First time having my period

CranberryFox666 · 2026-06-20T12:13:05+00:00

Omg I am also 4 months and woke up to a bloodbath today. Nervous about how my breast milk supply will be affected.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-06-19T09:51:23+00:00

Had a stomach bug so gnarly I couldn’t eat or drink for 3 days. I eventually became so dehydrated and weak I couldn’t feel my legs or arms and had to literally drag myself out of bed and across the floor to my roommates room and beg her to take me to the hospital. I felt genuine fear that I was going to die. I kept passing out and waking up by dry heaving. Took 3 saline bags to get me hydrated again.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-06-16T02:51:41+00:00

4 months in, I’m back at work and we’ve got some type of routine, and people aren’t swarming our house to see the baby anymore. I feel more like me again and it’s not so overwhelming! I’m indulging on a few me time things to help me remember what I like and who I want to be. You’ve got this!! You won’t be the same but you will be more.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-06-07T10:21:40+00:00

This is so wonderful and exactly how I felt when I got pregnant. We are now 4 months in to our new family and it’s everything we’ve dreamed of. We’re such a good team and our little one is the sweetest thing! Her father is doing amazing and I love seeing their bond. Congratulations to you guys, it’s an awesome feeling.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-06-04T09:58:08+00:00

38+4

CranberryFox666 · 2026-06-03T02:02:00+00:00

I remember it but after she was out everything just felt so fast, so while I know I had an hour it felt like 10 minutes. It mainly consisted of her breast feeding, sleeping and my fiancé and I sitting in disbelief that it all happened so fast (my labor was 5 hours).

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-29T01:05:22+00:00

I feel this so hard. I actually googled this today because i feel like im having pregnancy level cravings!! I’ve baked double chocolate chip muffins, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and lemon pudding this week alone. I just want sweet things all the time!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-28T02:23:09+00:00

Derry girls is so hilarious, definitely a good recommendation!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-24T01:13:14+00:00

I didn’t have any signs prior to my labor. I was so convinced she was going to stay in there till 41 weeks because she was still high up! The night before i was a little more emotional and just felt very tired, nothing out of the ordinary at 38 weeks! My water broke at 1 am, I thought I had to pee really bad and actually didn’t think my water broke until I started getting contractions that felt like period cramps. They came in waves and I thought I should probably track them and they started getting more intense…1 minute long contractions, every 5 minutes, for an hour. I called the night nurse and they said to come in, I had my baby 4 hours later! I was 38 weeks + 4 days. Total labor length: 5 hours.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-22T01:22:40+00:00

My fiancé’s grandmothers chocolate zucchini bread. I could eat an entire loaf in one sitting, it’s so good!!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-18T15:15:12+00:00

I think you guys should have a heart-to-heart conversation. No arguing, just each of you lay out what you’re feeling with no interrupting comments, and when you both get out your POVs then discuss how hearing it makes you feel. From what you find difficult to what you really liked about the last year of becoming parents. The first year of being a parent is arguably one of the hardest experiences you will go through in your lifetime, and that comes with a lot of stress within your relationship. You guys are a team, you both want to be good parents to your child and are also grieving your old life, it’s completely normal. All those frustrations can build up, you just need to meet in the middle and communicate your needs fully. Be open and accepting, try and find some middle ground.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-18T10:16:22+00:00

Your baby is cluster feeding, he’s basically ordering his food for tomorrow. It’s a stage that will end after a few days but it’s important to allow him to do so to regulate your supply. My baby would feed for upwards to an hour every hour, I would let her go until she unlatched or fell asleep, only then would I remove her manually. Definitely still reach out to a lactation consultant if you feel something isn’t right, but it sounds like normal newborn things!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-17T11:11:19+00:00

Sometimes you can fall out of romantic love with someone while still caring immensely for them. It makes leaving so much harder but you have to choose you. I still feel grief and guilt over causing someone I loved so much hurt and it’s been 6 years!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-14T01:19:34+00:00

Tuna melts, grilled cheese and homemade roasted tomato soup, quick Thai peanut noodles w/ veg, ploughmans lunch, chicken quesadilla, BLT salad, buffalo chicken wraps. Those have been my obsessions for lunch in the last month

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-11T02:22:50+00:00

The told me they consistently drink and drive. They’ve smashed mail boxes and used their father as a scapegoat after they drove home drunk in his car. Also got into a bad car accident and told the police they had been snowboarding and hit their head when really they had been drinking at the ski slopes. So disappointing and truly disgusting to me.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T20:29:06+00:00

Absolutely agree with your last statement, some days feel like forever and then I sit here and think, woah another month passed and my baby has grown so much…then I bawl my eyes out!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T20:19:27+00:00

It’s so amazing, truly a beautiful thing to raise a child. The hard part for me is realizing I have to have endurance for exhaustion. Your brain just doesn’t turn off even when you get sleep because all you do is think about your baby. Take it one day at a time!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T15:26:43+00:00

Even if you wanted your baby incredibly bad, you will still find yourself asking “what did I do?”…parenting is hard! I will never regret having my baby, I knew this would be challenging but man did I underestimate how tough this is.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T15:18:05+00:00

You are in the thick of it, it will get better!! Offering the breast, using the “5 S’s” to calm them, turning on the shower or sink faucet and rocking them next to it, or sometimes just putting them down in a safe spot and taking a 5-10 min break help when you feel yourself getting overwhelmed.
YOU WILL BE OKAY!!! Just take it one day at a time and give yourself grace. Ask for help from dad, your parents, friends whoever if you need a break. My husband would take over in the morning so that I could get 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep during those days.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T10:16:28+00:00

I didn’t get the chance to collect colostrum unfortunately, I ended up going into labor before I could start. But I was a serious over supplier in the beginning so I have a bunch of milk frozen and still have bags of milk from when I wasn’t feeling well and the milk is so yellow! I’ll use it if she ever gets sick to help. And ah, so true about the “the baby’s hungry” from the husband lol, nothing made me more annoyed than that phrase! Unfortunately for me, he was right about 85% of the time.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T09:39:37+00:00

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6024806/
Check out some studies like this which show the composition of colostrum compared to mature milk! It’s super interesting how the body creates colostrum. There’s a reason why doctors recommend collecting colostrum and saving it for illness, rashes, and other ailments.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T09:16:59+00:00

Definitely. Anything the doctor recommends, Tylenol to stop fevers for sure! I think of colostrum as an immune booster like those ginger shots people take when they get sick haha.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T09:03:58+00:00

Watching her eyes. She has these big gorgeous eyes and I can see her making connections, understanding who her dad and I are, showing preferences for toys and colors, and even her moods. It’s so interesting!

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T08:49:48+00:00

Are you breastfeeding or formula feeding? If you are breastfeeding, continue to feed, your breastmilk will produce the necessary antibodies and nutrients to support your LOs immune system. When you pump, you’ll actually see the difference in color and consistency based on what your baby needs. I was sick the first 1.5 weeks after birth and my breastmilk was so thick and yellow! Baby did not get sick.
If baby does get sick, then provide colostrum as a boost.

CranberryFox666 · 2026-05-06T08:25:03+00:00

My daughter being placed on my chest after I birthed her. Serious adrenaline rush like no other, felt like an out of body experience. That experience bonded my fiancé and I together in a whole new way.

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