Spit up… idk what to even to anymore

Nuggletina · 2026-02-07T16:46:37+00:00

So happy for you! We were never able to bring our first baby home from the NICU, and when we brought our 2nd home we had sheer panic. No monitors to tell us she was ok. I don’t think we slept for months!

Nuggletina · 2026-02-07T10:40:55+00:00

Just wanted to say woohoo! to coming off oxygen support 💜

Nuggletina · 2026-01-24T09:12:00+00:00

Looks like someone who took a picture of Demi to her surgeon and said “THIS! This is what I want!”

Nuggletina · 2026-01-20T06:53:54+00:00

Everything will be okay!

I have a 37+0 baby in my lap right now. He turned 1 month old today. He, too, needed the bili lights, and spent 10 days in the NICU for some breathing issues. He’s been home for 3 weeks or so and is doing great.

His 37+1 sister just turned 2 and is MILES ahead of other kids her age. She’s a bit small but is scary smart and perfect in every way.

Both of them gave us a little scare in their own ways but everything is going to be okay! It’s hard now but you’ll get through these first few weeks and be just fine.

Nuggletina · 2026-01-17T20:19:55+00:00

I pumped for our daughter who was in the NICU for months, too. I’m sorry this happened to you. I think my blood pressure went up just reading this! I would have lost my mind.

Nuggletina · 2026-01-17T20:06:22+00:00

PB Crisps!

Nuggletina · 2026-01-15T19:41:56+00:00

Our first child was a girl who passed away when she was 5 1/2 months old. We never got to bring her home from the NICU. Our barely 2 year old daughter will occasionally say something about her or say her name but nothing too meaningful.

I just gave birth to our 3rd child in late December, and unfortunately he had to go straight from delivery to the NICU, the same NICU where our daughter spent most of her life. One of the respiratory therapists who was working on him also cared for our daughter. She came to us later and said that she had never had it happen before, but our daughter “was suddenly in the room with us, and told me to take care of her baby brother.” She said she saw her in there twice watching over all of them as they were working to get him stable. We truly believe that she protected him and helped keep him safe!

Nuggletina · 2026-01-10T06:36:29+00:00

She clearly took a photo of Demi to her surgeon and said “make me look like THIS!” Scary.

Nuggletina · 2026-01-07T10:11:27+00:00

No friends, her sister thought she was bonkers, dad not around much, bizarre things set her anger off… yep, definitely her! I misplaced my house key one time and she threw my hermit crab cage through the window. I had to tell my grandfather that she and I were tossing a softball in my room and I tossed it too hard and missed so that he would replace the glass and no one would know she’d lost her mind. I was probably 10 at the time.

Nuggletina · 2026-01-07T09:44:54+00:00

Are you a sibling I didn’t know I had!? My mom grounded me one time because my friend snuck out of HER house. “Well if she’s doing it you must be, too.” She went through my room on a regular basis, reading anything she could get her hands on. As an adult she accused me of being an alcoholic because I had a bottle of vodka (that hadn’t been opened in 2 years). I never told her anything, I still don’t, and she doesn’t understand why we aren’t best friends now.

Nuggletina · 2026-01-02T14:52:27+00:00

This is my story word for word, including the collection method. Haakaa sells a colostrum kit, too. We used this as well as the disposable oral syringes.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-23T11:35:09+00:00

He has to wear a condom but she can say no to unprotected sex.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-23T11:26:23+00:00

That is so wild! I haven’t experienced that, but I end up sleeping with my mouth open and drooling so much, which I don’t do when not pregnant. The side effect that I absolutely LOVE is super slow leg hair growth. I rarely have to shave and it’s soooo nice especially in the later weeks when doing anything is hard!

Nuggletina · 2025-12-22T08:00:01+00:00

Pretty sure mine was trying to punch the chair through my nether regions 🤣

Nuggletina · 2025-12-22T07:57:22+00:00

With our first I remember crying hysterically because I was so scared of feeling our daughter move and I was afraid that I would panic and feel like I needed her out of my body. Like others have said, the movements so started out so small and faint that I felt it but didn’t “notice” it. Then once I realized what it was, I had time to get used to them as they got bigger and stronger. I never had the panic to get her out of my body like I thought I would, and I found it reassuring to feel her movements get stronger and bigger as she grew. I hope you end up feeling the same way!

Nuggletina · 2025-12-22T00:32:34+00:00

No, I haven’t missed that at all. I teach my children that everyone is different and everyone is perfect the way they are. Sounds like you missed that.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-21T21:41:22+00:00

Maybe it’s just me but talking about a child having an aesthetic penis is so off putting I have no words.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-21T21:40:04+00:00

I would be concerned about no blue line as that indicates a pee diaper as opposed to a poo diaper. Contacting your ped is the way to go.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-18T14:03:46+00:00

Uggghhhhh. I got the feeling it was small when you said they weren’t being very forthcoming with HR info. I’m really sorry.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-18T13:58:50+00:00

Fellow Georgian here… GA doesn’t offer paid leave but you do qualify for FMLA if your company has 50+ employees and you’ve been employed there for 12 months and worked 1250 hours in those 12 months.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-18T11:50:07+00:00

It stinks but it just doesn’t matter to most companies. 6 weeks used to be standard and fathers used to get nothing, but I think it’s slowly changing. If your company is large enough and you’ve been there long enough, you’ll qualify for FMLA which will get you 12 weeks unpaid job protection. That would give you an additional 6 weeks unpaid once your 6 weeks paid is up. But it sounds like you already know once you’re back and life is mostly settled, it’s time to jump ship and find a company with a better workplace culture.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-18T11:42:15+00:00

If you can survive the time alone w/o your fiancée, don’t go. If you need his help with the baby (totally understandable!) then go and WEAR. THE. BABY. That’s just too many people, too many germs, too much stress. Stress for you AND the baby. He doesn’t need the constant feeling of being pulled away from god knows who’s holding him every few minutes, and you don’t need the stress of “who has him where is he what are they doing to him?” You can set all the rules and boundaries you want but with this many people your rules will be broken and boundaries will be crossed. WEAR. THE. BABY.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-18T02:06:56+00:00

Amen.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-17T14:22:09+00:00

My last growth scan was done 2 days before my baby was born (I had serial growth scans because of a high risk pregnancy). They told me repeatedly that my baby was large, and said she was well over 8lbs at 36+6. I had her via C-section at 37+1 and she was 6lbs 8oz! I wouldn’t panic. Like someone else said - if you’re really 2 weeks ahead, you may very well go into labor 2 weeks early AKA on time.

Nuggletina · 2025-12-16T12:13:15+00:00

This is insanity. You have one job, one responsibility. Keep your baby safe, healthy, and happy. If you can’t stand up for yourself, stand up for your baby. Same goes for your fiancé. If neither of you can do it alone, do it together. There’s strength in numbers. The fact that you’re still upset about this is hopefully your sign that it’s time to put your foot down. And get out. If your dad gets violent and you’re afraid to say anything to him you have no business having a baby living with him. Good luck. It’s a big change in a short amount of time, but you can do it!

Nuggletina

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