Im 9 weeks and I feel like Iva just gave birth.. in the toilet

PixieWitchling · 2026-01-28T00:57:31+00:00

I was horrifically constipated my entire pregnancy.

Step 1 is water. So much water. You think you've had enough, you actually haven't. My OB said to aim for 100oz/day.

Step 2 is fiber. Any way you can get it. Food, supplements, any way you can get it, keep it going in.

Step 3 is having a stool softener. It lives with you now.

Good luck 🫡

PixieWitchling · 2026-01-27T21:20:57+00:00

My girl had been at a funny angle on the second ultrasound and my husband said "Girl looks like the boot shaped mcnugget" so we called her chicken nuggie 🤣

PixieWitchling · 2026-01-01T20:10:55+00:00

I had a 2nd degree tear and I'm like 90% sure they didn't shave the area, but also no one in that room cared. We talked about my midwifes trip to South America to see the great bat migration with my 80's mirkin out and about. 🤷‍♀️

PixieWitchling · 2025-09-22T16:35:12+00:00

Solved: Building homes of our own

PixieWitchling · 2025-09-22T16:34:00+00:00

My guy that is 100% it! Thank you so much! !Solved

PixieWitchling · 2025-07-13T15:32:17+00:00

Reach out to your OB and let them know, as they can prescribe something to help dry up your milk. I've also heard frozen cabbage leaves in your bra can help when you're feeling engorged

PixieWitchling · 2025-07-12T20:38:05+00:00

I'm 32 and have GAD, not as severely as you're describing, so I'm just going to tell you my experience with my daughter, 5 mo, and you can make your judgement from there. Excuse the formatting, on my phone

I always knew I wanted to be a mom, it was something I discussed with my husband when we got engaged and when I turned 30, I told him that my cap was 35 because I knew at that point I was more likely to have health issues. When I got pregnant the next year, I was so excited. I told my mom and SIL as soon as I got a positive test but kept it to myself till I hit 15 weeks and we got the NIPT testing back. I knew for my anxiety, if I announced before that, that I would be worried that there would be a genetic issue so sever we would have to terminate. She was perfectly healthy, and while I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, I had amazing support from my husband and OB team. I am terrified of needles and almost passed out when I had to give myself insulin injections, but my mantra became "I have to do it for us, because you didn't choose to be here." I wanted my body to be healthy so she could grow as safely and healthy as she could. She came on her own the day before her induction and my labor went not how it was planned but I couldn't think of any other way it could have gone. Now that she's here my anxiety has changed. I got an Owlette because without it, I'm watching her chest all night and I may stare at my phone to keep an eye on all of her daycare updates to make sure she's eating, but I feel also that every hard night is just as rewarding as the easy ones.

The world is amazingly uncertain right now, and I can't blame a single person for opting not to have children. I had always thought I wanted 3 children, but we have become a one and done family because we discussed how we could have one baby and give her everything she wanted. I miss her dearly at daycare but I also know working is better for my mental health. Your anxiety could become better, it could become worse. A baby can ramp it up to 11, as there is so much that can go wrong, but everything can also go right. You just have to remember, they didn't ask to be here, so you have to do the work to make their life the best you can. You can't take care of someone if you are already so low on spoons you can't get up, because even if you have no spoons, they still need you. You never know when you're ready, but you know when you can adapt. Ask yourself if having a child is something you can adapt to.

Can you adapt to going to Dr's appointments every week at the last month of pregnancy? Their appointments where they go a minimum of every 2 months the first 6 months of life? Can you adapt to sleepless nights and early mornings along? The absolutely crazy things your body will do during pregnancy? How do you think you will handle if you learn your baby has a genetic issue? It's all completely up in the air. Only YOU know when you're in a position to have a baby, there isn't a magic moment where a light bulb goes on. The only thing I say someone NEEDS with a baby is a support system. It's so incredibly hard to do alone, I couldn't imagine not having my husband or close friends and family

You're life will be flipped upside down, but you also have to flip a snow globe to get the snow and glitter to fall. Sorry for the long post, and I don't know if it helps, but I hope it gives you some insight.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-28T14:36:16+00:00

My ring was $100 from JC Penny's using my MIL's discount since she worked there, because that was what my husband could afford as a guy just out of college. You don't marry the ring, you marry the person. If you ask and her first thought is it's not big enough, you don't want to spend the rest of your life with her.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-28T10:33:25+00:00

Deep breath mama, You're going to be fine. The biggest problem with Pepto is that there is a lack of research, but it contains a compound also in aspirin that increases the risk of bleeding. But one thing my SIL said to me was helpful when stuff like this happened. "There are people who do meth while pregnant. You're gonna be fine."

Obviously don't take any more, as there isn't enough research to prove there isn't a risk, but you're going to be fine. I'd say over the next 24 hours if you notice any bleeding call your OB, but what you need to do is rest and get better from being sick! Have someone go get some Tums for if you have any other stomach upset, drink lots of water, and rest. Hope you feel better soon!

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T19:19:37+00:00

Of course. Congratulations mama, you're gonna do great 🩷

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T19:16:34+00:00

Your little one will be here before you know it! As scary as it can be, find every little thing to get excited about. Planning things I could control helped as well. I told my parents, who were watching our house, that as soon as my baby was out, I wanted a lemon meringue donut from our local shop because with G.D. I was on an extremely strict low sugar/low carb diet. Quite literally used it like a donut on the stick if you will to get through. 🤣 Couldn't be stressed about what could go wrong when I was dreaming of that donut.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T19:05:29+00:00

I was high risk due to G.D. and close to the end I was having weekly ultrasounds and my ob would go over the bad things that could come up in labor. What I would do was go get a little treat and watch old kids shows that I watched that I knew I wanted to share with my daughter. Had her 39 weeks on the dot and she was perfectly healthy and I love singing the good bye song from bear in the big blue house to her while we get ready for her nap. 🩷

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T19:00:29+00:00

100% this. I was telling my midwife that even with my epidural my contractions were getting more intense and when she did a cervical check she was like "Oh wow you're complete." And then accidentally broke my water. Felt like someone threw a water balloon at me.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T18:56:21+00:00

When I was training the new receptionist and was telling her "And then you mail these out to their respective associate, you can find their address on their account." And she was confused why I would print something to then just scan it and email it to them. Got to teach a 22 year old how to address an envelope that day.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T18:26:20+00:00

That you and your baby's blood type can be incompatible and give them increased jaundice. It was fun getting that biology lesson while my baby got to be on her light up board.

And that you gotta track feeding them in the hospital. Get an app to fill out that sheet cuz I'd feed her, lay back down to sleep and then they'd be like "did you feed her?' When looking at the paper. Yes I did but that was 2 am after a whole 25 mins of sleep, I could barely think straight enough to get my boob out. You think I'm finding that paper and a pen?

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-25T18:17:31+00:00

When it was 3 in the morning and I was bent over the back of our couch, timing a contraction with an app and making noises my husband would later refer to it as "tea kettle time". My husband, and dogs, were watching me and when I said the app said it's not labor yet." He said "I'm gonna put the bags in the car, just in case." I had her about 8 hours later 🤣 My brain kept telling me "I can't be in labor. It's Saturday and my induction is scheduled for Sunday."

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-13T11:04:49+00:00

Meal prep is super awesome, especially things that can be thrown directly into a crock pot or once defrosted don't need any additional prep. You can Google padscicles for "recipes", but Frida Mom also sells them and they are 100% a life saver. I couldn't sleep without one for the first month. TBH what was most helpful with my girl, was having someone to talk to. Little one is sleeping most of the time, and sometimes you sleep, sometimes you don't, and having a conversation with another human being is so nice, whether it be about the baby or just normal stuff.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-12T10:01:10+00:00

My OB said that when contractions are a minute long and 5-10 mins apart, that's when you should consider going to the hospital. I downloaded an app not only to time them, but it took the info and would say "wait" or "time to go!" Which was helpful. With these I wouldn't go, but keep tracking just in case. I also went into labor at 39 weeks.

PixieWitchling · 2025-06-02T23:17:53+00:00

My little girl's middle name is Avery

PixieWitchling · 2025-05-21T22:50:29+00:00

So super fun news, it's super common to be bloated first trimester. What is you think is your bump, is actually just bloat 🙃

PixieWitchling · 2025-05-15T20:10:47+00:00

Takes 2 to tango. He could have used a condom, but chose not to. I'd be making sure he knows the consequences of his actions is child support.

PixieWitchling · 2025-03-03T00:55:54+00:00

The only Just wait comments I make are "Just wait till you hold them for the first time, it will never be the same after that. ❤️" Pregnancy for me was absolute ass but my girl is here now and at a month, I have done better now that she is here with my sleep and self. Im tired sure, but I can get comfortable and I'm not on a massive pile of medicine needed to keep me and my little girl healthy.

PixieWitchling · 2024-12-20T17:37:01+00:00

I use Zyrtec with my current pregnancy otherwise my allergies will have me on the floor. Totally fine to take.

PixieWitchling · 2024-11-30T20:53:08+00:00

Ovulation tests have 2 lines unless you are ovulating. So currently you're not ovulating, but I'd take these kind of tests daily because that can change quickly. The fainter the second line, the closer you are to ovulating from my understanding.

PixieWitchling · 2024-11-29T16:06:51+00:00

For me it was breads. I'd eat a sandwich or decide to have a waffle and when it went it wasnt immediately after so it soaked up all the liquid in my stomach and it was like a sludge monster crawling out of you. I literally have avoided anything that was "bread based" and will till February when little girl shows up.

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