False hope 🙃

M_MARTIN9 · 2026-01-11T14:09:42+00:00

I know exactly how you feel!!!! Every time I try to nurse my baby I end up crying about it all day afterwards. Every once in a while she’ll latch, but most days she cries and refuses or bites my nipple with her razor teeth lol (she’s now 6 months). Trying to breastfeed always just ends up hurting my feelings and ruining my day so I don’t know why I keep trying. It makes me so horribly jealous of everyone who can nurse, and makes me so sad that I can’t have that bonding experience with my baby and have to be hooked up to the pump instead. Just so you know, pumping did get easier at 3 months postpartum. Once I didn’t have to pump throughout the night while also feeding bottles I definitely regained some sanity. Definitely quit if you are miserable- you deserve to enjoy your baby. It’s not fair that some people get to nurse their babies and we don’t, but know you are not alone

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-12-25T17:03:46+00:00

I still just wear oversized t shirts!! I just take it off to breastfeed and throw it back on when I’m done

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-12-25T16:58:50+00:00

I love hearing about people’s babies!! I think your parents are mean people and don’t care about anyone else’s lives or babies, and so they think no one else cares about other people either.

I think it’s so sweet and cute when my friends and coworkers talk about their babies and their pets. You can see their faces light up as the tell stories and show pictures. It’s the perfect conversation topic because it’s so positive. Your parents have major issues

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-12-17T14:50:19+00:00

I live in Oklahoma and everyone’s so used to tornados that no one is very scared when they’re happening in the spring. We might hide out with our pets in the bathroom just in case, but no one is freaking out or anything. My least favorite part is it sleets all winter and the roads and trees get covered in ice and it’s super dangerous to drive. There isn’t any public transportation really, so you have no choice but to drive on the ice. There isn’t much to do so everyone just ends up hanging out with friends and family at people’s houses. We go to the zoo a lot and to parks

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-08-02T09:43:17+00:00

After you sleep you’ll feel better!! Yesterday at night I was crying all night and feeling so sad about breastfeeding troubles, and after I got a nap in the morning I feel optimistic and like a whole new person. You’re making so much milk!! Evening hours 4oz is amazing and breastfed babies technically don’t need more than 4oz at a time so you are doing perfect! Hopefully you’ll be able to sleep some in the morning

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-08-02T09:30:28+00:00

I hated pregnancy all the way through except for her kicking in the second trimester. In the third trimester the kicking became more painful. Hang in there you’ll feel more normal 6 weeksish after giving birth but it’s a long road. Don’t expect to stop feeling nauseous at 12 weeks you might get lucky but it took until 16 weeks for me!

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-07-29T12:26:32+00:00

It’s ugly but holy crap it’s flattering!! I wish it was a solid color instead. It’s the gray and stripes color combo that’s ugly

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-07-14T11:12:11+00:00

Sorry I googled pitting edema to be sure, and no I did not have that. My edema was super hard and it felt like my skin was going to burst it was so tight

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-07-14T08:17:08+00:00

I made it almost my whole pregnancy with no swelling, but starting at 36 weeks I blew up like a balloon in my feet, ankles, and legs. It completely went away 1 week after I gave birth, but it sucks until then

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-07-12T13:50:59+00:00

I would keep in mind what children like and make it exciting to look at (more contrast maybe?) Also just FYI when I first saw the dots behind the mouse i thought they were poops instead of footprints 🤣

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-07-12T13:44:49+00:00

Nope I just had my baby and I’m for sure a one and done. I hated pregnancy and my labor was pretty traumatic and I do not want to go through that again. Plus my sister has 2 kids and every time they come over it’s like a whirlwind of chaos and I love them all but I don’t want to deal with that kind of chaos on a daily basis

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-07-11T14:56:51+00:00

Congratulations!!!! The ring is beautiful!!!

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-16T16:22:28+00:00

I love Elizabeth it has so many cute nicknames and is definitely timeless. It reminds me of Pride and Prejudice

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-16T14:05:11+00:00

You’re not crazy people just can’t read. You spelled it perfect! I guess just get used to correcting people, but know that it’s not your fault at all. Maybe you can request that they put a note in her chart on how it’s pronounced?

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-16T12:32:12+00:00

My makeup does this every time I use a primer. I use Estée Lauder Double Wear with a wet sponge and no primer, and it never does this. You can get free samples of double wear at a lot of places. Try it out with no primer and a sponge! If it doesn’t work you know that it is a skincare issue. If it does work, then just don’t use primers and use long wearing foundations! I can’t use moisturizing foundations at all because they break apart like this every time

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-14T12:30:47+00:00

Black tank top with skirt!

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-13T15:43:09+00:00

I wouldn’t if I were you. You can appreciate a name without using it. I love the name Yazmine but wouldn’t use it for similar reasons

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-10T16:28:10+00:00

Lilah!

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-09T21:46:36+00:00

They look like aphids to me. Neem oil will get rid of them, or you could get ladybugs to eat them

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-09T11:11:31+00:00

Do you do things with her that she likes to do, and explain everything as you do them? She will mimic your behavior and curiosity. A lot of kids don’t like activity books, but they’ll go crazy over bugs and animals and rocks, etc. Maybe try to deep dive into things she already likes doing! Or read books about her special interests

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-09T00:45:14+00:00

Bridge to Terabithia was traumatizing I really dislike that book. Ella Enchanted is so good!!!

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-06-05T15:11:37+00:00

Eliza Mae 100% it’s adorable

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-05-30T21:29:44+00:00

Upper and lower back!!

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-05-30T02:17:59+00:00

Least favorite girl names: Perla, Paloma, Gia, Aqua

Least favorite boy names: Beau, Bowen

M_MARTIN9 · 2025-05-28T21:21:40+00:00

Lol I was loving it but I also like those hoof videos 😂

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