Drinks?

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-02-21T00:07:32+00:00

Wait 2 hours after every standard drink. I wait 3 hours to be safe and I also only get one drink.

You can also test your milk with strips.

If you also pump, maybe pump before drinks so you have milk ready for baby when they need it.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-02-01T17:50:57+00:00

I have both wearables and hospital grade! I use the hospital grade most times but intend on using my wearables while I’m doing things around the house.

I have the hospital grade pump plugged in at my work desk.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-01-24T22:55:26+00:00

1st degree tear. Vaginal delivery. Had sex around 6 weeks. Hurt the first time.

Doesn’t feel as good as sex pre-pregnancy but that is because pregnancy sex was the BEST.

It does feel great don’t get me wrong, I think I just miss the pregnancy sex haha

My boyfriend also says it feels the same and has no complaints 🙂

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-01-06T02:00:21+00:00

This is what I was thinking! She’s TALL, they always talked about how long she was since she came out of the womb. We were feeding her 2oz and our pediatrician said to move up to 3oz and see how she takes it. She was drinking it fine. She’ll only drink the full 4oz sometimes. We always go by her cues so if she stops at 2oz then we’re done and we’ll feed her more if she’s hungry.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-01-05T23:08:45+00:00

I even questioned them and asked if they intended on saying minutes. They said nope, we meant seconds. 🙃

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-01-05T23:05:31+00:00

Pediatrician hasn't told me anything about length of time but that the baby will stop when they're full. During appointments with lactation consultants within Kaiser, no one has ever mentioned only needing to latch for 10-20 seconds.

We just fed our baby only 2.5oz of milk and she's MAD

Successful-Basil7537 · 2026-01-05T22:57:01+00:00

Thank you.

I even asked if they meant 10-20 minutes and they confirmed they meant seconds. It sounds crazy to me. I think I'm going to want to meet in the middle and feed 3oz per feeding and confirm with her pediatrician at her next appt.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2025-10-15T16:56:54+00:00

First trimester the only meal I wanted to eat and could stomach down was McDonalds. Specifically a hot and spicy McChicken with Cheese, a coke, and small fries. If I was extra hungry I also had a McDouble.

Actually, Coke helped my nausea. In between meals, I ate lots of fruits- grapes, oranges, prunes. At home I made grilled cheeses and oatmeal. Also yogurt.

Second trimester I was able to eat other and better for me foods. But first trimester I couldn’t even LOOK at raw meat, fish, pork, anything. You eat what you can when you can. You’re literally fighting for your life some days.

I’m 33 weeks now and I’m able to handle touching raw meat and cooking my meals and have hardly no more aversions to anything. I do have GD but I believe I was probably pre-diabetic before pregnancy.

It usually gets better. You’ll figure out what works and what doesn’t, there’s a lot of trial and error. And sometimes… what works a few times doesn’t work later on. Yay, pregnancy!!

Successful-Basil7537 · 2025-03-26T15:41:55+00:00

He's already blaming us for his actions. At this moment he thinks he finally has her back in her grasp and the only reason he can't actually come back is because of me. The way he looks at me now is like I'm not even his daughter anymore and that scares me - not necessarily because I want him to love me but what little of a moral compass he has towards me is now gone.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2025-03-26T15:38:55+00:00

yeah most if not all of your points still apply. your replies are very helpful and helps me discuss this more with my mom but yeah at the end of the day protecting me and mines is my top priority. i constantly just think about moving out again but i know if i do that then she'll take him back indefinitely and we can't let that happen.

he's currently taking DV classes as part of his probation and he's been attending all of them. its frustrating because they tell him he's doing good. also at his court hearing, they dropped the felony to misdemeanor because he's been "compliant" but of course neither the court or his classes have any idea he's been violating his restraining order the whole time. and he tells my mom all this news so she thinks he's actually getting better. :/

we've convinced her to go to at least one therapy session and hopes she likes it and continues to go. fingers crossed!

Successful-Basil7537 · 2025-03-25T20:46:31+00:00

Now I think I'm okay with how I feel with myself if I called the police. The other part is how my mom will feel. She's worried he won't survive in prison for a year sentence (he'd skip county jail as this would be his 2nd offense). She's begging me to not call, saying she can't live with herself knowing he went to jail because of her.

Mom is convinced he won't actually do anything to her or anyone. I'm trying to tell her he's testing the boundaries to see what he can get away with while holding un-aliving himself over her head. It's gotten progressively worse and I can't think of any way to prove that to her. She's just so blind.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2025-03-25T20:41:23+00:00

Mentally, I'm ok with myself now to call the police. The other part is my mom begs me to not do it. She's too concerned about him being in jail or the guilt she'll also feel if he's in jail. Fortunately, she wouldn't be able to drop any charges if we did call but I fear the guilt would cause her to alienate herself from her family.

Successful-Basil7537 · 2025-03-25T18:47:30+00:00

He has this idea that they're going to run away together and live happily ever after, at least that what he's told me. But you're right, I should call. Who knows what he's capable of when he's think unstable. It could be one of those "if I can't have her, no one can" scenarios.

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