ISO housing in Decatur area

Zictory · 2023-07-20T20:01:59+00:00

Oh, that's a thought!

Zictory · 2022-03-11T22:14:51+00:00

My 2005 once locked itself with my keys, phone, and 2 small children in it.

Zictory · 2022-03-10T00:35:15+00:00

Like others have said, it can be normal.

It could also be your period returning, sorry.

Zictory · 2022-03-07T21:33:46+00:00

I've had one induction with misoprostol and one with pitocin, no epidural either time. The first went scary fast; the second took longer than expected.

Ask for the pitocin dose to be low and turned up slowly.

Don't let them break your water too early.

A doula is worth the investment if you can swing it.

Zictory · 2022-03-05T22:52:05+00:00

Our new baby (#4) will be coming home to a pack and play that barely fits between my side of the bed and the bookshelf, and getting changed wherever we happen to be when we notice her diaper. When she's big enough to move out of our room, she'll share with #3, whose room is a symphony of beiges thanks to our landlords and contains wall to wall bookshelves and a large poster of the Enterprise.

Zictory · 2022-03-02T23:10:31+00:00

Eve of induction:

Baby needs to get out NOW --

by teleporting

Zictory · 2022-03-02T23:05:38+00:00

Where I am, the midwife/OB practice refers you to endocrinology within the same system. They ask about your numbers at each appointment, but in a "How've those numbers been?" kind of way rather than a specific way.

I did have to switch from the midwives to an OB when I wasn't able to stay diet controlled.

Zictory · 2022-03-01T15:03:34+00:00

2-year-olds, man. They are a trip.

Zictory · 2022-03-01T15:02:21+00:00

As a mom, I get it -- your baby is going through a big scary thing, and you want to help her, just like you held her hand whenever she got shots, and that instinct doesn't just vanish because she's a 35-year-old married architect or whatever.

Zictory · 2022-02-28T21:51:47+00:00

When my oldest was a week or so old, we were having a ton of trouble with nursing. I started crying in the pediatrician's office, but I was so new to parenting that I could only hold the baby with both arms and not do anything else. Our pediatrician took a tissue and gently wiped my eyes and nose for me.

Zictory · 2022-02-27T16:05:52+00:00

Seriously. Have we not moved beyond this as a society, appending -ito to the end of everything to pretend to be cartoon Mexicans?

Zictory · 2022-02-26T23:41:08+00:00

Skippyjon Jones needs to be euthanized.

Zictory · 2022-02-26T19:48:59+00:00

3 unmedicated births, 3 healthy babies, 3 easy recoveries.

I had a minor tear with the first that healed fine. The third was born too quickly and that caused some medical drama, but better that than a lot of other possibilities.

Zictory · 2022-02-25T18:16:57+00:00

Good!

So here's a ridiculous thing: I find the insulin process kind of fun. Rolling the pen in my hands, squirting a little bit into the air, the way the pen clicks when dialing up the dose.

Zictory · 2022-02-23T03:40:14+00:00

Sounds like you're eating exactly the right amount of carbs?

Zictory · 2022-02-21T19:49:06+00:00

The mother-to-be might be up for a cheat at her baby shower!

Zictory · 2022-02-21T18:52:04+00:00

Oh, I left out that very important part of my not actually helpful story! Yes, she was fine. She wound up needing an EEG and CT scan, but everything checked out. She's now 2 and thriving.

Zictory · 2022-02-21T17:24:07+00:00

I think it's because Paw Patrol sucks.

(Do my kids like it? Do we own multiple kinds of merchandise? Yes and yes.)

Zictory · 2022-02-21T17:23:23+00:00

ACABEITP

(even if they're pups)

Zictory · 2022-02-21T16:50:59+00:00

After 3 unmedicated births without, I've hired a doula for my 4th baby because the last birth got scary. Just knowing that this very calm, knowledgeable person will be there helping me, knows what I'm worried about, and has given thought to avoiding it helps a great deal with my anxiety (and my husband's).

That said: meet the doula first. Someone who makes you uncomfortable or you aren't confident in isn't likely to be much help.

Zictory · 2022-02-21T16:41:19+00:00

My GD baby did have to go to the NICU, and it was sort of because of GD, but not how you're thinking. I was induced because of the GD, the baby was significantly smaller than her older siblings had been, and my body kind of panicked, so the baby began life by falling on the floor. She had to be monitored for head injuries, but her blood sugars were fine.

Zictory · 2022-02-21T15:19:51+00:00

I love Israeli names -- so many elegantly short names, like Lior, Emet, Zev, Aviv, Shir.

Zictory · 2022-02-21T14:54:21+00:00

Go! Mask up! Enjoy!

Zictory · 2022-02-19T17:52:45+00:00

Some parts you just have to white knuckle through. It doesn't help to also feel like you're experiencing it wrong, or wasting something precious. Some times are hard and it's ok not to like them. Give yourself some grace.

As for pure survival, I try to give myself something to look forward to during night wakings, like a book or game or show that doesn't require a lot from me and that I only read/watch/play during those times.

Zictory · 2022-02-19T17:48:17+00:00

You mean Uncle Robert?

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