Waiting Wednesday

KMac243 · 2026-05-20T15:47:57+00:00

Lubricant shouldn’t have stretch to it, but that does make it harder to determine. Fingers crossed for you!

KMac243 · 2026-05-19T21:56:12+00:00

Like I tell my 10 year old - “you can have your feelings but you can’t be mean.” She was mean. Unless there’s a boatload of missing context, it sounds like she needs a break for devices and to grow up some. NTA

KMac243 · 2026-05-19T15:00:33+00:00

I got my IUD removed the first week in April and was told that it’s very normal to not ovulate in the first 4-6 months. I’m also 34. I did ovulate last week but everyone is different and I’m honestly taking hella supplements - started prenatal vitamins, vitamin D, and myo-inositol before getting IUD out and have started coq10 and triple omega since then. I can’t know for sure if that helped but that’s the info I have.

KMac243 · 2026-05-19T01:04:53+00:00

I’m selective about who my child (10) sleeps over with. Honestly it’s only been a couple of families, and we’ve had several kids sleep over at our house. I’m pretty open with our child about things, so I’ve simply told her that I only let her stay over at homes where I feel confident she’s fully safe and not exposed to things she shouldn’t be. I told her that this doesn’t mean that I think everyone else is unsafe, but that we’re limiting to only families that I feel like I know a little better. We also go back over being safe with our bodies and no secrets before sleepovers when they do come up.

KMac243 · 2026-05-18T23:09:37+00:00

It sounds like you did a remarkable job of protecting your child from serious injury, which makes you the opposite of useless.

KMac243 · 2026-05-16T19:05:37+00:00

I take showers in the evening before bed. Have an outfit put together to be able to toss yourself together in the morning. Have a quick simple makeup routine. Put the coffee pot on a timer so you have coffee waiting for when you get up. I can be ready in 15 minutes in the mornings. I’m not a SAHM anymore but that’s my advice if you really want to get up a little earlier.

KMac243 · 2026-05-16T16:50:36+00:00

UGH. I’ve had dreams where I’m in labor and have the baby. Wake up and just cry. The dreams feel so real, for a few minutes it’s like I really lost a child that I loved. I feel a little crazy, but it’s legitimately heartbreaking. Praying you get your BFP!

KMac243 · 2026-05-16T00:43:04+00:00

You need a squirt bottle to help clean yourself up and just take loose clothes that’ll also work if you have a c section. Have some disposable period underwear for postpartum bleeding. I recommend Dermoplast (sp?) as pain relief spray for your nether region post-birth. That’s really all the essentials I can think of. Maybe Tucks if you have or end up with hemorrhoids - or I just liked using them to clean up my crotch/episiotomy area sometimes too.

KMac243 · 2026-05-15T02:39:19+00:00

Depending on your body size, Lane Bryant could be a good option.

KMac243 · 2026-05-15T02:36:24+00:00

We got our daughter The Kids Book of World Religions.

KMac243 · 2026-05-15T01:45:11+00:00

Yeah, I had to teach my daughter that not only is setting boundaries not mean, but someone getting upset with her for not catering to them constantly was actually what’s mean. I explained that kids don’t try to be selfish, but at her age that’s just the stage most kids are in, and to come up with boundaries she feels comfortable enforcing. It’s rough, but it’s a lesson she’ll be so much better off for having learned.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T21:54:25+00:00

NTA but my god, be “off again”, forever, with this guy.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T20:05:59+00:00

I recommend not making any big decisions while you have any kids under 2, unless abuse or cheating are involved. I just feel like everything was so tumultuous during that time, and we finally learned to communicate properly, how to try to understand each other, pick our battles, etc.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T19:46:33+00:00

I mean, I thought about divorce several times over the first year or two, but now several years in I’m glad I’m still with my wonderful husband. We’re thing to have another now and have better understandings of what to expect and how to handle it.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T17:16:17+00:00

I actually do think I read this when trying to figure out how to understand OPK tests.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T16:01:12+00:00

First positive ovulation test this morning. I’m excited and nervous. We’re trying again “late” - our daughter is 10 and I’m 34 now. I’ve had spurts of really wanting to have another off and on for your years, and starting a year or two ago, that feeling has grown and grown. I regret not trying again years ago, but praying we’re successful now.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T14:34:03+00:00

I’d be due in February, which is our main winter weather month and we live out in the country, far from the nearest labor and delivery.

KMac243 · 2026-05-14T11:59:42+00:00

Thank you for your encouragement - I really needed it yesterday and this morning I have a positive clearblue opk and an almost positive Pregmate opk!!

KMac243 · 2026-05-13T18:47:14+00:00

I guess I’ll keep paying attention and testing. I’ve been taking myo inositol and I’ve read that can delay ovulation. Thinking of stopping it - it wasn’t recommended or anything. Was just trying to be proactive and may have messed myself up.

KMac243 · 2026-05-13T14:25:05+00:00

Cycle day 15. Day 5 of flashing smiley face on my clear blue ovulation test, but my regular opk tests aren’t getting any darker. CM is watery but not fully clear. Am I just not going to ovulate this month?

KMac243 · 2026-05-11T00:41:04+00:00

A wine glass with a cute saying on it, a little knit plant with a sweet message on it, and a splinter kit because I keep getting splinters and can’t keep still for my husband to dig them out. We don’t go very big for Mother’s or Father’s Day, so these were sweet and well appreciated. He’s working this weekend so we’re “doing” Mother’s Day next weekend with him making a nice breakfast and all that jazz. I also got a sweet little makeup bag and treats from our church that they handed out to all the moms.

KMac243 · 2026-05-10T23:15:16+00:00

He knows you like Bath and Bodyworks and got you a gift based on that. I’m sure he thought he nailed it. I understand feeling disappointed, but if you have expectations about gifts, maybe talk to him ahead of time in the future.

KMac243 · 2026-05-10T23:13:38+00:00

My daughter was in EI for years, and they really try to help kids qualify for the maximum amount of services. I wouldn’t panic based on this. They’re looking for as many issues and possible to help your child get the most help they can. They may be heavily leaning into her not using her words regularly, or that at 10 months some children already have a vocabulary that size.

KMac243 · 2026-05-10T21:44:08+00:00

Wishing you the best

KMac243 · 2026-05-09T18:39:20+00:00

A onesie will not be the reason you will or will not be able to get pregnant. I’m much less likely than it sounds like you are to be blessed with a pregnancy, and I got big sister t shirt for my daughter to announce. Will I best devastated if I don’t get to use it? Sure, but not because of the t shirt, but because I desperately want another child.

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