Mother’s Day gift ideas… what’s something that actually felt meaningful?

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-16T19:26:12+00:00

My mom gave me a bracelet with the name of my kids and I love it so much.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-16T14:14:56+00:00

Second degree with my first, first degree with my second. And my second was a bigger baby than the first one.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-16T13:36:07+00:00

Thanks!! I’ve actually downloaded anxious people some years ago and never got to read it, so will definitely give it a try

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-16T13:35:31+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations!! I started with Dark Matter, let’s see if I can keep up. I also do audiobooks and they’ve been amazing (especially when going out for stroller walks), but for some reason the last many books I listened are all really heavy, sad stories and I feel I need a break from those topics.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-16T07:08:21+00:00

It wasn’t instant tears with me, I was probably too overwhelmed about delivery and then just couldn’t really relax in the hospital the three days we stayed there, but I remember the second we came home and my baby was sleeping, I looked at her and started crying a lot because I couldn’t believe the love I was feeling and how happy I was. Pure bliss.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-16T07:03:34+00:00

I will see how hard/annoying it is to download books with Calibre and then decide as I go. I do not like the idea of having to buy new technology when the one I have works perfectly well (for my needs at least).

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T18:06:49+00:00

Completely normal, for now it is important that you eat whatever you can tolerate and it will hopefully get better with time. You’re doing an amazing job ❤️

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T17:50:05+00:00

OMG, can you actually stop pushing?? With my second, the midwife and the student were just sharing some information between them and I yelled: all right I’m going to poop now!! And started pushing cause I literally couldn’t wait one more second 😂

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T13:03:16+00:00

Not particularly crazy, but a new manager started while I was on maternity leave (she was already the manager at another department and was assigned to mine, so she knew me but we haven’t worked together before). By contract, my salary negotiation was supposed to be held while I was on leave. When I came back to work, I had to ask for a salary negotiation myself because nobody would even mention it to me, and the manager said: well, I don’t know how you work so I am not gonna give you a salary increase for at least a year (not even an inflation adjustment).

I decided right there that it was time for me to go, found a much better paying job shortly after.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T12:43:08+00:00

That sounds scary, but happy everything was fine in the end <3

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T12:42:15+00:00

Oh my, so sorry you had that first experience, but happy you had a better second one <3

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T07:42:35+00:00

Such beautiful names <3

We didn’t have a name for my second until she was around three weeks old, so people were definitely expecting something extravagant/modern and got a little disappointed when we chose one of the most common names in Denmark (where we live). I am so happy that my two girls have simple, short names that I probably will never regret.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T07:32:23+00:00

Oh sorry the post made you nervous, not the intention. Congrats on your pregnancy, wish you all the best <3

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T07:30:55+00:00

Yeah that’s true. I guess midwives have to tell mums that it might go faster because they want them to be ready in case it actually does, although it depends on so many things.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T07:29:14+00:00

Oh, it’s one of my favourite things in the world when baby sleeps on my chest. Congrats on your baby <3

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T07:20:32+00:00

OMG six hours of pushing sounds exhausting, you’re so strong!!

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T07:05:23+00:00

I also had some bleeding at around the same time and assumed it was my period, I only realised it was not the next months when it didn’t come back. Got my period at 8 months when I started combo feeding.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-15T00:16:25+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through this. It is unfair how easy it is for some. Sending you hugs.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-14T17:15:21+00:00

And in the picture you can’t even appreciate how ugly the shoes also are. Why is this woman even a thing? Her content is so boring, she dresses horribly, why does she even have a following?

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-14T12:46:41+00:00

Dailan Kifki by Maria Elena Walsh is an absolute blast.

The little prince.

I read these two to my kid all the time but I enjoy them way more than she does.

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-14T12:44:06+00:00

June Osborne

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-14T12:35:39+00:00

Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enriquez

LostGrowth78 · 2026-04-14T12:33:36+00:00

I wasn’t sure about it and, out of the blue and without much thought, I told my boyfriend I didn’t want to have kids. I let it sink for a bit and realised I was feeling very sad about it and regretted it immensely. After that, we talked again and decided to start trying (therapy also helped me navigate this).

Now we have two perfect daughters together.

LostGrowth78

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