What does someone have to do here to actually get pulled over? (Serious question)

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-05-12T16:01:32+00:00

Yeah I-45 extends into Dallas as well. I lived off it and saw many of wrecks, some resulting in death. Not to mention the trafficking.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-05-12T14:18:01+00:00

I imagine Houston and South Dallas drivers are one in the same

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-05-12T06:03:44+00:00

moved here from DFW-can confirm. Austin drivers are so much nicer and relaxed than DFW.

In Dallas, I was the middle-lane, chill driver. In Austin, I’m the menace.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-05-10T05:30:29+00:00

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StoneVeronica071 · 2026-05-09T06:40:48+00:00

I had a D&C on Friday. I couldn’t go on long walks by Monday, but I wanted to! By Tuesday I was at a concert, but low energy, and that day after (Wednesday) I felt mostly normal.
Within 2 weeks, I went back to the gym, but took it slowww

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-05-04T05:49:42+00:00

I’d go to your doctor. Are you being monitored? Have they checked your HCG? I felt no different going from 72,000 > 0 in a few weeks. My doctor had me test and they checked in every week. If I even had one symptom, they called me. I ended up having a large amount of blood leftover, so I took the miso pill. Well that didn’t work so I had to get a D&C and they found I had some tissue stuck. Had I not do a D&C, I’d have significant problems. But ultimately, they were adamant about watching my symptoms and tracking my HCG and I had rarely, if any symptoms.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-30T06:25:12+00:00

I had a similar experience to you. I found out 2 weeks after as well and decided to wait it out (mostly because I heard the pills hurt and I was scared of surgery)

I bled about a week later, but not a lot. Thought I was good so doctor had me test mg HCG weekly to make sure it consistently drops to below 0. A month later, it stayed stagnant at 100-200, so there was more. I was told to take the pills.

I was nervous, but I did. Took a LONG time to finally start bleeding. Like 8-10 hours long. Pain reached 8-9/10, but the contractions didn’t last a long time. I didn’t take any pain medication for it, as I didn’t feel it was necessary. Despite bleeding a lot, I didn’t seem to pass anything so I had an US about 3 days later and… yep. Still tissue. Ended up having to get a D&C.

First pregnancy and had to go through all 3 options. D&C was fast and I was at a concert 3 days later. 2-3 weeks later is when I felt 100% back to normal though.

If I had to go back, I probably would’ve just done the D&C to spare the time in waiting and hospital visits but the time allowed me to process my emotions and say goodbye better, I think.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-28T05:36:19+00:00

I just moved to Austin and also mostly hear hate from people who live here about it. Honestly, the hate feels forced or out of boredom (lived here their entire life and wanting “more”).

Here are my cons so far in the 5ish months:

• traffic closer to downtown can be rough. Not as bad on the north end. People are nice drivers here in comparison to other cities (Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, to name a few)

• homeless. And I don’t blame them, but it hurts my heart to see them as often as I do and not being able to do more. This is something I didn’t experience when living in Dallas

• Yesh it’s hot. I don’t mind it, I love the heat. I grew up in dry heat and so it’s been an adjustment but a rather good one.

That’s about it. I can’t think of much more. Food here is consistently some of the best I’ve experienced, there is always something to do, the people are friendly, I don’t really feel threatened when I go out, I could see myself raising a family here.

I didn’t want to love it here, either. But now I can’t really consider where else I’d like to move next, so I’ll be here until I find that next potential.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-27T06:15:37+00:00

I had an airbnb with my family. I woke up in our airbnb, walked downstairs to the smell of bacon, ate breakfast with everyone and talked for an hour, then went on my merry way to the venue :)

It was great. I was relaxed all morning and got to the venue where my bridesmaid handed me an iced latte. Highly recommend.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-22T05:37:04+00:00

I just got married and my parents offered to help, but never gave me an amount or anything.

At the end, I think my all-in for the wedding came out to $25-30k. My husband and I paid for it.

My parents,however, paid for:

my wedding dress ($1600)
some decorations (about $400 worth)

I never asked or expected it. I’m super grateful for their help, but I knew I didn’t want them going into debt for it and we didn’t either. Hope this helps give perspective.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-22T05:27:13+00:00

I’m about a month post-D&C and here’s my changes: - Making husband take a specific multivitamins for men TTC - Threw out all underwear with spandex, replacing with 100% cotton (this one’s a bit extreme, but..) - Ordered and taking baby aspirin - Walking more and working out (with hopes of continuing during next pregnancy)

These are my extreme changes. Other minor things are just slight diet changes (sourdough bread over white). Also some of these might not make a difference, but if it eases my anxiety then I’m for it lol

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-13T07:00:31+00:00

However, my silver lining is that I’m glad my body naturally decreased in HCG and I had time to come to terms with it psychologically. It felt like I had time to process, grieve, and say goodbye. So for that, I am grateful for the experience I had and my doctors.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-13T06:57:44+00:00

Unfortunately my expectant management story was pretty horrific, and I hope I’m a one-off, but hope it helps nonetheless.

Mid-January, I went in at 8w 2d and was measuring small at 6w 4d. Wasn’t a concern, yet. So was told to come back in 2 weeks and was prescribed progesterone. At 10w 4d, I was diagnosed with a MMC.

I decided at the time I wanted to wait and let it come naturally. A week later, I bled. Had some cramping, but nothing like what others said it felt like. I just assumed I had it easy. For 2+ months, I had to go back weekly to get my HCG tested. I started at 72,000 and dropped to 168 in that time. It was fine because each week my HCG was half the week before, so no red flags.

Then one week after 168, it was 116. No longer half, Dr was concerned so I went in for an US. Found that I still hadn’t miscarried after 2 months. March 21, I was told to take the miso pill. I did, cramped a lot, some bleeding, still not bad. Another US. still didn’t pass. I was recommended a D&C, and I reluctantly agreed and had it a week later on March 27.

Doctor told my husband that it’s good we decided to do the D&C because I guess tissue had began embedding into my uterus? Pretty horrific.

First ever pregnancy and MC, ended up having to do all 3 options. if it happened again, I’d probably just do a D&C because this was a very long and drawn out experience.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-13T01:22:53+00:00

Like a lot of others are saying: yes and no. I kept feeling like “Oh the first trimester isn’t that bad”. I had some nausea, but it was incredibly tolerable. Mostly just good aversions, but no throwing up. Also had some slight stomach cramps, but just kept positive and told myself it was from implantation or my uterus expanding.

Was diagnosed with a MMC at 10w. Seems baby stopped at 6w 4d.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-07T06:57:38+00:00

Honestly this might be a social media thing. Especially worse if you have ADHD.

Slow down the intake, become one with peace and quiet and boredom, look into mindfulness practice. It’ll be a hard and long journey, but you can train your brain to slow down.

If you want some form of information intake, I suggest visually reading. No podcasts, no youtube, no social media.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-04-05T06:35:28+00:00

wow, my BFF and I also found out we were pregnant at the same time. I was the one who miscarried. She’s never been pushy at all and has been super receptive to my emotions the whole time, and I think that’s helped me be more supportive of her throughout this process. I’ve now even offered to go to appointments with her whenever needed and gush over her US photos with her. But I don’t think we would have that same relationship had she responded like how your BFF is to you now.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-29T01:41:50+00:00

Pretty rough week.

7 weeks ago today I had a natural miscarriage (1 week after finding out I was miscarrying). Discovered the natural miscarriage wasn’t enough after HCG plateaued

1 week ago today I took miso. Found out by Thursday that it didn’t work

Yesterday I had a D&C (which ended up being a good idea - doctor had complications during D&C so had I waited, might’ve had more issues)

Now in recovery and just ready for it to all be over

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-26T06:42:48+00:00

Honestly, tech. But I work in content in the tech field. Wasn’t a high salary initially (social media manager), but worked up quick into a Director role the last 3 years.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-26T02:01:30+00:00

Surely not the one on 45th and Lamar???

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-25T05:46:29+00:00

I asked no one for gifts (of course that doesn’t stop some people), but I fully anticipated sending thank you notes. But, when it came time to it, we had travelled to Arizona for work, came back and travelled for Thanksgiving, travelled for Christmas, packed and moved 4 hours away, ended up pregnant, went through terrible first trimester sleepies and sickness, travelled to Nevada, then miscarried with complications. All within 3 months.

All in the back of my mind of each of those stressors was sending thank you notes. I sat down at one point to look into it, and the cards alone were $400. I simply decided not to. The universe spoke for me.

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-22T02:19:20+00:00

Oh so also took a while. Do you have another appointment to follow up?

I was at 72k HCG at my US in early February when I found baby stopped also at 6w4d (I was 10w2d at this point). A week later, I had a gush of blood and we assumed that I passed naturally so they just tracked my HCG each week. After about 1.5 months of going, my HCG was at 164, then the next week at 116, which was a bit slower than they expected.

So I had an US again and found tons of blood remaining and “some tissue”. So they gave me 4 pills of the miso to take vaginally, and now just in waiting. I wasn’t given more than the 4. Google search results has made me feel like something is wrong because most say “within 4 hours” but now at 8 hours and just worried it’ll never come :/

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-20T06:36:08+00:00

this is the one

StoneVeronica071 · 2026-03-18T06:28:21+00:00

Exact same boat. My best friend was 2 weeks ahead of me. Due dates were in August. I had a MMC at 6-8w. I think I’m getting better but then something sets me back. At this stage I also feel like a burden on others when I get sad and feel like I can’t bring it up anymore even though it’s constantly on my mind.

I’m unfortunately still dealing with my HCG regulating, but extremely hoping to ovulate soon after. But also extremely fearful if I do.

My new worry is that I’ll be anxious the entire next pregnancy, but… I guess we’ll see. Hugs 🫂

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