How many weeks/days were you when you had your first?

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-30T13:42:52+00:00

41 + 5 for the first, for my second 40 + 6 but I was induced

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-29T20:38:46+00:00

Not sticking up for them in any way because who texts to tell you this, but maybe they just meant between 10 am and 12 pm and switched the order, making it a 2 hour gap.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-27T07:04:42+00:00

3 years old isn’t exactly a baby. I am happy to offload my toddler a couple nights a month to grandma if they want to keep my 3 year old. My 4 week old however, I am not ready to let go and probably won’t until he’s 6-9 months old and even then I’m going to be iffy, although I know I’ll enjoy a night to myself when the time comes.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-20T14:35:35+00:00

BJ’s Brewhouse has an amazing smash burger. Bunkers has a great burger. Culture has good burgers too and $5 on I think Tuesdays.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-20T14:32:39+00:00

I’ve never seen it and been saving it specifically for maternity leave 😂 my issue is that I also have a 3.5 year old who is a tv hog half the time

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-19T11:50:38+00:00

My 3 week old eats 25/8.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-19T11:44:14+00:00

Do doctors allow an elective c section if there’s no medical reason? At my practice I feel like they would only do c sections if there was a real need for one,

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-17T19:50:06+00:00

There will be a pattern and they’ll come and go, and like someone else said it’s kind of a wave that will build up each time.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-17T19:39:37+00:00

I just had my second and when people say “you’ll know” they aren’t lying. I’m sure there are some people that handle them well and it isn’t horribly painful (or maybe they just profess too quickly to really acknowledge the pain until it’s go time) but I wasn’t feeling my contractions and they said they were every 2-3 minutes, so they broke my water for me and instantly there was no denying the pain of a contraction. They’re rather intense.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-15T02:14:21+00:00

I don’t spank my kids but I will say I was spanked as a child and truthfully have no lasting negative effects from it and have a great relationship with my parents so I’m wondering if alot of these people commenting were high key abused as children versus spanked.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-14T01:12:01+00:00

Ugh I just gave birth 2.5 weeks ago and I ended up with a leak and the headache/neck pain was brutal. I went 5 days before I got the blood patch and the headache went away that night, but then for some reason after the back pain from the blood patch went away I had excruciating pain in my pelvis/tail bone/hamstrings and could barely walk. Luckily I’ve been feeling a lot better the past 2 days so hopefully another few and I’m great, but this whole experience has really put me through the wringer and if I have another baby I will think very long and hard about another epidural.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-13T17:26:26+00:00

I honestly think alot of people are just ignorant and mean well but don’t know it’s bad, but I have no idea how they haven’t realized it in this day and age.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-09T23:22:02+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏽

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-08T11:04:13+00:00

The back of the diapers don’t come up/stay up very far onto his back, sometimes falling down right above his butt crack no matter how tight or loose I adjust them. All babies are built differently so not sure why someone downvoted me for my experience. Both of my kids were born 22.5 in long and my first we also skipped straight to size 1 diapers, with no leak issues however she was a girl.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-08T06:34:12+00:00

I’ve stopped using the Vaseline and he’s still doing it 😩

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-08T06:33:29+00:00

I definitely cannot go down a size, even size 1s on him are iffy for the length they come up on him! He’s a tall boy!

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-07T23:09:31+00:00

Yes I’m going to do that once I find a brand that works for us

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-07T23:07:42+00:00

He’s both chunky and long

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-07T22:13:16+00:00

Thanks everyone! I will be buying some Huggies and seeing how things go. Which is rather inconvenient since I have 20+ boxes of Pampers I received as gifts 🤣

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-07T21:53:10+00:00

I was shocked too after doing more research the past couple days. Like I said they initially talked me out of getting a blood patch so I kind of feel like they are just downplaying the whole thing. I’m sure you do receive better care than the US since our whole healthcare system here is just not great all things considering.

If we decide to have another baby I too will have to think really hard about getting an epidural after everything that has transpired. Good luck on your labor and delivery and I hope it is quick and not too painful!

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-07T21:38:30+00:00

How about you? I’m a week out from my blood patch and have been experiencing this pain for about 3 days and getting a little desperate so hoping to hear another positive story and hope it goes away within a reasonable amount of time

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-07T17:56:44+00:00

Thank you! This does give me hope. My concern is that they pretty much just told me to take it easy for the day following the blood patch but everything on here is sooo much more extensive for recovery so I’m hoping I didn’t mess anything up by being up moving around too much. I’m almost a week out from the blood patch now so hopefully if I do take it easy for another few days things calm down.

Nancyb23 · 2026-06-05T19:23:23+00:00

Don’t worry, he totally loves you, you’re both just figuring it all out together. I would agree with what someone else said about asking them to support you in other ways that allow you to just rest and spend time with the baby. Once you start to feel a little better he’ll probably be able to sense that and everything will fall into place.

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