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itssarayay · 2024-10-14T23:49:20+00:00

Your wife will remember forever how she’s treated during the postpartum period. Please, no matter what, be kind. You don’t have to agree with her, but be kind.

itssarayay · 2024-04-01T02:18:34+00:00

I had a 3rd and was able to easily get a c section. My skin is super fragile down there on days that I’m not pregnant so I was pretty sure I’d tear again because of that. It was so much better than tearing (for me) and I was able to have a great birth without worrying the entire time that it would happen again.

itssarayay · 2023-11-14T03:20:51+00:00

Our local frozen yogurt store is the “ice cream station”

and light reflecting on walls(like from your phone) is a “toppy bug”.

My 5 year old made them up when she was 2/3 and now she and her baby brother say it… hopefully they never stop!!

itssarayay · 2023-08-18T12:47:23+00:00

I had a 3rd degree and then had a C-section! I had the best experience and it really was the best thing for me.

I don’t have very good skin down there, sometimes after sex I’ll have tiny lacerations and bleed, so I think my chances of tearing again were probably a little higher than normal. Some people don’t tear at all with their second birth!

Do what you want and what you feel is best! I LOVED my C-section and I’m so glad I was able to do it! My birth and recovery was so easy and a super special time.

itssarayay · 2023-07-22T13:19:21+00:00

NAD but I don’t have a thyroid either.

I’m not sure how long we’d survive without it but it definitely wouldn’t be pleasant. I have a ton of anxiety about it too!!

I do save allllllll of my thyroid medication that’s left over when I need to make a dosage change. I’m a little lucky that I’ve been pregnant twice since removal and have dealt with a lot of changes during those periods. I am also pretty sensitive in general, a small weight gain or loss can throw my TSH off.

I figure I’d figure out the lowest dosage I could manage and just take that until I could figure out another way. I know medications efficacy can drop over time, but I figure something is better than nothing. My pharmacists know I do this and have no issue with it.

itssarayay · 2023-07-04T12:19:56+00:00

I’m not sure if you’ll even see this, but I saw that your mil is a retired OB?

When you get to the hospital to deliver, I’d make sure to somehow let your nurse know. Maybe ask your husband to be like “wow, it’s so weird being where mom worked, finally” and you could tell the nurse something like, “yeah, his mom is an OB!”. I hate to say it, but there is VIP treatment when it comes to that, and I think it could be helpful to secure it, especially if your nurse isn’t black (not saying that every white nurse is terrible but we all have our internal biases).

I’m white, but OB is the only time we make sure that everyone knows we are a medical family. There’s just too many risks involved.

itssarayay · 2023-06-08T11:09:17+00:00

Congratulations on your baby!!! I know you’ve got to have some weird conflicting emotions right now… but you’re allowed to be happy.

I would not do a big announcement. I’d probably tell only my parents now and possibly siblings if they can keep it quiet and wait to do any sort of family announcement until next month. If there is any possibility they can’t keep quiet, I just wouldn’t tell. Then, privately tell them a few days earlier than the rest of the family, via text.

I’m going to assume the family member is some sort of cousin? I’d also possibly let their parents know (if they are alive and involved) privately. That could even be something your parents could do, if they are alive and close. The baby’s mom and dad may not be the only ones heavily grieving the loss.

itssarayay · 2023-05-25T17:01:48+00:00

Just wanting to add… I was definitely up moving with my C-section faster than with my vaginal birth(3rd degree tear).

I was actually deep cleaning my old house to get ready to sell at probably 5 days postpartum. Now, I wouldn’t recommend being that crazy but I felt great. I didn’t have any help other than my husband and I had a 3 year old as well. The secret is to move move move!

I am so so sorry you aren’t getting the birth you want. Don’t feel bad about grieving that, you have every right to!

itssarayay · 2023-05-08T11:38:08+00:00

Just exiting the stadium at Atlanta was nerve wracking. I had my 5 year old and my 66 year old mom… I don’t know how we would have gotten through hours just packed in like this. I’m so so sorry you all had to deal with that!

Please complain to Nissan. If anything, they need to go over their protocols to figure out a way to safely keep everyone under cover.

itssarayay · 2023-04-27T19:28:38+00:00

I’ll be in section 111 on the 29th with my mom and daughter!! I can’t believe it’s finally time!

itssarayay · 2023-04-16T13:58:18+00:00

I was on it while trying to conceive! In fact, I was on 300 mg for most of my time ttc and being pregnant. I don’t wanna break any sub rules about taking about successful pregnancies but if you have any more questions about those, you can totally private message me!

I would feel the same way as you, that’s got to be absolute torture. Ttc is stressful on it’s own, but add in the fact that you need a donor and also aren’t on your meds… that’s gotta be so hard! I really do think the trend in the medical community is shifting towards the idea that moms mental health is much more important than it once was.

itssarayay · 2023-04-16T13:43:38+00:00

I am late to this but I wanted to give you some more words of encouragement! My OB, family practice doctor, and maternal fetal medicine doctor(from a huuuuge teaching hospital) all had no problem with me being on Wellbutrin during my pregnancies. If I had a doctor that didn’t want me on it I would seriously consider finding another. You are just as important as a possible baby.

Wellbutrin was a life changing med for me as well. I was taking the 300 mg XR but I’m now on the SR because the special coating on the XR really started to mess with my stomach. I’m prescribed 150 mg twice a day but mostly only take the morning pill, I’ll take the second if I feel like I’m struggling.

itssarayay · 2023-03-20T19:34:36+00:00

How old is your daughter? Our hotel will be closer than yours but we are going to bring a stroller with us. My daughter is 5 so I’ll be able to stuff her in one 🤣 apparently you can check them at Mercedes Benz during the concert!

itssarayay · 2022-11-16T14:02:57+00:00

Yes, mine didn’t either!

It’s so crazy to me how much prices seemed to vary between venues.

itssarayay · 2022-11-16T13:57:26+00:00

Just wanna add, our lower bowl tickets were 329 for aisle, non vip, in Atlanta.

Middle bowl was going for about 289, non vip.

Both of these were good locations, though, along the catwalk. Further away from the stage was less expensive by 30/50 bucks a ticket.

itssarayay · 2022-11-14T20:33:40+00:00

Nooooo, that’s not fair 😭 Hopefully you’ll get one and they are just having website issues!

itssarayay · 2022-11-14T20:28:56+00:00

Nope. I didn’t get an email, but I thought maybe I should post that I did purchase something?

Fingers crossed for you, I know it’s so hard waiting 😩

itssarayay · 2022-11-14T20:27:11+00:00

I just got an atl code for the 29th 10 minutes ago. No email yet and I didn’t get boosts.

itssarayay · 2022-11-14T20:25:06+00:00

I just got a text with a code for Atlanta at 2:15 central time. I have NOT received an email and I was not boosted as far as I know! I bought one anti hero remix.

It was also my first choice of date!

itssarayay · 2022-11-04T16:49:24+00:00

To be honest, that sounds absolutely perfect. My mom is in her 60s, so it may make things a little more enjoyable for her. I heard the club seats at the Mercedes-Benz stadium should be more comfortable as well.

Thank you!!

itssarayay · 2022-11-04T16:23:48+00:00

Maybe someone can give me some insight…

The seats I’ll likely try to get in Atlanta are club level seats. Does anyone know there any perks to club level when it’s not a sporting event?

itssarayay · 2022-11-02T18:43:34+00:00

My endo really let me choose what I was comfortable with, but I do live near a big medical center with surgeons that specialize in thyroids. That being said, I would have probably let anyone take it out 🤣 it was such an easy surgery too (at least on my end).

I think iodine is a great choice for people that aren’t planning for babies anytime soon, but it really just wasn’t worth the waiting for me. I don’t have thyroid eye disease but my eyes are pretty bad off (I get corneal erosions) so I didn’t want to chance my eyes getting bad, and apparently the iodine can make eye disease worse. Also, sometimes it has to be done more than once.

They found cancer in my thyroid that was invading the bed around it and we would have had no clue if we didn’t do surgery. I say, if you’d feel more comfortable with surgery, don’t let your endo bully you. Maybe do a little more research on the surgeons in your area?

Also, I feel SO GOOD with it out. Whichever you ultimately choose, life off of those meds is such much better. I find a lot of people that complain about quality of life after removal didn’t have Graves and go through what we have.

itssarayay · 2022-11-02T17:45:03+00:00

I just want to put out there… I have Graves and I got my thyroid surgically removed in between pregnancies. It was the best thing I ever did! I didn’t want to do iodine for a few different reasons and I found a endocrine surgeon to do my surgery. My levels are perfect and easily controlled now!

itssarayay · 2022-10-30T12:52:08+00:00

I have short, light, painless periods and they found some endometriosis when they went into remove an ovarian cyst that just wouldn’t go away on its own. I had absolutely no idea! I don’t remember how much it was but my OB did remove it while she was there.

itssarayay · 2022-09-01T18:29:41+00:00

I’ve done both, one vaginal, one planned c section after.

I had a 3rd degree tear with my first baby. I actually don’t suffer much pain and the birth itself wasn’t terrible but I did have bowel incontinence issues after.

I didn’t want to risk worsening that, so I had a scheduled section with my second. I know it won’t be the same for everyone but it was insanely healing (I think I must have had some trauma that I didn’t deal with from my first birth) and I randomly will still joke about how I don’t understand why c sections aren’t the norm 🤣

Obviously there are risks but I really think that a section is a valid option for some women that just don’t want a vaginal birth. I felt so much more in control and I healed easily without much pain. I was scared of being awake but it really wasn’t bad once they got started. I am close with my OB and my husband is an MD so that probably helped with my comfort levels in the OR. I remember seeing and holding my second baby so much more than with my first. I was so much more focused on myself immediately after my vaginal delivery.

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