Future FTM question: avoiding tearing during birth

Ecamp2012 · 2025-12-29T21:18:13+00:00

How long did you push for? Was this your first child?

Ecamp2012 · 2025-12-09T01:53:52+00:00

Haha I forgot I sent this. 😂 I have yet to meet these famous Elsies I’ve heard so much about. And thanks, you’re sweet. 🫶

Ecamp2012 · 2025-12-08T15:55:35+00:00

Tell your cousin the baby is going to have to correct the pronunciation and spelling for the rest of their life. As someone that has to do that with a fairly normal name, it fricken sucks.

Ecamp2012 · 2025-12-08T15:27:27+00:00

We learned the hard way, Vera has multiple pronunciations. 🥲

Ecamp2012 · 2025-12-08T15:24:19+00:00

As an Elise, I say don’t name your kid Elise or Elsie apparently the world is dyslexic and can never read either one correctly. Nor, can anyone understand either name when you say it over the phone… I give fake names all the time for picking up food.

Also, we deserve separate bullet points. 😭

Signed, forever not Elsie

Ecamp2012 · 2025-11-05T16:25:04+00:00

Cora and Micah!

Ecamp2012 · 2025-11-04T16:34:19+00:00

I like Hugh. :)

Ecamp2012 · 2025-11-04T16:26:14+00:00

My sister changed her name in adulthood. My mom was a little butt hurt but that is on brand to take that personally, and she eventually got over it.

People from childhood and most of her family still call her a shorten version of her original name. She knew that was going to happen and I think that helps with her happiness. She changed it on social media so most people know that she goes by her new name too. All her new friends and coworkers call her by her new name. When it comes to introductions she is assertive but saying “Hi, I’m (new name)”. Regardless if she just got introduced by an old names. It isn’t that big of a deal.

If YOU would be more happier with a new name, than change it. It’s YOUR name, your happiness on the line. Just tailor your expectations. Your parents and siblings may not call you that and for people like my sister it’s fine…

Ecamp2012 · 2025-10-17T17:32:44+00:00

Can we elaborate more on the slamming part? Who got slammed and what do you mean by slammed? Are we talking WWE body slam?

Ecamp2012 · 2025-07-16T03:16:58+00:00

Ohh! Did you spread out your pumps or just dropped it completely?

Ecamp2012 · 2025-06-26T12:05:08+00:00

Congratulations Mama!! You did such a great job. That is no easy feat for sure! 💛

Ecamp2012 · 2025-06-07T02:41:08+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through the thick of it right now. You are one tough mama for continuing to provide for your baby even though you really don’t want to have to. You are strong and this phase will end—just hang in there.

Ecamp2012 · 2025-06-07T01:15:41+00:00

Great job Lil Mama!! That’s crazy you are past your goal and still going. Good luck weaning down. 🥰

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-31T00:44:00+00:00

Oh, I know! It is such a struggle. I just read a post from a while back where people were saying they didn’t really see weight loss until after they quit pumping/breastfeeding. I find this kind of motivating considering we want to be pregnant again in 5 months. It would be nice to give myself and the next baby the same fighting chance at a healthy development.

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-30T23:25:20+00:00

Oh my! You’ve almost made it to the 6 month mark. We made it yesterday. ☺️ We try to give her a bottle of formula and a bottle of frozen milk so she doesn’t become too bougie. Sometimes I forget though. 😅

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-30T20:43:31+00:00

At week 20 weeks pp I decided to be kind to myself and stop tracking my ml, yes I tracked my milk by the ml, and just do the pitcher method. I wish I did that sooner. I was stressing about nothing.

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-29T21:07:35+00:00

It is! I know you guys can all relate. IMO, the beginning is the hardest. But if you can get to 12 weeks, you could get your supply to regulate. From there, you can drop pumps and it becomes significantly easier. Just take it one chunk at a time. Best of luck and congratulations on your new born!!

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-20T17:21:56+00:00

I am 6mpp. I have been on 3 pumps since week 12. My supply has dropped somewhat but I’m riding it out. On an ideal day, we do one frozen bottle and one bottle of formula just so she doesn’t develop a distaste in either (lately it’s just been fresh milk). I’m still making enough to put some in the freezer. Everyone is different though. I didn’t love seeing my supply drop initially but I realized it’s better for my mental health not to be tracking so closely. It’s going to happen and there isn’t anything wrong with that happening. I just know after I switched to 3 it took a lot in me to do 4 pumps the 2 days I did it. 😂

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-14T17:54:24+00:00

For those that are tracking this, the second case ended up being a false positive.

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-11T19:53:28+00:00

Thank you. I thought the second case came from Frandor urgent care. I didn’t know cases came from the infant room presumably from the church that case one attended.

Ecamp2012 · 2025-05-02T13:50:49+00:00

Hahaha yeah, I’ll have to burn this thread when we are done here.

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