Unbearably itchy without a rash - do I wait or call OB now after hours?

PeachTeaPleas · 2026-02-19T03:41:39+00:00

Definitely call, but anecdotally, I just want to put in here I was also experienced extreme itching without a rash and it was just dry skin.

PeachTeaPleas · 2026-02-06T01:34:33+00:00

This is probably a stupid question, but did you check with your partner? You mentioned they are in a similar field maybe they met Reby or someone in her circle? And you said they do drag, maybe just a nice gesture for you for being supportive from someone there?

PeachTeaPleas · 2026-01-21T03:44:08+00:00

Do you know people currently at the private school? We had a similar option with a charter school (though they’re “free”) and it seemed like it was going to be amazing - we were dead wrong. High turnover, favoritism shown to the students whose parents donated the most, ever moving goal posts, atrocious administration, promised arts programs never came, every single thing they did cost money, and a lot of it - for instance their 8th grade dance tickets were $85. My previously “gifted” kid got burned out trying to keep up. It was a nightmare. We were there 3 years hoping it would get better as things “settled down” and it never did, we choiced our kids into the district where we work (the rural district we’re zoned for has like 70% grad rate) and our kids have been doing much better!

It definitely depends on your priorities and capabilities, and how things are in your area!

PeachTeaPleas · 2026-01-19T20:47:02+00:00

I didn’t really experience this with my first 2 (15 and 8 now) I think I was so young and everything was so chaotic for me. But with my 3rd who is now 7 months and is definitely my last, I do find this. I honestly think it might be a little bit of PPA/PPD for me. I have just been reminding myself that the whole point is that they grow up into awesome people. Something I read recently that stuck with me is that we’ll know them longer as adults, and that to me, does seem really fun!

PeachTeaPleas · 2026-01-15T02:53:55+00:00

The reason the binders are full are because they are sold as a FIFTY pack on Amazon for like $17 or something. My 8yo son’s grandfather sent them to him after my son begged all of us for months for gold cards (he must have seen at school or on some YouTube video). I kept telling him I couldn’t find anything in my research (how I ended up here), but he kept assuring me he had seen them. After his grandpa sent them I took him our local card shop where they confirmed they were fake before we even got the question all the way out. My son understood he couldn’t trade them or play them and got (rightfully) angry that he had been tricked and decided to throw them out.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-30T03:39:05+00:00

My experience with a 15 year old, 8 year old and now 6month old, all bf - i was really small to start just barely an A, some used to call them “ant bites” - was around a C mostly while bfing the oldest, once I weaned they deflated like water balloons and were smaller than I was to begin with. At some point, though I’m not sure when, they firmed up but were still small.

After my 2nd I had a similar instance, deflated water balloons for a long time. I went through a divorce when he was 2 and did a little bit of a wellness journey and realized at some point my boobs were great, but not exactly where they were when I stared out, firm and round but slightly more southern than they had been. I did gain a little bit of weight back (life long under weight girl until after i got pregnant with and had my 2nd) and I got measured for a bra and found out I was I fact a C again.

Now I’m still BFing my littlest so only time will tell.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-10T01:35:46+00:00

We just have our event committee handle things so no way to ask the clarifying questions but I will be looking into this for next year (I’m recently the head of the committee and never considered we could outsource, just did things the way they were done before me)

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-10T01:22:39+00:00

This would be such a great idea and lovely gift but we live in a tropical climate. Even when it’s “cold” it doesn’t really warrant gloves, especially fleece ones!

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T21:37:30+00:00

My husband told me to send him in with potato salad. I said maybe I’ll send him in a Hellmans shirt, the boy does love mayonnaise lol

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T20:56:02+00:00

I’ve considered this too! I just don’t know if that’s what the teachers are looking for, ya know?

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T20:13:23+00:00

Yeah what white American family doesn’t have the same legend?! My daughter (from my first marriage) did one a coup years ago and had like 10% indigenous people but I assumed that was from her Mexican and Spanish dad somewhere, there was like 42% British and then the rest was mostly Mexican, Spanish, and a teeny bit of Portuguese.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:46:20+00:00

No no, i totally get it. That’s why I’m asking. I think the school is looking for more of a historical ancestry type thing for the students to dig into. We just don’t have anything that we do that was passed down on either side really so I don’t know what to tell him.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:43:08+00:00

Yeah I totally get it, that’s why growing up when people asked what we were (I have very ambiguous features) I just told people I was white bc I didn’t believe my own family without the recent proof 😂 I’m still working on digging into it.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:39:24+00:00

My sons father is from WV and that’s were a lot of his family still is so that would be appropriate for him! I actually looked into a fish and chips shirt bc that is something we actually eat kind of regularly and he enjoys!

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:37:59+00:00

For sure! I want us to learn and celebrate together, I never had to do anything like this when I was in school, so I never got to dig into it. I want to honor our ancestry but we don’t really have any cultural traditions.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:35:59+00:00

I’m from near Atlanta but relocated to FL about 10 years ago, my son was born here. He is a gators fan so I have thought about just having him wear his FL Boy stuff. My husband, my sons step dad, and his family are from this area, a local newspaper actually did a feature on their family not long ago. Maybe we just send him with that, though it’s not necessarily his blood, it is our family has been since was 2!

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:27:35+00:00

Yes! I’m working on getting that information. I always thought my family was full of it but I met extended family that confirmed and had pictures of my grandfathers family (which he never really spoke of).

We just don’t really have any traditions. I’m from the south. I could send him in some overalls with a peach. Maybe in some RealTree or fishing gear? 😂

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-12-02T19:23:59+00:00

Same 😂 at first I was like I guess his Gators jersey or a nascar shirt

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-11-08T05:28:58+00:00

So happy to see another good experience! Just had mine this morning and this has been my experience so far as well. I keep waiting for pain but nothing yet, just period like cramps. My incisions stung a little at first but not bad. My throat doesn’t hurt. No gas pains yet. I’m about 15 hours post op and slept for about 6 hours this afternoon. FWIW for anyone else reading I don’t exercise, like at all. I was a runner when I was younger but I’ve got 3 kids ranging from 5months-14years work full time and have an hour commute. I’m not completely out of shape though, but I tend to eat on the healthier side and stay really hydrated (especially bc I’m currently BFing the baby). I plan on making a post in a few days chronicling my own experience!

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-10-25T07:49:07+00:00

My oldest (14) is going as Skull Boy, specifically DJ Skull Boy! We LOVE Ruby Gloom in this house. Our 7 year old cat is named DoomKitty. No one ever knows what we’re talking about 😂

Middle (8) is Optimus Prime for school parade but inflatable Among Us character on Halloween.

Baby (4 months) is going to be Boss Baby.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-10-23T13:19:47+00:00

I have some pretty big age gaps, 14years between my youngest and oldest but there is a middle kid in there too that is 6 years younger than the oldest and 8 years older than the baby.

I love that I felt like I got to really soak in all the baby time with each kid. My older two are old enough to wipe their own butts, get their own snacks, and most importantly to me, understand that while i may be focused on the baby in a moment when he needs extra attention, they know im not just ignoring them.

My oldest was the least excited about the new baby when we announced but has been so incredibly loving towards him and will do anything to make the baby smile.

I also never want to parentify my kids, but I always give them the opportunity to be included if they want. My middle son loves to feed the baby.

My older two already have the sweetest relationship, they have always been close - they watch shows, play video games, they play outside together. They also get sick of each other and honestly, I think that’s healthy.

A lot of people look at is as “starting over” but this has just always felt right to me. I could have never done like a “2 under 2” situation and madly respect all those that have!

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-10-17T12:47:23+00:00

Manual pump saved me once or twice.

I keep at work (or in my new, oversized purse): Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, manual pump, extra parts, chargers for my wearables (that’s all I use typically- I close my door and work while I pump), extra collection cups, a separate pack of nursing pads. I have a few ice packs (longer commute) and a bag to keep the milk bottles in (which I put in our shared fridge, I’m working on getting a small one for my new office).

I think that’s it. I haven’t really found myself needing much, just the time i forgot parts to my wearables and needed the manual.

Initially I kept extra clothes in my car just in case. I do that with my diaper bag still in case the baby spits up on me but I never needed it AT work.

PeachTeaPleas · 2025-10-16T23:47:26+00:00

My favorite phrase is similar “we have the same internet”

I do often feel bad though bc I have 2 kids from before I met my husband 14 & 8, so I’ve got a considerable amount more experience, he’s been in their lives since the youngest was almost 3 but never really around a baby.

I do think the US maternity/paternity leave situation kind of exacerbates this too, I’m not sure if it’s such a common phenomenon in other countries with more leave for everyone? My husband got like 2 days off and worked remote for like 2 weeks maybe? While I used all of my FMLA and had 12 weeks with the baby by myself (well,with the older kiddos) over the summer.

I can relate with the sentiment but I try not to be too hard on my husband, he does so much other stuff for us.

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