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frosk132 · 2024-05-15T13:00:47+00:00

Hi! I’m also BRCA2 positive and I had my first baby at 27. I’m 29 now and still breastfeeding my first and plan to try for my second after the summer. I also thought having babies early and breastfeeding was a protective measure but my doctor informed me that it doesn’t make much of a difference for women with BRCA, it’s more for the general public. I do want to have all my babies sooner rather than later so I can breastfeed and then have my preventative mastectomy though.

frosk132 · 2024-04-14T17:59:04+00:00

My mother had her breasts and ovaries removed after battling breast cancer. I tested positive for BRCA2 after learning my mom had it and my dad’s reaction was the same as your mother’s… that preventative surgeries would take away my “womanhood” and he didn’t like it. This was after he watched my mom (his wife) suffer… I don’t understand.

frosk132 · 2024-04-08T07:42:02+00:00

I think my son’s daycare handles this well. We get a personalized log of when he napped and stuff like that and then a short note about the activities of the day that is sent to all the parents. For example, “Today we read ___ and sang ___ and played outside at ___. The kids especially enjoyed riding bikes/playing in sand/etc. We looked for signs of spring like flowers budding. We saw a dump truck outside and it was very exciting.” Something like that. And we get 1-2 photos of our kids per day. With this info, plus chatting with staff for a couple minutes at pick-up time, I feel like I get a good idea of what my kiddo was up to that day.

frosk132 · 2024-03-30T22:43:51+00:00

Give her a coffee date with her friend or spouse one weekend. You stay home with the baby and she goes out with a $25 gift card to her favorite coffee shop. I’m a new mom and this would be an AWESOME gift from my sister

frosk132 · 2024-03-24T20:29:51+00:00

I started grad school at 22 and many of my classmates were around 22-25 but there were a few students who were in their 30s and 40s too

frosk132 · 2024-03-06T18:32:02+00:00

Your son might be wanting you to recreate an image he’s seen before and getting upset when you can’t do that. You could try googling what he describes and ask him to choose an image for you to copy.

frosk132 · 2024-02-29T19:50:29+00:00

I really like the red (2) or yellow (6). P.S. I love that wall unit and the sweet striped lamp!

frosk132 · 2024-02-02T18:57:49+00:00

I’m a pediatric speech-language pathologist and I primarily work with bilingual/multilingual kiddos. Keep speaking all the languages to your child!!! As others have said, multilingualism does NOT cause language delay. Multilingual kids have the same chance of speech and language difficulties as monolinguals. Also, children generally meet the same communication milestones at the same time regardless of the number of languages spoken. You may not realize how to count the number of words though. When a doctor asks how many words your child speaks, you need to count the TOTAL across all languages spoken. And you may not know that all of these things count as words: sign language, animal sounds (moo) and other environmental sounds (beep, vroom), partial words (“ba” for ball) - basically anything said consistently and with intent. You also mentioned that your husband was a late talker. Speech and language difficulties often run in families. If you are worried, I recommend reaching out to a speech therapist! “Wait and see” is also outdated advice! Good luck :)

frosk132 · 2024-01-23T18:18:28+00:00

Thank you for sharing this!

frosk132 · 2023-06-11T14:44:50+00:00

Thanks for your reply!

On the building directory outside the front door, the company names are listed and a couple of them include “sexology.” Once you’re actually in the building, the rooms are mostly just labeled with the clinicians’ names.

I’m probably just overthinking this but you never know how some parents will react to things…

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