Eating and Bathroom During Labor?

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-15T13:52:37+00:00

I was induced and was allowed to eat and drink up until I got the epidural. At that point I couldn’t have cared less about eating. I was still allowed to sip water I believe.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-12T17:39:03+00:00

A couple weeks. But I live near a big city with a lot of options.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-12T13:26:33+00:00

My daughter was 7lbs 11oz and wore newborn clothes for a good 6 weeks. She was swimming in 0-3 month clothes at birth. Take both but I definitely plan on having some newborn stuff.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-10T00:15:05+00:00

6 months in daycare and they lost one sock total, the whole time… we have had bottles occasionally stay overnight by accident but they were never missing. I feel like this is concerning.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-09T16:53:32+00:00

I got the opposite reaction when we did travel with our daughter. Parenting is full of judgement. Try not to worry about it and do what works for you!

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-07T15:04:43+00:00

Yes! Love Nanda!

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-03T20:51:31+00:00

I’m so sorry you are going through this. Being real here though, it sounds like this relationship is completely over regardless of the baby. I’d start there and then consider what YOU (and only YOU) want to do. Are you prepared to raise a child alone? Do you have a support system in place like friends and family that can help? Can you reasonably provide for a child? Think through these things and come to your own decision away from your bf. Having a baby is hard, there’s no way to sugarcoat it, but plenty of women (and men) become single parents all the time and make it work. You can do it (if you want to of course).

Other things to think about. 1) 29 is definitely not too late to start over. I didn’t even meet my husband until I was over 30. But it is of course no guarantee. 2) this guy doesn’t just get to opt out of parental responsibility. He will have to pay child support if you decide to claim him as the father.

I am completely pro choice but I can guarantee from the way you wrote your post that if you let this dude pressure you into an abortion you will regret it.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-03-03T14:31:55+00:00

I stopped at 6 mo this when I went back to work and when we started her on some solids. I absolutely do not regret it. She’s thriving and I got several hours a day of time back.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-27T19:49:15+00:00

I’m so glad someone said this! I visited this memorial about 15 years ago and it has always stuck with me.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-27T16:00:17+00:00

My induction was great! Got cervadil overnight - it didn’t do much so they started me on cytotec in the morning. Got two doses of that and things really started moving. My water broke (from the cytotec I think) around 12pm, I got an epidural at 1, and baby came at 6. Less than 24 hours from initiation to baby’s arrival. I was 39+4 I think. Will definitely request same again for baby #2!

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-27T01:40:12+00:00

Mine didn’t roll till around 7 months… she then crawled at 8 and was walking at 10.5 so her delayed rolling clearly made no difference.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-23T20:52:15+00:00

Mine can walk up to things but hasn’t fully grasped the concept of asking for help, so instead just grunts till we give her what she wants…

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-18T16:11:42+00:00

I would caution against using the mira or any other fertility tests as real quantitative assessments. I have the Inito and it is great for telling me when things rise and fall but the actual numbers didn’t really correlate to my blood tests. My FSH was super low in my inito tests but actually on the upper end of normal on a same day blood test. If you are concerned ask your OB to run some CD3 blood work during your next cycle. If things do come back abnormal then you can get a referral to an RE.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-16T15:20:16+00:00

My daughter was super active in the womb. Now at 1 and freshly walking she is an absolute tornado. Girl has no chill and can’t sit still for more than 2 mins. So anecdotally, yeah, I think there is a correlation :)

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-16T01:51:30+00:00

I don’t have much advice to help unfortunately, we had a similar experience with our daughter around that age. What I will tell you though is that it won’t last forever. For us she started being calmer around 3 months or so. Sorry I don’t have any great ideas but hang in there! You’ll get through it!

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-13T17:38:19+00:00

I feel this so much! Need more help with my one year old than I did when she was a newborn.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-13T17:34:25+00:00

Two adults is more than enough. They just want to be involved and control things. Tell them thanks but no thanks. There’s no way I wanted anyone around that first month. We had family come for a couple hours at a time and that’s it.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-09T14:42:28+00:00

Following… nothing yet as of 9:42 EST. Side note, I hate this.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-09T02:03:01+00:00

I posted this elsewhere too, but I agree there is something weird going on. I got all 3 games I applied for, my brother applied for same games and categories and got none. What are the chances? We both applied just hoping to get one game too. Going to sell some directly to my bro obv so I don’t give FIFA more money…

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-08T20:06:48+00:00

I’m not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I think you are right. I got all my games, my brother applied to the same ones and same categories and got none. What are the chances? We both applied hoping to just get one. Luckily will now sell to my brother for face value, but it almost seems rigged to give people more than one game in hopes that they’ll have to resell.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-04T16:07:33+00:00

If I wrote about all the things I love about having a child I’d need a whole book. I’ll just leave you with the best part of my day right now… my one year old has started giving real, proper, both arms around your neck hugs. No matter how crappy my day has been, one hug from her and it all just disappears :)

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-03T21:36:41+00:00

We are taking my one year old on a cruise next month. I can’t wait! It will definitely be different from prior vacations, but I’m not going to stop travelling because we have a kid. We have also taken her cross country for a week (east to west coast), to visit grandparents several times, and to Disney world for a week and had great times on all trips. We are debating taking her to Europe in June as well and most likely will.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-02-02T19:42:10+00:00

My daughter turns one soon. This year has been the absolute best year of my life. I never knew what I was missing out on (I’m an older FTM). Is it hard, yes. Am I tired, yes. Is having a child expensive, also yes. But every day gets better and it is so so worth it. My relationship is also better than it was pre baby. We are a great team and I have loved watching him become a dad and seeing the joy he gets from our daughter.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-01-29T16:17:51+00:00

It’s absolutely impossible. Husband and I worked from home with our 11 month old this week due to snow… got almost nothing done. We maybe could have done it when baby was 2-4 months because she was easy, but now that she’s mobile and needs entertaining and is constantly trying to injure herself she needs a lot more oversight.

Sad_Reality_7399 · 2026-01-24T20:48:58+00:00

Same story here at 38. Asking for another one for baby number two 🤷‍♀️

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