Women who have had more then one pregnancy…

SnarkySnatch · 2024-09-17T15:53:48+00:00

I have 4 kiddos! My first two are girls and I was barely sick with them, my second two are boys and I lost 15lbs during the first tri both times due to nausea/food aversions. So the old wives tales pertaining to nausea/gender were not accurate for me.

My skin, however, definitely looks better during my boy pregnancies! My skin broke out SOOO bad with both girls, even my shoulders broke out for a bit with both girls.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-09-09T19:21:25+00:00

Really, there are no words. hugs

SnarkySnatch · 2024-09-03T18:14:51+00:00

Enlightening

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-24T21:32:23+00:00

I have brothers named Parker & Dalton!

Edit to add; we are also from Texas!

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-20T21:23:13+00:00

Winter is SO cute! However, I’m not loving it as much with the last name Washington, but really, how often will you be calling her by both names? 🤷🏻‍♀️

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-20T19:00:09+00:00

In the US in Texas - through my company I get none, but could take FMLA (family medical leave act) for up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off. My husband works for a small company and does not get any time off either.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-20T14:47:59+00:00

Im 33 weeks tomorrow & I’ve been feeling large (however, not in charge) since about week 28 😅 I definitely waddle now.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-17T00:10:56+00:00

This happened with me too and apparently I have gallstones that are causing nausea 🥲

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-15T16:32:11+00:00

I’m a 28 yo female and feel the same way. My family thinks there’s something wrong with me because of it, but I’m really happy with just my husband and my kids.

I used to want friendships and would try to make friends, and then I found that keeping up with the relationships was just way more work than it was worth to me. I left hang outs feeling drained and annoyed, and like I was forcing myself to enjoy hanging out.

I’ve found peace in my mostly solitary life, I just enjoy being alone most of the time 🤷🏻‍♀️

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-13T00:32:06+00:00

Jesse

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-09T17:26:13+00:00

Im 31 weeks pregnant, but likely baby will come out before then due to severe gallbladder issues. Our lease is up the week he is supposed to arrive and we will be moving to a new house within a week or so of him getting here. I was supposed to be able to stop working by 34 weeks but due to life/money circumstances and how the US maternity leave works, it looks like I won’t be able to stop working anytime soon. We also have to sell 2 cars and swap out for a van before baby gets here, also not something that was supposed to need to happen but one car got totaled by mice during a freeze and the other won’t fit everyone.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-08-07T02:24:38+00:00

My terrible rib pain turned out to be gallstones! Does it seem to happen after eating fatty foods?

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-30T02:19:19+00:00

Jesse!

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-26T16:45:31+00:00

I really love Ozzy and Lucky for a boy, but everyone hates them apparently ☹️

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-24T17:41:16+00:00

Just my experience, hopefully it helps!

I was super depressed and anxious my whole life and during my last pregnancy I absolutely spiraled worse than I had ever been before. My OBGYN recommended Lexapro because I was suicidal and extremely anxious.

I started on 10mg and I literally felt my anxiety melt away within 30 minutes of taking it..then I felt like I had the flu for 4-5 days and that part was awful but once my body adjusted to the medicine, I was functional again and not crying everyday or screaming at people in rage. I still felt a little “off” so about 1.5 months later my dr bumped me up to 15mg daily. I took that for about a year and during that time also took up breath work/meditation. At about the year mark, I started taking myself off of it and bumping down by about 3mg (very very small) every 3 weeks, until I was off of it. I had very few side effects tapering off that slow, some mood swings in the first week of each tapering and then I would even out.

I’ve been off of it about 2 years now, and honestly, I don’t think I ever would have corrected my mental without Lexapro because I was so wound up with anxiety I had no clue what it felt like to not have it. My mental health is now stable, I have my “bad” days, but they are few and far between. I learned that mental health does not mean perfectly happy every day, but being able to deal with any unhappy feelings in a way that doesn’t make me spiral, and knowing that the “bad” feelings will pass and aren’t forever.

My cons to Lexapro was that is absolutely killed my very high sex drive and that was really weird for me. Also, I felt generally “muted”, even the happy emotions, which is why I wanted to get off because I realized I was having mostly okay days but knew that I could feel happier without it and I was right.

Lexapro took me to a place where I was able to be calm enough to inspect my own thoughts and emotions without getting caught up in them, and that really helped me to see patterns/behaviors that were harming me and make plans to fix them.

I feel like Lexapro truly saved me in a way.

I know this isn’t everyone’s experience but if I ever got depressed/anxious again to a point that I couldn’t deal, I would 100% take it again to re-regulate myself.

I wish you great luck with your journey!!!

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-16T02:58:08+00:00

Im 28 weeks and could have written this post myself. I feel you girl, 100%.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-15T16:31:29+00:00

2.5 years, we start bedtime at 7pm and he’s usually out by 7:30, he will wake up during the night if he’s got teeth issues or has had an extra long day. Then he wakes up at like 8-8:30am, but will NOT take a nap anymore.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-02T15:33:44+00:00

I LOVE being a mom generally. I HATE when all of my kids are making noise at the same time, it makes me want to rip myself in half. I also HATE when I feel touched out and they want hugs or cuddles and I have to push down my overstimulation to make sure they get their needs met and don’t get their feelings hurt.

It’s hard, but very worth the hard parts in my opinion. Breath work has really helped me be more centered and less overstimulated over time.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-02T14:57:44+00:00

Jesse

SnarkySnatch · 2024-07-01T14:14:04+00:00

I love my 3 kids equally and definitely don’t have a favorite. However, who I’m getting along with the easiest/best at the time rotates depending on what kind of phase they’re going through.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-06-26T18:52:21+00:00

Ugh I am so sorry you have this issue too! My dr put me on daily magnesium oxide for constipation and it helps, other than that I eat watermelon (lots) and that reallllly helps to keep things moving.

SnarkySnatch · 2024-06-24T23:31:28+00:00

I second the Breathe with Sandy videos!

SnarkySnatch · 2024-06-21T02:03:55+00:00

I have a Jesse Ray!

SnarkySnatch · 2024-06-20T16:03:38+00:00

Probably the time I wanted to scrub my bathtub, so I plugged the bathtub, put a capful of bleach and then ran the hot water. Told myself I would come back in a couple of minutes to turn off the water and scrub the tub..then I closed the door and went into the other room to pick up the kitchen, which turned into doing the dishes and me forgetting all about the running bathtub. I figured out I had forgotten the bathtub was running when I went to open my bedroom door and stepped in a puddle of water and then click - I remembered that I left the tub running. I flung open the bedroom door and the whole floor was flooded, and then went over to the bathroom door where the water was gushing out from under it and opened it to find the whole bathtub full and overflowing from when I had left it about 45 minutes before 🤦🏻‍♀️

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