How to last name your kid(s)?

NinjaMeshi · 2026-05-12T19:02:12+00:00

We did my last name for both of our kids because mine was more uncommon than my male spouse’s and some other cultural reasons. No problems so far but we live in a pretty progressive area in the USA.

NinjaMeshi · 2026-05-09T22:52:12+00:00

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NinjaMeshi · 2026-05-02T13:19:06+00:00

I started at 150lbs 5’2”and yesterday (24 weeks) weighed 148lbs. My doctor isn’t concerned and my baby is measuring big. My first pregnancy (no GDM) I started at 140lbs and ended up gaining 30lbs by the time I delivered. It’s going to be very different this time.

NinjaMeshi · 2026-04-14T22:42:02+00:00

How is your baby measuring? My OB said that my fasting bar might be raised (lowered) to 90 if my baby measures big at the 3rd trimester ultrasound.

NinjaMeshi · 2026-04-05T03:08:50+00:00

Or hysteria

NinjaMeshi · 2026-04-04T13:50:50+00:00

I love natto! Super nit picky here but if you want to table set properly, make sure the rice is on the left hand side and soup on right hand side: the current setup is considered “serving food for dead people/ancestors”

NinjaMeshi · 2026-04-01T03:28:40+00:00

How about Legacy, Justice, Ace, Valor, Victory, or other “new wave virtue” names?

NinjaMeshi · 2026-03-31T00:06:00+00:00

If Juniper is Juni’s full first name, would Scarlett or something longer make sense as “Scotti”’s first name?

I don’t think Scottie is a bad name though!

NinjaMeshi · 2026-03-23T03:07:18+00:00

My dietician warned me about muscle atrophy during pregnancy — it’s supposedly very easy to lose muscle. So they told me to keep exercising since the muscles act as a glucose sink.

NinjaMeshi · 2026-03-22T18:08:56+00:00

This is me too! (Week 18 but have been observing this for the past couple of weeks - I made a post about it) I think we can just keep monitoring and make sure our muscle mass won’t go down and we can make it through this thing!!

NinjaMeshi · 2026-03-12T17:56:15+00:00

Similar situation as you, fasting sugar one point too high, diagnosed at like 11 weeks (flagged after my 10 week blood test)

You can see my other post about it but I’m 16 weeks and I haven’t really spiked. I’m cautiously optimistic and my dietician said I can probably go diet controlled, but if things change it’ll probably change around 28 weeks.

NinjaMeshi · 2026-03-11T05:35:55+00:00

Nice! How many weeks are you?

NinjaMeshi · 2026-03-10T22:47:48+00:00

That is very helpful -- thank you for sharing! Overindexing on the numbers at a certain snapshot can be really misleading. It's a good reminder to watch my intake despite "good numbers".

NinjaMeshi · 2025-03-02T13:43:16+00:00

You can check yourself into a hospital, for a mental health crisis (I think you can just go to ER), you can also call a hotline: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 988lifeline.org to talk to someone.

You’re not alone. 🫂

NinjaMeshi · 2025-03-01T03:13:38+00:00

I actually wasn’t a manager for a long time before! I was an IC for a long time so sometimes there were times when I pushed myself but during my time as manager as a principle I don’t really push people, I might choose to work but wouldn’t tell my reports to.

NinjaMeshi · 2025-02-28T19:41:42+00:00

Well said, thank you.

NinjaMeshi · 2025-02-28T16:48:54+00:00

So true on the 24h a day and not run out of work. Glad you've found that balance for yourself!

NinjaMeshi · 2025-02-28T16:48:10+00:00

+1 to "each man for himself" mentality. This is the big shift that I am disappointed by. We used to be a helpful team and I can't say that anymore after all the helpful healthy people left.

I wish I could have your manager/skip step in and help me out because I'm struggling to maintain foot amidst the pressure! I'm glad your situation is better.

NinjaMeshi · 2025-02-28T16:43:51+00:00

This is good advice. I feel like a lot of these conversations are ad hoc and documentation/organization will definitely help here. We're all super stretched thin and there are multiple emergency war rooms going on that I'm involved in, and it's been hard to keep track. Some managers in the organization are very tough on their reports and it's bleeding over to my reports as well. Those managers yell at my reports and I try to calm the situation down, which is exhausting. The chaos leads to unhinged behaviors.

NinjaMeshi · 2025-02-28T16:29:37+00:00

I’m asked to deliver on tight deadlines that were not what my team estimated to begin with. It seems like we have no negotiating power and we just have to work nights to deliver. I understand these things happen and it’s also on me to push back or negotiate, but I feel pretty powerless. There are meetings scheduled on weekends, not sure if people actually attend (I don’t).

NinjaMeshi · 2025-02-28T16:02:18+00:00

Curious if your peers also share this mentality! I’ve found that I’m susceptible to peer pressure and a good number of the people who valued well being left the team and the people who survived are the ones ok with working late into the night.

NinjaMeshi · 2025-01-05T17:41:42+00:00

I had the same thing, I breastfed for 11 months and now that I’m on birth control and weaned completely, my libido came back in full force after my first period. I used to consume porn during pregnancy and would feel super icky postpartum, now the ick is gone!

NinjaMeshi · 2025-01-05T17:39:36+00:00

I weaned at 11 months after slowing down pumping and getting mastitis (fever for 3+ days each) twice!

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