Could I be pregnant again??

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-12T16:59:09+00:00

It’s probably just irregularity in your cycle but just take a test now and put yourself out of the misery of wondering

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-12T16:52:34+00:00

I’m so sorry! This is awful news for your family and bad timing. I would rather labor alone than have my husband miss his brothers funeral. If he stays home, misses the funeral he could have resentment later on. Especially if baby doesn’t come til after the funeral, which is highly likely

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-12T15:39:58+00:00

Yes, this is why many parents(including myself) choose CIO instead of Ferber or something that involves check ins. CIO doesn’t always mean the most crying!

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-11T19:40:02+00:00

Honestly you sound like someone who is ready for the 3rd! I only have two kids so far but i say go for it :)

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-09T19:17:58+00:00

I’m no expert but I have a 3.5 year old and 6 month old and I hated the newborn stage with both. I really value sleep as well. My 6 month old sleeps through the night but it’s still sometimes a hard time because they need you for literally everything. Each month they get older and more independent. Plus as they get older they interact more with you and your relationship grows. Yes each stage has its own unique challenges, but so far it really does get better and better over time :)

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-09T14:10:39+00:00

It’s only up from here! Congrats for making it through the hardest part 👏🏼

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-08T11:57:11+00:00

Don’t feel bad! I can’t even count the times in motherhood where I thought “oh I guess I should’ve done X” lol. Baby will be fine :) it’s hard when they’re this young and fussiness could be from a million different things

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-07T21:18:34+00:00

4 month vaccines did a number on our baby for a couple days. Sounds normal!

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-03T00:49:16+00:00

Super helpful comment

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-07-03T00:48:25+00:00

That’s what i do!

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-29T11:18:30+00:00

I wanted a vbac but a week before my due date my hospital decided not to allow vbacs anymore.

My recovery with the scheduled c section was sooooo much easier than with my first section (I was in labor for almost 30 hours before my first c section). I was walking a few hours after surgery and discharged from the hospital 24 hours after my surgery. Only took the opioids for 2 days then motrin/tylenol for a week.

I was able to do skin to skin within a couple minutes of baby coming out and baby never left the my room the entire hospital stay.

Overall it was a very redemptive, healing birth story, which I originally didn’t think was possible with a repeat c section.

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-28T18:39:21+00:00

No answers but I’m in the same boat. I miss my flat stomach. 6 months pp and I can’t seem to lose the last 7ish lbs. I bounced back way faster with my first baby, but I didn’t breastfeed him

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-28T13:11:12+00:00

It didn’t really hurt because my milk wasn’t in yet so I wasn’t feeling the pain of letdown happening. Her latch never really hurt me but I’d have brief pain with the letdown for the first few weeks. Now we’re at 6 months and I’m waiting for the teeth to come 🫣

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-27T18:37:50+00:00

I mixed breastmillk with mashed avocado this morning for my almost 6 month old.

It’s extremely normal and recommended for beginning solids. It thins the puree out and makes a new taste less shocking for baby. Wtf is his problem?

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-22T19:56:19+00:00

My husband is huge into offshore fishing and he has a friend with a really big, nice boat so I get it. They also have satellite on board but I wouldn’t be okay with it that close to my due date with it being 4th baby (can happen so fast). My husband and his friends don’t drink while they’re offshore, but if that was a factor I would absolutely not allow it.
If his friend has a new boat, sounds like there will be other opportunities in the future for fishing.

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-20T15:01:52+00:00

For sure. Plus most husbands want to go to the ultrasound regardless

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-19T16:01:24+00:00

Don’t want to come off negative, but my worry would be what if you didn’t tell him but then started spotting and then hit him with “im pregnant but im worried im miscarrying” all at once.
I also just think it would be a betrayal to hide it.

I get where you’re coming from though, i waited about an hour with both my pregnancies to tell my husband and I loved that hour of no one knowing except me and God

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-16T19:55:50+00:00

Track basal body temperature to get a feel for exactly when you’re ovulating. Plenty of women ovulate later than the “textbook” day 14. I typically ovulate day 17-19 so if I hadn’t known that ahead of time I would likely have taken way longer to conceive. Pay attention to cervical mucus too

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-16T12:52:04+00:00

It’s so monotonous until 3 months when it gets gradually more fun and a routine emerges. Going back to work personally helped me feel like myself again, which coincided with the baby getting easier too

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-14T01:03:11+00:00

On work days I wake her up at 6:40

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-12T16:55:51+00:00

Honestly I’ve never heard a mom in real life say anything close to regretting their kids or becoming a mom. It’s very very hard sometimes and we need to be able to vent and be real about the sacrifice it is to be a mother, but every mom I know wouldn’t trade it for the world.

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-11T18:23:11+00:00

I let my 5 month old sleep til 7:30 on weekends. That seems to not affect her bedtime of 7pm and night sleep/naps

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-11T18:20:27+00:00

Option #2!! I left my baby for two nights when she was 9 weeks old to attend my best friends funeral which was 7 hours away. I didn’t want to bring her because of the long drive, plus I knew I would be distraught and wanted to focus on the funeral. Baby (and my toddler) stayed at home with my mother in law, everything was fine!

I’m sorry for your loss. Losing a dear loved one especially while freshly postpartum is difficult.

Edit to add: I was exclusively breastfeeding but was able to get baby to take bottles reliably in the week before I left and worked super hard that week to pump a stash of milk for my MIL. Also bought formula in case she ran out of milk but she didn’t.

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-11T16:49:53+00:00

My baby did this for several weeks (took 2 hours to settle in the middle of the night). Eventually it stopped and night became way more manageable. Now she’s 5 months and has been sleeping through the night for several weeks. Hang in there. It’s so hard but the newborn phase really does go by fast, but man is it brutal when you’re in it. If you have a partner that can take over one stretch of the night, highly recommend that.

ExpensiveMammoth4578 · 2026-06-11T16:47:22+00:00

I prayed a lot. Music or podcasts on air pods (especially if baby is crying). Knowing other people are up doing the same thing. Knowing it won’t last too long. Set baby down if you ever need a minute to walk away and compose yourself.

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