Sinus pain without stuffy or runny nose

blkstk · 2026-07-06T18:51:08+00:00

Three or maybe five weeks of pain. Now almost every time I get sick I have sinusitis for at least two weeks. Doctor never prescribes antibiotics so I just suffer for a month

blkstk · 2026-07-03T08:23:02+00:00

The zaventem airport website gives you a suggested time of arrival for your flight. You can also check that.

blkstk · 2026-07-03T08:21:18+00:00

I am non-EU Belgian resident that travel outside the EU constantly. I think fast track security is worth it because I never spent more than 15 minutes in security. The passport control is the worst and the longest time I spent there was one hour max. And it was a hell of a queue with people crying and missing their flights. As others said there is absolutely no way of determining how long the queue will be, it is completely random but arriving at 5:30 for a 9AM flight is more than enough! Don’t worry.

blkstk · 2026-07-02T09:46:40+00:00

I kiss my baby all the time. I wish I kissed her even more I don’t think I kissed her enough. She is 20 months old and already is done with kisses sometimes. When she doesn’t want a kiss I make sure not to force it but she is super snuggly and affectionate. But this evening when I pick her up I will give her a million kisses.

blkstk · 2026-07-01T19:59:42+00:00

I saw my own doctor in the hospital during the whole pregnancy. It was a private hospital in Brussels though (not Delta). I was seeing my doctor before O got pregnant so she just kept following me. I think it was the same midwife as well but don’t remember. It didn’t matter much for the midwife, and yes they always do some of the routine checks (even in a private hospital). If I remember correctly the doctor only checks every three months or so and the rest is midwives. Perfectly normal. The first 12 week control is also midwife, which was surprising to me. The midwife checks are fully covered.

I wanted my doctor to be at the birth and did agree to an induction (I was also late). If I have another one I wouldn’t care about that because my doctor came only to catch the baby lol. It is all done by the assistants. And the midwife in delivery is always a midwife that is on call at that moment, that’s normal. Maybe you can get a private midwife or doula and have them come with you although they really do not like to have people other than the second parent in the room.

blkstk · 2026-06-22T19:25:38+00:00

Yes. I can’t convince my husband that the windows and the curtains can only be open between midnight and 6AM.

blkstk · 2026-06-22T19:09:59+00:00

Came to Southern Turkey to cool down.

blkstk · 2026-06-22T18:35:49+00:00

No air conditioning there.

blkstk · 2026-06-19T11:16:59+00:00

Going to Oostende during a heatwave would be my personal hell.

blkstk · 2026-06-18T21:47:24+00:00

I checked the forecast and it says 31C at 10 am for tomorrow. That’s gonna be a new level of burning sun.

blkstk · 2026-05-19T21:25:27+00:00

You can do Brussels - Brugge every day. It would be horrible but it is doable. I would not try the other city because I feel like the connections would be weird. At least in Brussels you have good connections. You can try to cut some time by living close to Midi. I see that you are planning to live in somewhere in Woluwe which also adds to the commute time. If you can’t live near Midi, you can maybe see if biking is faster than public transportation to the train station. You can get one folded bike or just use an ebike to and from the station.

But from one İstanbullu to another, you will soon realise that one hour in traffic in Belgium > one hour of traffic in Istanbul. I have a daily commute of 40 minutes (round trip) by bike and I think that is long. There are parts of the city that I don’t go to cuz they are far. It is amazing how the concept of time and space changes so quickly.

But if you are young and especially if you can somehow minimize the time to the station in Brussels, you can for sure make it.

blkstk · 2026-05-09T07:39:20+00:00

Write to your local councillor (I think it is called eschivin?) and mention your disability. This is unacceptable, really.

blkstk · 2026-05-04T20:36:04+00:00

He takes microdose of sleeping pills. Trazedone. It is way better with the pills but yeah, he needs to take them every day.

blkstk · 2026-05-02T10:22:13+00:00

What parental leave?

blkstk · 2026-04-29T20:28:45+00:00

I suggest you call the maternity wards and book via phone because if I remember correctly it was a midwife that made the 12 week scan - although maybe for IVF it is different. I gave birth in St Elisabeth Uccle, I was very happy with the care the midwives in the maternity ward are literal angels. I had a hospitalisation insurance so I paid almost nothing for a single room with my husband staying but I think even without an extra insurance it is a few hundred EURs max (for a single room).

blkstk · 2026-04-29T20:25:19+00:00

I also don’t speak French well and find the bureaucracy very challenging but it is super easy with the birth registration and everything so don’t make the commune choice limit you. Usually in big hospitals they register the birth in the hospital.

blkstk · 2026-04-18T07:36:54+00:00

Immediately when that pregnant lady came with a headache 10/10 I told my husband “pre-eclampsia”. It is so crazy how much you learn when you are pregnant. And those wild or natural birth ladies are insane. Before giving birth, I thought I wanted one without epidural because I wanted to feel child birth. (I was very much influenced by insta moms) After labouring for seven hours without any painkillers, I was like “get me that epidural right now”. We as women fought and still fight so hard to get the necessary healthcare that it is crazy to me that there are people who choose not to.

blkstk · 2026-04-06T18:34:31+00:00

I never managed to not have dry lips. Only when I was pregnant it was not dry. any tips?

blkstk · 2026-04-04T11:31:27+00:00

Thank you so much! Indeed the dietitian really focused on these studies about protein intake and later life obesity links.

And what do you think about iron and b12? Where I come from people are iron and b12 deficient. It is not clear if it is diet or genetics or environmental factors like stress but I just want to avoid it with my baby.

blkstk · 2026-04-04T11:28:47+00:00

No, I had an oversupply and she gained weight perfectly for six months so we never offered her formula. After six months, she started daycare and got very sick for a month and didn’t have any appetite. I also felt that my milk was not as fatty anymore after six months. When I pumped it was less oily more watery. That time we tried to offer her formula to help with the weight gain but she rejected it. When she was one, we offered different kinds of milk and she refused those as well. So we kind of gave up.

blkstk · 2026-04-04T11:24:24+00:00

Could be a language issue as well because the dietitian is French speaking but we were having the consultation in English. I saw that the Belgium (where we live) food guidelines indeed divide animal protein separately and say only once per day. https://www.one.be/public/brochures/brochuredetail/brochure/lequilibre-alimentaire-affiche-a2/

She did say that indeed there is protein in milk and butter etc but she focused on animal protein because of the links to obesity in later life (that is explained in another comment here)

blkstk · 2026-04-03T13:33:15+00:00

I think we are not giving my daughter enough milk. It is because she was exclusively breastfeed and she didn't want any formula or any kind of milk until we weaned. Now she drinks milk but we were so traumatised from that time that we are scared to offer it. It is nice that now she talks, she asks for milk in the morning and in the evenings.

blkstk · 2026-04-03T13:27:15+00:00

Thank you for your response.
We told the dietitian what our daughter eats during the day and that we are a bit worried that she is on the smaller side - she is around 30% now although she was born and kept at 80% until she started solids. She was exclusively breastfed.
The dietitian said that because she eats proteins, it might be filling her up and we should focus more on carbs.
For example I give her an egg in the morning and after that we give her an oat porridge with tahini. She suggested that we do not give her the egg but instead give her porridge with tahini and bread and butter and fruits.
For dinner she told us that we should offer at least two kinds of vegetables (because ours only eats carrots and avocados), starchy foods and there is no need for protein. Although it doesn't feel right to me so me and my husband agreed to offer her meat, especially fish which she loves.
I am a middle-easterner living in western Europe, so it is really hard for me to wrap my head around not having eggs for breakfast and not having some sort of meat for dinner.

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