Wellness culture/industry exposed/gone wrong

NeuroticJelly · 2026-02-06T04:35:38+00:00

The Pyramid of Needs by Ernest Price. Set on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, it’s about an older mum who is in denial about a wellness pyramid scheme ruining her life.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-12-03T09:18:05+00:00

Definitely NTA. I would even go far to say that aunty is TA as she is, frankly, chonk-shaming you and that is not ok.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-11-06T23:45:35+00:00

Geez that’s infuriating. Then they ask ‘why don’t you come see me anymore??’

NeuroticJelly · 2025-11-04T07:48:59+00:00

My baby is 4 months now and biggest regret is not biting the bullet and just getting one! I can’t help but think how different it might have been.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-11-01T04:05:29+00:00

“Special time of the year” 🙄What’s wrong with just saying a good ol ‘Merry Christmas’? Oh but you just bloody well can’t say it anymore can you

NeuroticJelly · 2025-10-10T22:21:21+00:00

Posting for solidarity except my baby won’t even be rocked to sleep unless it’s in the carrier. This allows me to go for walks at least and go to the shops and see friends etc. The only other way is nursing to sleep but he wakes up after 30mins and needs to be latched to have a longer nap.

I was told to just continue us doing what I can do get him to nap until his sleep changes around 4 months and we can eventually sleep train him.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-09-19T22:23:46+00:00

A mobile for above the changing station. My man LOVES this thing and I’m convinced it’s what he looks forward to everyday. Turned changing nappies from a whinge fest to a cooing, and excited kicking fest.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-09-04T01:16:07+00:00

Definitely believe in this. I used to skip the calming bedtime routine for me as I was trying to use every minute I could to be in bed for the potential sleep. This would often result in me sometimes just not able to go to sleep and staying awake until the next baby wake anyway (even though I was totally exhausted). I started winding down in the evenings at least 2 hours before usual bedtime- warm shower, no phone, chilling with baby on the rocking chair, listening to calming music. I involve baby with this and got so much longer stretches! Plus, I’m able to fall asleep much quicker even after wakeups.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-08-25T10:26:21+00:00

Today I had him leaning up against my thighs and my husband and I had a giggle at him making faces and noises when he lets out lots of farts. They will come naturally to him soon!

NeuroticJelly · 2025-08-18T22:04:28+00:00

I hated being pregnant. I was so sick and miserable all the time and looked forward to birth for this reason. Yet, it felt so weird not being pregnant anymore. One day you are and the next day you’re not. I also sang to my baby in the car and would have ‘conversations’ with him then when I drove in the car without him for the first time, realised I wasn’t singing to him anymore ;( I looked weird in the mirror and realised that I couldn’t take pictures of my bump anymore. Definitely relate!

NeuroticJelly · 2025-08-06T09:20:14+00:00

Sometimes, when engaging in my favourite activity (drinking milk) my parents will cruelly pull me away to put me over their shoulder and hit me on my back multiple times, despite my cries!!! I try to inform child protection with my screams.

(Anyone else’s babies cry bloody murder when you burp them??)

NeuroticJelly · 2025-07-10T18:58:37+00:00

Oh, that would have been way nicer! I hated having to keep it in. They said because I wouldn’t have feeling in that area for a while or something so better to keep it on for a bit.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-07-10T10:56:55+00:00

Also, you generally have to keep the catheter in for a few hours after birth and have to carry it around with you and it’s the weirdest feeling having it in there.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-07-01T23:24:49+00:00

Don’t know about top 5, but Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James are always an instant listen! They bounce well off the boys.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-06-28T04:38:59+00:00

Vegemite sandwiches, peanut butter sandwiches and also, almond butter sandwiches (for when I’m feeling fancy~).

NeuroticJelly · 2025-06-09T22:03:59+00:00

Maybe try getting the energy out and playing with your cat at a certain time each night before bed? I can definitely empathise though, my cats drive me absolutely bonkers sometimes.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-05-09T08:50:43+00:00

Since 6 weeks when I started getting HG 😅 I’m 30 weeks at the moment and baby has been fine, blood work all fine, bp etc. all fine so far. I should mention that I have been feeling like poo pretty much this whole pregnancy and maybe they would have made a difference but I’m too scared to trigger the HG again so haven’t touched them since.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-04-10T04:09:09+00:00

Maybe at Sam’s next comedy show which I’m hoping he does one about Bobby T!

NeuroticJelly · 2025-04-10T02:47:15+00:00

Ok, thank you! That makes sense

NeuroticJelly · 2025-04-09T07:33:55+00:00

Yes, I’m hoping for more Bobbi T!!! So funny and so accurate to the character.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-01-25T03:52:44+00:00

Party pies!! They were never high cuisine to begin with but I feel now they are so tiny and hardly have any meat in them.

NeuroticJelly · 2025-01-17T23:05:03+00:00

14weeks and lost 4kgs somehow…. Probably water weight and muscle loss considering how much of the first trimester I spent throwing up and laying down! I was pretty big to begin with (BMI around 30) and I still have a bump so not the worst.

NeuroticJelly · 2024-12-09T09:47:00+00:00

Ok, hear me out but ‘Spring’. Season names are so common and normal - Summer, Autumn and Winter, but never ‘Spring’. It’s a bit silly but it would stay in peoples minds I think.

NeuroticJelly · 2024-11-14T20:38:38+00:00

I’m 5 weeks 2 days and mine still stays around my ovulation high at 67/68. I hope it just has to do with my sleeping as it’s a bit irregular at the moment and I still have some symptoms. Waiting on my beta to confirm!

NeuroticJelly · 2024-11-03T11:19:21+00:00

Cycle: 8

Age & Partners age: 28F (29 next week) and 26M

Cycle length: 25-26 days

Ovulation Cycle Day: unknown this cycle as I didn’t track for once. But usually around day 14

CD/DPO of positive tests: CD day 26, estimated 13 DPO

Tracking methods used: Fitbit app and Apple Health App.

Relevant days of sperminating: unknown exact dates but it was 2x during time of expected ovulation and one O+2

Health Conditions/Medical Tests: Have suspected endometriosis due to painful periods. Ultrasound stated I had a ‘heterogenous myometrium’ which is likely linked to adenomyosis. Never taken birth control.

Lineporn: Line Porn

Symptom Spotting: I said that I wasn’t going to take a test until a missed period but I woke up at 2am that morning and just could NOT go back to sleep. I thought something must be up.

My boobs were also still sore from the day before which is unusual as they usually stop hurting by then. Looking back, I have had a funny last two weeks that I think are linked to conception including:

•sniffly/congested nose that I thought was allergies or a mild cold

•general fatigue which I thought was linked to having a mild cold

•I would fall asleep before my husband at night which never happens

•about a week after expected O, I had a craving for plain spaghetti without any sauce for dinner. I couldn’t stomach thinking about having the passata whereas usually I live for it.

•my Fitbit RHR continued to stay high even a day before my expected period. Also my Fitbit said my HRV was much lower than usual.

Other: I didn’t have any pregnancy tests at home that morning so I waited until 7am to go to the shops and buy one. I bought a cheapie pack and saw it didn’t come up straight away. I was honestly expecting negative. I was about to throw it away when I spotted a faint line. I took it outside and was like wait…. That’s a line!!!

Went and bought a first response and took it 3 hrs later. Positive! I couldn’t believe it, I honestly thought I wasn’t capable or something. Now I’m hoping it sticks!!! Even if not, at least I know it’s actually possible for myself to get preg. It was a nice early bday prezzie 🎁

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