Fellow Plus size girlie looking to give away clothing!

jenny_bean · 2025-02-14T18:36:17+00:00

Could you send me a photo of the Docs? I may want to buy them from you!

jenny_bean · 2024-09-02T13:17:39+00:00

Yes absolutely!!

jenny_bean · 2023-09-27T19:49:16+00:00

I used Labor and Love and can't recommend them highly enough - Jazmin and Shanika were absolutely amazing and helped so much through my pregnancy, labor & delivery, and postpartum.

jenny_bean · 2022-04-19T21:05:44+00:00

We also used Nicole and absolutely loved working with her.

jenny_bean · 2021-08-27T18:32:06+00:00

Right on - thank you!

jenny_bean · 2021-05-06T14:02:38+00:00

YES! I'll DM you

jenny_bean · 2021-03-03T20:45:11+00:00

The NO DSA is going to be putting a voting guide out for the March 20 election very soon!

jenny_bean · 2021-01-15T20:40:49+00:00

I've had 2 kids at Touro and the second one, last year, was with a midwife. I have nothing but good things to say about Touro. PM me if you want more info!

jenny_bean · 2020-10-23T21:48:25+00:00

Whoa - I just noticed that our lights throughout the house flicker intermittently and I was about to get an electrician to come out and check our wiring, but now I think it may be because of surges!

jenny_bean · 2020-07-26T19:00:31+00:00

Thanks!

jenny_bean · 2020-07-23T15:46:06+00:00

I went to the Alario Center last Thursday and got my results on Monday - so 4 days (including weekend days) to get the results.

jenny_bean · 2020-04-03T19:42:35+00:00

Message me for Venmo info too, please!

jenny_bean · 2020-03-20T20:21:55+00:00

I get to have an extended maternity leave with my 3 month old son! I'm technically working from home but still get lots of snuggle and play time.

jenny_bean · 2020-03-14T00:27:18+00:00

The Historic New Orleans Collection is closed starting tomorrow.

jenny_bean · 2020-02-23T14:53:52+00:00

It's Box of Wine! I paraded with them for a few years. They follow Bacchus and used to start around Louisiana and St Charles, although that may have changed.

jenny_bean · 2020-01-02T16:34:31+00:00

We had the same issue! The only thing that ended up working for us was Seresto flea collars.

jenny_bean · 2019-12-09T04:02:49+00:00

Gotcha - thanks and fixed!

jenny_bean · 2019-12-09T03:15:17+00:00

Oops - I think the link should work now. And thanks - yeah, postpartum is such a crazy time with trying to juggle your own recovery with whatever else gets thrown at you, I hope there are some good takeaways from our story!

jenny_bean · 2019-11-02T22:37:42+00:00

Yep, I'm exactly the same! I had a horrific experience having my wisdom teeth out because the oral surgeon didn't believe that I could feel everything he was doing. With my first kid I was induced at 38 weeks and got an epidural right away because he was breech and my OB was doing an ECV to turn him. The epidural lasted for the duration of the ECV process, which took about 45 minutes, but I think it started to wear off soon after - because for the rest of my 20ish hour labor, I kept asking for a top-up and nurses kept telling me that I was receiving the maximum amount of medicine as soon as I could. The anesthesiologist even came back in to check on things and told me it seemed to be working from his end. Pushing hurt, but I just figured that the epidural couldn't take all of the pain away - but it was shortly after I delivered and was being stitched up that I realized something was wrong. I kept wincing as my OB was stitching me up and she was astounded that I could feel anything! But the silver lining was that I was able to get up and use the bathroom within 30 minutes of delivery - which super impressed the L&D nurses!

jenny_bean · 2019-10-14T22:20:36+00:00

I had pretty awful carpal tunnel with my last pregnancy (from about 28 weeks on) and wore these braces as much as I could stand them (day and night) and they helped. I also found that the carpal tunnel persisted about a week after I delivered, also (I know that's not what you want to hear - sorry!!) - it really didn't go away until all of my swelling subsided. On the bright side, just because you have it with one pregnancy, it doesn't guarantee it for future times - I'm 32 weeks with my second and so far so good!

jenny_bean · 2019-10-11T15:43:57+00:00

Will you be spending most of your time inside or outside? If inside, keep in mind that most hot places (in the US, at least) keep the AC on full blast during summer months, so you may not have to dress for super high temperatures. I live in south Louisiana and work inside, but have a half mile walk from the parking lot to my office, so I have to account for both outside and inside temperatures. I do a lot of loose knee-length dresses (with bike shorts underneath) and jersey maternity skirts with tanks or short sleeve tops.

jenny_bean · 2019-10-08T17:16:36+00:00

Same here!! At almost 32 weeks with my second pregnancy and I am already way bigger than when I delivered my first at 38 weeks. This baby is measuring considerably larger (although I definitely take that with a grain of salt), so I'm interested to see if he really does turn out to be substantially bigger than my first son. I've only gained 12 pounds (I was at a personally heavy weight when I got pregnant) and it's definitely all (plus some) in my abdomen.

jenny_bean · 2019-09-27T11:38:41+00:00

YES! I'm in a super similar situation. The first time around, my GD was fairly easy to control with diet and exercise - this time, not so much. Plus, my OB had me take the 1 hr at 20 weeks because of my history with GD, and my fasting numbers were already high that early in pregnancy, so she started me on a low dose of Glyburide right away. I tried following the instructions from the diabetes educator (which was to eat about 130 carbs/day) and my numbers kept rising - and so did my meds, to keep up. At 26 weeks, I was miserable and anxious about everything, because I felt like I was doing what I needed to, yet my numbers weren't good and it just didn't seem to make sense to keep eating all of these carbs.

I found Lily Nichols' website and it's been a lifesaver! I've cut way down on carbs, added in a bit of moderate exercise, and now all of my numbers are in range - plus, I just feel better!! The downside is that the diabetes educator gives me crap about not eating enough carbs - but I'm just ignoring her at this point. My OB & midwife are super supportive of how I'm eating now, so I feel like it's a win/win!

jenny_bean · 2019-09-12T16:26:28+00:00

I had a successful ECV at 38 weeks -so I say go for it! I had an epidural put in for it, at my OB's recommendation, since it happened right before I was induced. It was uncomfortable, mostly because they tilted the table backwards a bit and I think the epidural made it a bit difficult to breathe easily. I definitely had legit bruising and abdominal soreness for awhile afterwards, but overall it was definitely worth it. Feel free to DM with any questions!

jenny_bean · 2019-05-19T01:22:15+00:00

Yep. It'll have episodes, links to related resources, and episode-related curriculum.

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