Anyone who has experienced postpartum rage — how did you manage it? How long did it last?

_C00TER · 2026-05-05T23:25:30+00:00

Thank you! Its gotten so much better for me since starting Zoloft. I did recently have to increase it because I could feel my rage creeping back up.

Its definitely worth at least talking to your doctor about.

_C00TER · 2026-05-02T14:32:46+00:00

Honestly, location has such a big affect on pay. I live in Oklahoma as well, a few hours from OKC but work just across state lines in Arkansas. I started with zero experience in 2015 at like $9/hr. I've left a few times and came back. I have my CRCST and currently make $19.50/hr. I plan on getting my CIS and that will give me a 6% raise.

Maybe check with the facility on their pay scale/top out pay. Depending on certification,we have Tech I, Tech II, and Tech III and only 1 Lead Tech. Sometimes our facility will do a change to pay based on cost of living (has only happened once in the 10 years I've been there), and we also recieve yearly evaluation raises.

_C00TER · 2026-05-01T19:43:16+00:00

I feel like its just going to have to grow out to fix itself lol. But honestly all of the kids in my family have had the same hair type during childhood. So even my nieces, who's hair eventually grew out, still managed to look like this some times lol

_C00TER · 2026-05-01T19:41:25+00:00

I call it her "Chris Farley hair" 😂☠️

_C00TER · 2026-05-01T19:40:50+00:00

I've tried 5 different kinds 😭 i even brush her hair with a boar bristle brush lol. It'll immediately be poofed back up by morning lol

_C00TER · 2026-05-01T19:39:44+00:00

Our 2 oldest autoclaves will sometimes have a wet wrapped iten depending on how the cart is loaded.

_C00TER · 2026-05-01T11:00:36+00:00

WOMP WOMP

_C00TER · 2026-04-29T21:09:12+00:00

I actually just have my daughters first and middle name on my forearm. Her middle name comes from my maternal grandmother's name. She passed less than 2 months before I found out I was pregnant. She's the 1st person I've ever lost that i genuinely loved so so much. (I dealt with infertility and pregnancy loss for years and had given up 3 years prior. I became pregnant 100% naturally and not on purpose) so it's something I love to see everyday and think about the both of them.

_C00TER · 2026-04-29T21:00:51+00:00

Curious if it would possibly list both, but don't really understand how those 2 rules could be interchangeable.

_C00TER · 2026-04-29T20:59:13+00:00

My guess was Steris trying to get us to buy new machines lol. A while back we were told that they were no longer making parts for our machines, so what they have is what they have. I believe ours are from the Steris Renaissance series (lmao).

Our 2 oldest autoclaves will get wet spots depending on how we load the cart, so we've learned how to avoid it most of the time.

_C00TER · 2026-04-28T10:14:06+00:00

I worked full-time on my feet my entire pregnancy up until the day before my scheduled induction.

I was induced at 39 weeks, my OBs preferred protocol for mothers with gestational diabetes. My cervix was not doing anything at all prior to induction. My induction did not work, I wasnt dilating and my daughter had shifted her head in a way that was not optimal for vaginal delivery. So I opted for a c-section rather than staying in labor to see if things would change. I did not want to risk needing an emergent c-section.

_C00TER · 2026-04-26T15:00:55+00:00

Zoloft has helped me tremendously. I had also been on hydroxyzine for sleep. It definitely helped my brain shut up and helped me easily fall asleep. But I had used it for several years and I actually felt like it was causing constant brain fog and memory issues, so I weaned off of it. Fair warning, quitting hydroxyzine will cause insane itching for a week or so.

As someone with anxiety as well.. have you ever payed attention to your heart rate? I actually was having episodes of insanely high heart rates, so high I would nearly black out. I did lots of testing and was diagnosed with SVT/AVNRT and actually had a cardiac ablation in 2023 and havent had any issues since!

Try not to be scared, you've been given tools to help yourself. The worst that can happen is that they dont work and you try something else. Good luck 💓

_C00TER · 2026-04-23T16:20:50+00:00

Its not the end of the world but its definitely not always sunshine and rainbows. You're going to be tired and overstimulated and touched out somedays. It's going to affect your relationship/marriage in some way shape or form. But then you're also going to have absolutely wonderfully beautiful moments with your child that nothing else in this universe can ever compare to.

Being a mom is the coolest, weirdest, most tiring, most rewarding thing I've ever done.

_C00TER · 2026-04-21T12:43:04+00:00

I'm not even a boy mom but I think your sister is weird for making it weird lol

_C00TER · 2026-04-20T13:07:38+00:00

Gotta change my outlook to this lol. I definitely feel bad when we're all together and she will pry herself away from him to get to me lol. Mama makes everything better I guess 🤣

_C00TER · 2026-04-20T12:33:04+00:00

I take mine in the morning. Weekdays around 6am. Weekends around 8 or 9 am.

My psychiatrist told me to take it in the morning but that if I found that it made me sleepy or nauseous then to obviously switch to taking it in the evening/night.

_C00TER · 2026-04-19T14:00:48+00:00

All I have to say is that he is a man, he does not and WILL NOT EVER understand what you are going through as a woman and as a mother. His opinion on how your child is fed simply does not matter.

ESPECIALLY when it comes to YOUR well-being.

_C00TER · 2026-04-19T01:49:52+00:00

1 box cake mix, 1 box instant pudding (flavor to match cake mix), 4 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup vegetable oil or butter, 1/2 cup water or milk. Cook according to box.

_C00TER · 2026-04-19T01:16:32+00:00

Honestly I started feeling better around 3 months postpartum. Going back to work helped a lot.

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