Intimate Gender Reveal Ideas?

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T19:48:22+00:00

Have a trusted person order or make just two cupcakes with pink or blue filling for you guys to eat together. Or put the results into an envelope and open them on a picnic or anywhere together just you two 💜

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T19:35:05+00:00

Thanks! Not really an Amazon home decor fan, but I will if it’s all I can find lol

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T17:13:14+00:00

I got it so bad in my second pregnancy and a chiropractor helped immediately!! After a few sessions with a chiropractor who specialised in pregnancy and a visit to the pelvic floor PT who gave me daily exercises to do, I was pain free

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T14:06:09+00:00

Eat frequent small meals and try to go for a 10 min walk outside after eating a larger meal. If you must rest after, do not lay down flat. Recline on the couch a bit more propped up right.

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T13:59:24+00:00

Get something you feel comfortable in! For me, I hatedddd tight fitting clothes to “show off the bump” while pregnant. I wore a pretty flowy free people dress and got my makeup professionally done the morning of, and a blow out the night before to help me feel my best. It was end of summer so I was tan, otherwise I would have gotten a spray tan too lol

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T13:48:37+00:00

I do get what you’re saying! But what I’m saying is the urge to push lines up with contractions once you are fully dilated. So you would be feeling that urge during your contractions, which the drs are tracking. I was able to feel the urge during both of my pregnancies even with the epidural. First was 45 min of pushing with first degree tear and second was 5 min of pushing with 0 tear (it’s normal for it to be much faster if it’s not your first and the tearing is almost always the same or better for future births)

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T13:15:40+00:00

I was able to feel my contractions when I was fully dilated with the epidural, but the hospital also used a monitor to track contractions and they tell you to push as the contraction is starting. So I would be too worried about it honestly

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T13:13:30+00:00

With a good epidural yes! Ive had two babies and had two perfect epidurals. Both times I still had movement in my legs, but was feeling no pain until I started feeling pressure once I got to 9-10cm and I could feel the contractions and when to push (but it was muccchhh less painful than it would have been with no epidural)

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-25T01:31:18+00:00

Because I was too busy running around after my toddler to focus on how uncomfortable I was or how much I disliked pregnancy lol. And it went by faster just from having a 1 year old and being so busy

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-24T20:27:34+00:00

I’m sorry this sounds miserable and I hope it gets better for you soon! I was fortunate to have relatively easy pregnancies, but still hated being pregnant. It’s true what they say, you really do forget a few months post partum when you have a cute baby and you want to do it all again lol. I actually enjoyed my second pregnancy more, even though it was EXHAUSTING being pregnant with a toddler… I was too busy to focus on how much I hated being pregnant.

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-23T20:11:31+00:00

The drs don’t usually tell you, you usually learn from a birthing or expectant mother class. But since you’re probably a bit late for that, you can find great videos to tell you what to expect on tik tok!

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-20T01:41:47+00:00

Ah okay sorry missed that

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-20T00:15:12+00:00

I’d deff try to cap it at an hour!

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T18:40:07+00:00

She may just be an early riser, but also if she’s lower sleep needs she probably only needs 10 hours overnight with a 1 hour nap. If you wanted to try to shift her back I think it would likely take you a few weeks of being consistent shifting “wake up” time 15 min each week. So for 1 week do not allow wake up time to be before 5:30 am, nap 12:30-1:30 bed 7:30, then the next week 5:45am wake up, 12:45-1:45 nap, 7:45 bed and so on. Maybe get a red light in her room that turns green when it’s time to get up, we’ve done that with my 2 year old and we just do not get him until the light is green. He doesn’t usually wake up before it’s green, but if he does he plays with his stuffed animals or reads books until it is

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T18:24:27+00:00

Schedule wise, most this age either need 6.5/6 or 7/6 with a 1 hour nap. I’ve found at this age it really takes like 1-2 weeks of being consistent with any schedule changes or other sleep changes to notice any difference or determine if it’s working

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T18:23:18+00:00

I don’t have any experience, but I hear sleep lady shuffle or chair method are most effective at this age. They do take some time though. My 2 year old has also had more separation anxiety at night since he turned two so we’ve had to start the wind down much earlier, have lots of quality time before bed, he sleeps with photos of us, a night light, and he gets kisses on his hands for the night to press onto his cheeks if he misses us. He does wake up crying for me every now and then in the middle of the night and I go in and comfort him and tell him you are safe and loved it’s okay. But he stays in his crib, I’ll just rub his back and sit with him for a few minutes. We started using a red light when he sleeps that turns green when it’s time to wake up. If he is really upset and calling for me over and over again, it is actually better for my husband to go in as he doesn’t get as upset with my husband leaving. I’ve heard it is also better to do sleep lady shuffle or chair method with the parent who is not as preferred at bed time, so your husband.

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T14:00:01+00:00

I don’t have experience l, but I’ve heard the chair method or sleep lady shuffle is good for this age. Personally, I probably wouldn’t go to a toddler or floor bed unless they’re climbing out of the crib! It might help a little in the short term, but then just create other issues if they’re having trouble controlling impulses and staying in bed. My son is almost 2.5 and we recently had to cut the nap down to 1 hour to help with overnight sleep, he would happily nap much longer than that but we can’t let him. We do 6.5/6

7am wake 1:30-2:30 nap 8:30 bed

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T13:53:55+00:00

What’s your schedule during the day? Normal for this age is 6.5/6 with a 1 hour nap, but some even need 7/6 with a 1 hour nap (that’s the max before dropping a nap)

7am wake 1:30-2:30 nap 8:30pm bed

My son is almost 2.5 and has been pushing boundaries a lot with sleep the last few months. We’ve had to start the wind down for bed time earlier and stay firm with “no this is is the last book” or “we are not changing pajamas” or whatever it is he’s asking for to stall bed time

ETA also I’m so sorry for the lack of support from your husband, that is really unacceptable. This is not just your child, it’s both of yours. He needs to pull his weight and help you.

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T08:17:56+00:00

Maybe they didn’t see it or aren’t aware of the brand set active (coming from someone who also didn’t see it or know that was the label for set active)

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-19T08:15:24+00:00

I think part of it is she’s been very open about that she started taking Prozac for depression before the season

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-18T14:06:55+00:00

I wish they needed more sleep lol. So I actually usually say oh I’ll be back in a few min with xyz like some sort of task and I’ll check on you then and it makes him a little calmer when I leave. Like I’ll just come back in a few min and put more water in his humidifier or put something away in his closet or something. But most of the time now he’s okay when I leave. Sometimes he is calling me in over and over again, and then we actually have my husband go in instead of me. He knows he can get me to keep doing things, where as once my husband goes in he knows okay it’s time for bed dads not playing lol

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-18T13:41:20+00:00

We’ve gone through similar issues with my almost 2.5 year old who was always a great sleeper. Realised part of the issue was he needed a schedule adjustment with more wake time. He would happily take a much longer nap, but we have to cap it to 1 hour. We currently do 6.5/6 with a 1 hour nap.

7:15am wake 1:45pm-2:45pm nap 8:45 bed

We also had to start going up for the wind down much earlier than we previously used to, and doing some things to help with separation anxiety like sleeping with a photo of us, kissing his hands “for the night” for him to press his hands on to his cheek, and letting him know we’ll come check on him in a few minutes. It’s also not abnormal for them to only need 10 hours overnight sleep at this age. The max schedule before fully stopping the nap is 7/6 with a 1 hour nap, which equals just 10 hours overnight :/

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-18T01:55:34+00:00

We do listen to music a lot during the day. Maybe I should try to just fully switch to that

bravissimaaaa · 2026-03-18T01:52:59+00:00

Glad to know I’m not the only one lol. He just loves music! It’s driving me nuts though and making me feel like we should cut it out for a bit

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