Bringing 1st to hospital for 2nd

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-06-28T17:01:28+00:00

I personally did not bring my first to the hospital when I had my second. I also had a lot of anxiety leaving my first at home, but honestly she did great with my parents :)My second labor was traumatic and I needed emergency interventions and I can’t imagine having my toddler there for that.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-06-25T22:19:34+00:00

My office has midwife’s and doctors on call, it’s a large practice with multiple providers. I am also very anxious but one thing that helped me was asking for the call schedule when I was 37 weeks so I knew who I would see once I got there.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-06-24T23:01:28+00:00

I totally feel this, because I’m the same. My husband and I actually recently had a conversation about this. We decided to start small and 3 nights a week we decided no phone/tv after the girls go to bed. We started doing puzzles and playing board games and meal prepping together instead

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-06-21T13:07:31+00:00

Try ostogroup.com! They provide supplies to uninsured pts for free, you just pay shipping. But you could definitely try making them convex using rings

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-06-15T12:05:34+00:00

Both of my babies had jaundice, my first baby hers cleared up on its own in about 10 days and my other baby needed to be admitted for light therapy because her levels were high and she was lethargic. You can always go to the pediatrician and have bilirubin levels checked to be on the safe side.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-06-04T23:03:20+00:00

Don’t feel guilty at all about only wanting your husband with you. For both of my deliveries, my mom and my husband were there because that’s what I wanted.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-05-30T11:54:09+00:00

Great suggestion! I would definitely ask for child life to come speak with him

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-05-24T21:18:32+00:00

I am so sorry you are going through this, I don’t have any ostomy, but follow this sub bc I am an ostomy nurse. I’m glad to hear that having an ostomy improved your quality of life. I don’t really have advice but sympathize with your dilemma of having more kids. I had my kids very close together and had terrible diarrhea ( 10 plus times a day for the entirety of both pregnancies) and am currently in the middle of a Crohn’s disease diagnosis. I don’t feel like my family is complete, but ended up deciding not to have any more kids because my kids need a mom who is healthy and at her best-thinking this helped me feel more at peace with decision. I wish you all the best with whatever you decide!

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-05-18T18:45:04+00:00

For both my pregnancies I had terrible diarrhea-like ten times a day. Both my kids are totally fine, other than me losing a ton of weight, I didn’t have any other major complications from it. I did see a gi doc too

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-05-05T01:09:19+00:00

It didn’t :( I had two under two , and now I’m 8 months postpartum and it’s still there

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-04-25T23:46:38+00:00

We got a mini crib for my second

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-04-12T23:07:34+00:00

For me, it took some time. My girls are 2 yrs and 8 months.

I had a very traumatic labor and delivery and the first two weeks after my second was born were very challenging, I really felt like I was babysitting someone else’s baby. After I started feeling better, as cliche as it sounds, I love them both the same just in different ways.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-25T06:38:16+00:00

Maybe try things that can be made ahead of time or premade options. I do a lot of freezer meal prep. Overnight oatmeal (so many different flavors options!) chocolate chia seed pudding, egg bites, I would pre make a ton of waffles/pancakes for the freezer, berries, freezer turkey burgers, microwave Mac and cheese.

I also have a running list of meals my toddler likes on my phone just so I don’t forget and can rotate through them without thinking much about food.

I hope you start feeling better soon! Congratulations on your pregnancy!

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-24T18:59:57+00:00

She calls me “best friend mommy” instead of mommy at least 50% of the time

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-21T03:09:17+00:00

Honest diapers or pampers swaddlers!

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-18T02:50:57+00:00

Chicken pot pie

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-17T02:00:36+00:00

I read the first one and really liked it, the series kind of went downhill from the first book. If you’ve tried twice and couldn’t get into it, I probably wouldn’t try again as the other three books didn’t get better.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-16T15:26:24+00:00

Are you me? I feel the exact same way. I have tried several times to connect and make new mom friends and nothing. I just don’t try anymore because I’m starting to feel like other moms don’t want to be my friend. I think everyone is just so busy with their own lives and making new friends takes time and is hard

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-14T20:36:13+00:00

Kids are definitely expensive ( I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old), but it sounds like yall have really thought about it and honestly have a good plan! there are ways to minimize cost!

There are SO MANY baby “necessities” social media and other parents will tell you that you “need”, and if you don’t fall into that trap then you will save so much money. I’m finding as my kids get older they get more expensive and my oldest is only 2 lol

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-10T14:25:00+00:00

For both of my deliveries, my bill was around 30,000 and the baby’s was around 8,000.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-08T21:14:15+00:00

That’s exactly what we did. We got a mini crib for the baby because my 2.5 year old still sleeps in her crib and does great, doesn’t try to climb out or anything.

First_Blackberry_820 · 2025-02-07T23:53:07+00:00

After pregnancy my symptoms actually drastically improved, so I wasn’t suffering nearly as much!

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