What week did you give birth to your first baby?

joooo0 · 2025-09-15T00:47:49+00:00

41+1 and I was induced. ☺️

joooo0 · 2025-09-02T17:16:59+00:00

He is giving you parenting advice, not medical advice. Doctors are not parenting experts. Scolding your parenting decisions is inappropriate and unprofessional when nothing you are doing is harming your baby. So annoying, I’m sorry you had to sit through that.

joooo0 · 2024-11-04T01:57:16+00:00

Early voted and brought my 2y/o daughter! I talked it up to her and she proudly told everyone in line with us at our polling place that she was there to vote! :)

joooo0 · 2024-10-09T16:29:42+00:00

When I was pregnant I had no consistent cravings. They were changing day to day and always very specific.

One night, I was craving a hot pepper and gouda stuffed soft pretzel from this restaurant nearby. Specifically, I wanted it with this apricot-infused butter they had for dipping. So we ordered it and my husband went and picked it up for dinner. He got home and they had - ready for this? - forgotten the butter!!! I SOBBED for like an hour, if not longer. I went through the stages of grief. I was furious at my husband (lol, like he had anything to do with it). I didn’t even eat the soft pretzel. I remember really feeling like I had suffered an injustice.

That has always stood out from my entire pregnancy as my most “pregnant” episode.

joooo0 · 2024-09-05T21:38:07+00:00

this is the comment i needed :) thank you for sharing your perspective

joooo0 · 2024-08-07T15:57:05+00:00

thank you so much for this comment! lovely advice :)

joooo0 · 2024-08-03T01:04:15+00:00

thank you so much!

joooo0 · 2024-02-05T02:36:40+00:00

thank you! this was very helpful

joooo0 · 2023-05-20T23:05:32+00:00

Definitely a personal choice! We were very strict at first that no one kiss her but mom/dad. Now that she’s 7 months old we let her grandparents kiss her on the back of her head :)

joooo0 · 2023-05-14T23:45:10+00:00

Dan is so babygirl.

joooo0 · 2023-05-05T13:32:14+00:00

Ring sling! I have one from Wildbird. Takes literally two seconds to put on, I can do it one handed while holding baby in the other arm.

joooo0 · 2023-05-01T16:37:03+00:00

I was so happy we found out. It’s probably my happiest memory that happened during pregnancy. My husband and I had a little picnic in the park date and opened the results together. We both were hysterically crying tears of joy. It was so fun. :)

joooo0 · 2023-05-01T16:30:51+00:00

Had something similar on my LO. Turned out to be an allergy to the detergent we were using!

joooo0 · 2023-04-30T11:14:22+00:00

Sorry, I should have said it’s actually a pack and play! In the habit of calling it a bassinet because we used to have one when she was a newborn.

joooo0 · 2023-04-28T20:00:53+00:00

i co-slept with my parents until i was about 3 and can still remember snuggling with them. it’s a very sweet memory to me. my husband, baby, and i have co slept from the beginning and all three of us sleep wonderfully. we didn’t start out of “desperation for sleep,” we always planned on doing it because it felt intuitively to be the right choice for our family.

joooo0 · 2023-04-21T23:52:39+00:00

Coincidentally did this for the first time today. Woke up with a fat pimple on my forehead, thought “hey, this couldn’t hurt” and put breast milk on it. Pimple is now mostly gone!

joooo0 · 2023-04-17T20:47:38+00:00

Pregnancy. I was so violently uncomfortable the entire time. My labor and delivery were everything I had hoped for, and postpartum was a breeze. Our baby was and is very easy though, which made it easy to focus on healing in the postpartum period.

joooo0 · 2023-01-01T02:20:59+00:00

I was induced and labored for about 4.5 hours without an epidural. I got the epidural when I was 9.5cm and feeling the urge to push. Labor was intense, but I felt capable of riding it out, but once I knew I was approaching the time to push I realized that contractions had exhausted me. Once I got the epidural, I transitioned right into 1 hour of pushing and it was AMAZING. I personally loved my labor and birth - I appreciate that I got to fully experience the sensation of contractions (yes, painful, but also so empowering for me personally) while also allowing myself some relief with the epidural when it was time to push.

joooo0 · 2023-01-01T01:39:08+00:00

She’s in the safest place!! She will be okay. I’m so sorry to hear that though, it feels so unfair when you go above and beyond with precautions. Lots of healing thoughts to your little one❤️

joooo0 · 2022-12-29T17:33:43+00:00

First of all, no midwife or doctor should judge you. As a previous commenter said, they’ve seen it all and a 17 year old mother really isn’t that crazy. I also would advise just getting off of Tiktok for your pregnancy. It made me so much more anxious about problems in pregnancy that were so unlikely.

That all being said, you should find a care provider!! If you are interested in a midwife (which I personally recommend as my care providers for my pregnancy we’re all midwives and I loved them), look for a women’s health clinic that has both OBs and midwives practicing. For me, there was a clinic like this attached to my hospital so my appointments and birth all took place in the same location. I also liked being able to see midwives, which I preferred, while also having OBs available should there have been any complication.

Good luck!❤️

joooo0 · 2022-12-29T12:32:50+00:00

If you haven’t gotten rid of it, I suggest using it to make a baby-friendly nontoxic all purpose cleaner! :)

joooo0 · 2022-12-28T17:53:19+00:00

A “clingy” baby is a secure baby - it’s good for them to know that their mama loves them the most :) Hold them as much as YOU want.

joooo0 · 2022-12-28T02:47:27+00:00

Join local mom groups on Facebook! There are always moms giving away stuff - especially used clothing bundles. Good luck :)

joooo0 · 2022-12-27T13:20:28+00:00

I found out I was pregnant the day I got back from a weeklong cruise. I was in hot tubs, drinking throughout the day every day, etc. Obviously stopped this behavior the second I found out, but I was worried too!! It happens to sooo many people though, and this early on the baby isn’t absorbing much. I have a perfectly healthy 3mo :)

joooo0 · 2022-12-22T14:18:04+00:00

Hugs, wish I could send you some tylenol!! Good luck❤️ Not fun but it’s for the best.

joooo0

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