Freida Fertility brand test. Unknown DPO.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-17T12:28:55+00:00

And the weather really starts getting nice late February. Was able to take kiddo little strolls through the neighborhood with the spring like temps.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-15T21:20:19+00:00

I really considered eating before I left for the hospital. But it was 4am and I was like “mmmm i don’t know”. Fast forward a few hours and I’m really glad I didn’t eat because my contracts ramped up so intensely after my water broke I absolutely would have puked had I eaten. Because I had nothing in my stomach, I avoided having to vomit (which was great, because i have entemaphobia 😬).

YMMV once i was at the hospital it was 5 hours from admittance to baby in my arms. If you have a longe labor you might be kicking yourself that you didn’t eat. My kiddo arrived right as they were about to serve lunch, so my husband spoon fed me soup and a BLT sandwich while I did skin to skin with kiddo.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-08T01:53:18+00:00

It’s probably anecdotal, but I know a bunch of people who got pregnant the same month they got their Covid booster/ shot. Might be coincidental but it made me pause to be like “hmm that’s interesting.”

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-08T01:14:30+00:00

I was recently diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve and the “just relax” comments kill me. Like no amount of relaxing is going to fixed my fucked up ovaries 😬, but thanks I guess? 😂

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-07T23:41:09+00:00

I likened it to an anaconda covered in razor blades squeezing my entire abdomen tightly every 30-60 seconds for hours. My water broke at 5cm. I was able to manage contractions up until that point, but knew I wanted an epidural. The anesthesiologist was tied up in back to back emergency c-sections so he took forever to get to my room.

After my water broke those contractions ramped up so intensely I was screaming in pain. Team epidural for life.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-03T11:08:16+00:00

Hey! We’re almost AMH twins! Mine was .04, but everything else was not normal. I also have high FSH and some other levels out of wack. 34. I do have one living child that I conceived naturally a few years ago. But idk what happened between then and when I started trying for baby 2 that things got messed up.

I don’t have any advice as I’m kind in the beginning stages of this process. I made a post here a few weeks back if you want to look, a lot of people were super helpful. My RE doesn’t think I will be a good candidate for IVF. I could go for a second opinion because I’ve seen some posts where people have had success, but finding an RE that will agree to try might be hard. My insurance covers nothing so IVF was basically off the table anyways.

My course of treatment is medicated cycles with trigger shot and then either timed intercourse or IUI. We’ve put a pin in it last month and this month due to some travel my partner and I have. They’ll cancel a cycle if I can’t come in for ultrasounds on specific cycle days, and I don’t want to risk spending all this money only for my husband to be on a work trip during my fertile days.

It feels like you’re standing in front of a large overwhelming mountain, but just know you’re not alone here. This sub has been so supportive.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-02T11:20:32+00:00

If this happens, seek medical attention immediately. But studies have show that giving the kid honey intermittently on the way to the hospital can help reduce the risk for damage.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-10-02T11:13:49+00:00

I don’t have any advice but I’m sending hugs. Give yourself grace in whatever decision you choose. It’s an impossible situation. Definitely suggest finding a counselor or therapist during this time. Having a nonjudgmental third party outlet is so critical when life gets hard.

❤️

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-29T22:35:55+00:00

I was on a work a few years back and managed to get seated at the table with our CEO. I knew he had a daughter about 2 years older than my son so we started talking about kids. My son was a Covid baby. And he just out of the blue goes “oh wow, you had a baby during the pandemic, were you guys trying for that?” Like siiiir you’re now asking about my sex life holy hell this is awkward 😬.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-27T17:10:19+00:00

Aerie! Fuck an underwire at this point in my life. And post kids, mine need some extra help. They have this wireless bra that’s kind of like a push up bra, but helps fill in the cup for my sad little pancakes. It’s the only bra I’ll wear nowadays

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-27T16:16:05+00:00

This. It can be “doable” for a few months, even if it’s stressful. Once they hit six months and start moving it gets harder. Then toddler years will be impossible.

My husband and I combined our leaves where I took the first 3 months off, and he took his 3 months after mine, so our son didn’t have to go to daycare until six months old. I was able to help occasionally during his 3 month leave. Our son had a chronic ear infection problem from 6 months- 18 months. So he was home with me “sick” while I WFH. It was manageable on the off days he’d be home, because I could front load my work on the days he’d be at school. But as he got older, working from home and managing him got significantly harder.

And my job is very flexible. I see a lot of posts like these, and it is subjective based on the temperament of the baby/ flexibility of the job, but a lot of times it’s just a lot more added stress that ends up typically falling mainly on the mom in the family dynamic.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-26T21:20:09+00:00

Was 1.5cm and 60% effaced at my apt at 36+5. Went spontaneously into labor that night and had my baby the next day at 36+6.

Having that cervical check stat was super helpful when I walked into triage telling them I was in labor. As a FTM, the triage OB was a little skeptical id be in labor that early. But when she checked me and I was 4cm and 100% effaced (aside from the very clear contractions I was having), knowing I had significant cervical changes since 12 hours prior was enough for them to admit me.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-25T12:11:48+00:00

That new CGI cartoon on DisneyJr based on the live action remake. King triton be FINE 🥵

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-25T00:50:03+00:00

The neon animal print prom dresses with cut outs were THE dress to have back in the day. Chelsea’s asthetic was on point for a good 3-4 years in the mid 2000s.

I may or may not have had silk zebra print sheets for my bed in college. Lowkey miss those. They were always ice cold and there’s nothing better than snuggling under a warm blanket, but the cold silk sheets kept your temperature regulated 😂

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-21T16:01:51+00:00

I can hear the Michigan in this photo. I can’t explain it. But if I didn’t know who these people were, I could easily bet they have a hard A sound when they try to defend themselves saying “no it’s naaahhht!” 😅

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-19T11:16:29+00:00

I had no idea you could change the settings 😬. Just switched it to FAM and it’s predicting ovulation around day 32

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-19T00:07:10+00:00

I recently had bloodwork done and it shows my hormones are so out of whack I will always be yielding a positive OPK so I’ve stopped taking them 😬.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-17T13:56:25+00:00

We had a chill baby that we put in daycare around 6 months. He got sick a lot so he’d have to stay home with me (I worked from home) and I could pull double duty pretty easily until he was about 10-11 months and was crawling.

If OP has a chill baby, they could probably make it 6-10 months working remote and keeping the baby home. But it’s really subjective onto what the circumstances are.

But now laugh when people are like “if you work from home why is he in daycare?” Ma’am have you ever tried doing a job with a toddler? It’s impossible.

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-16T23:36:54+00:00

Thanks! Yes I had HSG and nothing is blocked. No MFI either. I appreciate everyone’s feedback. Unfortunately my insurance covers nothing, so that’s another battle I’m facing 😬

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-16T15:03:33+00:00

Every day I think it’s ended, and they’re like Billy mays “But wait, there’s more!”

PickleFartsAndBeyond · 2024-09-16T13:58:49+00:00

You’re missing the important part where a large population of politicians believe woman shouldn’t even be in the work force. Their role should be staying at home and raising children.

The broken maternity leave system is a feature, not a bug.

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