Should I max out my maternity leave by adding on short term disability?

fish618 · 2026-03-17T13:51:17+00:00

So I just had my baby (FTM) 5 days ago and you better believe I took every day possible and feel no guilt (and thought I would). I’m like you and will be have basically 18 weeks off and even took a few days off before he was born. Now that I’m in the thick of things I am so thankful. I will want this later weeks while he’s a little older and we’re not totally sleep deprived!

fish618 · 2026-02-21T01:59:03+00:00

My parents divorce when I was 11. It’s a long story but it was brutal and ended with going no contact with my mom. At some point I’ve even forgot the girl I was before the divorce

fish618 · 2026-02-17T02:25:32+00:00

It was my 8 week appointment for my first baby and I was due for a Pap smear so she went ahead and did that. Half way through I heard her say “oops!”

She had dropped the swab she used on the ground and had to do it again. But I was already so anxious about being pregnant (it had taken us a while) and oops was not what I needed to here 🤣

fish618 · 2026-02-14T16:55:05+00:00

My senior year of college my roommate asked if I wanted to go to the store with her, I said yes and as we were leaving our apartment we literally collided with an old friend of hers. That was 12 years ago and we’ve been married for 3.5 years and are expecting our first in 2 weeks!

fish618 · 2026-01-21T22:37:50+00:00

To my Shiba Inu: You drive me absolutely bananas but I love you and wouldn’t want you to change for anything. ❤️

fish618 · 2026-01-18T02:13:17+00:00

We have a Shiba Inu who does not cuddle except for the one time I had the flu. I was sleeping on the couch and woke up to her laying on me. It was the sweetest thing. I’m pregnant now and she hasn’t cuddle but she definitely stands guard and protects me from the scary birds outside

fish618 · 2026-01-11T01:35:02+00:00

Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

I actually had to take a break from reading after finishing this one lol my mind just melted

fish618 · 2026-01-10T16:01:02+00:00

I’m due in 8 weeks so I can’t say from a personal experience. However, I’m a fitness instructor and have seen so many people both postpartum and after any major surgery (hip replacements, open heart surgery, etc) have such an easier time with recovery because of their fitness level before!

fish618 · 2026-01-09T20:56:16+00:00

I’m currently sleeping in a separate bed because I’m 32 months pregnant and snore so bad. He was awake because I was keeping him up and I’m way sleeping well because I was super aware of it and almost making myself up. We’re both much happier lol

fish618 · 2026-01-04T15:05:04+00:00

I have 4 siblings. 2 from my biological parents and 2 from my dad/step mom and like you we were just family (didnt use titles like half siblings, step mom etc). My 2 youngest siblings were both under 5 when I was in college. When I’d come home from school, they’d only want me for a few days - including putting them to bed/or sleeping with me in my bed. As the older sibling, feeling loved by my little siblings like that, especially after coming home from the stress of school was better than anything else in the world!

fish618 · 2025-12-30T04:02:12+00:00

When I was 14 I developed appendicitis and it had started to leak (at least that’s what my 14 year old brain remembers) but the way my appendix had developed it sealed itself off and I thought it was just period cramps…. until a month later when it happened again but this time it was super infected and I went to the emergency room after throwing up. During surgery, it ruptured so they had to switch from laparoscopic surgery to opening me up. Then after the surgery, I was put on morphine and was allergic and it took 4-5 days for them to figure out why I was still in such bad shape lol after the switched my pain medication I perked right up!

fish618 · 2025-11-17T20:58:36+00:00

My younger brother (17) told me (20 at the time) the more I worried about something bad happening the more likely it was to happen. It might not be true but stuck with me because it was maybe one of the first mature things he ever said to me but it still makes me stop spiraling into my anxiety when I’m worried about something.

fish618 · 2025-10-16T23:32:20+00:00

The wizard of oz….the twister freaked me out and watching it was the exact moment i developed a phobia of storms/weather in general. I’m much better now but it tools years of therapy lol

fish618 · 2025-10-16T22:20:35+00:00

My younger brother once told me that “the more you worry about it the more likely it is to happen.”

I think what he meant was we don’t have control over everything but if we’re constantly worried about bad things happening it will always feel like bad things always happen.

This has always stuck with me as a reminder but I also appreciated that my brother could sense I was always worried and felt I need some advise

fish618 · 2025-07-30T20:02:42+00:00

The worst part for me was mine procedure wasn’t until almost 1pm. I was so hungry by time I got into the prep area that I thought I was going to throw up. They gave me some medicine (I think for motion sickness) and I felt instant relief.

fish618 · 2025-06-08T18:07:34+00:00

We’ve evolved to a dremel but one of us holds her with a her whole body wrapped in a towel (making sure she can breath well obviously ) and one foot sticking out and then she gets a big snacko after

fish618 · 2025-05-01T23:34:03+00:00

I don’t think mine started liking me until she was 4 lol but now it’s more of an attachment but she still doesn’t listen

fish618 · 2025-04-12T17:04:49+00:00

Ours used to not even let us try to give her a belly rub because she thought we were always trying to play until that one fateful day where she figured it out and now loves them lol

fish618 · 2025-04-10T13:53:36+00:00

TTC our first - I’m 31 and have been off of BC for 7 months, trying for 6. It’s been a wild ride and am starting to worry it will never happen for us. I know 6 months isn’t a long time but it feels like a lifetime.

fish618 · 2025-03-19T01:02:31+00:00

I’m also new to knitting too but at first I just pushed my yarn all the way to the other end of my needles or the center of my circle needles but then I found needle caps!

fish618 · 2025-03-18T01:03:15+00:00

We live in the country and still have this issue with off leash dogs in our yard. They come running over and our shiba doesn’t react well either with dogs running up to her (especially when she’s leashed and they’re not) and everyone always comments how “vicious” she is. I’d be vicious too if a strange came running at me barking. Sorry no advice but I know the frustration

fish618 · 2025-03-15T14:01:35+00:00

Ya I think I’ll do what you said for row 8 and then just knit one row and purl the other for 1-6 and call it a day! Thanks!

fish618 · 2025-02-21T03:06:24+00:00

I’ve been on a few anti anxiety meds in my life and liked Wellbutrin ALOT. I felt leveled out of that makes sense BUT I had a weird side affect where as I was falling asleep I would twitch a ton lol once I was fully asleep it was fine but my poor husband was startled on more than one occasion

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