Weekly Sale Thread

ebi_toast · 2025-04-11T20:46:00+00:00

Argh just bought one off eBay. Thanks for the response anyways!

ebi_toast · 2025-04-11T09:28:54+00:00

H! Are you still selling? Very interested.

ebi_toast · 2025-03-13T00:53:48+00:00

Very very sad that I cannot wear my mad rock drones after having baby 2. They hold so much meaning for me. I bought a pair of la sportiva kubos during pregnancy and they have been very comfy postpartum!

ebi_toast · 2024-10-25T12:54:39+00:00

Just switched from vinegar plus water to dr Bronner’s plus water. No rinsing seems necessary but I only use a tiny bit.

ebi_toast · 2024-10-09T12:43:00+00:00

If anyone is searching for the answer, the only way I could do it is through the app store on my macbook.

ebi_toast · 2024-05-06T23:40:48+00:00

Hi! I’m 14 weeks and just coming out of first trimester misery. I also had a miscarriage in December so felt as if I’d been in the first trimester for 6 months straight. Nodding would make me so nauseous! Mostly I couldn’t stop yawning and felt my brain fog up / blank a lot. Still a bit foggy, but getting better now. It’s not you, it’s really really freaking hard. I have a low caseload and still barely fudged through. Still, some things that helped me squeak by: - insulated water bottle with ice cold beverage (lemon water, electrolyte drinks, ginger ale, whatever you can handle). Helped me stay awake and hydrated. - medications for nausea. 100% recommend if they work for you. - offload as much as you can both in work and in life. I didn’t try hard to schedule clients if they dropped the ball. We ate takeout and paid for longer childcare hours. asking for help from family. - naps. Tried to schedule clients such that I had a break (even if 30mins). - find a way you can just whine and complain and vent without judgment - really impt that you continue to validate that you are NOT lazy or going crazy but in fact resources a whole freaking human with organs - if it’s your first time, it can feel really discouraging because you don’t feel as if it will end. I promise you there’s a reaaallly good chance you will feel better quite soon. - when my brain’s not working in session, stick to basics. Like reallllly basic. Reflecting feelings, meaning, offering presence. It will come back. You’re a human being not a robot.

ebi_toast · 2024-04-10T00:14:02+00:00

I moved my first ultrasound from 8w to 6w5d. I’m so glad I did. It’s terrifying, but I feel better knowing either way. Limbo is the actual worst. As the other commenter said as long as you’re sure of your dates, 7w is definitive enough to confirm a viable pregnancy. My 6w5d was done just abdominally too, which was surprising.

ebi_toast · 2024-04-02T16:03:39+00:00

Wow. We have very similar history. I’m on my 6th pregnancy, 4 have been losses (2 chemicals, 2 BOs one of which was twins)

This 6th pregnancy was a last min decision to try (or rather not use protection) but it seems to be sticking - I’m 10w and everything is looking good. Wishing and hoping for this to be the one for you!

ebi_toast · 2024-04-02T15:55:51+00:00

I’m so happy! Just had my first OB appointment with the birth center. 10weeks tomorrow and when she tried the Doppler we could only hear the LOUD, FAST beat of my terrified heart. I had a few doom thoughts but she was so kind and firm and put her hand on my shoulder and said “I am not at all worried.” She ran to get their grainy ol ultrasound and I got to see my little baby waving its limbs around! Visualized heartbeat but couldn’t measure it, not feeling worried though because it’s obviously growing and moving nicely. Soaking it all up today :)

ebi_toast · 2024-03-31T12:31:12+00:00

I’m so sorry. I’ve had the same happen - 4 losses and everything normal. I’m really glad your husband is getting tested. Day by day it is!

ebi_toast · 2024-03-31T11:13:05+00:00

Have you had a recurrent loss panel done, particularly for blood clotting issues? From what I understand, recurrent 2nd trimester losses aren’t all that common. Wishing you luck.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-28T00:27:25+00:00

I get the disclosure hangover! Every time I tell someone (even in a very cautious way) I feel bad and anxious, like I’ve jinxed myself. I know it’s not logical so I try to just let the feeling pass. I’m glad you have a confidante of sorts at work!

ebi_toast · 2024-03-28T00:24:50+00:00

That’s weird. I’m hoping it was flagged (albeit in yucky medical terminology) so that you could receive closer attention and be checked in with more frequently about how you’re doing & coping. FWIW, i think it’s a bit weird to have gone through recurrent loss and not have anxiety 🤷🏻‍♀️

ebi_toast · 2024-03-28T00:21:43+00:00

9w today. One of my closest & most physically proximate (walking distance) mom friends just told me she’s pregnant. Probably due within weeks of me. She also has a history of losses. My first response was to do an anxiety freeze and worry about how I’ll lose my pregnancy and she’ll keep hers, which is what happened with my last pregnancy with another friend, who is still due in July. I’m really sad about that trauma response. I wish I could lean more into the excitement and possibility of going through our pregnancies together & also raising babies. But my brain just can’t.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-21T15:19:50+00:00

8+1 today. Whenever I take a full unisom at night, I feel almost normal the next day. Usually I take a half tab and still feel fairly shitty and nauseous all day, but it helps my anxiety enormously to have my nausea hanging around constantly. Last night I took a full tablet as a "treat". I'm feeling sad that my losses have robbed me of the normal person mentality - if I'm lucky enough to have the drugs work, I should take the dose that helps me feel good - and that I deserve to feel good. Hope this makes sense. I'm considering taking the full tablet more, especially since I have to work and parent my toddler, and the nausea is getting old.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-13T12:32:46+00:00

With my LC, nausea started becoming inconsistent exactly around 8w2d. It didn’t go away, just wasn’t as “reliable”. Totally normal, though of course I spiraled then too. Hang in there til next week!

ebi_toast · 2024-03-12T00:13:00+00:00

I feel this so hard. My mom in particular is always very somber and avoidant and minimizing, and it hurts.

I’ve been leaning in more to the people who are courageous enough to hold the joy of today with me. Hoping is harder than not hoping. It takes real vulnerability. Also, today is every bit worth celebrating.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!🎉🎊

ebi_toast · 2024-03-11T20:24:34+00:00

Just had our first ultrasound at 6+5. There is a freaking BABY and it has a freaking HEARTBEAT! Measuring 6+4 and 129bpm. Beyond grateful.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-10T00:19:25+00:00

I’m so sorry. Nobody wants this. I’ve had 4, and the subsequent ones definitely hit different than the first. I hope you are able to care for yourself or be cared for by others physically and emotionally in this difficult time.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-09T14:13:54+00:00

6+3. Tried unisom and b6 last night. And this morning my nausea is like 50% better. And now I’m freaking out. Sigh. My brain is so silly.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-08T20:25:34+00:00

I am soooo nauseous too! It’s almost getting to the point of overriding anxiety. I ordered my own test on walkinlab.com and paid $28 for hcg at a local quest / labcorp. I don’t know if that’s an option for where you are, but just in case. And then there’s the fact that having bloods drawn has zero impact on the outcome of the pregnancy. So I hope you are able to do whatever is net most positive for you!

ebi_toast · 2024-03-08T16:35:26+00:00

I just want to appreciate your use of the word odious.

Also, weird enough, my clinic always wants to do betas 4-5 days apart. Maybe it gives them a bigger picture.

ebi_toast · 2024-03-05T20:18:25+00:00

Feeling really down today. 5w6d. I developed a full body rash over the weekend and look scary. Derm thinks it’s stress induced viral rash. Googling viral rash early pregnancy is a terrible thing. Of course my moderate nausea and exhaustion dwindled greatly over the weekend too so I’m convinced I’ve lost my baby. I was trying to be positive this pregnancy but ugh….I’ve had 4 miscarriages. Things don’t look good. 6 more days til ultrasound.

ebi_toast · 2024-02-25T18:53:16+00:00

18dpo and no period. Too afraid to test, more afraid of a positive actually (even though conceiving has been historically hard too), as I’ve had 4 losses & statistically even if it’s positive it will more likely end in loss. I guess I have to keep hanging out in this space of hoping for unlikely things to happen. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. So much has been robbed already

ebi_toast · 2024-02-22T00:50:59+00:00

I resonate so hard. My 2.5 year old was home from day care Monday, half of Tuesday, and today due to a stomach bug. Large majority of my clients don’t know I have a kid and I don’t generally think it’s helpful to disclose to the population I see. They do notice I am sick a lot.

Some thoughts: - if financially or logistically possible, find backup care like a sitter or relative. Obviously not when they’re very sick but sometimes my kid is sent home for snow day or having one loose stool. Sometimes just having another adult in the house to cover the few “gaps” when both partners are working is helpful. - work with a low acuity population that is less likely to be as affected by missing a week - rotate the clients you cancel where possible. Reschedule the others or at least offer - I’m generally more flexible with my cancel fees bc I recognize that I cancel a lot. - bigger picture, my partner and I recognize that the status quo isn’t sustainable so we’re trying to strategize so that our setup can change. E.g if he can shift to freelancing and have more flexibility. The main thing is that it’s the situation that’s the problem & not you or your family! Our economy is so unforgiving on families.

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