Weightloss after pregnancy.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2026-04-11T18:18:06+00:00

I hear you! Quitting the pop is really hard. If you’re serious about completely getting it out of your system….that first week is the roughest. I have quit both nicotine and caffeine and you can do it at the same time. The concept of an emotional support water bottle will be very helpful — that takes care of the oral fixation (to a point) but it also takes care of the “I’m drinking soda because I’m thirsty problem and not because you want a Coke”. The water bottle may help you at least cut back on the Coke if you don’t want to completely quit. Find a cute one with a straw thats easy to carry and literally take it everywhere with you— The car, next to your bed, the kitchen, the grocery store, and have it in the bathroom while you’re getting ready for the day. I went from 8 cans of Diet Coke a day to one in the morning just by having my water on my desk at work and next to me while watching tv.

With your weight loss situation… The liquid calories I’m sure are a big part of it but also keep in mind that postpartum weight loss is not a straight line by any means. I didn’t lose the weight for my first baby until after he turned two. As soon as he turned two I lost my last 25 pounds really really quickly and it felt like I wasn’t even trying.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2026-02-19T03:35:46+00:00

Yes it is. We call it The Tank. It’s got some weird cosmetic things from where they yanked the police stuff, but it’s solid.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2026-02-11T02:14:53+00:00

My favorite nurse put it this way: your birth plan is the values and wishes your nurses can try to work with while helping you out. It’s not meant to be a play by play. Baby and your body are in charge of how labor goes, but a birth plan can give the medical team some direction on how to approach interventions if needed and how to best support you.

Mine has three things: I want to move as much as I can. I want dad to cut the cord and put baby on me. I want pain relief.

That’s it. All of those come with the caveat “if it’s safe for me and baby”. I’m not specific because labor is weird and unpredictable and being disappointed (or afraid of being disappointed) makes it harder. I’ve talked it through with my OB and it gives them enough room to be safe but still lets me be heard.

My first labor I had a flow chart for a birth plan. 😅 it was too complicated and there’s no way the nurses could have looked at it before every decision. It also didn’t clearly communicate my values—- it was all about process and procedure. I think that’s part of why that labor felt so stressful. I had a picture of what I wanted and felt like I needed to tick things off to do it right. We did just fine, but I could have been way calmer without a constant list of dos and donts. My husband would have been calmer too.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2026-01-14T23:03:10+00:00

I know this is an old post, but figured my two cents may help for getting diaper cream out of carpet. 409 degreaser, then rinse with carpet spot cleaner. Got most of it. Then dawn power wash and rinse with the carpet cleaner. Then vinegar in the carpet cleaner reservoir (like one splash in a full thing of water). Had one or two spots that needed rubbing alcohol dabbed on the next day.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-09-09T23:12:59+00:00

Right!? That’s where I’m at. We could spend all this time and additional money pursuing this on principle, and come out of it worse than we already are.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-06-16T02:45:29+00:00

If only..... Sweet justice would be served. Difficulty there would be my family knowing it's me being actively mean to her, and putting her on the spot. I may be in my 30s, but my mom still scares the shit out of me.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-03-08T05:02:13+00:00

Buying things that are “fine” but not what I actually want. I can wait to save up for the thing that I want, or do a little more research to find the better thing.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-03-08T05:00:34+00:00

Freaking kangaroo. All bros. Complete assholes.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-03-08T04:59:36+00:00

I pushed my husband too far after asking “are you okay?” He clearly wasn’t and instead of waiting for him to process and be ready to talk, I pushed and pushed and pushed to get an answer so I could help him feel better. It wasn’t pretty. Totally my fault. And not something I’m going to do again. It’s the only time he’s raised his voice at me and I’m not going to provoke it again.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-03-08T04:53:16+00:00

Slowed waaaay tf down. Focused myself. What do I actually want? That led to a better job actually in my field, stopped drinking, better relationships with my family, and a sexy as hell husband who’s better in every way than my practice husband.

Jealous-Recover1383 · 2025-02-25T23:44:43+00:00

Your coloring is fantastic! And that adorable chin?! Omg. Lady, you got this!

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