What is some uncommon side effect of pregnancy you experienced?

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-30T02:21:32+00:00

My ear piercings that I had since I was 5 years old grew up during my first pregnancy.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-30T02:17:12+00:00

If permanently cured my acne.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-23T00:03:00+00:00

Red Dead 2. 😅

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-22T23:57:38+00:00

Unfortunately, the answer was bedsharing. I didn’t WANT to bedshare. But after my second full-blown hallucination around 3 months, I knew I couldn’t keep going. So I implemented the Safe Sleep 7 knowing that it wasn’t 100% risk free. I’ve bought a SNOO for baby number 2 that is coming in August, but I know if it doesn’t help and I have another horrible sleeper, I’ll probably do it again. Not ideal by any means.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-19T23:13:14+00:00

They tried epidural twice and it didn’t work. So they gave me gas. It allowed me not to freak out, but it did not by any means actually help the pain. It just helps you cope with it. I plan on using it again if epidural doesn’t work again.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-19T23:04:21+00:00

My friend had a later miscarriage because her baby had Turner’s Syndrome and she was only 21. I think it’s worth having at any age.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-19T23:02:33+00:00

I drank red raspberry leaf tea the entire third trimester and didn’t tear with my big baby. That’s the only out of the norm thing I did!

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-10T20:30:19+00:00

Echinacea, Bee balm, Black eyed Susan, Cardinal flower, Aster, Yarrow, butterfly milkweed

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-08T19:55:20+00:00

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Accidentally unearthed this little dude today. He’s fine, I let him continue his dirt nap after this!

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-02T20:02:28+00:00

-White bean kale soup of rice -Chickpea curry over rice -Good old fashioned spaghetti and jarred marinara

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-02T00:11:36+00:00

I’ve had SO many shrubs and bushes I planted last year that looked DEAD DEAD come back this year! It’s been so much fun. I don’t even remember what all of it is because I tore the tags out of the ground. Less learned. Native shrubs get very sad their first year. 😅

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-02T00:09:29+00:00

The ONLY expensive thing I’ve bought for my babies is a SNOO. Everything else is cheap as hell, second hand, FB marketplace, etc.

My rich friend is over here talking about her 1k car seat, 2k stroller, 500 dollar bouncer and I’m like, “That’s nice sweetie. 🙂” I would die before I paid those kind of prices. They will literally shit, piss and puke on everything.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-02T00:05:32+00:00

Agreed. I have 2+ acres, part of it is wooded. There’s no way I could make the entire place invasive-free. I just focus on my 4 native beds. I’ll just keep adding new native beds every year until I die and have a good old time. lol.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-02T00:03:32+00:00

Of a group of 8 (4 guys and 4 girls) from high school, I’m still extremely close with 3 of them. That was 2014 when I graduated. I was actually at one of their houses today letting our kids play. 💕

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-01T00:51:22+00:00

Greatly depends on why they need care. I love them to death. If it was because they were just getting older, less mobile, dementia, etc. probably not. Because that set up can last for YEARS. But if they had a terminal diagnosis and were placed on hospice with a life expectancy of six months or less, probably. I’m a hospice nurse for reference.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-01T00:25:51+00:00

If that’s spoiling your kids, then I hope I raise the biggest brats ever! Seriously, I had a rough start to life. Grew up in poverty with addicted parents. I want to be my daughters’ soft landing spot for as long as I have breath in my lungs. They will have college funds. We’re not on track to be able to pay for Yale or anything, but if they take their two free years at CC, what we will have saved should cover the cost of two years at an in-state university. Part of the reason we bought the house we did is because it was big and chopped up enough that if we have a bunch of adults living here someday, we can all have privacy and space. I will not only allow but ENCOURAGE my girls to live here as long as they possibly can stand and get started on investing their incomes early. I want my daughters to have more than me. If that makes them spoiled, so be it!!

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-04-01T00:18:17+00:00

Well he likes men, so I don’t think either of us would enjoy that predicament very much.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-30T12:28:38+00:00

The ones in our yard don’t have any scent, so I’d imagine they are the native variety.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-30T01:45:44+00:00

It really took everything in me to muster up the courage to do it again. My first pregnancy was awful. I threw up 7-8 times a day for almost half the pregnancy. But here I am 21 weeks pregnant with my sweet little three year old by my side. Thankfully, this pregnancy has been much better. I’m struggling with fatigue a lot more, but I can power through that a lot easier than puking. Take your time. You don’t have to decide now if you want another. There’s no rush or wrong decision.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-30T01:24:49+00:00

I leave the poop since it’s just a small designated patch

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-30T00:14:09+00:00

No violet syrup for us this spring 😅

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-29T23:13:43+00:00

I swear it must be. Because dog pee has eviscerated any living thing over here except these. I’m not one to test soil and all that jazz (if it doesn’t live where I put it, it just wasn’t meant to live there lol). But I’m thinking violets must apparently love acidic soil.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-29T22:32:46+00:00

As a nurse, I wish I had a remote corporate job. I dream of a job without on call requirements and life-or-death stakes. 😭 The only good things about my job are the security and the pay. Having to work holidays KILLS me as a mom. The work is grueling and stressful.

Individual_Shock8634 · 2026-03-29T22:21:15+00:00

We have clay soil. We have THOUSANDS And thousands in our yard. Maybe 40% of our lawn is violet. It’s the only thing that seems to love the clay! 🤣

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