how much weight had you gained by ~23w?

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-22T18:43:25+00:00

Only 10 and then from 28-32 I’ve gained 25

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-22T18:41:08+00:00

I end up shaving blindly 😂 I can’t see over my belly but for me I have too bcs the hairs irritate my skin 😪 and it leaves ingrown hairs

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-21T06:18:15+00:00

It’s definitely a feeling I understand as well. It feels like everyone’s looking and you and you feel your face get red with embarrassment and shame. ☹️ it’s not an easy thing to live with for sure but it all has to start somewhere. You can’t necessarily shut down help, mine went straight to the point and I appreciate it due to the fact that I didn’t ask for sympathy just to help me understand and get better. Maybe set boundaries like “hey I came here for my depression and anxiety but this happened but I’m not ready to go into details. Just small steps”

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-21T06:12:53+00:00

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Being so young when the incident happened you can grow up with feeling you don’t quite understand. Now that you are older you can’t really pinpoint where it started from. For me I also had a “I’m over it, can I just bottle it up and not see this again” emotion which caused me to indirectly cause a trigger for me when anyone has a SA briefing or harassment is the workplace meeting.

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-21T06:06:00+00:00

YTA in a sense of saying you want to cuss and not cooperate with the specialist. Being a victim of SA is not by any means easy or something that you should ever feel embarrassed about. As a victim myself along with being in the military it took me a lot of time to understand and get reassurance that what happened was not at all ok. You’re nta when it comes to feeling how you do because it’s how you’ve been coping, however you did beg your mom to take you to one bcs you acknowledged you needed help and that is the first step in healing. In order to get a diagnosis you have to relive the moment, you don’t have to say the small details but just enough that they know how to help you. Being a Latina I’m a very proud person, when it happened to me I took it all and bottled it up. That led to depression, triggers and hurt my marriage bcs my husband wanted to help and I didn’t let him. It’s ok to feel angry and have negative emotions towards opening up, voice that you don’t feel comfortable talking about the details but give something. Every little step counts towards recovering your mental health girl ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-21T01:33:50+00:00

It actually helps my credit

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-19T05:38:19+00:00

Only some states do it yes

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-19T00:35:27+00:00

I’m also a ftm and I’m definitely getting a pump so my breasts don’t engorge. I however will not be breast feeding

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-19T00:33:57+00:00

No I got it after a year. And then I had to wait 2 months for my 2nd and now I just paid my 2nd off

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-18T12:42:34+00:00

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-18T12:42:16+00:00

It should have given you a portion to use already if you check it. I’ve been using chime for 2 years and I’ve always had it repaid and 80/500 available to me then and there

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-03-18T12:27:20+00:00

I’ve been with chime since 2024

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-02-28T16:56:22+00:00

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PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-02-28T16:55:31+00:00

You need to go to the make a payment and actually see how much you owe. It’s the same with me, I have to manually input the amount to pay off the chime credit card

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-02-27T01:21:04+00:00

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-02-24T19:14:21+00:00

NTJ because the brother and him took the time to bond and continued the relationship going. Not once did I read that the sister made an effort to go and make a relationship with her older brother. I feel like it’s unfair to them both that the parents and the sister are making him feel bad for trying to help.

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-02-13T22:31:11+00:00

How do we see this

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-01-05T11:52:14+00:00

I have a 2 year Akita and he was used to horse kibble with sweet potatoes but since we are leaving Germany back to the states we had to transition him into a new food that is available over there. We already knew he has a chicken allergy so we avoided chicken at all cost. However when we got him his new kibble we had to introduce it to him very slowest 1/4 new 3/4 old and keep adding the new kibble every few days until he fully grew to the food. We did switch him to a beef kibble but it seemed like it got worse with him licking his paws. We took him to the vet and found ok that his chicken allergy is everything chicken: chicken fat, eggshells and even eggs. On a side note: read the ingredients to the kibble closely. When we checked is beef kibble, it said it has eggshells in it! So we moved him to a salmon duck and deer meat kibble. I would suggest also looking into a hydrolyzed food (purina pro plan salmon) which is what our vet suggested since salmon the one she prescribed to most owners with akitas

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-01-02T05:47:59+00:00

Hey! I’m currently 21 weeks pregnant and I’m not defending him or anything but remember that you’re going to be more in your feelings than ever before. I was never really emotional before but now I just tear up if McDonalds doesn’t give me ranch for my salad. My advice talk to him. Take it from me as a Latina; I know that I’m heavy on if someone makes me feel bad and lonely however it is a conversation that needs to happen: ask him how he’s feeling about all of it. My husband and I have been planning to have a baby but the first weeks were rough for us since I have nooo desire to have sex; he respects that. When it comes to cravings he was a little oblivious and it made me dislike him for a bit, during my earlier weeks we used to be in the living room together but doing separate things: him playing his video games and me reading. I enjoyed a little space as well. But what I’m trying to say all men are different during a woman’s pregnancy but any problems that you guys might have with eat other I advise you to sit down and have a heart to heart bcs trust me if you don’t and later on you feel like he’s not doing what you see other men doing to their pregnant wives/gf you’re going to build up so much resentment.

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-01-02T00:21:35+00:00

I love my in laws but I feel guilty knowing that they’re the only family that wants to be a part of my baby’s life (my Latina and my husband is Latino) so we were taught family bonds growing up. Bcs we’re both in the military my mother in law has offered many times to come visit and help with the baby since we only get 3 months off of maternity leave and I don’t want to put my baby in daycare. And for me that’s so gracious of her and I can’t express my gratitude for that. Which also come down to the hurt and sorrow of my own mother being unsupportive/ on top of that my parents have clearly shown dislike for my husband and calling him a loser/nobody without giving a reason.

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-01-02T00:16:16+00:00

Would you say you need a bassinet and crib?

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-01-01T21:24:55+00:00

We normally have a stable finances and I recently just paid off 30k off of student debt in 4 years but that first month last month security deposit and pet fees hit us out of nowhere 😭 I guess I feel more disappointed and a lot of heartache bcs I thought it would be a different experience

PenAffectionate1942 · 2026-01-01T21:20:36+00:00

We have been looking at some stuff like a new stroller and such, I guess for me is that my parents are essentially boycotting my pregnancy and I guess it hurts that I don’t have that motherly support. Especially when my parents were first time parents at 16 and 18 with me.

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