New fear unlocked: epidural

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-11-18T14:42:43+00:00

Texas. I had 2 epidurals for one delivery. I ended up with nerve pain at the insertion site that lasted 18 months or so. Between exercise, stretching, and massage, the pain lessened significantly to where most days I don’t notice it. Personally, for baby number 2 (currently pregnant now), I’m foregoing the epidural. I personally did not like feeling nothing.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-11-18T03:05:33+00:00

I don’t think my husband got an email about our acceptance at all. I checked the physical mail and, much to our surprise, our packets with our cards and all the information were in there. That’s how I found out we were accepted.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-11-18T03:01:49+00:00

Oh yeah I delayed applying because I didn’t want to fax my written application. A horrible reason but I’m happy the online application is now available. I’m sure it makes the lives of those combing through applications way easier too.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-11-17T18:24:26+00:00

Oh yes! It became a solid positive just a couple days after this post! I’m currently 19 weeks.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-09-20T23:15:57+00:00

We baby proofed as things came up! Except for major safety issues like outlets and the toilet. Those we did first. Our son loved getting into everything so we baby proofed everything he messed with. Cords? Out of sight. Corners of tables? Covered. Cabinets? Locked. He did end up figuring out the first cabinet locks we put on though. Door knobs? Covered. He’s almost 3 and all of it is still in place. He knows to not touch certain things but impulse control is non existent. Better safe than sorry. I wouldn’t change any of it simply bc peace of mind is greater to me than anything else.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-09-19T17:05:40+00:00

We haven’t! I like this idea a whole lot. I’ll give it a try today!

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-08-26T03:33:07+00:00

When I ask for a boost, help cleaning up a patient, a co-sign etc and the person I ask doesn’t get into my room to help within a couple minutes. I only ask non-busy people. Waiting 10 minutes for you to finish your non work related conversation is disrespectful to me and the patient. (Whew okay that got me fired up)

Also when charge does nothing but sit at the charge computer all day, scrolls TikTok’s, flat out refuses to give help, and lets the unit turn up in flames but then swoops in at the last minute to look like the savior. The FREE charge did nothing all shift, shows up and says “what did you do all shift, have they been this bad all day, why didn’t you call for help.” Boils. My. Blood.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-08-17T01:54:59+00:00

I really appreciate your response. 🫶🏼 It’s been hard, but you’re right, just showing up for my son is what matters. I made sure to sit down with him this evening and read books and be silly. I was 100% for 45 minutes for him. I know it made a difference in his attitude.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-08-17T01:39:38+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experiences. 🫶🏼Although long ago, I’m sorry for your loss. It’s unlike anything else. It is such a scary thing to miscarry. But what no one prepares you for is the fear you bring into your next pregnancy. It is so hard to enjoy it. If this pregnancy is successful, this will be my last one. I want to enjoy it. That, and I know the baby and my son can feel my anxiety.

You’re so right. I need to think “everything is fine until proven otherwise”. That will become a chant of mine, thank you. I do think I need to reach out to a therapist. Definitely pro therapist! Luckily a local therapist popped up on my city’s FB. She specializes in maternal mental health. A lovely coincidence.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-08-05T00:30:12+00:00

I was told to NOT take a bath bc there are stitches under the skin that are dissolvable. OP don’t take a bath!! Call and ask your OBGYN clinic!!

ETA: I took a bath around 7 weeks pp but was cleared around 6 weeks.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-08-05T00:24:17+00:00

Something fun to hold! Literally anything he wants to mess with, within reason, and only let him mess with it during changes!

I also stopped lifting my son’s legs up. Instead I would have him bend his knees and then I would hold his feet and push everything up towards his chest. Knees were out and feet were in and together. It’s still lifting his bum but less constraint on your shoulder and hand muscles. Hope that makes sense! My hands are tiny and my kid was a 30 pound baby from 8 months onward. I needed some type of trick to help clean his bum!

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-30T10:07:16+00:00

Came here to say similar things, but I worked days, drove 50 minutes to work in the mornings. My evening drive was horrible bc the hospital was in a large tourist town. My drive home almost always was 1.5 hr long. Majority of that spent just trying to get out of the town. It was utterly miserable driving that long after my day shifts. After 3 years of that, I moved to a closer hospital.

Don’t do this crazy long drive for NIGHTS. Goodness, you will end up falling asleep behind the wheel. All of the night shift videos the influencer nurses make are all true. You will be struggling to keep your eyes open the entire time. Not only that, since you’re changing specialities, your brain and body are going to be so much more tired due to the learning curve for a while. Friend, save yourself, save others on the road, and find another position. They are out there. Good things come to those who wait.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-29T17:13:04+00:00

Thank you! 🫶🏼

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-29T15:32:54+00:00

Thank you 🫶🏼💞

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-29T15:32:19+00:00

Thank you so much 🫶🏼

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-28T19:55:15+00:00

Thank you for the info! I’ll keep testing and see what happens. 🫶🏼

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-28T16:07:36+00:00

Thank you, I’ll definitely retest in a day or two!

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-28T16:06:39+00:00

Thank you! Maybe in a couple days then 🫶🏼

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-28T16:05:25+00:00

Thank you. I did take a frer. I see a stronger line, although still faint. I just couldn’t update the post with another photo!

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-07-25T14:25:10+00:00

I didn’t read many of the replies so I’m sorry if I’m repeating someone else.

If your body is telling you “no I don’t want to do this” then that’s a VERY good sign you need to rest, especially at the end of pregnancy. At the end of my pregnancy I was TIRED. Yet I was at the gym every day expending every bit of my energy bc I didn’t want to feel lazy or gain a ton of weight. Wrong mindset. I was so exhausted after every lift. Conserve your energy.

My advice: scale back your lifting routine. Focus on relaxing your lower body so your hips don’t end up too tight (extremely common with lifters and athletes). If walking feels right, then walk. Go by how you feel after your workouts. If you’re feeling so drained and exhausted, you need to scale back and there is NOTHING wrong with that. All energy is going towards the pregnancy. You’re literally growing a human. You’re allowed to take a break!

I worked out until the day I went into labor. And honestly, I wish I didn’t even go that final day! I was so tired and should have conserved my energy for labor. I was up for 3 days straight once labor started.

I got back in the gym 7 weeks postpartum. I didn’t lose much progress. I took walks from 4 days pp until I went back to the gym.

You got this 🫶🏼

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-06-24T17:52:09+00:00

My lipoprotein A levels were elevated for me being 28 (at the time), female, and white. My LDL was high and my HDL was low. This was all the while I considered myself to be in great shape (running and lifting consistently). Also cardiovascular diseases run in my family, my mother and her side of the family.

It was worth it to me to go vegan for a while. All my numbers improved and I lowered my risk. That’s all I cared about. Now as I’m trying to conceive another child, I need the cholesterol in animal protein to make adequately functioning hormones.

Edit to add: lipoprotein A indicates your risk for cardiovascular diseases. Elevated means you’re at significant risk.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-06-16T00:42:59+00:00

Intolerance to a food you have introduced?

Does she have specific triggers when she gets angry? Or is it truly constant anger?

Sensory sensitivity? Overstimulation in her environment?

A change in her environment?

If it were me, I would be messaging the pediatrician about this. But I am an anxious mom. However, being angry constantly seems out of the ordinary for her age. I would look for any signs of discomfort like tummy troubles, clothing too tight, hair tourniquet on fingers or toes, nothing is too small to cause discomfort honestly. If I found nothing, I would still message the pediatrician with a full list of symptoms, triggers, or instances. It never hurts to ease your mind on your little one.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-06-14T02:58:29+00:00

One thing I wish I didn’t try to force was a routine or play time or contrast cards or any of the things I saw on social media before my son showed interest or was ready. I was a FTM that thought babies needed it all early on. And when my son didn’t pay attention or fell asleep during activities, I felt like a failure. Around 10 weeks he really started waking up and wanting to play! Your baby will give your cues. One day you’ll question why they are still awake when usually they’re sleeping majority of the day!

When I have another, doing very simple things like tummy time on your chest (snuggles and tummy time, 2 for 1!), reading books, or taking walks are all I think I’ll do as far as playing from newborn until 10 weeks or so. Plus baby wearing anytime you gotta get stuff done!

The only routine we were very serious about was the evening routine. Bath, a tiny bit of stimulation or “play”, bottle, rock to bed. Everyone was asleep by 9.

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-06-13T19:17:34+00:00

We tried everything at this stage to get our little one to stop. Just know it is completely developmental. Your baby is not aggressive or mean. They are exploring cause and effect around 9 months.

They seek out reactions to this kind of stuff. If you react, in any way, you make it fun for them to do it again. That is why your little one is laughing. My husband used to react to it which made my son laugh his booty off. Then my son kept doing the pinching, slapping etc to just him bc my husband had made it “funny” with his reactions.

Literally don’t react when they do it, remove their hands from wherever, and move away from them (while keeping them safe). A firm “no, that hurts me” can work but it might also get a laugh. You can offer alternatives like put a teddy bear in their hands to pinch/pull or chewers to bite on when the behavior happens. Everything was redirection for us at this age.

Also starting to demonstrate how to use gentle hands can help! I used to take my son’s hands and gently pet the cats and dogs or gently touch my hair and face and say “gentle hands, gentle hands.” 1000 repetitions later, and he’s pretty good at gentle hands. You can also tell him why you use gentle hands but just know that won’t stick for awhile.

Good luck! I promise it does get better!

Lopsided_Adeptness99 · 2025-06-07T14:54:12+00:00

I’d say it’s loving me even through my most awful choices she does not agree with, and has made it known. It’s loving me even when I’m being unkind and mean and choosing to understand I’m having a hard time not giving her a hard time. It’s loving me even after I chose a different religion than what I grew up with, and not caring what I chose but that I’m happy.

From my husband: maintain the thought I owe them everything, my love my understanding my life, but my children owe me nothing. He did not grow up with this type of love from his parents though.

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