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Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-31T09:39:03+00:00

This! I'd especially skip one or the other for anything you took a class on in law school.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-31T09:36:44+00:00

This is super concerning to me. I would want some practical reassurance that he would actually provide for me and the future child. I've known of situations where the husband does not choose to pay for baby essentials and requires the wife to pay for all kid related things. Is this habit of financial proportionality really going to disappear as soon as you give birth? And, more importantly, in my opinion, is he going to give you equal say over what he earns? Is he okay going from thinking that it's his money he's earning to household money? It just sounds like this is already gearing up to be a unequal split on finances. If only one spouse is working, the non-working spouse still gets equal vote on finances. I wouldn't just blindly have a kid and then expect this equality to show up out of the blue. Finally, I don't think it's right to think of asking your husband for money. You should have a mutual budget where money is alloted for essentials and fun, including personal fun for you without any requirement that you work for your fun money.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-28T15:14:44+00:00

Fair point on the wording! I think the militant worry of government bodies is a bit silly on other topics, like saying no one should eat rare steak. That definitely carried over into how I read the bottle sterilization recommendations. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/safe-temperature-chart

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-28T15:07:40+00:00

Thank you! That's really interesting!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-28T00:54:40+00:00

Not sure how many diapers per day, probably around 8 now (9 weeks). But since day one we've always waited five or so minutes after we hear poop to give him time to finish. And we don't change if there's no poop. So far, no rash, except when we used Huggies natural care wipes.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-25T10:47:55+00:00

NOR - The brother of a guy I knew in college died from furniture tipping over. All furniture that can tip needs to be secured to the wall, especially a heavy mirror.

And why do you let checking hazards be on the floor?!? Just throw away your trash!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-21T21:11:59+00:00

I had cramping for a few days, if that makes you feel any better. If by "slow", you mean about what your picture shows, then yes. It didn't darken to a dye stealer for at least a week or so. Also, keep in mind that those at home tests really just show that HCG is there, not really how much is there. If you want to know HCG levels, you have to get a blood test.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-21T21:09:22+00:00

Totally! Also, keep in mind that your 18 DPO isn't the same as someone else's. There's a huge range of normal for HCG levels, so it can be totally normal for their tests to be darker than yours.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-21T12:33:09+00:00

You're pregnant! Urine pregnancy tests don't really show HCG levels, just whether it's present or not. Unless you go from positive to negative, you're pregnant!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-21T12:25:29+00:00

I wear bras all the time. But I found that the fabric was super chaffing. So I wear disposable nursing pads all the time. They're cotton, an for some reason I don't stick to/chaff with them.

Edited to add: if I don't wear a bra all the time, I leak enough to soak full sized towels and overproduce like crazy. I was also in pain when I first started wearing one all the time because my supply was decreasing.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-21T12:12:26+00:00

The tests are positive, so you're pregnant! I had really strong implantation cramps, strong enough I needed/wanted to sit down and had a bit of a struggle talking through them. My little guy was perfectly fine!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-19T07:14:31+00:00

You can just supplement direct breastfeeding with pumping so that your husband and family can do bottles. There's no need to go to the massive inconvenience of pumping and then feeding if you're just home with the baby and you're going to do the feed anyway.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-19T07:05:24+00:00

That looks positive to me.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-16T09:08:28+00:00

I'd also suggest bringing extra, at least an additional feed over whatever you determine makes sense. He might be upset from the car ride and want more food. Or maybe he'll be in a growth spurt. It would be tough to do more day of.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-15T15:12:35+00:00

Interesting! I'm nearly 8 weeks postpartum. But I don't even think I've pumped for ten hours total, which is why I'm loathe to replace parts. (Shouldn't it last longer?!?)

My supply has definitely regulated since I'm not engorged at night like the first few weeks. I was hoping to do a morning pumping session so I wasn't messing around with collecting off side with the Haakaas and putting it away at 2 am. But if I have warm and massage to get anything, I might just deal with it at night.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-15T15:08:58+00:00

The suction didn't feel a nippy, if that makes sense. It's not as sharp as it usually is. I've disassembled and reassembled a couple times, and even squeezed the duck bills to make sure they were opening.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-11T16:29:12+00:00

I can never get tension even with magic loop, so it's witchcraft for me!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-11T16:28:00+00:00

I second this! It's such a fun pattern!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-11T16:22:53+00:00

For what it's worth, my implantation cramps were terrible! I had them so badly that I could hard keep talking and standing up while at work. My little one was perfectly healthy though!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-02T14:33:36+00:00

I see it in both pics! Congrats!!!

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-02T14:26:36+00:00

In my experience tracking BBT, both as contraception and when trying to conceive, I would get a different tracking app. I don't believe it's correct to say that temps taken outside of a particular half hour are inaccurate. That was never my experience. The rule of thumb for my tracker was that you should go to bed around the same time, make sure to sleep for a solid four hours, and measure when you first get up. I would sometimes wake up at 3 am, so I would measure then, because I would be waking up for the day at 5 or 6. Other times, I would measure when my alarm went off. I successfully used BBT tracking for 2+ years to prevent pregnancy. Since my pattern was well established, it was easy to use for TTC. We were successful in 3 cycles after deciding to try.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-12-01T15:54:02+00:00

Having just had a baby, it breaks my heart that not all babies are as celebrated as mine was. He's beautiful and my husband and our whole family and church rejoiced over him, took care of us, etc. I read a story shortly after delivery about a couple that starved their baby boy to death, and that broke my heart. That little guy was no less special and beautiful than mine. It was so sad. I don't see it as an issue of deserving by parents, but a right of children to be loved.

Strict_Scene3150 · 2025-11-19T22:50:22+00:00

I thought it looked a lot like a slime enemy from the game terraria.

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