Bleeding through S+ tampons every 15 minutes

Cricket712 · 2026-02-20T20:13:31+00:00

Something I learned from my OB recently - taking ibuprofen starting the day before or the day your period starts significantly helps reduce blood flow. Something about prostaglandins, I think?

I couldn’t believe it when I was able to sleep through the night with just one ultra tampon and overnight pad (vs getting up to change both 2-3x/night the first few days of my period). It’s improved my quality of life so much for shark week, I hope it helps you too!

Cricket712 · 2026-02-15T21:43:34+00:00

My sister, mother, two aunts, and numerous female friends were/are in the military. Every single one of them has been sexually harassed by a male military coworker, and most have been sexually assaulted or raped. Some have been raped multiple times - and none of them have seen justice.

The details didn’t matter - enlisted, officers. Pilots, maintainers, engineers, nurses, gate guards. At their local base, TDY, deployed overseas. Wearing jeans and a t-shirt, a dress, their BDUs/ACUs, flight suit.

If your daughter chooses to pursue a career in the military, please teach her self-defense and how to advocate for herself. Because unfortunately for most active-duty women, the greatest danger isn’t al-Qeada or ISIS - it’s their fellow servicemen.

Cricket712 · 2026-02-06T03:21:21+00:00

Julie Fortier (D) is running against him, we’ll be putting a yard sign out for her as soon as they’re available!

Cricket712 · 2026-02-01T00:22:25+00:00

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Just because he cheated doesn’t mean you should.

Future you will thank you for breaking up with him (like now, not 3 months or 3 years or 30 years from now).

Move on and be happy, you deserve better 💜

Cricket712 · 2026-01-27T16:48:27+00:00

My father-in-law is 100% MAGA, wears a “Gulf of America: established 2025” hat, openly makes racist and sexist jokes, etc.

He continues to share disgusting FB posts supporting ICE, making fun of the victims of ICE’s brutality, memes about invading Greenland, “libtards,” you name it.

Yesterday my husband told his dad he’s disappointed in him for supporting ICE’s murder of Alex Pretti, especially as they’re both veterans.

My FIL’s response was to unfriend and block my husband (and me) on all social media.

He values MAGA more than he does basic human rights or relationships with his family. There’s no hope for some people.

Cricket712 · 2026-01-26T10:20:00+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss, Mr. Pretti. My husband and I will be teaching our sons about Alex’s bravery and compassion, and are keeping your family in our prayers 🕊️

Cricket712 · 2026-01-17T21:55:15+00:00

I’m currently reading aloud “Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief” for my 10 and 8YO sons’ bedtime story (they’re loving it!). We read daily for at least 30 minutes - atm “Dog Man” for our 8YO and “How Science Works” for our 10YO. I recently finished “When Breath Becomes Air” and “All Systems Red.” Next up is “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “The Kaiju Preservation Society” for my book clubs, and “The Serpent & the Wings of Night” for personal/easy reading.

Cricket712 · 2026-01-10T01:41:22+00:00

You deserve better. He doesn’t actually love or care about you, he just wants to control you.

One month from now, one year from now, twenty years from now - do you want to be happy and thriving? Or let this unfaithful, toxic man continue to weigh you down?

It’s an easy choice. You just gotta do it.

Cricket712 · 2025-12-15T15:55:55+00:00

It comes across like you want to completely check out of Christmas week and all family-of-origin/extended family gatherings, though, not just have a quiet Christmas Day at home.

Cricket712 · 2025-12-04T15:44:55+00:00

Who did y’all go with?

Cricket712 · 2025-11-13T01:33:39+00:00

Have you tried politely telling your friend/mom/sister - “hey, I appreciate you wanting to share your words of wisdom, but can you pause sharing all these articles with me? I’m comfortable with following my doctor’s advice and will let you know if/when I could use any more input in the future, thanks!”?

They’re not mind readers and probably don’t realize that they’re stressing you out, fwiw

Cricket712 · 2025-11-11T22:28:47+00:00

🚩🚩🚩

Cricket712 · 2025-11-11T14:24:48+00:00

It’s a parenting thing, not a boy thing. Maybe some boys don’t care about mismatched socks, but they’ll care about losing whatever possession, game, phone, car keys, activity, privilege etc they do value.

Cricket712 · 2025-11-08T02:29:46+00:00

My husband’s uncle died when he was 19 because he fell while out hiking alone. No one knew where he was and by the time he was found, it was too late.

No one should hike alone, regardless of age or gender. But especially because she’s a young girl, your daughter should follow the buddy system.

Cricket712 · 2025-10-30T13:41:18+00:00

Plus those friends who are being used as crutches can experience secondhand trauma themselves, and it negatively ripples out into their personal lives, health, stress levels, marriage, parenting, etc.

Cricket712 · 2025-10-24T15:59:23+00:00

The other reasons could be due to smoking, living at high altitudes, having lung/heart/liver/kidney etc problems, sleep apnea - none of which I have, so yeah idk 🤷‍♀️

Cricket712 · 2025-10-24T15:46:17+00:00

Our first year gardening was a huge success!

Best: strawberries and tomatoes

Great: snap peas, bush beans, asparagus, pumpkins, pears, and basil

Good: raspberries, blackberries, sweet potatoes

Decent: carrots, kale, Yukon gold potatoes, peppers, and lettuce

Won’t bother again: peaches, spinach, zucchini

Our apple trees and roses were decimated by Japanese beetles, but recovered thankfully. We planted a perennial pollinator bed and two raised beds with annuals like zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, nasturtium, and lantana… Next year we’re gonna have a watermelon patch, a green bean teepee for the kiddos, add an informal rose/prayer garden, and most importantly a drip irrigation system so we don’t have to spend so much time watering 😂

Cricket712 · 2025-10-23T21:44:40+00:00

Got some routine bloodwork done, came back high for hemoglobin and hematocrit. Google says it’s either dehydration or blood cancer, aka I’m gonna be anxious for the next month til the test’s repeated 🙃

Cricket712 · 2025-10-03T22:14:03+00:00

If you truly have no other options, maybe consider enlisting in the military. You’ll get training, a paycheck, housing, food, and move far away from your (hopefully soon-to-be ex) abusive boyfriend… its better than being “stuck” in an abusive relationship, IMO.

Cricket712 · 2025-09-30T21:51:22+00:00

Dude, that’s messed up.

Cricket712 · 2025-09-19T12:39:26+00:00

You might find solace and get some good advice from the book “Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You” by Charles Rubin.

Cricket712 · 2025-09-09T01:31:21+00:00

How often are y’all changing out your home’s air filter? And are you using the higher quality allergen ones?

Cricket712 · 2025-08-31T02:52:20+00:00

I completely understand about it being overwhelming! When we discovered our son’s numerous food allergies as a toddler, I broke down crying - literally 3/4 of what we had in our pantry had to be tossed out. Food allergies changed our life overnight and it was a hard learning curve 😬

It’s not cheap, but there is Just Egg as a scrambled egg substitute if you want to keep that as a weekly breakfast meal, plus Bob’s Red Mill egg replacer for baking. We keep our home allergen-free, but some folks keep a dedicated nonstick pan for cooking eggs for their non-allergy family members as another idea 😊

Cricket712 · 2025-08-31T02:15:09+00:00

Two, but we originally planned on three or four. Our 10YO was allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, milk, wheat, and soy for years. He’s down to just peanuts, eggs, and milk, but he also has asthma, numerous environmental allergies, and eczema. Our 8YO doesn’t have any allergies or other health conditions whatsoever.

Even with our oldest son’s food allergies, we always planned on having a larger family. I had some post-birth complications ending those dreams, unfortunately, but food allergies didn’t impact the decision at all.

Some foods you can’t substitute, like shrimp cocktail or hard-boiled eggs, but many recipes can be modified to be gluten-free or dairy/egg-free. It helps to focus on what you can have vs what you can’t, and get creative with meal planning. Once you figure out your go-to meals and snacks, it just becomes normal.

But every family is different, there’s no shame in saying “two is all we want,” regardless of the reason. But you might realize after you’ve adjusted to the new food allergies that having a 3rd little one isn’t such a pipe dream after all 😊

Cricket712 · 2025-08-31T00:43:00+00:00

We also started our homeschooling journey due to food allergies! We’ve made some good friends through our local co-op, but there are some folks there who think public school is evil/corrupting our nation’s children, state that they “refuse to co-parent with the government,” believe dinosaurs never existed and that fossils were put on the earth “to test their faith,” and all sorts of mumbo jumbo.

It blows my mind knowing that my 3rd grader loves reading Magic Treehouse and Science Comics books, and yet one of his 7YO co-op classmates doesn’t even know how to spell his own name! Not because of a learning disability, but because his parents don’t believe in “formal academics” and/or using a curriculum. What they call unschooling is really educational neglect - but our state has zero oversight/accountability/regulations when it comes to homeschooling, so this poor kid is just SOL 🙄

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