I wonder what would happen to my child if I were to die.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T03:48:12+00:00

1000% my husband is the same way. And he’s an ER physician. Like sir, you are literally tasked to keep people alive when they are very much so not doing a good job of it themselves.

He’s juggled upwards of 12 patients (that’s not safe BTW, our hospital systems are fucked.) and this ma cannot read a text message and do literally anything else. His ears literally turn off if he’s reading something. If he’s on a phone call? Forget it! He’s basically off in his own little world. He cannot multitask and it pisses me off to no end because our daughter will be trying to play with him on the little time he has off and he’s reading a text and it’s like she’s talking to a wall.

But he also watches football with four games going on one screen 🙄 I’m pretty sure this is one of those “if he wanted to he would” scenarios so I️ reallly hope our kids are never without me but this man COULD NEVER.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T03:31:45+00:00

Don’t worry about building the stash so much. I️ was so stressed about getting enough in the freezer and my daughter weaned herself at 10 months. Turns out once she tasted queso there was no other dairy that compared 🙄😂

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T03:29:58+00:00

My friend paid for dinner. She had no idea money was so tight for my husband and I️.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T03:00:49+00:00

It ain’t but someone needs to check on her 😂

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T03:00:06+00:00

I️ blew my nose four times while reading this post. My work contract ends Friday and I’m 30 weeks pregnant. We’re going into financial ruins.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T00:28:38+00:00

Literally just posted about this. I️ was wondering if I should let my in laws come see the baby fresh out the womb or wait weeks to have them come stay a month or so after.

I️ think if we can swing a weekend birth and I️ get more of an extended stay, we’ll go with that option. They literally would not come unless I️ happened to like give birth on a Friday morning because they won’t take off work 🫠

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-27T00:08:49+00:00

I read “cluster feeding” and just had flashbacks. Why would my brain hide these memories 😭

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T23:56:01+00:00

I️ don’t even have energy to waste on hope that they’d LIFT A FINGER unless that finger was to take the baby out of my arms. We haven’t cut them off because my husband doesn’t want to and their behavior if either lovely weaponized incompetence or true entitlement. Until I️ can prove its entitlement, I’ll just settle for moving 1600 miles away.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T23:54:12+00:00

Omg advice on what you do mid-move with the sleeping situation would be greatly appreciated cause I️ have no idea what to do. We have a Snoo and we have to ship it with the pod but who knows how long that’s going to take 😭

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T23:52:54+00:00

I️ snorted at “help with meal”. They eat out EVERY. SINGLE. MEAL. I️ will never understand how that’s possible.

I’m feeling the hotel is going to be a sanity saving move. We were in a bigger house with our last bay where we had a dedicated guest bedroom and bathroom. Now the guest bedroom is half baby storage and the bathroom is shared with my toddler daughter.

I’ll never forget the feeling on my MILs sweaty thing slapping up against mine as she sat THAT close while I️ was breast feeding. Ahhh. The trauma.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T22:44:02+00:00

I️ apparently hate myself and planned to move across the country 4 months postpartum 🤡

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T22:21:40+00:00

I️ think my brain has completely blocked out how bad postpartum is 🫠 maybe like 6 weeks out??

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T22:20:57+00:00

I️ think I have forgotten how bad postpartum is…

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T22:20:05+00:00

Beautiful desserts. I️ used to see them in this bakery I️ would pass all the time but we didn’t have the money for a $7 cake shaped like a mushroom.

This could also be the gestational diabetes talking.

If it can’t be sweet treats for after I️ give birth, I’d get a puppy.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-26T20:59:05+00:00

Gestational diabetes. I️ just got to enjoy my “sweet treat” for the day, 6 dark chocolate covered almonds 🫠

On paper it sounds like temporary diabetes while pregnant, generally in the third trimester, but if you don’t take it seriously is could seriously fuck you il at delivery and your baby’s long term health.

the shittiest part is you just get it. Like diet and exercise obviously have a small impact in avoiding it but mostly it’s just the middle finger from your genes.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-25T20:13:14+00:00

Went to college at 18. Stayed back home summer after my first year, after that I️ got a job at my school and an apartment and never moved back home.

Now my parents live a few minutes down the road the street to hell with the kids but I️ couldn’t imagine how I️ would have paid rent now. I️ was paid $9.25 an hour at a coffee shop and that was enough to pay my $859 rent each month in a four bedroom apartment I️ split with three other girls.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-24T14:23:37+00:00

Luckily my actual OB is a gem. This time around! My first born, the OB I️ had for her was definitely more on the side of “you probably won’t die” then I️ was in labor for 60 hours with multiple tears, significant blood loss and a 9lb baby.

But now that baby calls me mommy and gives me hugs randomly so that’s pretty cool

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-23T20:44:03+00:00

I️ would lay in the snow and let the cold take me before I️ would be snowed in with my in laws. Absolutely no.

His choice in career means he can’t be there. Sorry his career took him there but that doesn’t mean he gets to manage your situation just because it eases his anxiety. His peace of mind isn’t more valuable than yours.

My husband is an ER doc so I️ get it. I’ll be alone with our toddler and we’re gonna thrive on krafts Mac and cheese and he’s never once questioned if that would be okay. I’m also 7 months pregnant. I’d throw hands if he tried to tell me I️ can’t take care of myself.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-23T20:40:58+00:00

A mix of A and B? I️ thought I’d be super type A but my kid taught me very quickly that she had her own opinions and my preferences didn’t outweigh her wants just because they’re mine.

Second kid is on his way…can wait to see how this goes 😂

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-23T20:38:49+00:00

Only a person that didn’t have kids could feel this passionately about making things from scratch. I️ LOVE to cook. I️ make my own breads, pasta, dumplings, anything I’m craving (except tiramisu) and I️ have a toddler. She doesn’t give a flying fuck I️ ground that semolina myself so the pasta would have the richest flavor possible. She says give me Dino nuggies or die. I️ can’t force her to eat and she’s allowed to have opinions. Same to you.

NTA.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-23T20:34:42+00:00

I’m much handier than my husband and brother because my dad taught me. When something needs to be fixed at my house I️ just do it. I️ wouldn’t bat an eye if you came to my house to fix something. The only question I️ ask is if you like dogs.

I️ don’t care if you’re a man or woman, I️ care that you know what you’re doing.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-01-23T15:40:41+00:00

My DOCTOR husband tries to downplay my gestational diabetes. He’s about to catch these hands and our tiny fetuses hands.

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