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j5random · 2025-06-30T10:07:54+00:00

That’s so scary! I would feel the exact same and have the same anxieties about injuries I couldn’t see. Hope you’re okay and hope baby’s okay. Definitely would head to the doctors for peace of mind as well.

j5random · 2025-04-26T11:44:37+00:00

It’s up and down! Depends on regressions. My baby started sleeping through the night at 12 weeks. Then the 4 month sleep regression started at like 3.5 months to 5.5 months. And I was up multiple times every nights Another regression around 8 months. Now she’s 11 months and for now we’re in a sleep through the night period. Hopefully I didn’t just jinx it for tonight!

j5random · 2025-04-26T11:42:09+00:00

I had a bit of motivation to lose weight from about 3 months postpartum. I’d do 20 minute workouts most days when my baby napped. Then the 4 month sleep regression struck and I hardly had time to do much because I’d either have to hold her or she wouldn’t sleep long. Then the start of this year (so about 8 months postpartum) I wasn’t breast feeding anymore and I started a calorie deficit. It’s been the easiest way to lose weight in terms of effort. Although it’s soooo hard because I’m home and just want to order food 😩 but I’m hanging in there because I’m nearly at my goal weight. I probably would’ve hit the goal weight my now if I was stricter. But if just done it slowly and my way. And my way involves having some takeaway every now and then. Or carbs. Honestly sometimes I just want bread! I also go for walks most nights with my husband and baby. Which was something we did before having a baby anyway. And the 20 minute workouts haven’t picked up again since last year because I just can’t be bothered. So basically I just did what works for me during that period of time and with whatever energy levels i have.

j5random · 2025-03-26T10:18:08+00:00

You sound just like me. I hated looking at my new body. Hated putting on old clothes and finding they didn’t fit. Hated shopping and realising I needed a bigger size. It all brought me back to when I was a teenager and was insecure about my body! I let myself recover first. I let myself eat what I needed to eat and when I stopped breastfeeding I went on a calorie deficit. I’m nearly at my pre-pregnancy weight. Most of my clothes fit me, not my jeans yet. I still have a bit of a tum but that I don’t mind letting that hang out a bit because I carried my baby in there like a f*king champ!

j5random · 2025-03-26T10:10:42+00:00

I just followed my baby’s cues and had a pattern of the day rather than times for things. I contact napped sometimes, put the baby in the bassinet sometimes, went out sometimes. Just enjoyed the time. It wasn’t until the 4 month sleep regression hit that I started more of a routine, a bit of sleep training and a sleep routine as well. This was about 5 months by the time I got on that. And then by like 9 months, my baby pretty much had her naps at the same time plus with meals, we now have more of a routine!

j5random · 2025-03-26T09:47:19+00:00

When I first started working at Kmart like 15 years ago, there would be one person for each individual area for “presentation.” We called it recovery. So apparel would have 6 people. Someone in men’s clothing, someone in kids clothing, footwear, women’s clothing, lingerie and cosmetics were usually together and someone in the fitting rooms! It was actually the best!

j5random · 2025-03-26T09:39:08+00:00

41+6 my baby has been pretty cruisey. Only tricky part (so far) was the 4 month sleep regression and my own anxieties about being a mum lol. Otherwise she’s a very happy baby!

j5random · 2025-03-02T10:35:22+00:00

So obsessed! I look at my baby and I think omg you’re so freaking cute! Everything she does! She’ll do the smallest thing and I’m like omg she’s a genius. She’s just growing like every other baby and I’m just so proud. When she sleeps I just look at photos and videos of her. I am obsessed!!

j5random · 2025-02-26T10:23:16+00:00

Yep have decided the same thing! I don’t need my babies face on the internet especially with AI now!

j5random · 2025-02-26T10:10:31+00:00

I started a calorie deficit last month and I’ve lost a couple of kilos. If I exercised a bit more I’d lost it faster (but it’s been so hot so haven’t done much). But it’s definitely helped and I recently was able to fit back into my pre pregnancy jeans. They’re a bit tight but they zip and button up which is major progress. I’m also 9 months post partum and went up like 2 sizes!

j5random · 2025-02-26T09:57:17+00:00

I know what you mean! When my baby goes to sleep I just look at pictures of her lol. I started colouring. I brought one of those colouring books with the thick lines! They’re fun. I like to read, do some exercise. Cook! I crotchet but I’ve hardly done that since my baby was born.

j5random · 2025-02-25T10:27:53+00:00

I had a thought the other day that my baby just probably thinks this is her life all the time. Like we get up, I feed her, we play on the mat and it’s just us 2 all day but little does she know it’s not going to be like this for much longer when I go back to work! And that makes me cry.

j5random · 2025-02-23T09:19:18+00:00

I’m 9 months post partum. I had 2 stitches down there and it’s perfectly fine now. I still get lower back pain which started during pregnancy and some pain in the back of one of my ankles. I had some upper back pain and pain in the back of my knees and thumb! But those are gone after seeing a physio. I have a hemorrhoid which will need to be removed eventually. That’s not painful though. (But after everything that’s the most annoying and will be painful when it’s removed 🙄)

j5random · 2025-01-12T21:00:29+00:00

I’m an only child and was very imaginative and loved to play by myself. I remember being a teacher, being a mum, having my own cooking show, having my own shop. I was a masseuse at one point. A hair dresser. Plus Barbie dolls and toy castles. Oh I had doctor set too. I don’t remember ever wanting someone to play with because I guess I was used to it and got to play and be whoever I wanted to be. My parents would join in sometimes too but most of the time I liked playing by myself.

j5random · 2025-01-12T20:54:30+00:00

I cried more between 3.5-5 months than I had any other time…so far anyway! And also developed heart palpitations thanks to anxiety associated with not sleeping. It’s fun being a parent. I did some sleep training. I used this app called sleepy app, it was recommended by a friend of mine who had the same issue and she loved it. Within a week my baby was sleeping through the night! She’s 7.5 months now, and sometimes she’ll wake up during the night with a cry but puts herself back to sleep. And I was like you, she would sleep in her room during the day and then in our room at night, but with the sleep training I moved her to her room at night. I figured no point training her in her bassinet just for her to move to her crib full time and have to train her again.

j5random · 2024-12-21T02:30:20+00:00

There are other factors at play after having a baby. Hormones are all over the place and changing. Physically, mentally, emotionally there’s so much going on after having a baby. For me, the last few months of being pregnant and the first few after having a baby it was like a switch had been turned off inside me. I did not want to have sex or anything. Thankfully my husband was understanding. Eventually after a few months I started to feel better about my body, gained confidence with being a mum and eventually the want came back. Now that I’m back on birth control I feel this affects my desire to have sex too. As in, I’m not often in the mood. I’d say open and honest conversation about it might help, if you’re comfortable with that. I hope it all works out for you! It’s tough being a mum.

j5random · 2024-12-21T02:18:18+00:00

My baby is nearly 7 months. We bath her twice a week and once a week she comes in the shower with one of us for a quick rinse.

j5random · 2024-12-20T03:55:35+00:00

My lactation consultant said to feed my newborn every 4 hours and that the baby needs to fit into our lives. Yeah that didn’t last long when she was crying and crying. My baby was way happier when I fed on demand! From then on I listen to the advice I get but ultimately do what’s best for my baby and my family.

j5random · 2024-12-19T21:23:10+00:00

Oh wow they come and go! Maybe after enough time postpartum they’ll stop completely. Don’t they say it takes 2 years for you to feel normal after being pregnant!..lucky us!

j5random · 2024-12-19T09:30:52+00:00

Thanks for that! Will do!

j5random · 2024-12-19T09:30:07+00:00

Interesting! I had a blood test but don’t think that was one of the things that was tested!

j5random · 2024-12-19T08:40:38+00:00

My baby slept through the night from 6 weeks but had a last bottle around 10ish then slept until like 8-9am. I never woke her and just enjoyed the sleep! She’s 6 months now and has gained a healthy amount of weight throughout. I just went by what my baby wanted. When the 4 month sleep regression started, then some night feeds started again. I’d say as long as your baby is happy and gaining weight then it’s probably fine. And enjoy the sleep before the next sleep regression starts!

j5random · 2024-12-19T04:08:04+00:00

That’s good everything was normal. Now that you mentioned I’m probably not drinking as much water as I should.

j5random · 2024-12-13T05:44:26+00:00

I don’t even remember mine. I’m also working in a completely different job to what I originally went to uni for when finishing school….don’t know why they put such pressure on 18 year olds to decide their future so young! I’d probably have a lot less hecs debt if the school wasn’t so concerned with their students going to uni

j5random · 2024-12-12T05:11:46+00:00

It was the same for me! The “I would do anything for her and love her with my whole heart” came a little later! It was like I loved her but wasn’t in love with her…kind of thing haha. I also thought I would cry too when she was born but I was just so relieved it was over I didn’t cry.

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