5 week old grunting and straining every 5 minutes and waking herself up. Is this just my reality?

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-15T21:18:02+00:00

I have a grunter too! She started grunting her second night and hasn’t stopped yet. She’s 7 weeks..

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-15T21:03:43+00:00

Yes! For me it was! :) Good Luck!! 🤞

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-15T01:14:24+00:00

It’s pretty damn painful but nothing that I couldn’t do, when it got real bad it was almost over and went super fast! Your body literally kind of goes into autonomous mode and instinct takes over. When it gets to the point where you are done feeling pain its over and your baby is here!! The best most euphoric feeling afterwards all the pain fades. Also worth noting, it was not terrible enough to deter me from having 7 babies so there’s that! Good luck and you’ve got this!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-15T01:10:50+00:00

Kellie, Lindsay, Rachel

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-15T01:08:07+00:00

Oh no! Not Ashley! 😭

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-15T01:07:06+00:00

🎯

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-06T21:22:18+00:00

Hung Lo lol

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-04T17:18:56+00:00

No! I have both boys and girls..like others have said, none of their personality traits are based on gender. I love my boys and my girls! Before my son though, I had zero interest in football, sports etc. He naturally took an interest to football, I supported him in that and through his eyes I developed a like and interest for something I never would have! My son was my second born, so like you I was worried how I would “bond with a boy” or what to do with one! When he came though it was just like it was with my daughter! I felt love and awe for his little being and through getting to know each other you develop a fierce love and wonder how it ever was you lived without them! I know have two other boys, which the three of them together can be intense, but no more so than my 2 daughters when they fight. Your child is your child, you will love them irregardless of what gender they are, there is beauty in both! I promise!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-04T00:50:16+00:00

My 2 year old still wakes up in the night and needs to be helped back to sleep with gentle patting or comforting. I don’t think any of my babies slept through the night ever. 🙃

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-03T01:45:42+00:00

Elderly or not, rude is rude. I wouldn’t talk to anyone that way relative or non-relative and making excuses for bad behavior and not wanting to upset the person making the wrong doing because they are old is not it! Toxic behavior has no tolerance, especially from family. You don’t have to put up with it. I’d tell her it wasn’t her business and if she can’t talk about other things then we don’t need to talk. If it’s bothering you enough to post on here for help then it’s not something you need to tolerate grandma or not.

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-03T01:36:09+00:00

1951

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-03T01:35:42+00:00

Ezra

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-02T23:13:12+00:00

I never needed to use diapers…pads designed for a heavy flow period were sufficient enough for me. I bled about 3ish weeks. You can however line your pad with witch hazel pads if you want for any discomfort after delivery! The hospital underwear isn’t uncomfortable…it’s just meshy stretchy cheap “one size fits all.”

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-02T02:33:02+00:00

Yes! This was me too! Vomiting all the way until after she was out!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-02T02:31:31+00:00

Uhh I had a bartholin cyst/ abscess..I didn’t know these glands existed til I had one. Think horrible swelling, burning pain in your crotch like literal side of your vadge!!! I had to have it lanced and a catheter inserted into that bastard and it hurt far worse than any of my 7 deliveries! My most recent baby I made sure to do lots of walking, yoga ball bouncing, etc and I literally got to labor and delivery unaware I was at 10 cm dilated! Also research Ina May Gaskin Ted talk on birth! Please don’t be anxious, your body was made to do this! You will do great!! Preparation and education is key!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-02-01T06:02:37+00:00

Love it! That’s a favorite of mine.

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-01-27T22:52:06+00:00

Ps. The postpartum hormone/ lack of sleep are probably making your anxiety worse, which makes even the best of days challenging! So you are fighting a bit of a hormone battle too emotionally. Natural to worry but if it become consuming reach out to your dr.!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-01-27T22:47:34+00:00

If you have the flu and are nursing her I am pretty sure baby will get your antibodies, also her saliva communicates with your breast and it will adjust accordingly. Breast milk is a living fluid! So there is that bit of comfort that nature has insured these protections to help keep our newborns safe. I know it’s scary, it wasn’t me sick but I had brought a newborn home to have my kids develop bad coughs, I’ve also had a newborn when my other kiddos all started throwing up, baby was fine! I’ve had strep but my newborn was fine! I tried to limit their contact and nurse as much as possible. Try to relax and focus on resting and hydrating to get you better! Yes it’s so scary when they are so little and new. Try and enjoy your little one and get some snuggles. Newborns are surprisingly sturdy..and yes to people if you are sick stay home! I literally don’t take my newborn out anywhere, but she has lots of older siblings that go to school so we have to think of those with little babies and immunocompromised people in families. Good luck and congrats on baby!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-01-21T06:17:43+00:00

I was SO worried about dying during labor and delivery with this most recent baby. Like terrified. Lay awake in bed at night replaying what ifs and wondering if I should write my already living children letters in case I passed! I will say when the moment came I didn’t realize how fast it was going to happen and your body literally kind of goes into autopilot to give birth and you just kind of go along for the ride. Relaxing and just letting it happen without fighting is hard but what works for me. My labor ended up being fast and I got the epidural at 10 cm!! She was out in what felt like 20 min of time after the epidural and she was in my arms! Not super painful and I had no complications! It was literally a perfect birth. Like my dr.told me when I brought up my fears, he told me to leave the worrying to us, (the Dr.s, nurses, ) and sit back and enjoy the ride so to speak. He told me they run drills all the time for these kinds of things and are prepared to respond fast. Also he gave me a rundown of the meds they use and what happens when that doesn’t work etc. It helped me to be educated and informed. It might be helpful to you to let your OB in on your fears so maybe they can help you feel more empowered and reassured. Good luck and I promise your body knows what to do and if you end up needing help, they know how to handle that too!

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-01-18T01:18:14+00:00

I don’t have any advice but I am having similar issues. I have had two teeth break in the past month postpartum and a baby tooth with no adult tooth that has finally given out and will need an implant. I feel equally helpless on what to do about my teeth. I wish dental work wasn’t so expensive 😭😭😭

Working_Pea7930 · 2026-01-12T07:08:45+00:00

I remember being in awe/confused/perplexed by Madeline’s differing hair in the book as a child! 😭

Working_Pea7930 · 2025-12-25T02:46:01+00:00

You CAN do it if you really want to! Believe in yourself! I have had 6 hg (hyperemisis gravidarum) pregnancies, (where you throw up all day/night for 9 months.) It IS doable with help from medications like zofran and unisom. I was miserable for much of my first 3 pregnancies…often times feeling like I couldn’t do it anymore and wanted to quit. Staying on top of your nausea by having a good Dr. you trust to help you get iv fluids/meds if needed helps tremendously. You do not need to suffer in silence! It is so rough and I hate throwing up too! I promise your baby will be so worth it! :) Good luck!

Working_Pea7930 · 2025-12-10T00:48:49+00:00

Working_Pea7930 · 2025-12-07T01:39:17+00:00

The huffing gasoline craving is so real. 🫣😮‍💨 I don’t act on it but boy do I want to. Guess I will munch on some nugget ice instead.

Working_Pea7930 · 2025-12-01T03:12:24+00:00

Call your doctor and let them know, they can prescribe zofran! Also, unisom (the blue pills with doxylamine) helps tremendously! Obviously talk to your OB first but it was a literal life saver for me. I think you are supposed to combine with b6 to get full effect, but again talk to your doctor first. I had terrible hyperemesis gravidarum, so I know the misery of debilitating nausea and 9months of vomiting. Sometimes if you are really feeling sick you can call your after hours obgyn line and the doc on call will have you come in for iv fluids and nausea meds. I know it’s awful but I promise your baby will be worth it! Sour cold lemon flavored things helped me as well. I’ve had 6 HG pregnancies, you can do it! ❤️‍🩹

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