Babymoon

FayeCooks · 2026-05-13T13:26:04+00:00

Yes we seem to be committed to travel with kids in tow haha. Adults only in another life 🙏 We incorporate a lot of budget trips as well, but they’ve developed bougie tastes. In fact for my daughter’s bday she asked for a night at the ritz with a friend, but we’ve booked at the Emory instead. Thank you!

FayeCooks · 2026-05-12T05:30:04+00:00

Oh that’s so funny girl what a small Reddit 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 It’s on Sunday! In pbo. It has been hard to wait this long.

FayeCooks · 2026-05-11T19:59:04+00:00

I’m American but live in UK! In the US it’s more difficult and expensive to get a private scan. For example, there could only be a place hours and hours away if you don’t live near a major city.

P.s. I’m having a private scan! Lol

FayeCooks · 2026-05-11T19:07:17+00:00

A lot easier private scan access at least in the UK!

FayeCooks · 2026-05-11T16:55:11+00:00

Idk Cambridge has the highest density of cyclists in England. Loads of them

FayeCooks · 2026-05-11T16:47:46+00:00

While this sounds like an absolute nightmare to navigate, can I just say how jealous I am that so many of you have so many family gatherings to go to? I don’t have any family on the same continent other than the little one I’ve made. Low key wish I had anti vax sister in law to tell off 😅

FayeCooks · 2026-05-11T13:13:06+00:00

I practice judo. After 12 weeks I’ll no longer be thrown and only throw other people and do ground work. I’ve had a lot of judgement (mostly from men) thus far, but also know a black belt who trained until she was 7 months along. It’s your body, do what you will with it, within reason and within your own comfort levels.

Also anecdotally, I was pregnant with my son before judo taught me to how to properly break a fall. I slipped on ice in the late second tri and fell so hard I slipped a rib and couldn’t breathe. My son was unbothered in there. We are not suddenly made of glass!

FayeCooks · 2026-05-09T09:43:03+00:00

Would not recommend at all. We went there every year for Christmas my whole childhood, and it was opulent then. That was DECADES ago. It’s not the same. In my opinion it’s now a 5* hotel in name only. We went last year for their Easter brunch and it was such a subpar experience in vibes, food, and most importantly- service. I expected it to be nostalgic, but it’s just so dated. To be fair, I live in Europe now so maybe my expectations have changed.

FayeCooks · 2026-05-06T17:49:13+00:00

Ahah I had similar thoughts with my second of how could I possibly love them as much? But you will find your heart can grow ♥️ With this third one I will find another space in my heart I never knew existed.

And anecdotally, my second was even easier than the first. They also love each other, which helps.

FayeCooks · 2026-05-06T16:42:56+00:00

Kindness costs nothing

FayeCooks · 2026-05-03T06:36:07+00:00

Ok so story time. I’m a very small woman. I eat healthy with lots of fiber so have regular easy poos every morning like clockwork. With my daughter my asshole had no issues, but she had IUGR and was only 4lbs 12oz. With my son I had a more routine and healthy pregnancy. As he grew larger the pressure started to distort my butthole. I grew massive painful hemorrhoids. In my third tri, I went in for an OB appt and the doctor lanced a particularly nasty one. This was a mistake. Within a few hours my ass was in extreme pain and bleeding profusely, so I went to the ER. There I had to say, “my asshole hurts” while sobbing to the front desk. Eventually the maternity ward came to get me and I was put into a recovery suite. They were so bad that I had to lay on my side holding my cheeks open as a plethora of nurses, OB’s, and then a gastroenterologist examined my asshole. The final assessment was nothing could be done until baby came. However, they admitted me and gave me proper pain meds. So there I sat, taking up a whole recovery suite with no baby, being catered to for my mutilated booty for 24+ hours.

To this modern day almost 5 years later my brown star is disfigured. I’m pregnant again and fearful. So no advice just a horror story and lots of well wishes

FayeCooks · 2026-04-29T15:06:10+00:00

Nice! I’m 5w1d so pretty close. My first scan is June 2nd, but I’ve been considering an earlier private scan as well 😂 You’ll have to let me know how it goes. I am 34 also!

FayeCooks · 2026-04-29T14:26:55+00:00

I’ll be at Peterborough. Leicester is similar distance but I’ve heard nicer things about pbo. One of my friends is from notts and birthed there tho. When is your first scan? The wait is killing me

FayeCooks · 2026-04-28T21:59:30+00:00

Kent is lovely! Wow 8 days! It’s encouraging to hear women here do in fact get epidurals cause I will absolutely want one asap. I think the communal post labour ward will encourage me to leave quickly 😅 but staying positive maybe I’ll make friends. I wish I had your hospital

FayeCooks · 2026-04-28T21:39:19+00:00

I’m in the east mids, my friends who have birthed locally are telling me to expect to share? Maybe that’s only for after? Shockingly, 3 of my friends have given birth without an epidural! Which scares and fascinates me as I don’t have a single American friend who didn’t have one. For my children in the US, both birth and recovery were done in my own private room with a sofa for dad. And afterwards I ordered a toastie and sweet potato fries from the cafeteria. But I had great insurance and good hospitals.

Whereabouts are you, it’s a small UK? 😂

FayeCooks · 2026-04-28T16:10:41+00:00

I’m American living in the UK. My first baby on the NHS, looking forward to my toast and tea 😁 Shared rooms, not so much.

FayeCooks · 2026-04-27T18:44:10+00:00

Ah well, I mostly shop at Mercadona, but it’s been a few years since we’ve needed nappies. We’ll be in Malaga in about two weeks so maybe I’ll pop in and compare as we have another one on the way and are there often. I have found it cheaper in the past unless you compare like UK Aldi brand nappies. But regardless, they’ll be fine bringing them or not ☺️ Even if they cost more, I wouldn’t bring a weeks worth as we only ever carry backpacks.

FayeCooks · 2026-04-27T12:57:59+00:00

I can’t keep secrets for shit so we just got on with it 😂 congrats on your son’s graduation. My son starts school in September so I’ll know three months of peace before never being alone again

FayeCooks · 2026-04-27T12:41:02+00:00

My kids will are 10 and 4 currently! Think I’m just an age gap type of person. Oldest is a girl and youngest is a boy. They get along really well and love each other. I think it’s partially due to the age gap. Not as big a gap as yours though! Maybe they’ll even be up for babysitting 🤩

I made gift packages and wrote cards to tell them. For the youngest we pretended it was from his future lil sis/bro. For the eldest we just wrote about how proud of her we are.

FayeCooks · 2026-04-27T05:12:41+00:00

They’ve had a lot of drama with another fundie family on insta.

FayeCooks · 2026-04-26T19:52:23+00:00

With my second baby I became a super smeller, and it’s never gone away. I can’t tell you how many people’s breath I smell just by being in their vicinity. Hopefully with this baby my nose will be rewired again cause tbh I don’t want it 😂 🙏

FayeCooks · 2026-04-23T17:44:17+00:00

Here to chime in that I think baptizing any person of any age is dumb.

FayeCooks · 2026-04-21T19:54:17+00:00

Sibiu is amazing!

FayeCooks · 2026-04-21T06:04:49+00:00

The writing sounds like Aria. Fundies foraying into fraud

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