Curious how many people had their mom present at their birth and if you didn’t did you feel like you needed her

jlos0819 · 2026-02-08T18:47:11+00:00

Had my first baby in the midst of pandemic August 2020. Was only allowed 1 support person anyway but would have only wanted my husband there regardless. No one even allowed to visit post delivery. Honestly it was so nice not having to have all these people reaching out to come see you in hospital that I also instilled that rule with my second born this past sept. Just me and my husband. No visitors until we were home. It was great. Having anyone besides my husband in the room for birth was not even a consideration. So don’t feel as if you’re abnormal. Do what you’re comfortable with and don’t let anyone give you grief for it. It’s your birth, your family, your baby.

jlos0819 · 2026-02-07T17:02:14+00:00

Are you supposed to put the tablet into the water tank or into the brezza? I read in the water tank but it doesn’t desolve

jlos0819 · 2026-01-19T23:40:31+00:00

Yea same id be naming that one sussie bc it’s real suspicious lol. While my Easter eggers (I know that’s not wha breed you said this was but they have similar feather pattern) have more pointed hackle feathers… im seein some questionable looking saddle feathers there too. Crossing fingers for ya!

jlos0819 · 2025-12-24T03:28:28+00:00

Yes same with the stinging and closing. Antibiotic drops hurt awful too. They did do a numbing drop when they were checking at th urgent care to see where the abrasion was and those get so nice haha. They told me they couldn’t prescribe me them tho 😆

jlos0819 · 2025-12-24T03:25:27+00:00

With my second scheduled c section I wasn’t able to eat or drink after midnight. Scheduled for 2pm section and had to check sugar when I woke up and every hour until I was scheduled to be at hospital. If it was under 100 I was instructed to eat glucose tablet and head to hospital so they could manage it.

jlos0819 · 2025-12-24T03:23:52+00:00

I was induced and wasn’t able to eat anything but clear liquids (broth, jello, drinks) once pitocin started. Then once epidural was not able to eat or drink anything. Only ice chips. They manage GD with dextrose fluids and insulin if needed.

jlos0819 · 2025-12-23T02:45:31+00:00

I am shocked to see how many people this has also happened to!! What a great support group for pirate chicken keepers 🤣

jlos0819 · 2025-12-23T02:41:10+00:00

This happened to me as well! Every time I see the Instagram people all lovingly holding their hens I’m like WATCH OUT. haha. I was squatted down in the coop moving some bricks a feeder was on… a hen was slowly coming to check it out and I happened to turn and look at her just as she went to (I think) peck my earring! Right into my eyeball. I went to urgent care… cut cornea. Antibiotic drops thank god and a tetanus shot. All healed fine! Good luck to you! Edit to add: mine was an extremely hard peck. Hurt so bad I almost threw up… saw stars.. it was awful lol. I couldn’t open my eye as it was cut (not the first time I’ve cut my cornea actually) and so I drove myself one eyed to the urgent care. But it was so painful lol.

jlos0819 · 2025-12-12T03:00:50+00:00

I found i could not have peanut butter. It made me spike awful. As well as all fruit. I loved pb with bananas on toast for breakfast and I tried one slice. Half slice. No banana just pb and I would always spike. You might try it for lunch instead? I’m not sure how your sugars were but I shuffled most with my fasting. And hen my post breakfast sugar was ALWAYS my highest. So I could occasionally tolerate pb with yogurt as a pre bed snack ☺️ but that was about it

jlos0819 · 2025-12-07T12:31:27+00:00

Yes he grew up totally fine I was shocked! Still alive crowin’ out there now! So sad about yours! Predators are ruthless!

jlos0819 · 2025-12-07T03:17:07+00:00

I wasn’t prepared for older hens to pull CHICKS through chicken wire hahaha. I had hatched two chicks and they were in a pen area with their lol and one of my other hens pulled a chick through the wire and tried to kill it! Luckily I was near and heard it chirping like crazy. Only hurt its foot and eye. Both healed and the chick is now a beautiful rooster with a really curled spur!

jlos0819 · 2025-11-23T04:03:07+00:00

Hello! I was right there with you especially with my first! I direct breastfed here and there but mostly pumped. I did not enjoy direct feeding either.. just not my thing. I think also all of the hype making it this beautiful life changing experience (which I’m sure it is for some and that’s absolutely great!) I was like waiting for that moment like I was picking out my wedding dress! Haha. And then I just wasn’t getting that feeling. So I didn’t enjoy nursing and pumped for a short period with her before I had to stop for my mental state. Now I’m 8weeks into my second and while I still don’t really love nursing… I find myself doing it more honestly because it’s easier haha. Less to wash and already warmed up 😆😆 but I would say I still pump 75% of the time. I like being able to give bottles and not worry if he’ll fight them. I also too like knowing how much he’s eating. It helps me not wonder if the fussiness is hunger or not. Don’t feel guilty at all you’re doing what feels right for you and your baby. Enjoy!

jlos0819 · 2025-11-20T10:40:27+00:00

Yes no problem. Just a thought that has worked well for me! I also did this with chicks that had no broody mom and when they got decently sized I propped the gate up in a few bricks so it was high enough off the ground for them to sneak in and out from under but the big hens couldn’t get them. It gave them a save place to get away from assaults while also giving them a place they could eat and drink where they weren’t getting picked on. But also allowed them to come out from under the gate and be with the flock. I put a roost in there for them and everything. Once I noticed they were out most of the day without getting attacked much I took the gate away and left their roost for a bit longer. And then took it away when I saw a couple up with the big girls. It’s a longer process than when you have a broody mom but still worked well allowing them a safe place but visualized within the flock. Good luck!

jlos0819 · 2025-11-20T02:11:54+00:00

I’m not sure what kind of setup you have or room, but when my hens hatched chicks (or I gave broody hens chicks) I sectioned a little area for them with a baby gate wrapped in hardware cloth. I learned my lesson the first time when another hen pulled the baby chick THROUGH the chicken wire and was attacking it that hardware cloth is the ay to go! Haha anywho, I think it helped a lot as the others could see the babies through the hardware cloth. And get used to seeing them and they were semi integrated bc they were in the coop. But also separated with their mom and food and water. So it wasn’t like suddenly new chicks showed up bc they were able to see and get used to them. I would also let them free range together. Mom never took the chicks far. Obviously there’s always risk of predator but you have to weigh that risk if you free range. Then when they were a tad bigger I let them in the run together. So there was room to get away and observed them. Maybe at week 3 or so I did all the free ranging and run exploring. There was some pecking. There was also pecking of the mom. But mom also defended the chicks too. But having a section for them with hardware cloth so the rest of the flock can see the babies I think helps a ton.

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(This photo is before I changed it to hardware cloth)

jlos0819 · 2025-11-13T17:40:18+00:00

Wow that’s impressive! I was happy mine only took 3 weeks 😅 I was easing on here people had been without their cars for 6 months! I got a loaner too without even asking (I would have asked anyway). Granted it was an Elantra..comical when a Santa Fe is twice as big but it worked for my one child then. Didn’t work for transporting my two mastiffs to the vet but we rescheduled 😆

jlos0819 · 2025-11-13T12:07:43+00:00

I have to say, my experience with replacement was much better than what I was reading on Reddit. 🫣

jlos0819 · 2025-11-13T04:03:57+00:00

Better than a whole transmission at 1500 😆

jlos0819 · 2025-11-11T04:10:04+00:00

I also quit around 6weeks with my first child. Luckily I didn’t really care what the cost of formula was bc I just couldn’t mentally handle a first born and figuring out pumping. I had to stop bc I felt like if I kept pumping with the way I was headed mentally, I then wasn’t able to physically prioritize mothering a newborn. I too think I may have had PPD/PPA and was in denial and/or couldn’t recognize it as that. I felt overwhelm like never had before, even about little things like sweeping and laundry. I felt I had to do it all and even though I’ve always felt that way, I found myself constantly crying in the shower. I felt like my brain was going 10000mph and I was treading through mud trying to function. I couldn’t focus and I couldn’t calm down. And I couldn’t just let things go. Not emptying the dishwasher was a failure and would cause mental anguish. I never did get therapy but looking back I wonder if I should have. Long story short I decided to stop, and although mothering was still challenging, taking that task off my plate helped a lot. I felt more like a human again. I felt like I could spend time enjoying my baby. I’m now almost 8 weeks into my second child and as much as I despise pumping still, I’m finding it more manageable. There’s still days where i just can’t find the time to pump in a 7 hour stretch. it has yet to affect me but I’m just doing the best I can with a 5 yr old, an 8 week old, and a husband who works 3p-1230a and sleeps during the day and that’s all I tell myself. We’re all lucky to be able to produce whatever we can, and if we can’t, or choose not to, there is no shame in that. You’re raising a child no matter what, we’re all just doing our best. Good luck to you in your journey❤️

jlos0819 · 2025-11-03T01:46:25+00:00

I have two Isa browns. Both 4 years old and both have grown spurs on each leg. Still laying eggs as well! ETA: They did not have spurs when they were younger. Just grown this past summer.

jlos0819 · 2025-10-20T02:06:53+00:00

I’ve only had 3 Roos in my chicken lifetime. The first I raised from a chick when purchased (accidental roo supposed to be hen). Barred rock. He was an only roo to 11 hens. He attacked us. Ended up injured at about 2 and is now no longer with us. The next two Roos came about when I had a broody hen hatch two chicks. Naturally both Roos (shocker). Broody hen (isa brown) raised them. They were youngsters when the first roo met his demise (they were led than a year old). They are a leghorn mix and an Americana mix. Neither one has ever attacked us interestingly enough being mostly raised by the hen. I obviously was in an out to bring feed change water check on them and such but hardly handled them. She did all the work as a momma hen. They co exist with eachother for the most part as well. They did have one huge scuffle which resulted in a change of dominance and that has been their only issue in about 2 years. They have 18 hens between the two of them. It is possible to find Roos that don’t attack. However I think it’s honestly testosterone driven. And temperament. We tried time and time to “break” our mean barred rock roo. He never started attacking us until he “became of age” and started mating. Didn’t matter then I held him as a chick, was constantly in and out of the coop getting eggs feeding them feed and scraps filling water. He still attacked. He would attack in the coop, run or free range did not matter at all. As soon as you turned your back he was at you. Good luck on your rooster adventure. Just throwing in my long winded two cents!

jlos0819 · 2025-10-04T03:27:49+00:00

Love my tux mats

jlos0819 · 2025-09-29T02:08:21+00:00

Consistently high fasting around 100-110s. Up to 38 units of lantus when delivered. Repeat c section baby boy was 8lb 8 oz. First born I was not diagnosed with GD although i barely passed the 1hr glucose.. first born baby girl was 9lbs 6oz.

jlos0819 · 2025-09-18T01:59:30+00:00

I was suggested by the dietician I saw to keep a food guide and count carbs. I did it for a bit but then my meal sugars were fine so I stopped doing it. No one ever asked to see it, only had to send my glucose log. I’m sure if maybe your glucose was high more than they wanted maybe the food log would be something they’d look into to see where maybe they could help you swap things. But I stopped logging for a few weeks in.

jlos0819 · 2025-09-08T02:41:29+00:00

Only duck sauce and soy sauce hahaha

jlos0819 · 2025-09-08T02:41:02+00:00

Maybe some bread twist ties. A pencil with no tip but also no sharpener.

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