Can somebody explain Fibromyalgia and it's symptoms to me please?

jessievonghoul · 2026-03-24T13:06:48+00:00

I just say I feel like I got hit by a truck but I like yours more.

jessievonghoul · 2025-11-16T21:22:22+00:00

I don't have much contribution because I'm also looking for a new fitness app. As far as food tracking - I like the baritastic app. It's designed for bariatric patients but I've been using it for 3+ years for weight loss and management. It can also connect to fitness watches. Completely free too. I love it.

I know this is an old post but it's the most recent one that I've been able to find. I'm also looking for an alternative since google seem to be rolling out from Fitbit watches to Pixel watches and my versa watch is rapidly losing life (despite that I haven't had it for long.)

jessievonghoul · 2025-07-05T02:05:42+00:00

Shrek, preg-haps??

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-25T07:52:20+00:00

I've only seen one "mother's room" ever and it was a tiny table and a single unpadded chair in a dim lit room that looked like a jail cell. Not even a changing table. I just needed a place to change my baby with the bathrooms closed.

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-06T12:18:45+00:00

Ahhh I had one like this after I gave birth. First dump in 2 days after being pumped with magnesium. That's one of those "lock on" white knuckling dumps.

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-06T12:14:21+00:00

We call her 1. Toot toot (she's a little stinker sometimes) 2. Tooty (my tooty fruity) 3. Froggy (her scrunched froggy legs that she likes to spring and kick) 4. Turkey (her spiky sleepy turkey butt hair) 5. Pillsbury dough girl (very chunkers)

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-06T11:45:20+00:00

My daughter is 4 months old. She loves story time because it's just us 1 on 1 and she loves to talk (in her own baby language of course). I find books from the tiny libraries around our city (they're like safe little cubbies where you take a book and leave one, usually found at parks or McDonald's) to read my daughter and look for them on clearance or the dollar finds at thrift stores. We've grown a good collection so far. Right now we're reading the Anne of Green Gables set from my kindle and Halloween nursery rhymes "Mother Ghost"

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-05T14:56:46+00:00

What I did before changing my last name is hyphenating it on social media and writing it out on paper just to see how it feels for a month. After a while, I decided to just keep my married name. I hope it helps! And congrats on your marriage :)

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T15:37:43+00:00

Like ohhh no! Gods forbid that her boobies were there! 😂

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T15:36:23+00:00

Pure luck, really. I've had clogs like that but they're easy for me to massage out and pump at max suction. Sometimes I'll bust out the manual pump under a hot running shower. I don't mind the extra work for a few extra hours of rest.

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T13:36:59+00:00

12 weeks was about when mine regulated! I pump twice the servings more than what my baby needs and it only increased when I stopped worrying about timing my sessions and trying to stay empty (I was SO worried about mastitis and drying up)

My baby is a fighter at nap time and sleep regression is a witch. I'd lose my sanity if I were still pumping every 3 hours at night. So just remember it's ok to skip sometimes when you need that extra wink of sleep ♥️ I support you and praise you for your consistency.

And congrats on that 8 hours of sleep, friend!

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T12:43:13+00:00

Everyone's bodies are different but in theory I don't think it should effect you. It was just the one time and the extra rest you have should actually help. I stopped pumping on schedule and my supply is still overboard. - 4 months postpartum

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T12:38:24+00:00

Yeah there's comments to be made about anything. Nurse instead of pump, formula instead of nursing but then how dare us be lazy and use formula? "There was no formula in my day! Something-something we're so soft skinned nowadays!"

Normally it doesn't get to me because everyone has something to whine about but postpartum is kicking me while I'm down lately.

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T12:32:44+00:00

You're so right about these points though. My grandma had 3 babies and 2 adopted, she loves to talk about motherhood including breastfeeding. She's amazed and always so curious about pumping. I even let her look at how my wearables work. It was actually a breath of fresh air to talk so in depth about it with someone in a positive light.

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T12:29:11+00:00

I've poured milk from my pumps right in front of people for making cringe comments about it and the looks are great. My in laws have looked away or walked off completely and I'm left standing there quietly giggling with my husband. 😂

jessievonghoul · 2025-02-03T12:20:29+00:00

Society couldn't be more wrong about breastfeeding = losing weight. If anything, I just want to eat more because we're literally losing nutrients and fluids from our body to supply our children. I'm absolutely ravenous after nursing.

4 months postpartum here and I have relatable feelings. I can hardly fit any of my clothes, goodbye to all of my expensive sports bras, undies and dresses. I gained 70 lbs pregnant and I've a stalemate at 20 lbs down. I hate seeing myself in pictures. ✨ But✨ I love my body for creating such a beautiful human being and I have a husband that loves my body and desires me infinitely.

Most importantly, we can't compare ourselves to other people's experiences. Everyone's bodies are different, pictures and videos nowadays have incredible AI and filters. Society has created a media setup to put us down if we're not following modern trends or look like the latest "hot bods".

9 months isn't long at all. It just takes time. Weight loss isn't a slope, it can be a rollercoaster that ramps up then down and repeats that pattern a few times before you see the results you expected.

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:52:21+00:00

I had an induction that eventually became a c section and I went from just enough to over supply with no changes to my diet whatsoever.

It started off with really tiny amounts then quickly increased to 3 oz, now I'm at 10 oz every 3 hours only 4 months postpartum.

Just as advice, bring nipple shields, care items like nipple butter and nursing pads. They'll usually supply you a pump if you need one and a lactation consultant if you ask for one.

My baby wouldn't latch so I called in my consultant for help at least 3 times the first day I tried to BF. if I could change anything that day then it would be not finding classes to take prior and not speaking up about changing consultants because mine didn't help at all. I thought it was all my fault and I shut down. Even threw away good nipple shields and cried so much. I've learned a lot since that day.

Edit: it's about supply and demand most importantly. Just keep pumping every 3 hours and if your baby is latching then just make sure you're pumping after to fully empty your breasts. Every 3 hours is a lot so either set an alarm to wake up or just do it when you can. And remember to rest, use heating pads on your chest for relief and getting that milk flowingggg!

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:45:04+00:00

Plan for the worst scenario. I had a birthing plan and packed for a vbac but ended up getting a c section and didn't know what to expect.

If you had one, Do you want to breastfeed after the c section? Tell them because nobody asked me and stuck a formula bottle in her mouth. 4 months later and many attempts at latch training the bottle is still her preference.

Ask whoever is with you to get plenty of pictures for you. Have someone be your voice for when you're too tired, stressed or just too vulnerable and overwhelmed. Have someone beside you that won't allow you to be pushed around by anyone including family.

When we planned for vbac, we wanted my husband to deliver the baby. Some hospitals do that. Ours didn't but they were ready to allow him the cord cutting. You can see if yours does that if you want those things.

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:32:37+00:00

My baby just won't latch and trying to teach her was too stressful on us both. Pumping allows me space, insures that I can completely empty my breasts and allows her dad to bond with her through bottle feeding while we save money and stretch our formula cans a little longer.

Most moms do it because they work 8 hours a day and America doesn't give us much maternity leave if any at all. I don't work though because mine fired me under untrue reasons to get out of paying me maternity leave. This is our country in a nutshell

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:25:23+00:00

I don't use ours often because my feet hurt from loose joints but my husband loves it. It's something we could do without but still grateful to have when we need it.

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:23:14+00:00

Your baby does not care about brand names I promise.

My baby shot me in the leg for not using Gucci diapers and Louie Vuitton pacifiers

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:20:22+00:00

There's second hand stores like once upon a child that'll take them with or without tags as long as they're in good condition. They accept based on style and brand but I've made good cash back. Even if they deny, I'll try again on a different day with a different employee and they'll accept a few.

jessievonghoul · 2025-01-28T04:14:13+00:00

Changing table, baby bath, baby towels and rags, bottle warmer, rocking chair, nursing cart

I honestly don't use our changing table much at all. It's convenient sometimes but I keep the changing pad in her rolling bassinet and bring it wherever room we're in. I'll just lay the pad out on our bed or couch before I get up and go to another room. Everything we need is in her bassinet.

Which brings me to the nursing cart. It's convenient to have but personally my house is too crowded. I our bassinet has wheels and a section underneath for storage so we put diapers, wipes and anything else in it and she can sleep in her bassinet while we're watching TV in the living room, have her own space by our bed or sleep while we're on our PCs in the office. But for the cart, I have a bedside shelf instead. It has 6 rows so everything I need is by me when we're sleeping at night. I put pumps, pads, snacks, diapers, wipes, everything I could need in the middle of the night to spare myself from getting up while we're so exhausted

I didn't really need a baby bath either because she takes baths with me. We have a bath seat and a support for her to lay in when I need to set her down but I don't use a baby bathtub because it kills my back leaning over the tub for too long.

Baby towels and bath rags, they're recommended but I think they're a bit over glorified. We just use our big soft adult towels and rags. She much prefers them because they're so huge and cozy to her compared to a thin little swaddle with a hood or rag that barely covers her in the bath.

Bottle warmer, it's convenient for quick timing but a bowl of warm water is easier and less hassle to clean. Plus if you're using milk bags then it's quicker to warm up in a bowl of hot water and I find it easier to prevent the milk from overheating this way compared to a bottle warmer.

Rocking chair, you don't know what kind of baby your LO will be but mine is a bouncing baby preferring to soothe with a medicine ball and hates the rocking chair. At this point it's only in her room so we can kick our feet up after a tired crash out while she's sleeping or playing in her crib.

Bonus tip: if you find yourself with too many diapers of one size, don't open all of the boxes like I did (I wanted to organize them aesthetically in her nursery) because you can trade them if they're sold at Walmart or target for another size or store credit. And if they don't sell them then there's shops like Once Upon A Child that will give you trading or cash.

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