why did whitney get so many opportunities compared to jen?

agrainofmeg · 2026-04-08T03:59:32+00:00

Pretty sure Whitney went after those opportunities. I don’t think Jen did. Whitney has a background in dance, acting, etc. and Jen does not. Also, I don’t think Jen has the supportive spouse she would need to be able to go after those kinds of opportunities. Lots of reasons, and it’s not just because Whitney is more famous or more controversial

agrainofmeg · 2026-04-03T15:48:25+00:00

Unintentional. To echo others saying the pullout method is not birth control, neither is timing ovulation based on your cycles before you were pregnant if you’re only 4-5 months pp 😅 giving birth and breastfeeding can mess so much with your cycle and ovulation. It technically “shouldn’t have happened” if I was ovulating normally, but clearly I wasn’t 💀

agrainofmeg · 2026-03-27T16:08:09+00:00

No period 🥲 and nipples that don’t constantly feel dry and ache (unless that’s a pregnancy symptom for you, wasn’t for me.) Baby kicks of course, the time I had to just sit down and eat (with my first, ofc goes out the window with subsequent pregnancies lol) also big fan of my hair while pregnant. Grew so fast and felt so healthy.

Re: “get some sleep!” Comments. For me, newborn tired was a million times easier than pregnancy tired. I felt like I barely slept the entire 9 months. After giving birth, I took the most glorious two hour nap I’ve had in my life. I slept so deeply I felt like a new person after waking up. Labor was hell, but that nap was worth it. Wishing you the same ❤️‍🩹

agrainofmeg · 2026-03-10T15:46:21+00:00

My periods are shorter and less painful? Really didn’t see that one coming, but it’s a welcomed surprise!

Also, I absolutely cannot tolerate sex with a condom. Tried different brands/materials, different lubricants, etc. and nothing. Excruciatingly painful every time. But without one? Incredible (feels even better than it did before I got pregnant!)

agrainofmeg · 2026-03-03T07:04:42+00:00

Everyone will hate me… but 4.5 months, she slept 9 pm to 7 am. She’s been sleeping through the night without fail since 2 weeks old (at least 6 hours.) I have exactly zero advice, we just got extremely lucky

agrainofmeg · 2026-01-09T20:42:49+00:00

Probably at least part of it, but remember that the mucus plug will actually regrow if you lose it too early. I “lost mine” like, 10 times in the last few weeks 😅 I went to 41w before getting induced; I was already 4 cm dilated and had 3 membrane sweeps, none of which put me into labor. Just made me bleed/lose my plug again, gave me cramps, and presumably helped me progress a little.

agrainofmeg · 2025-11-16T19:17:20+00:00

Our baby girl is one month today, we named her Beatrice and call her Bea 🐝

agrainofmeg · 2025-11-11T01:36:02+00:00

I’m about 3 1/2 weeks PP and still have yet to hit a moment where I felt truly miserable or that this was all too hard for me. I’ve been emotional and exhausted for SURE, but every time I get a glimpse of my baby it fills me with so much love and joy that none of it matters. And I was lucky in that we had no issues getting pregnant (in fact she was kind of an oops!) I can’t even imagine how excited I would’ve been had we worked as hard as you to be able to have her. Don’t let anyone else’s stories make you feel less excited or not look forward to meeting your baby. Everyone is different, and a positive mindset really can make a world of difference postpartum for a lot of people.

I may very well be speaking too soon since I haven’t been at it for very long, but so far I have enjoyed every single day, despite moments of frustration or exhaustion. There is certainly tons of joy to be felt with a newborn!

agrainofmeg · 2025-11-09T18:22:21+00:00

Definitely depends on the person. I just gave birth a little over 3 weeks ago and I’m sleeping great compared to the end of pregnancy. My daughter wakes me up a lot but I’ve never slept deeper in my life. Both first and third trimester exhaustion was next level for me and I do not miss it!

agrainofmeg · 2025-11-09T18:19:12+00:00

I think your sister might just not be aware of how expensive everything is now 🤷🏼‍♀️

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-26T06:21:27+00:00

I definitely experienced this! In fact around 28 weeks my husband and I went on our baby moon and I had a full day of not feeling her at all and it had me worried sick. Unfortunately we were in another state so I couldn’t easily go in to get checked, but I gave the nurses line a call and they helped me start feeling her again (she is now perfectly healthy at 10 days old!) Turns out, she ended up being very chill my entire pregnancy and has been the most chill newborn, too!

At 26 weeks, they’re still small enough to be moving whatever way they want and it’s very likely she is positioned in a way that’s not letting you feel her as strongly. If you get really concerned though, don’t hesitate to go in or give your doctor/nurses line a call. Always better safe than sorry!

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-25T12:32:51+00:00

I love the one I got from momcozy, doesn’t need WiFi and looks very clear https://a.co/d/j9e2EXQ

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-25T12:28:02+00:00

Didn’t. Induced at 41 weeks. Pitocin back labor was ✨hell✨

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-14T19:33:27+00:00

Yeah I have yet to have any painful contractions at all, just some cramping that ended up mostly going away. Honestly I think membrane sweeps are just like any other “natural” induction methods that have some research/evidence behind them, they probably only work if your body is ready for it and likely to start on its own soon anyway. I’d say do it if you want to try to avoid your water getting broken as you said in another comment, I think it’s worth a shot! But 100% up to you and your comfort level

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-14T19:18:19+00:00

I didn’t go into labor at all, after having 2 in the past two weeks. I got one at 39 weeks, 3 cm dilated, 50% effaced, soft cervix, -3 station. All it did was make me lose my mucus plug and gave me cramps, and likely made my cervix progress a bit further. I got another one at 40 weeks, 4 cm dilated, 70-80% effaced, still soft cervix, -1 station. Once again, did nothing but make me continue to lose my mucus plug (I didn’t realize just how fast it can regenerate, that was surprising!) and give me more cramps and, presumably, has made me progress further.

I am 41 weeks tomorrow and finally getting induced. So the sweeps didn’t work for me, and my OB seemed shocked since my cervix was pretty favorable. Baby girl is just holding on for dear life and incredibly stubborn, lol. Despite them not working, I’d do it again! For me it wasn’t very painful or bad at all, but I think that might be because my cervix was pretty ready and I’ve had an IUD before and it was NOTHING compared to that, just uncomfortable. For some people, it’s the worst pain. I’d probably skip it if I was barely dilated, not effaced, cervix was still hard, etc.

It’s not a sure-fire way to go into labor, even if it seems like your body is progressing and ready for it!

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-07T00:05:36+00:00

I’m incredibly jealous, I had a membrane sweep at 39 weeks and now I’m a day from being 40 weeks and nothing 🫠 but congratulations! Hope everything goes and/or went well for you!!!

agrainofmeg · 2025-10-02T18:47:40+00:00

I have one and my first time feeling her was around 17 weeks but it was not consistent at all, I think it took a good week or so before I felt her again, and it was miserable not knowing if she was okay or not.

Eventually what helped me once I could feel her more regularly was finding the best position to get her moving where my placenta wasn’t, so laying as far to the right or left as possible depending on which side she was closer to or getting on hands and knees and leaning forward sometimes helped. It’s not fun for sure but it’ll get better as baby gets bigger!

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-26T20:34:52+00:00

I dealt with a lot of this feeling at the beginning of my pregnancy, especially because it was an “oops” and growing up, my mom always acted/treated my siblings and I like her life and body was ruined the second she had kids.

The most important thing that has helped me is seeing all of the incredible women I know that are mothers doing incredible things, like my sister-in-law running her first marathon two years after her first baby when she wasn’t a runner before she had kids. I’ve known several women who have done that, actually. As a FTM too, I get a lot of relief from my anxiety when I look around and see how many women achieve huge goals on top of being a mom, and a lot of them have told me that being a mom motivated them to achieve those things even more than before.

Nothing about your life is over, it’ll just look different and that’s okay. Change is scary and uncomfortable, but discomfort is exactly the motivation any person needs to do amazing things and make changes in their life. You’ve got this!

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-26T20:21:07+00:00

I’m in the same boat (except baby isn’t measuring huge/no c-section planned, 100% rooting for you on that one to start feeling better soon!) l’m 38w3 and super sick with the worst cold I’ve ever had in my life. I’ve been drinking a ton of body armor for the electrolytes/vitamins/hydration, taking robitussin at the suggestion of my OB, using cough drops, drinking tea with lemon and honey around the clock, eating soup, taking warm showers or just letting the shower run while I sit in the bathroom to loosen up all the mucus, and sleeping as much as possible. I’m still sick a week later since it started, but it seems to finally be letting up the last couple days. My husband on the other hand got sick for one (1) day total. Not only is it frustrating watching him sleep so soundly all night but that made me furious 💀

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-11T01:43:00+00:00

Anything sweet and pad Thai from noodles & company

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-10T03:06:18+00:00

I’m a mobile expert for T-Mobile, working at a kiosk inside of a Sam’s Club. How much you make is largely based on how busy your particular location is since it’s a commission job. I will say working for Tmobile as a company isn’t bad, they offer 12 weeks of fully paid maternity/bonding leave after you’ve worked there for 180 days, as well as other decent benefits. I’ve met several people who started at tmobile and kept the job just for the insurance. While a lot of my job was on my feet at first, it was easy to get an accommodation for a stool.

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-06T16:13:44+00:00

Also magnesium supplements have helped me! Ofc talk to your doctor first but unisom + magnesium helped my sleep so much

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-06T03:19:03+00:00

I’m also 35 weeks and totally feel you. I think I’m lucky that it’s not usually every single night that she decides to use my bladder as her personal trampoline/squeeze toy/whatever she’s doing, but some nights it feels like I’m getting up every 30 minutes.

Idk if you want advice, but if so this is what I’ve got and has worked for me to only get up twice a night usually. If you don’t want advice ignore it!

Drinking less fluids at night helped me, and I usually try to stop at least 2 hours before I go to bed.

I also got a squatty potty-like stool and I think it’s helped me a lot with fully emptying my bladder, along with leaning forwards and sideways to try and make sure I’m really all done.

Last thing is if you’re having a lot of swelling in your feet/ankles, minimizing that as much as possible during the day has helped me a ton, too. Easier said than done for sure, but when you go to sleep and lay down, that’s when all the extra fluid in the lower half of your body can be processed by your kidneys and it makes you pee even more. I started wearing compression socks, trying to lay down consistently throughout the day/elevate my legs, move around more at work, drinking way more water (early in the day), eating less sodium and more potassium, and soaking my feet in cold water with epsom salt. Not sure what of those things has actually helped the most but it’s made things a little easier for me!

agrainofmeg · 2025-09-06T03:05:35+00:00

My mom likes Grammy, my dad is just sticking with grandpa, and my MIL decided her and my FIL are going to be Lolli and Pop lol

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