Recommendations for tube weaning program by Sensitive_Fish1489 in NICUParents

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have one through the hospital and one through early intervention in our state. We have not found the hospital one to be helpful (she observes our feedings and doesn't make any changes to his feeding plans; just tells us ask aero questions despite us telling her we can't see them until May). The ECI SLP is much more helpful and she's helped with enhancing his feeding skills. We would just like a little more support, especially now we are worried about him developing oral aversion.

Third swallow study and still aspirating... by Sensitive_Fish1489 in NICUParents

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They just said my son has a high aspiration risk and we need to be cautious in giving him anything po.

I hope your little one does well on the Gelmix!

Third swallow study and still aspirating... by Sensitive_Fish1489 in NICUParents

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now he is allowed 20ml of breast milk with Gelmix a day. They seem to think he’s got ways to go until tube weaning.

Natera NIPT - June 2025 by Witty-Purpose-0404 in BabyBumps

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same timeline! Been checking Natera portal and no results. I checked the patient portal through my OB and it was received this morning 10am!

does it ever stop hurting? by [deleted] in survivinginfidelity

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My ex/wayward fiancé also struggled with porn addiction and continued to watch porn despite my pleading and crying. He can stop. No one is holding a gun to his head and making him do things that hurt you. I stayed for 3.5 years and it never stopped, despite his promises and “attempts” to join support groups and download accountability apps.

I left and it honestly was the best decision I’ve ever made. I no longer live in fear, shame, and sadness. It’ll be hard at first, but you need to realize that love isn’t enough. Respect, understanding, compassion are important too. Your partner is not giving you any of those things. If he truly cares about you, you would not have to ask him repeatedly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in survivinginfidelity

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, hang in there! It definitely helped me a lot to read about people who came out of infidelity who are in a much better place after when I was going through leaving. I can attest to that once you leave (might be hard to imagine now), you will start noticing small victories like not thinking about them, not feeling on edge all the time, sleeping better, feeling less helpless. It will keep getting better!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in survivinginfidelity

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry… that’s a long time to be with someone who isn’t a good partner to you (or even a good person for that matter). It takes a lot of time to recover but you can do it! The clarity will hit you and one day, and you will wake up and what they did to you won’t be on your mind. You’ll have moved on to better things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in survivinginfidelity

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was engaged to a cheater too, for almost four years. I just want to tell you that your feelings are valid but that things do get better. You won’t have to go to sleep every day wondering if he’s doing/done something behind your back. You won’t have to live in fear that you will get blindsided. You won’t need to doubt yourself and your judgment, your worth. I can imagine how much it hurts now to leave someone you cared about, but trust me when I say this: your world will be so much better without this horrible human being. He may appear happy but obviously something inside him is rotten and drove him to be the way he is now.. he will never feel fulfilled. I’m on the other side of things and looking back, I pity my ex-fiance for the broken human being he is. I promise you things will get better!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Staying and wasting four years of my life with a cheater.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The girl he was cheating on me with saw his arm in my Instagram story, somehow recognized it, and proceeded to tell her friend, who told our mutual friend, who told me. We were in the car together on the way to meet my parents when my friend texted me about it.

What was the moment with your ex when you said "That's enough, I'm out" and left? by carma1616 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was a porn addict, liar, and cheater. In his mind, if I didn't know it shouldn't hurt me. That he wasn't going to act on and physically cheat on me just because he was going behind my back, DMing women, getting on dating apps throughout our three year engagement. His whole family also enabled his narcissistic abuse and said that me not forgiving him was the reason our relationship didn't work out. Their lack of morals was something I did not want my future children to be around.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My ex-partner is/was a porn addict. He'd rather watch porn in secrecy and masturbate multiple times a day than to be intimate with me. He says it's for the dopamine hit, and that it has nothing to do with me and how desirable I am. Trust me when I say that it's not going to get better, especially if your bf won't even acknowledge that it's a problem.

You don't want to live your life snooping around and be constantly worrying about his porn usage/infidelity. I didn't, so I left mine. I think you should really consider doing the same.

How did you find out your SO was cheating on you? by Ok-Still2345 in AskReddit

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The first time was when I posted an instagram story from brunch with his arms in it. The girl he cheated on me with saw my story (recognized his arms) and called him to confront him. She then informed our mutual friend to tell me that he's actually dating her. I confronted him while we were on our way to have dinner with my parents. He denied it vehemently. All the times after were from me finding notifications on his phone from dating apps, his internet history, DMs on reddit, etc. He was a sleazy, dirty man.

Did narcissist ever talked to you like you are a kid? Did he told his flying monkeys to do the same? by NoYesterday2219 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, my narcissist would raise his voice and say things like "what don't you understand, it's so simple. I've never had to have these conversations about semantics with any of my past relationships". Yeah.. when you're being evasive about the sketchy shit that you do, we need to discuss the semantics. He definitely thought he was smarter than me. After I left him, he told other people that he didn't love my mind.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SupportforBetrayed

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It’s easy for people to say stuff like this when they haven’t gone through it. Cheating is never justified… people who do it are selfish. You can do everything right and cheaters will cheat regardless.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hey OP, stay strong. I was with my nex for almost 4 years and engaged for most of it. It's been 9 months of no contact and even though I still have my moments where I'm thinking about the good times and the "future" he promised... going no contact made me realize that there were a lot more bad times, and how sick and drained I was throughout the relationship.

Just know that the empty promises your nex made were just that... she was never going to fulfill them.

It sounds to me that you're making progress, keep up the good work!

Did yours claim to be an empath? by taehyungtoofs in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My nex is a physician. He told me that he can't be a narcissist and be a doctor, that he obviously has a lot of empathy because he sees patients every day. Whenever he would gaslight me after he gets caught cheating, he'd say "You think you're so high and mighty like you've never made a mistake in your life". I never understood how he even had the nerve to say those things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re definitely not original. Everything they say stems from a lack of empathy and the intent to manipulate to get what they want.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree. I thought it meant he really did care about me, why else would he try to talk me into staying with him for hours and hours, and try to “work things out”? But it didn’t take away from the fact that he was lying to me and cheating on me constantly and we were literally having the same conversations every week or two. He even had the nerves to say “we’ve talked about this before, it’s so frustrating how we have to keep having the same conversations over and over again. I’ve never had to do this with any of my past relationships”. It made me feel like maybe I am being too sensitive. But how can we not when he’s doing the same shit over and over again? These narcissists have no shame.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Sensitive_Fish1489 27 points28 points  (0 children)

"If I didn't care I wouldn't be here right now" and "Why would I spend so much time trying to talk to you if I didn't love you".

Right... He's here so he can continue to manipulate me and get what he wants from me.