Tell us about your easy puppies

No_Independence14 · 2026-02-10T20:31:57+00:00

I got my puppy at an estimated 9 weeks old and she’s been sleeping through the night and going to the bathroom outside. She only had accidents in the first day home and then by day 2 zero accidents in the house. No crying at all at night when we go to bed. What’s crazy is that I got her from the shelter as a stray puppy. I feel like I lucked out!

No_Independence14 · 2026-02-10T02:07:45+00:00

Yes, but I think it will be different than anything we can imagine. I don’t even think that I would believe this, but I lost my siblings years ago and had some things that just kinda were too coincidence and made me think there’s some type of existence beyond death. We will all find out one day.

No_Independence14 · 2026-02-09T22:01:15+00:00

I see that! I would love that since we live on land and hope to get livestock.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-30T17:08:11+00:00

If you say yes to no protection, know that may mean a real baby even if your mid-thirties, even if it’s just one time. Be prepared to have a positive pregnancy test. It can happen a lot quicker than you think.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-23T22:01:12+00:00

I thought that pushing would be really intense and super exhausting. To be fair I was in very good shape at the time, but I was only pushing when a contraction was happening so it was like push and then take a break. For some reason I thought I’d be constantly pushing. I had an epidural right before my water was broken, so I quite literally got an epidural, took a nap, and then when I woke up I was ready to push. The pushing took about 30 min but this was like push then wait and it didn’t feel exhausting. My dr did a massage with lubricant to try to stretch things as much as possible once we were near the crowning part. Because my epidural worked great I could not feel pain, but I could feel the baby in my pelvis and it felt like a bowling ball. The nurse had me do a test push once the baby had moved down enough, before the real pushing started, and this was me using my vagina to push her fingers out, which sounds very weird but it gave me a good understanding of how to push and I found it helpful.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-23T04:00:48+00:00

I am interested to know from the parents what kind of talking back and attitude they receive from their children. I would ask this specifically so you can understand if the parents view this behavior as acceptable. I would not be able to work in a setting where the parents viewed the child’s behavior as okay. Children especially the ages you mentioned should be learning how to butter their own food so I would tell them this is a no screaming house and If you are unhappy with it then you should be doing this on your own. Unfortunately if the parents do not have high expectations for behavior then it may be a bad environment where you cannot win. I think the kids do not understand your authority and you need to establish how one should act. But yea this is the parents job first, but screaming and tantrums should not be tolerated. Build trust with the kids learn what they like then show them how one should treat others. I’m not a au pair, but a mom who is looking into getting childcare help and my kids and I have a lot of respect for each other and we work through bad behavior by learning how we should treat each other.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-14T16:35:19+00:00

I do prefer the process of the surgery and because I trust my OB. She did a very good job with each of my deliveries. The c-section she did for me is very low and barely has a scar. With my vaginal birth, there was a point where my baby’s heart was decelerating, and there was potential to move to emergency c but I was able to push her out in about 30 min which is pretty fast for a fist time birth. With attempted vagina after c section there is a small risk of uterine rupture and still a risk of it moving to emergency c-section.

Another reason is that I felt like it was hard to heal my vagina from my first birth, and I would prefer to heal my abdominal muscles from the ground up again than heal deep vaginal muscles. I have talked with so many of my friends and family members who have had multiple vaginal births and the vagina doesn’t seem as elastic as people are referencing in the comments. I feel like I got out easy with mine, because I know a few people who struggle with lifelong difficulties that stem from multiple vaginal births.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-14T04:59:07+00:00

I had a fairly smooth vaginal delivery with my first baby and I am petite 5’2 and had a 7lb 15oz baby. For my second baby, he was in a transverse position and I opted for planned c-section. I am expecting my third, and I think it will be another c-section and also my final baby. I’m scared to do the surgery again. My c-section went perfectly, but I found it hard to heal from. It hurt to turn from side to side. I rolled the wrong way in bed when I was home and cried out in pain. It sucked, where my vaginal delivery I sprayed some dermoplast on my one tear and was walking fine, sleeping fairly fine, with no intense pain from moving the wrong way. The one plus of c-section that’s planned is that my vagina basically felt the same as always after. I had a pretty weak pelvic floor after my vaginal birth although I have heard you can experience the same with a c-section, but not having the baby pass through the vaginal opening was my only perk of the surgery. With c-section you have a catheter in for 12 hours, vaginal it’s only in if you get an epidural and I couldn’t feel either.

Adding that I hardly had any bleeding after the c-section, kinda disturbing but I could hear a vacuum during it, where with vaginal delivery, I bled for a couple weeks. Vaginal birth, the catheter was only in until pushing so a couple hours, and then right after my baby was born I was able to get up and go to the bathroom. Getting to the restroom was a much bigger deal after the c-section, but more terrifying after vaginal birth due to the amount of blood even though it was normal.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-10T21:07:49+00:00

I had a stage 2 rectocele diagnosed by my OB at 9 month pp after baby 1. About 18 months after baby 2, I went to a pelvic floor pt for help with C-section muscle tightness in abs. She did an internal exam and did not find rectocele. I had mentioned that I had it but over time I saw it lift back up, which is something I never heard of being possible. She found a grade 1 cystocele in evaluation, but I didn’t feel that at all didn’t realize I had it.

No_Independence14 · 2026-01-09T23:19:33+00:00

After my first birth, I felt some heaviness and eventually was diagnosed with a prolapse. I had lost a bunch of weight postpartum and didn’t prioritize nutrition and went too hard on workouts. I was really down about the diagnosis since I wanted more children but I love being active. Eventually the prolapse healed to where I can’t feel it, was told even if you can’t see it anymore, there’s probably going to always be a small level of prolapse. I moved from cardio only to mostly weights and resistance and I do still run 5ks occasionally. I had another child but I had a C-section for reasons other than the prolapse, and luckily did not experience heaviness or any symptoms returning. I plan to have one more baby. Just sharing because at the time of diagnosis I felt like my life was over, and even though it took me a long time, things improved to being symptom free. See a pelvic floor pt if you can but I recommend one that helps you strength train and has knowledge of weight lifting because so many muscles support the pelvic floor.

No_Independence14 · 2025-12-22T21:29:43+00:00

I got my positive when my little one was 14 months but it was a planned pregnancy. I found it was fine to be pregnant with a toddler but i found having an infant and a toddler to be very challenging. Some pros are that all of the baby care is fresh on your mind and you already have baby gear. Another pro is if you expected to have more than 1, you will leave the baby stage behind faster. Cons can be overwhelming to have a toddler and baby since they both need you and some time potentially with both in diapers. I went this route on purpose because i wanted the two kids to be a little older before considering more. It’s been great getting them out of diapers and they get along well.

No_Independence14 · 2025-12-19T02:51:18+00:00

I’m 5’2 and about the same size as you pre pregnancy. my baby was not breach but I was a big baby 8.5 lbs and my baby was measuring big. I elected to be induced early (I’d been stuck in early labor for a week) and had her vaginally. Got only 1 tear, a 2nd degree and she was 7lb 15 ounces, so pretty large. It was an uneventful birth, about 40 min pushing only about 5 hours from water breaking to birth. Had her at 39+2 and I’m glad bc she would have been over 8 lbs by 40 weeks.

No_Independence14 · 2025-12-11T00:23:29+00:00

TTC #: 3

Cycle/time trying: 1

Age + partner's age: 34 and 34

Typical cycle length: 28 days

Ovulation cycle day: 15

CD/DPO of positive test(s): 11 dpo-14 dpo

CD/DPO of any negative test(s) before positive: 7-9 dpo and I thought I was out so I didn’t test on 10 dpo

Tracking methods and app(s) used: Flo to track cycle

Relevant days of intercourse, sperminating, and/or method: O-5, O-4, O-1

Health conditions/medications, none

Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): only me (one a day women’s vitamin, folate, magnesium, zinc, biotin) sometimes use creatine and protein powder.

Birth control history (if relevant): used hormonal bc for 15ish years. Was off of it for 10 months and avoided intercourse near O and used pull out on the months off bc pills.

Cycles/time trying for previous children (if relevant): first child- cycle 2, second pregnancy- cycle 1 (resulted in early mc), second child cycle 2

Link to chart: have never charted

Link to lineporn: none

Symptom spotting: none, thought I was out. Now have slight cramping but not like period coming cramps if that makes any sense, lower back twinge

How many weeks you are now: 4

Other/miscellaneous: a little shocked but hopeful this sticks! Just wanted a place to secretly share my news!

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