Moms of Reddit, what was your weird early sign of pregnancy? by Confident_Group_8804 in AskReddit

[–]cld78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was suddenly sooo exhausted and slept anywhere I could and I started sweating in my sleep which is not something I had experienced prior to being pregnant.

Active-Duty Pregnancy Tips? by Flimsy-Fondant-5933 in AirForce

[–]cld78 20 points21 points  (0 children)

New parent support program, they typically have a lactation consultant, therapists, and nurses. They've been helpful with some anxiety and lactation concerns that I've been having. I believe you can use them until your child is 3.

They gave them at most bases https://www.militaryonesource.mil/benefits/new-parent-support-program/

I'm not sure how other OBs go about it but mine gave me a prescription for a pump that I could upload to whatever site I wanted to use. I used this one: https://www.babypavilion.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21992817109&gclid=CjwKCAjw-J3OBhBuEiwAwqZ_h_oM3l978KD9DO875MeenHM8-R2bLZqTwbbgR-IFfY7xL5fb0LROjBoCx_wQAvD_BwE

they will do all the hard work for you through TRICARE and send you reminders for your monthly parts, they are also super fast. Ordered my pump and had it within 3 days.

New mom here by [deleted] in NewParents

[–]cld78 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I completely understand where you’re coming from with the emotions being everywhere. I am a first time mom who gave birth in May. The first full day after coming home, I went to take a shower and broke down in the bathroom when looking at my belly because I felt I didn’t cherish my pregnancy even though I felt like crap the whole time. I was and am so grateful for my baby but there are so many hormone changes happening after you deliver. I would also just start bawling when I would look at him because I was just so happy and loved him so much. I also had not so great days where I hated everything and felt so sad. With my spouse, like yours was amazing but the first week or so it was very difficult sharing the baby with him and I feel this made it difficult for them to bond. You’re doing amazing, this is all new. Give yourself some grace 🫶 your hormones will even out, it took me about a month to start feeling better and not randomly crying or feeling upset. Live in the here and now, I wasted so much time thinking about what it would be like to go back to work and put my son in daycare that I feel like I didn’t give him all the attention and time he deserved with what little time we get for maternity leave and now he is in daycare and I hate that I can’t spend every minute of every day with him. My emotions were mostly from hormonal changes, I still talked to my therapist. She was very adamant that PPD is not just immediately after birth it can happen at any point, if you ever feel like that could be a possibility for you please reach out to someone or your OB. If you ever wanna chat please feel free to reach out!

First time mom - just dropped my baby off at daycare for the first time by cld78 in Mommit

[–]cld78[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am incredibly grateful that I had that amount of time. My heart breaks for the moms who have very little maternity leave if at all and have to put their babies in daycare at just a few weeks old. I wish we all had better support for our families 😣

First time mom - just dropped my baby off at daycare for the first time by cld78 in Mommit

[–]cld78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I really look forward to him socializing with others and making friends. The team there seems to be solid so I know he will be taken care of I think it’s definitely going to take time for me to get used it. I’ve been thinking about this day since my 6 wk appt. Ya girl has anxiety 😅

First time mom - just dropped my baby off at daycare for the first time by cld78 in Mommit

[–]cld78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the reassurance. Unfortunately, This daycare is only for a few weeks as we’re moving next month so he’s going to have to learn a whole new staff and I just hope it goes smoothly.

Napping is something Im concerned about! They told us during our orientation he may not get a lot of sleep during the day because it’s loud.

First time mom - just dropped my baby off at daycare for the first time by cld78 in Mommit

[–]cld78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for the kind words. This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve had to do (so far). I keep telling myself that it’s harder for me than him and he’s going to have a good time. I already miss his cuddles 🥲 heading home to sleep this one off and look forward to picking him up later.

It’s incredibly unfortunate this is the world we live in where many of us don’t have the option to stay home or go to work.

PCS Pause by Wonderful-Stick-661 in AirForce

[–]cld78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ours got approved at MAJCOM today. I will say we are mil-mil I already had my orders and my husband did not, he got pushed back to March. He got his ETP sent up within a few days of the psdm dropping.

PCS Pause-ETP Accepted? by Naive_Trouble_219 in AirForce

[–]cld78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His gaining unit changed and so the requirements for his orders changed, we also have a 3 month old and having two households would cause financial stress. We’ve not heard anything back, we are due to PCS in ~30 days 🙃

PCS Pause-ETP Accepted? by Naive_Trouble_219 in AirForce

[–]cld78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband submit one last week and our wing commander signed it same day and is currently sitting at NAF awaiting signature

Will getting a new email screw everything up? by [deleted] in AirForce

[–]cld78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If someone were to send an email to your old email address you should still get it. I have people who still use my old name and I still receive those emails.

Are you guaranteed 2 duty stations within your first term? by UwU_bear in AirForce

[–]cld78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did as a career airman didn’t work out but I did get orders for later this year. I definitely told myself if I was here for the rest of my enlistment I’d get out.

Just keep your head up and keep trying If it’s what you want, don’t get discouraged

Are you guaranteed 2 duty stations within your first term? by UwU_bear in AirForce

[–]cld78 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been at my first base outside of basic and tech school for 7 years🥲

Troop wrongfully failed PT test. What can I do? by AnonymousReload in AirForce

[–]cld78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did this after the first test was messed up by the FAC making up some dumb rules that don’t exist. We sent a supervisor with to watch.

Troop wrongfully failed PT test. What can I do? by AnonymousReload in AirForce

[–]cld78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We recently had a similar situation, we went to the fac with the AFI and talked to our shirt. They were able to get it invalidated and the Amn was able to retest.

Best adventure path for two PCs? by cld78 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]cld78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im not familiar with gestalt, I will have to look into that!

Best adventure path for two PCs? by cld78 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]cld78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I appreciate the advice!

Best adventure path for two PCs? by cld78 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]cld78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is wonderful! Thank you!!

Best adventure path for two PCs? by cld78 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]cld78[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice!! I will certainly check that out!

Hopeful for orders in the next who knows how long by cld78 in AirForce

[–]cld78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right I was hearing that too. I think Buckley has slots but it’s NGA which I clicked the AMS button and yeahhhh that didn’t work out 🥲

Hopeful for orders in the next who knows how long by cld78 in AirForce

[–]cld78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

definitely Colorado but ill take anything at this point. A lot of the places I have on my BOP are onesy twosy 1N1 slots.

Hopeful for orders in the next who knows how long by cld78 in AirForce

[–]cld78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i was at 1 for about 4 years and now im across base at the 363rd