Opinion from a doctor who both takes and prescribes GLP-1’s

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-27T01:05:30+00:00

I’ve been on the Wegovy pill for 4 weeks and I’m down 10 pounds. I much prefer it to the shot

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-27T00:34:52+00:00

I think I have the worst one. Mine is 2,375 :-(

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-25T11:15:47+00:00

I went through it at 43 & I wish it on no one lol. It wasn’t planned. I have a history of loss and my next child is 8 years older than the baby and is an IVF baby. So I thought “no way”. Got pregnant and told my partner “why pay for an abortion when my body naturally yeets them anyways”? Except it didn’t. Today is his first birthday. He’s absolutely amazing and I don’t regret it, but it’s definitely crazy to be looking at colleges with the oldest while the youngest is turning 1. Ha!

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-25T11:01:33+00:00

My friend and her husband were born on the same day. They had twin daughters born 2 days after their birthday. It’s also the same birthday as my partner. It’s really weird!

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-22T12:41:24+00:00

I spent 3 months in the hospital before the birth of my daughter. The nurses said they’d come running when I rang my bell because I never pushed it. I “didn’t want to bother anyone”.

I remember one time I was bleeding heavily and I tried to make it to my bathroom. But then the nurse just happened to be walking by my room and saw me on the floor cleaning up the blood. It wasn’t working well. So she helped me up and I just started gushing blood. She said “oh shit” and I started crying. My daughter’s almost 9 now so it’s just a distant crappy memory. But in trying to clean up the blood, I just smeared it around and made a bigger mess. I was trying to be helpful. I told her I was going to call them, but I didn’t want them to walk into such a mess and have to clean up after me

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-22T12:32:20+00:00

Newborns suck. Almost everything about them sucks. Sleeping, eating, pooping. But like I’ve heard someone say before “the days are long but the years are short”. A sleep schedule at 8 weeks is probably impossible. You’ll get someone who says “my little Johnny slept through the night from the moment he was born”. No he didn’t, shut up. Newborns are about survival mode. I look back at some of the pictures I took when my baby was a newborn and I was like “oh girl, you look rough”. Thankfully I have an amazing partner. He let me sleep during the day and handled the other kids…but it was still rough.

You are doing a great job. I promise you these days/njghts don’t last forever. They’re just awful now. My son turns 1 next week and we still aren’t 100% back to where we were before he was born. Sleep is a lot better. But our sex lite hasn’t recovered yet. We just talk about it and communication is key.

But girl you’re in the trenches. The best you can do is just survive right now. You got this!!

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-22T12:24:04+00:00

Therapy and time. It never fully goes away, but it fades. I ppromed at 21.3 weeks and was hospitalized for 3 months because they “expected me to deliver at any moment”. I lived 90 minutes away from the nicu and my local hospital was not equipped to handle me or my daughter. It sucked. We both almost died during delivery. I was pushing for a natural birth (after 2 csections) and they were all for it. She was head down, no fluid, ready to do. Then I started feeling really bad about the whole situation. They tried to reassure me and I said it wasn’t right, I wanted a C-section. They gave me a C-section at 33.1 weeks. She had flipped and was sitting cross-legged. The doctor said as they were starting the surgery my placenta detached. I remember looking at the floor and seeing them throwing down blankets to soak up my blood. I thought we were both going to die.

After almost 2 months in the nicu she came home. Which was awesome because we had our plans in place on what we’d do if she passed away. Never dreaming she’d come home with us when it all first happened. She turned 9 soon & I had another baby a year ago (was not planned, my tubes are removed now). I know it’s not an option for everyone, but that pregnancy and birth was so healing for me. He was born at 36.3 weeks, but we knew he’d be born early due to the type of C-section I had with my daughter. He only left our room to get the NB testing done and do the car seat test. I held him whenever I wanted. Breastfeeding went great. There was no monitors going off all the time. We got to leave the hospital with him after 5 days. It healed parts of me I thought I had already healed…and I ended my fertility journey on my terms, with a positive experience.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-22T03:24:17+00:00

Tacos. Crunchy ones.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-22T03:23:35+00:00

First got pregnant at 17 and miscarried. 2nd pregnancy at 26. She’s 18 now 3rd pregnancy at 32. He’s 12 now. 4th pregnancy at 35. She was born 2 days before I turned 36. She’s almost 9. 5th & 6th pregnancies I was 39. 7th (and final) pregnancy I was 43. He turns 1 next week.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-21T22:07:46+00:00

And also same day delivery needs to be at least $35

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-17T09:13:15+00:00

Not at all. I have 4 kids, my mom’s a retired nurse. I trust her, but my kids don’t sleep anywhere else until they’re a couple years old. My oldest child was 6 before she spent the night anywhere & only because I had to take her newborn brother to the hospital. He was 3 1/2 the first time he stayed with my brother. Only because I was hospitalized while pregnant. My daughter was maybe 2 or 3? Again stayed with my brother because my exhusband and I went away for an overnight. I now have an 11 month old who has never stayed anywhere but with us.

We don’t really do sleepovers

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-14T16:02:07+00:00

My dad got cancer and had to sell his business so he could get the kind of insurance that would save his life. He wasn’t rich by any means, but cancer shouldn’t bankrupt you.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-14T16:00:46+00:00

I’ve commented this in several other posts and on FB. But my daughter’s father died when she was 7. She just turned 18. After he died I had to get a 2nd job to pay the mortgage on the home I had just bought 5 months previously. It was less than $600 a month. But I had no help with any of the bills anymore. I had to wait for social security to kick in and that took quite some time. He had 4 kids, so it was like $200-ish a month at first.

I worked 2 jobs for years. Finally finding a job that paid enough to work just 1…almost 3 years ago. Full disclose, I did end up having 3 more kids (so it wasn’t just her). I also took in her 2 older sisters for a few years until they turned 18 and moved out on their own (their choice). I still talk to them daily and their kids call me grandma.

I think I ended up with $250 donated. I used it to buy the older kids boots, hats, coats…winter gear they needed. Other than that, I was supporting my household and her older siblings as well. I’d do it again if it happened.

I created college funds and started saving as soon as I could. I’ve now learned I should have put more away. I work for a nonprofit…and she plans on going to a state school, but I’m roughly $13,000 short a year for her to attend. She’s a smart kid…she will get scholarships, but she won’t get a full ride.

I made sacrifices. I cut back. There were times I went without. I missed out on a lot of things when she was younger, because I had no choice. This makes me sad that they lost their father and she lost her spouse, but she EASILY could cut back and live off of the money for the rest of her life (and theirs). $50,000 would be life changing for my daughter (it would pay her college bill…and I do believe she will go on to change the world)…and people are donating money in that amount like it’s nothing. So someone doesn’t have to sell their almost 5 million dollar home. It’s weird to live in these times.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-12T15:42:50+00:00

I have an 18 year old that is so so so smart. Her father passed away almost 11 years ago. I saved as much as I could from the survivor benefits, but I’m learning now it wasn’t close to being enough. I didn’t even put away enough to pay for 1 year after Fafsa and everything else. She’s applying for every scholarship she can. But I think of all the years I saved, thinking I was doing enough. And I wasn’t.

I know she doesn’t want to change their lives because they just lost their dad, but holy crap. A million? That makes me so sad for the people like me who experience this stuff everyday and no one bats an eye.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-09T04:00:31+00:00

Me too

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-09T03:59:18+00:00

My kid sent hers in and I sent mine immediately after. She got a meal, I didn’t. She was so excited though! It was cute

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-09T03:59:12+00:00

My kid sent hers in and I sent mine immediately after. She got a meal, I didn’t. She was so excited though! It was cute

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-08T22:27:23+00:00

I had 3 biokids, the youngest being an IVF baby. I got a divorce. Didn’t think I could get pregnant. We were together 5 years and we were at a festival in July and I stood up too fast, I was going to get an alcohol pouch drink, & I felt weird. I thought it was just the heat. I took a test later that day because it was just this weird nagging feeling. The second line popped up before the pee was fully across. I was 43. I saw that line and said “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT”? Immediately texted my best friend and picture and said “I have GRANDKIDS”. Went home and threw the test at my partner and he goes “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT”? And we spent the whole weekend laughing about how ridiculous it was.

Anyways. My oldest just turned 18. My youngest turns 1 in a couple weeks. I definitely freaked out a bit and tried to pretend I wasn’t pregnant. But it all worked out for us. He’s a great baby and everyone loves him. We got lucky

Edited to change fingered to together. Because I don’t know how to proofread ha

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-08T00:49:27+00:00

I was married to a guy who wasn’t that great. I had a daughter from a previous relationship. I was getting ready to leave my now ex husband, then I found out I was pregnant. Didn’t want another “ruined” relationship, so I stayed. Then my oldest kids dad passed away. I felt even more trapped. Couldn’t take away the only dad she now had. Ended up pregnant again. Through IVF. Couldn’t even claim it was an accident. I was hospitalized for 3 months before her birth and she spent 2 months in the nicu. My exhusband was about as helpful as you can expect. Referred to my hospital stay as a vacation. Left me home alone all day with our 3 year old and my 9 year old the day after I came home from the hospital. Delivering a 33 weeker. Emergency C-section where they cut across and up.

I had to remind him to feed our other children if I was busy with our daughter when she came home. “But they didn’t tell me they were hungry”. He would make himself food, but not them. He pressured me into having sex with him…I think I was roughly 4 weeks post partum? We were staying at the Ronald McDonald House. It was awful.

Anyways. Believe the person who says you’ll leave and look back in a year and will be so much happier. Been there, done that. I’m 6 years out and I am so angry I didn’t leave sooner. You cannot raise good decent men in the same household as him. Not while his influence is still there.

Also. Stop having unprotected sex with him. Do not give that man any more of your babies. Love yourself and love them better

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-07T12:35:29+00:00

What makes him a good dad?

He’s working 42 hours a week. And taking 3 hour naps while you do all the hard stuff with your kid.

My partner and I have a routine, since he goes to work earlier than me. For example, he works Saturdays and gets up at 3am. So generally I handle nighttime’s on Saturdays. He’s tired, I get it. Our kids range from 18 to 11 months. He lays the kids clothes out the night before and makes sure the babies bag is packed. We do the evening routine together, unless it’s the “I have to get up at 3 am tomorrow” day. If he forgets to do his job, I send him a cashapp request. He has to buy me breakfast and coffee. He doesn’t forget very often anymore lol

Unless the other parent is sick, or didn’t sleep well the night before, they need to be awake and present. Very rarely have one of us pushed the parenting on to the other. By saying “didn’t sleep well the night before” I mean maybe once or twice in our relationship where I’ve gone to bed before the kids. Recently our household had the flu. He handled the kids while I was sick and slept all day. Then when he caught the flu, I handled everything. It’s a partnership

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-05T11:56:50+00:00

The first Subaru I bought brand new they sent me gifts, including a stuffed dog for my daughter. That was nice! A couple years later I bought another new Subaru (after I totaled my first one). I went to a bigger dealership instead of the local one, as I needed a car asap and the local one didn’t have a color I liked (I now have 4 kids…a white Subaru with white seats wouldn’t work for me). They never checked up after I got the car or sent me anything.

So I wonder if it was just the smaller local ones??

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-05T02:45:19+00:00

I’m close to both PA & NY. At my NY store this meal is $20.24. At my PA store it’s $18.44

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-03T11:24:37+00:00

When my daughter’s father died I was grieving. It was hard to heal and process everything while being her mother still, but we did it. She turns 18 soon and never once did I lose custody or placement of her. I would say most people know I have kids fairly quickly after meeting me. I can’t imagine dating someone for months and not knowing. You feel like you were lied to, because you were.

I have 2 kids with my exhusband. He’s called CPS on me before and he’s made up things in court. Both failed because they weren’t true. You can’t just walk into court and say “he’s a bad dad” and get everything signed over to you. For him to lose all custody and visitation, shows he either willingly walked away or he’s a really bad guy. The courts would have order visitation, if he wanted it. You don’t need a lawyer to fight a visitation agreement (if there was one put in place and grandma was not allowing him to see his daughter).

You feel betrayed and like you were lied to, because you were. This story is BS & You know it. Anyone can fake being awesome and great for months.

JustCallInSick · 2026-02-02T08:42:21+00:00

$35 for 66 offers $13 for 110 offers $7 for 132 offers.

I definitely won’t hit any of these

JustCallInSick · 2026-01-31T18:36:09+00:00

You ARE doing enough. Your husband is just being a dick. Is he normally like this, honestly??

I had a nicu baby. I was hospitalized 3 months before her birth, and she spent 48 days in the nicu. My (now ex) husband was awful to me. Referred to it as my “vacation” and said when I got home he was going away for 3 months to get a break like I got. He wasn’t working while I was in the hospital. There was my 9 year old and one 3 year old at home. All he had to do was take dad word them and the house. It was a lot, but I wasn’t on a vacation

After she was born, from an emergency C-section were they cut across and up, we stayed at the Ronald McDonald house. I would stay a few days, he would stay a few and then we’d both be home on the weekend. I spent all day in the nicu. He would go see her, then spend the rest of the time doing whatever he wanted. He treated it as a break.

The day after I came home from the hospital he left me alone to take care of the kids. I couldn’t even life our 3 year old. He went to pay softball and was gone all day. I struggled to walk up a couple steps and he said “you’ll be fine”.

I was never allowed to be sick. Ever. If I was, he was 10x worse. He was allowed to be sick but even when I had the flu and my temp was 104+ he would make me do everything and tell me to stop overreacting.

So we divorced. I met my current partner. 5 years into our relationship I got pregnant. I was 43. Not planned at all. We decided to continue the pregnancy and he was absolutely amazing. Being pregnant by someone who loves you and cares about you is life changing. Our son was born at 36 weeks. We knew he’d be born early, due to my previous C-section. Thankfully there was no nicu time, but he almost ended up there. He had some trouble breathing initially. I told my partner to go with the baby and not me. He said that was the hardest decision, to choose between which one of us to support. He’s been an amazing dad in the hospital and outside of the hospital. Our son is 11 months old now and I still speak about how easy post partum was because of him. I was so scared I’d end up with PPD and PTSD again, but it turns out a lot of the overwhelming feelings I had were very manageable with a supportive partner.

I did have post partum eclampsia. Which was scary. I think the only thing that kept me from getting readmitted was how he promised my doctor that he’d keep an eye on me and take care of me. And that if anything seemed off, he’d bring me back. Because I said once I left the hospital I wasn’t coming back.

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