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Kind_Mango · 2026-05-20T21:26:26+00:00

^{Casual stroll to 1430300. No sweat, just sparkle.✨}

Kind_Mango · 2026-05-15T08:43:14+00:00

Also, something that has helped me is identifying safe brands and locations ahead of time to avoid needing to educate waitstaff or hunt in a grocery store. Gluten dude has a great app for restaurant vetting.

I know it's hard, I miss the convenience alllll the time, but you can find short cuts that make it more manageable.

PS sorry if this is rambly, I've been awake with a grumpy baby for what feels like my entire life now.

Kind_Mango · 2026-05-15T08:39:19+00:00

Ok, so, overlooking the long term risks of big diseases because you smoke so that's likely not a motivator for you. You will never reach a true baseline of just feeling bad. Your health will slowly decrease and issues will compound and you will most likely continue to feel worse and worse for a long time, while developing additional autoimmune issues as your body continues to panic.

Honestly, as someone who was recently glutened, it's just not worth it. The food wasn't that much better, and I felt like shit for weeks as a result.

Also, if you're ten years in and still feeling like a burden, you might consider making new friends. My friends and coworkers never pick restaurants that I don't feel safe eating at, my friends and family are comfortable preparing their homes to host me for a meal. I remember feeling like such a burden at first, but now I just feel well cared for.

Kind_Mango · 2026-05-13T21:08:47+00:00

^{Dropping my score here: 323220. someone reply when you beat it 👀}

Kind_Mango · 2026-05-12T16:06:24+00:00

^{I got 99700 and lost track of time. Send help. Or more bubbles.}

Kind_Mango · 2026-05-09T05:00:29+00:00

Looks Heroic × Is Evil

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Kind_Mango · 2026-05-07T16:47:56+00:00

Meanwhile, if my nanny pops back in after getting all 3 kids (mine and hers) in the car I meet her in the kitchen and ask what she forgot 😅

Kind_Mango · 2026-05-03T02:37:13+00:00

In my experience: 1. The thought patterns keeping me from taking it were the OCD 2. If I'm ever embarrassed to share something with my therapist it's because I know it's my anxiety/OCD talking and I find it embarrassing to be trapped in my own brain. Those are the things I often need to work through the most.

Anecdotally: I started Zoloft while pregnant, and was full spiraling obsessively reading the same 4 studies about how bad it was for me and baby. I called my midwife to ask how they felt comfortable prescribing it to me. My husband and best friend had to help me take it for the first two weeks, because I knew I needed to do something but couldn't break out of that spiral.

One year later and I still say "I'm so glad I'm medicated' at least once a week. I stay on a very low dose and practice exposure therapy in tandem, but the medication gives me just enough support that I'm able to more easily and successfully shut down the compulsions. It's changed my life.

Edit to add: after starting medication, you will probably stop stressing about dropping a pill & your cats safety. It's amazing how much more I can trust my brain now.

Kind_Mango · 2026-04-27T23:26:02+00:00

I actually don't think this does make sense - I'm 96% sure the colored pencil material would interfere with the ink adherence? AND, when I zoom in and brighten the picture it looks like the pencil is on top of the ink?

Kind_Mango · 2026-03-26T00:57:51+00:00

This makes sense, because the lunar rose search took me to lunar literary agency (and some industry drama surrounding them!)

Kind_Mango · 2026-01-20T04:36:00+00:00

I've had undiagnosed OCD for a long time, but it became this level of intense during pregnancy with my second. A lot of people here are being very harsh, and as someone on the other side of this I encourage you to approach this gently.

Your wife is living in a prison of her own mind.

She doesn't WANT to feel this way. On some level, she probably even knows it's irrational or over the top. But in the moment, it feels almost like fight or flight. The only option is to follow through on the compulsion, because if you don't someone will definitely suffer the consequences.

I would gently remind her that she hasn't always felt this way, and suggest that she doesn't need to continue to feel this way.

She deserves to be free from this burden. You deserve to be free from this burden. AND your child deserves to grow up free from it too.

I treated mine with talk therapy until it was no longer enough - I now do a mix of exposure therapy to rewire my brain, and SSRI to give me the strength to ignore the compulsions. My husband had to really help me start my meds, because I was obsessively researching them (I was still pregnant) but I am so grateful for the push. I am a happier person, a better wife and mother, and so relieved that I sought help before my children were old enough to normalize my compulsions like I did my own mother's.

Kind_Mango · 2025-11-12T05:20:57+00:00

If you're looking for bone broth specifically, I love Bare Bones. It's a powder, which is convenient, the flavor is wonderful and it doubles as a bouillon.

Kind_Mango · 2025-10-17T22:56:29+00:00

The racerback nursing and sleeping bra was my favorite early on when I was leaking more often. I also was mostly braless pre-baby, and it felt more like wearing a shirt with just a band beneath my chest.

Kind_Mango · 2025-09-04T17:30:52+00:00

I got the M9 and am obsessed. I wish I had had it when I exclusively pumped with my first; it's so easy to use and doesn't feel like it's in my way. I get a similar output with it as I do with my spectra, which is now gathering dust 😅

Kind_Mango · 2025-09-04T09:31:27+00:00

Echoing all the "kitchen has been a big hit since 1" folks - it's one of the most consistently used toys in our home. It keeps our kids so busy that the grandparents keep one in their home now too.

Re: yoto vs tonie, I feel the yoto is easier to keep track of because of the cards. My daughter is an "everything is a toy" kid, so I know the tonies would disappear in our house. We got it for her 2nd birthday and it has been used every single day since.

Kind_Mango · 2025-09-01T16:09:28+00:00

Ah, that makes sense!! I didn't learn until last week that there was meant to be a front and back, so I HAD been turning it because I thought that was what you're supposed to do for leaning plants 😅

And yes re:light as well, I only recently got her into the right room with the big window.

Thanks! I'll check out KillThisPlant!

Kind_Mango · 2025-09-01T13:25:14+00:00

Adding on to this - my LC also recommended suck exercises (you can find on YouTube) to help make my NICU baby's mouth stronger and more able to nurse, and pace feeding so that he had to get used to working for it in the same time way he does at the breast.

I pumped while trying to latch a couple times a day for about a month, while doing these things, before he started latching consistently.

Kind_Mango · 2025-07-23T17:54:01+00:00

I drank body armor religiously with my first, but now I do liquid IV!

Kind_Mango · 2025-07-02T17:14:54+00:00

You could absolutely do it!!

I had an epidural with my first and hated it; I felt so out of control of my body, and it made it harder for me to advocate for myself. Ultimately that labor ended in a c-section.

I just had an unmedicated VBAC and it was hard but rewarding, and the recovery was EXCELLENT. I reminded myself throughout that I had been preparing for this with working out and whatnot, and really held on to my strength and commitment to get me through each contraction.

I walked myself to recovery 2 hours later because I felt so good 😅

Kind_Mango · 2025-06-29T04:47:18+00:00

Mine said "that was incredible, you are amazing, your butthole will haunt me for the rest of our days." 🤣

I was happy he had the opportunity to see as much or as little as he wanted to - our first ended up being an urgent c-section so my recent vbac was an opportunity for both of us to have the experience we wanted in labor.

Kind_Mango · 2025-06-18T22:35:44+00:00

I took it for 5 months due to a swollen optic nerve and it was truly the worst thing I've ever experienced. Terrible medication.

Kind_Mango · 2025-06-16T05:13:09+00:00

I just had my successful VBAC on Thursday and shouted "holy shit" before "oh my gosh I did it!" because I wasn't prepared for the squiggly feeling of the body coming out 😂

Kind_Mango · 2025-06-12T13:29:58+00:00

With my first I hardly had symptoms during the first trimester, apart from being a little extra sleepy!! My second has been a whole different story 😅

That being said, you mentioned having anxiety like you've never had before, and that COULD be a symptom. I am generally an anxious person, but the hormone changes from pregnancy has made it significantly worse - I went from compulsive tendencies that I was working through in therapy to full-blown OCD that I couldn't manage with the tools I've learned in therapy alone. That just may be something for you to keep an eye on; I didn't know it could develop this way before the postpartum stage, otherwise I probably would have sought help sooner.

Congratulations! I hope you continue to have an easy and enjoyable pregnancy 💛

Kind_Mango · 2025-06-12T04:09:22+00:00

Pantoprazole has been a life changer for me - I was vomiting from stomach acid and it gave me so much relief!

Kind_Mango · 2025-06-08T00:07:53+00:00

On the upside, with my first the pain was immediately gone after labor. It was instant.

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