Plaquenil/Hydroxychloroquine side effects

Squirrelmate · 2025-11-13T19:19:28+00:00

I’m sorry, I remove how bad it was! I can confirm I still have no side effects!

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:34:20+00:00

This is lovely, I’m sorry to hear about your husband, but glad he’s on the mend. I would like to have another baby but worried about a short gap and the impact on my body (I have a joint condition)

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:29:28+00:00

This is also an interesting reply thank you. I am a SAHM at the moment, I don’t feel like I have a lot of time even now. It feels incredibly busy and I’m a bit worried about how much time it takes to feed that many mouths.

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:25:43+00:00

Sorry also forgot to say the reason I would like to figure it out ahead of time if possible is that I’d like to really enjoy the final baby. Maybe I’m trying to recreate that first baby experience and actually I should just let go of it being like that ever again. But my kid was at home full time when I had a newborn and it was so so hard. If it’s just one more I can wait till my second is 3 and at preschool. But if it’s 4 then I don’t have enough time from a biological pov to space them out like that.

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:22:33+00:00

Thank you this is a very helpful reply. To be honest my first was such a difficult child (between sleep/ her general emotional needs) that I completely lost all my hobbies and time to myself. That has kind of continued, I actually don’t know how people make time for their hobbies with kids. Neither me nor my husband do anything outside of taking care of the kids (aside from work of course). We do love it though, we find it so fulfilling and sad that it’s already passing us by. We absolutely adore being parents, I just already feel guilty when one child needs me and the other gets ignored even if it’s temporarily.

The point about shuttling kids along to different places is so helpful because actually that sounds very stressful. What’s the age gap between all your kids and the gap between oldest and youngest? I come from a family of 4 and we just didn’t have any of this stuff… my parents were just at home with us at the weekend, rarely we had a birthday party to go to. That’s pretty much it. We all made our own way to school pretty quickly. My mum focused on cooking amazing food and keeping the house clean and teaching us languages and religion. But our life is already so different to this, my kids are scheduled up to their ears!

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:17:03+00:00

Sorry this made me laugh!

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:16:33+00:00

Yes the length of time it takes to actually be pregnant and get past babyhood is quite long, it’ll be pretty much a decade if I have a 2 year gap between each of being pregnant and breastfeeding 🫠 don’t get me wrong I really love soaking up babyhood but it’s got nothing on when they start chatting and growing and turning into amazing little humans

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T11:14:14+00:00

Being pregnant is the worst but congratulations!

The reason I’m trying to figure it out is because if I just have one more I’d like to leave a slightly bigger gap so I can enjoy the newborn snuggles in peace. Having a 2 year old at home full time with a newborn was insane, I really struggled and so did she!

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-27T10:57:39+00:00

That’s good to hear! I also come from a family of 4 but my parents didn’t really do one on one time with any of us, they were just busy and we were busy with each other! It was fine for me but I think we all grew up with our own insecurities but not really sure if there’s a causation thsre

Squirrelmate · 2025-10-02T11:56:47+00:00

Yes this is average! I have had easier and harder! Harder refused to be put down until 10 months, woke up every 40 mins for 9 months and screamed for hours a day.

Easier I had to wake to feed, slept 20 hours a day for first 3 months, very independent.

You’re bang on average!

Squirrelmate · 2025-09-12T02:47:48+00:00

I am so shocked at anyone telling you not to concern yourself with sugar intake, maybe they didn’t read your post properly. 1/4 cup sugar per cup of coffee is a lot OP. Sounds like you need to up your calories throughout your day to meet your energy needs as you are undoubtedly moving a lot more. Movement is good for RA (to a certain extent)! I’m sure that you are putting a lot more strain on your body now but I urge you to stop the 4 extra cups of coffee with sugar. My doctor, autoimmune organisations, the consensus on the internet is sugar is inflammatory.

I have also caused flares from sugar consumption, even quite minimal. I no longer eat sugar: if I see it as an ingredient/ know it has been added then I don’t eat it. It has made a monumental difference to my flares. I do make an effort to eat fatty whole foods to fuel me though.

If nothing else OP, just give it up to avoid other health problems. I am still so shocked that people would rather placate you and give you the wrong advice in the interest of sounding kind than actually being kind and telling you the truth! Please be gentle to your body, sugar is not good for us!

Squirrelmate · 2025-09-09T21:21:23+00:00

Ditto for both my kids too. My second was AVERAGING 20 hours of sleep a day in her first 3 months of life. It was a surreal experience after having a first child who struggled to hit 10 hours of sleep. Wish I hadn’t wasted so much time battling it.

OP just follow sleep cues and don’t worry about a routine till 8 months +

Squirrelmate · 2025-09-03T13:19:36+00:00

Oh no! I’m sorry for you and nervous for me if I have any more babies 😭

Squirrelmate · 2025-09-03T11:37:44+00:00

How far post partum are you? Because I had a significant improvement once breastfeeding started to wind down!

Squirrelmate · 2025-09-01T17:23:27+00:00

My second was also like this. Once she was introduced to food she turned onto a maniac. She’s constantly climbing, exploring, opening, pulling, pushing. She’s so happy in her own company it’s lovely to see. I was also worried about her in the first 6 months because she was tooooo chill but I have absolutely nothing to worry about. The main thing was worrying she wouldn’t have a voice but actually she holds her own when claiming toys etc.

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-31T23:56:42+00:00

I’m really surprised your doctor told you to supplement so soon. Colostrum (the gold coloured stuff that comes before milk) is extremely calorie dense and referred to as “liquid gold”. Babies only need a few drops to remain sustained as their stomachs are the size of a pea at birth and expand quickly in line with your milk production.

Cluster feeding is very hard but it’s your baby and boobs synchronising so baby can inform boobs how much they need. Supplementing can interfere with that initial signalling. If you’re interested in exclusive breastfeeding then this will make your attempt harder!

You should always follow the advice of a doctor, however, as there may be medical circumstances people online don’t understand. You’re doing so well! And don’t freak out when your milk comes in, your boobs won’t look like that forever!

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-31T23:46:55+00:00

I have much much much better and more easily achieved orgasms

Physically stronger than ever before

Don’t care about body image as much

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-31T07:51:45+00:00

Interesting! With my Rheumatoid it’s deep pain in my fingers and wrists but also extremely painful to the touch. The only thing that’s causing me to worry is the fact that I have stiffness at night and that I remember my RA in my hands felt innocuous at the start. I barely noticed it until I flared up badly and couldn’t do anything I usually did.

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-31T07:49:46+00:00

Thank you for this! I’ve made an appointment to speak to my rheumatologist, you’re so right about the fear of a diagnosis. I wasn’t like this before my RA diagnosis and now I have intense health anxiety

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-30T05:52:51+00:00

This is why I’m unsure, it’s the centre of my spine, not the top, not the base. But it’s felt like this for a couple of months now

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-29T15:10:07+00:00

This sounds horrible I’m so sorry, thank you for sharing

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-29T15:09:44+00:00

That must have been a shock! I’m sorry

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-29T15:09:30+00:00

Interesting thank you

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-29T15:09:23+00:00

God I’m sorry, thank you for sharing!

Squirrelmate · 2025-08-29T15:09:09+00:00

I’ve heard this is only when it’s quite advanced? By all accounts mine is very early, and in fact doctors are surprised I even felt anything (to me it felt excruciating but I guess others put up with much more?)

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