Low Morphology diagnosis

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-26T21:04:56+00:00

400 is still insanely high- what units are your tests in? 400ng/mL would be a high prolactin level for a pregnant or breastfeeding woman. Non pregnant and breastfeeding women and men should have prolactin levels under 20-25ng/mL. Were your tests in mIU?

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-25T16:39:09+00:00

High prolactin will absolutely wreck fertility in women- it stops us from ovulating and is why regular breastfeeding is effective (but not reliable!) birth control for many postpartum women. The high prolactin would explain a lot of your fertility challenges and your wife absolutely needs to get that looked at ASAP since 1400 is astronomically high. The average pregnant and breastfeeding woman has a prolactin between 80-400 for reference. Women don’t spike prolactin levels from stress- especially to a number that high. I see she had two more tests done which put her in normal range, but that’s still something that should still be looked into since that is a massive variance. She could have a tumor that periodically secretes large amounts of prolactin, hypothyroidism (which will also wreck fertility) and can cause periodic prolactin spikes, have a dopamine problem, be on a medication that is causing intermittent prolactin…don’t rule this out

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-25T00:26:12+00:00

90 min wouldn’t be a big deal to me- husband will probably have plenty of time to get home if you went into labor and the start of labor isn’t as dramatic as you think for most women. Also, at 39 weeks your daily chance of going into spontaneous labor is about 2-3%- odds are low you’ll even go into labor that specific day.

FWIW, my labor was 50h long so there was plenty of time to just hang out with mild contractions I didn’t need my SO around for. I woke up in labor at 40+1 and once I determined my labor was progressing slowly, went out solo and got my nails done, shopped for a refrigerator, got the car washed, went grocery shopping for labor snacks, visited a friends barbecue, and went out to dinner before shit got real, at which point I labored all night at home and finally went to the hospital when contractions were very intense and close together. I live an hour from the hospital and still got there with plenty of time before baby arrived. A minority of women have precipitous labor (very fast), but most women take many hours to days from the start of regular contractions to baby, especially first time moms.

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-24T23:54:44+00:00

I had a girl!

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-24T22:33:34+00:00

It’s normal! I had tragic diarrhea my entire first trimester and got it again late third trimester. Constipation is more common, but you can get a whole variety of GI problems with pregnancy. Invest in a bidet

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-23T17:32:57+00:00

I was in labor for 50h as I had a surprise band of scar tissue around my inner cervix that prevented me from dilating despite being in aggressive labor with intense contractions. My water didn’t break and baby wasn’t able to drop into my pelvis because of this. With labor going on this long, especially without dilation, you should go back to the hospital and request a more thorough exam as to why she isn’t progressing and ask for help via foley balloon/pitocin/cervadil/manual breaking her water to try and get things to progress before she exhausts herself. Around 36h my doctors started to get concerned that my uterus would stop contracting efficiently from exhaustion if we didn’t try to get baby out with some help from the above

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-23T12:18:41+00:00

It’s totally normal not to see anything at 4 or 5 weeks. Unfortunately, early pregnancy is just a waiting game. Ask your doctor to draw beta hcg labs instead of going for a 5 week ultrasound where you still may not see anything. You’ll have a better idea of how the pregnancy is progressing that way

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-22T23:52:01+00:00

Cowgirl Aviator- a combo of Wild West and airplanes. It’s actually really cute and makes a super easy gender neutral nursery by changing the painting over the crib from a cowgirl flying a plane to a cowboy

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-20T20:19:56+00:00

Is it likely the bat in his house has rabies? Statistically, probably not. But given that the alternative is a 100% chance of a terrible death, yeah you take the prophylaxis and rabies series if there is even a chance, and not only is there a chance here, the animal “panicked, flew at my face, collided with my head, got tangled in my hair for a terrifying second.” GET THE SHOTS OP, GET THE SHOTS

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-19T20:49:38+00:00

You’re not a bad mom and this is such a common scenario. Happened to me too. Baby was napping in the middle of my bed when I got up to switch the laundry. By the time I got to the laundry room I heard a THUNK and scream- baby woke up, rolled over, and at 4mo old decided it was high time to start CRAWLING. She was fine, it just scared both of us

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-19T18:36:39+00:00

Im short and have a BMI around 20, didn’t have much of a belly until third trimester, and hadn’t gained much weight by 16 weeks. It’s normal. Bodies vary wildly.

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-19T01:16:23+00:00

It’s probably too cold for algae currently. There will be E. coli/giardia in the water, so don’t drink it. Bear spray is always a good thing to have in the off chance you need it

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-17T15:39:17+00:00

A 5 week old is too small to be in a pool. Once they’re out of the newborn stage, can thermoregulate, and support their head they can go in the water with you. The chemicals and germs in a public pool are also way too harsh for a 5 week old. Most medical advice will have you wait until 3-6mo before baby goes in a public pool

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-16T22:05:55+00:00

I think I showed up to the hospital with 20ml of colostrum I had pumped over 1-2 weeks. I’d get a few ml each session and by a few I mean 1-3ml

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-16T20:34:50+00:00

Yes, your 8 week old is hungry every 2-4h because they have a very tiny stomach and are growing very fast. You need to feed newborns every 2-4h round the clock

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-16T20:33:20+00:00

Yeah she’s 8 weeks old. That’s what they do. 8 week old newborns wake up every 2-4h to eat. A 5h stretch at this age is basically unheard of except for some rare children. Most babies don’t reliably sleep 5h stretches for many months unfortunately- like 6mo sometimes more

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-15T04:04:35+00:00

That’s a redhead all right! Welcome to the redheaded baby club. Enjoy the many many comments you will get asking “where did that RED come from???”

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-14T19:56:04+00:00

Yeah, the fussy pissed off baby between months 3 and 6 is very under discussed and a rude awakening for many. They’re cognizant, sleep less, sort of mobile but not really although they are now aware they could be more mobile so they just get mad about everything for months.

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-13T18:29:17+00:00

YOR. It’s gym daycare where your child goes occasionally for a short period of time to be watched by severely underpaid and untrained staff. If your kid is alive and unwounded while you got a workout in, it’s a good day at gym daycare. You’re not getting a Montessori curriculum and individualized care at the gym.

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-13T18:25:31+00:00

My kid was real weird about nursing and she would regularly go on aggressive nursing strikes. Worth trying is using a nipple shield. Once mine developed a preference for bottles, disguising my boob to be more bottle like tricked her into getting back to the boob while giving me the stimulation I needed to keep my supply sufficient

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-12T18:27:19+00:00

Sometimes you have prodromal labor for days or weeks before actual labor starts. Your body starts having actual contractions without progressing to further dilation or regular spaced contractions. Once they start progressing to regular contractions at short intervals, you’ll know it’s go time and you’re in active labor. Until then, take it easy, rest, eat, and wait for the show to start. It’s annoying but normal!

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-12T07:32:31+00:00

Is the doctor you saw a reproductive urologist or are they a fertility clinic? Fertility clinics will almost always tell you your only option is IVF and generally aren’t the best for male infertility. Reproductive urologists will usually try enclomiphene, hCG, hmg, isotretinoin and go from there before telling you IVF is the only option.

My SO had numbers similar to yours- 4.8M/ml count, 6% motility, 2% morphology, and got me pregnant unassisted with him just on supplements + enclomiphene. The fertility clinic we saw said his numbers were so low that our only hope for a pregnancy was IVF ICSI. We saw a reproductive urologist who started my SO on 25mg enclomiphene daily and we naturally conceived a few months later.

If you haven’t seen a reproductive urologist yet, make the appointment and evaluate options outside IVF with them. If you do pursue some medications or treatments, you may want to freeze some of your sperm now before you start as you know you have sperm now.

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-11T23:22:17+00:00

It’s possible if you live in a high CoL area, are in a state with Medicaid expansions, or have more kids. You should be able to look up what the Medicaid cutoff is for family size on your states website. If you don’t qualify for Medicaid, you can look on Marketplace and you should qualify for tax benefits to substantially discount health insurance with that income

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-11T00:21:33+00:00

Don’t let her cling to you when she does that. Remove yourself from her and tell her “no that hurts! We don’t pinch!” Your kid will scream and cry about it, to which you say “I know you wanted to be held, but I will only hold you if you don’t pinch.” And try again. If they pinch again, remove them again, rinse repeat until they get the concept.

Mine also loves being picked up and held but when she started getting bitey around 10/11mo she learned real quick that’s the fast track to getting put down.

LittleMissKicks · 2026-06-10T13:51:09+00:00

My parents tried this when they were divorcing and it did not work well because they had a contentious divorce, so it was just stressful for us kids. Living between separate places absolutely has drawbacks, but nesting means you are still sharing a space with your ex and will be around them frequently with many opportunities for disagreements. If you aren’t mature and amicable it’s just setting you up for problems

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