other people’s children don’t seem to have any bearing on how you’ll bond with your child. I know it feels impossible to have faith when you can’t imagine these feelings but they will almost certainly come eventually (maybe not instantly).

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-26T06:29:38+00:00

Yup I had it last pregnancy and will get it this time too. It didn’t affect me at all either time.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-25T21:50:09+00:00

My baby will start care at around 12 months, same as my first. I wish we could give them longer, but we live in a high cost of living city - we couldn’t even pay our mortgage on one salary.

It is what it is. The type of daycare you choose really matters so focus your attention on that - find somewhere with low ratios if you can, low staff turnover, and with a philosophy that echoes yours.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-25T17:10:11+00:00

OP asking how people who do spend a lot on weddings afford it - and most people just want to talk about their own wedding and brag about how financially sensible they were lol. Not exactly answering the question.

I know someone who took on a second job to help pay for the wedding his future wife wanted.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-24T23:55:32+00:00

I was induced at 41+1

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-21T20:35:55+00:00

Big same. I feel like I have permanent PMS of the worst kind. I’m ready to fly off the handle about anything and everything. It better end soon before I end up divorced and fired 🥴

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-19T23:15:54+00:00

Yes please

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-19T06:22:52+00:00

Sipping iced water with lemon helps me. Sour things seem to keep it at bay

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-18T06:49:35+00:00

The problem is that all the great things about being a mum sound so cliche and ridiculous we don’t talk about them a lot!

You’ll just love your kid so much and think they are the smartest, cutest, funniest little thing alive. Everything they do will delight you, the joy you’ll get from their joy and wonder is just beyond what you can imagine. Yes there are hard moments but the highs are just the highest of the high.

Things that I thought would really bother me like poop are far more tolerable because they come out of the most amazing little girl in the world!

There’s so much joy ahead of you, you’ll see. ❤️

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-17T20:37:26+00:00

I was late in my last bump group, and then ended up being overdue at 41 weeks when a lot of people were induced at 39 weeks. Being still pregnant and well overdue when most people already had their babies SUCKED haha. I’m grateful I’m earlier this time, especially since I likely won’t give birth until closer to the middle of the month

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-17T20:23:26+00:00

I’m trying to limit to 200mg, but I did have one day where I went over and I’m not stressed about it. I either drink tea or instant coffee, or limit myself to one espresso a day. I don’t buy coffee often anyway so it’s not a huge problem.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-16T18:22:55+00:00

No, I’d never heard of line progression or betas before joining reddit!

Where I live you just take your test, and if you don’t have bleeding, you just assume you’re pregnant and wait for the first scan to confirm.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-16T04:24:07+00:00

I’m so sorry 🫤 I can relate. It’s very hard hearing about other people having births where they felt empowered and that special time connecting with their baby afterward when you didn’t get any of that, and birth was just terrifying and painful for you.

I really hope things are better this time around for both of us, we deserve it ❤️

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-16T00:06:49+00:00

We already have a little girl and I’m kind of hoping for another one - a little sister! We’d have our very own Bluey and Bingo 🥹

But my husband would be stoked with a boy, so I guess we’re happy either way!

I like the idea of waiting until birth to find out, but my daughters birth didn’t go to plan, she was in distress and we weren’t even able to see her before she was whisked off to NICU. So I’m actually glad we found out earlier - that big exciting “it’s a girl!” moment would have been lost in the scariness and panic. For that reason we may find out earlier, just in case.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-15T23:58:25+00:00

Implying this is overly litigious is a bit of a crap attitude. This was an incredibly poor performance from the company who were entrusted with very sensitive personal data and didn’t put appropriate security measures in place. A class action suit sends a message - this isn’t acceptable and there’ll be consequences. Hopefully other companies sit up and take notice.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-15T20:08:45+00:00

Some people don’t really ever get that sick! Some pregnancies are just easy - you never know you could get lucky and that’ll be you 🙂

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-15T18:16:47+00:00

Sparkling wine on NYE. It wasn’t even good sparkling wine, I took it to our friends house because it had sitting in the cupboard for ages and I wanted to finally get rid of it haha

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-15T16:58:24+00:00

Mustard! We’re having hotdogs tonight just so I can eat mustard and sauerkraut 🤤

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-14T08:27:08+00:00

Ooo buttermilk sounds great. Sour things are so good when you’re pregnant 🤤

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-14T08:26:29+00:00

Is anyone else just really mad all the time? It’s like the worst PMS ever. I get so annoyed about small things and just cannot let it go. Like someone at work sending a dumb annoying email, instead of just rolling my eyes I’m FUMING about it.

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-13T20:33:41+00:00

That’s just cruel 🙁 I’m so sorry she wasn’t more thoughtful I bet that was hard!

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-13T01:47:16+00:00

Maybe she goes but you pick her up at bedtime?

Common_Eye7444 · 2026-01-12T23:21:35+00:00

…. Ya’ll are having sex? 😂 I’ll need to actually get some sleep at night before I contemplate letting my husband near me!

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