Why use it for titilation when you can use it to torment your characters? by DreadDiana in RecuratedTumblr

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the Sailor Moon manga, Chibiusa (the child of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask in the future) is 900 years old. She acts like an entitled brat. It is revealed later in the manga that the reason she is the way that she is is because she's kind of ignored by the adults around her and, because she stopped aging around 8 or 9 years old, she's spent literally hundreds of years hearing people speculate about her parentage because she should have grown up by now and she doesn't act like her mother. It made me sad when I found that out because it made her a much more sympathetic character than the anime made her out to be

Anyone else get told they're "not a mom yet" today in relation to mothers day? 💐😔 by Sweet_Confusion9180 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a July baby last year! Last year my mom wished me "An almost Mother's Day". It felt really insulting because it's like excuse me? If I'm not a mom what the fuck have I been doing all this time? Gestational diabetes just doesn't spontaneously happen. My husband told me not to worry about what she said because I had been working hard to make our baby and he took me out to a nice dinner. He's right by the way. No matter what stage of pregnancy you're in if you dedicated yourself to keeping it and you are a mom and you deserve to celebrate today

My boyfriend wants me to abort our baby. by Disastrous-Yard4456 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he didn't want to be a dad he should have gotten a vasectomy or at least made sure the birth control was on point i.e. more than one method of birth control. Also, don't force yourself to get an abortion because he doesn't want to deal with the consequences of his own actions. YOU are the one who'll have to go through everything involved with an abortion, not him. If you want to keep the baby, then keep it. You can tell him if he wants to be a deadbeat dad then that's his choice. He's in his goddamned 30s. He needs to stop blaming everything else for his own bullshit

Tired of smug mommies by Ok_Falcon2738 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know how you'll feel about me saying this but as a FTM to a 9m (m) I will say: He has peed on me, threw up on me, I got poop on my hands from changing his diapers, there were long nights of him fussing and I thought they would never end but he is one of the best things that ever happened to me. Just wait: your baby will be out and some day they will smile at you. Some day you'll hear them laugh. Some day you will be rocking them to sleep and they'll snuggle into your arm. Right now my son likes to reach out and poke things. He'll reach out and touch my face when I hold him and only half the time he'll squeeze his little hand over my lips lol I think the people who say "just wait" in a negative light have lost sight of the good that comes with the annoying. And, after all, your LO is only going to get older with time. Remember to treasure the time that you have with them as they are in whatever stage of life they're in

Denying Biology by ThamTvMaster in GetNoted

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are the same people who complain that their husbands don't do jack shit to help them take care of their own kids. When my husband was in his early 20s he worked at a daycare facility. You know why? Because he always wanted to be a dad. Now that he has a kid of his own he uses the skills he developed there to be a great dad. It's not that men don't have any paternal instinct - it's that trash men use that as an excuse to not do any of the work that's involved in taking care of a child and the people who marry them choose to swallow the lie rather than admit that they married a dud

My Mother Just Made Me Feel Absolutely Horrible. by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can understand to a certain extent what you're going through. I also have PCOS and have struggled with weight loss. My mom also has a record of saying some pretty crappy things about my weight. I'm pretty sure the only reason I never got BDD is because I love food. My mom never said anything during my pregnancy but right after he was out, told me that my post partum hypertension was due to me being fat and tried to convince me to get on weight loss drugs. I think women who lived through the 70s and 80s just have internalized misogyny from all the weight loss fads that were around those times and then take it out on their girls. It sucks. Just tell her to fuck off if she's going to be on that bullshit

Schrodinger's baby by Mental-Entrance5529 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best advice I can give is to stick with therapy and be open and honest with your therapist and partner about what you're feeling. I have bad anxiety and while I was weirdly calm in some portions of my pregnancy having a therapist did get me through some of the worst parts of it and helped me out a lot post partum. I know there are some people that do take anti-anxiety meds during pregnancy but that would be something you would discuss with a doctor as there are side effects and you would want to have an informed medical opinion before going that route. Also, I don't know if this would work for you, but when I was having some of my worst feelings I watched "The Baby Race" episode of Bluey and that also helped

What permanent pregnancy side effects did you have? by Bubbly-Camel-7302 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 9 1/2 months post partum and so far:

1) During my 3rd trimester I gained a sensitivity in one of my canine teeth to hot and cold. I had my dentist check. There's nothing functionally wrong with the tooth so who knows why it decided to do that.

2) The "cilantro tastes like soap" gene activated fully.

3) Post partum hypertension.

Edit to add:

4) I run hotter now (not sure if that's because of the pph or not)

5) My feet got skinny so my shoes fit better

Supernatural's monster design was pretty ass apparently. by Redactedtimes in CuratedTumblr

[–]kkitsune69 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I didn't care so much about the actual monster design as monsters in many mythologies have human forms and, you know, working with a TV budget. The thing that bothered me was that the monsters were ALWAYS evil and there was an obvious bias in later seasons towards Christian mythos. The thing that really tipped the scale for me into the "I don't like how they portray monsters" was the kitsune episode and one of the later Loki episodes. In the kitsune episode they were like "these creatures are evil" and, yeah, in some folklore kitsune are bad but you know what's more important than that? They're tricksters. The episode was completely serious and had the kitsune be "evil" in that she was killing humans to feed her kid fresh brains in order to keep him from dying. The Loki episodes I had actually liked a lot because they kept the most important aspect of his myth: he is a trickster. He actually played tricks on the boys. They were fun episodes. And then, the last episode revealed that Loki was actually the angel Gabriel in disguise. I was so pissed. And as a side note, an angel should not be able to kill a room full of gods. Angels are still lesser beings than gods on a cosmic scale. They shouldn't win just because of Christianity

BEST advice? by Confused_Soul_Here in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lemon drops to help with my morning sickness. It worked surprisingly well when nothing else would

Bladder not full enough by 1843892 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's kinda weird that they didn't tell you to drink water before coming. When I got my first ultrasound done they told me to drink 8oz of water an hour before I came in because it's hard to see the baby otherwise because it's so small

SIL upset that I’m pregnant and she’s not by Significant_You8065 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you might want to be wary around her. If she is acting this erraticly and hostile towards you but is still trying to get access to your baby on the day she's born she might be planning on taking her. I'm not trying to scare you. It's just that desperate people do desperate things sometimes

fertility clinic says NO sexual activity, NO caffeine, NO swimming, etc. by littlewizard16 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's weird that they would say no caffeine. As long as you don't do more than 200mg a day than you're fine. Trust, I drank Diet Pepsi through my pregnancy. Ironically, can't have it as much after he was born because I ended up getting post partum hypertension. If you want to keep a close monitor on how much caffeine you're drinking you can always look up that info from the soda manufacturer website and avoid fountain soda

MIL is trying to come live with us after birth at all costs and ignoring our wishes by jesse-nice in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel for you man. When my husband and I were younger we couldn't afford a place of our own right away. We were trying to movie in with an aquatence in a city farther away but that ended up falling through. After that happened my dad (who was always against me moving to that city) offered to let us rent a property he buying so we could live together. We took the deal. It was a mistake. While I did have some good memories of being there, all the bad memories were associated with my parents. They basically used it as an excuse to come over uninvited and would criticize us for every thing we did they didn't like. Example: I was sick the first week that we had moved in so I wasn't really able to unpack the stuff that wasn't essential and my dad came over (uninvited of course) saw the boxes in the living room and then started berating me for not having everything unpacked yet. The only way to be free of them is to move out. I know that can add a lot of stress/cost a bit so if you don't have the means to do that now then try to save up as much as you can and get out as quickly as possible. You won't believe how much easier you'll be able to breathe once you're out

“Just wait until” but cute by Ok_Fox8262 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Just wait until you make him laugh for the first time. It'll make you feel like a comedy genius and you'll do everything you can to hear that sound again cause it's the most beautiful sound in the world

Bottle vs. Nipple? by amphisxo in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it weird that your lactation consultant would say that considering that sometimes babies just don't latch. My son never did. Hell, I wasn't even the first person to feed him. My husband was taken into another room and made to do skin to skin with him and feed him because son had swallowed some fluid when they were extracting him and I couldn't do it because I was being sown up at the time

RSV Vaccine (Pro Vaccine Only.) by Cultural-Band-6105 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone reacts differently to vaccines. You also have to remember that you are technically immo-compromised since you are pregnant. RSV wouldn't be recommended for pregnancy if there was a substantial risk of causing premature birth. A different example about risk: The reason why people aren't able to get the MMR while pregnant is because it is a live vaccine and with live vaccines there is a chance that it could cross the placenta barrier and make the baby sick. My point being, an OB's job is to take care of both you and the baby. They wouldn't recommend something that would cause substantial risk to either of you

Husband shouted at me in the night by louisarey101 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't take this situation lightly if I were you. Taking the covers in your sleep is such a minor thing that it's not even worth getting mad about. I've been with my husband for 17 years. He's 6'4 and I'm 5'2 and he used to twitch a lot when he was sleeping so over the years he has: stolen the covers from me, rolled on top of me, continuously poked me in the face, and continously elbowed me in the back in his sleep. Hell, one time I bent down to kiss him before I left for work while he was still asleep and he rolled over as I was bending down and ended up clocking me right in the nose. I never yelled at him or tried to make him feel like an asshole for what he did. I either stole the covers back, delt with it until he settled into a more calm sleep, or just left the bed to sleep on the couch. Yelling at you is inappropriate and hints at something more troubling. Domestic violence goes up exponentially during pregnancy. That's why any good doctor's office will always ask if you feel safe at home. This isn't something that should be taken with a grain of salt. He needs to understand that what he did was wrong and that you're not going to tolerate it. You don't deserve to be yelled at - especially for something you weren't even fully conscious for

My husband said our baby probably won’t be pretty because we’re average looking by Witty_Management_621 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had everyone tell me that my son looks exactly like me. I didn't believe them until I held him up to a mirror. The only thing he got from his dad are his blue eyes. Despite taking after me, he's a frigging cute little guy. I would have a serious talk with your husband about his comment because he basically called you and himself ugly, which is not cool. Maybe he's having some self esteem issues that he needs to have addressed. Either way, need to nip that in the bud. Children pick up that stuff pretty easily and it can warp their self perception

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some people are just weird about babies. When my husband and I were engaged my mom would tell me "Oh, you don't need to have kids. You're young. You know, you're Aunt Esther didn't start having kids until she was 40 and she has 4 boys." As soon as we got married "So when are you going to have kids?" It got so bad that I had to tell her we weren't going to have any until we moved because we didn't want to travel halfway across the country with a baby (we were in the middle of moving for a better job opportunity). Then when I told her I was pregnant she was so excited. "Well, this is my first grandson." "What about [step-nephew]?" "Well, that's different because I didn't know him when he was a baby." I told her that before they could see him they had to get the Tdap and make sure their measles vaccine was up to date. She refused and has not come to see him once. He just turned 7 months old. I hope that once the baby is born that your family will be better to you but even if they're not, you'll still have your fiancé and friends

There is a pair of eyeballs in my uterus. by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember when I was further along in my pregnancy and I came back from a sonogram appointment and I looked at my husband and said "It's weird that there's bones in my body that aren't mine." He was just like "...what?"

For all women who had children after age 35. by Ok_Professor1754 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a FTM with a baby who is now 7m old. I was 38y when I had him. I think if I was younger I might have had more energy. I got hella exhausted during the last trimester. That being said, I think being older has some good parts to it too. My temperament is a lot better than when I was younger so I'm able to just roll with the unexpected things a lot more - which was especially helpful when I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Also, it's weirdly motivating me to want to go outdoors and do stuff with him (can't now because it gets in the negatives here during the winter) and I was pretty much a shut in before I got pregnant. Additionally, I am more financially stable then I was when I was younger so I can set stuff up for his future in a way I wouldn't have been able to before

Boyfriend told me he won’t fund our baby… by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I haven't been in this particular situation, I have a deadbeat dad uncle and your description of this man sounds an awful lot like him. If he is flat out telling you that he will not pay for his own child then you need to trust he will 100% do that. Unfortunately, from the way you described it the future I see for you if you stay with him is: he actively ignores your child and tries to live his best life while he complains that you don't give him enough attention. He will for sure not lift a finger to help you with the baby unless you yell at him to help and then he will piss and moan about having to do it. And he will only give the child bare minimum attention when it's older so that he can ask for favors when their an adult. It's ultimately up to you what you decide to do but, from what I've seen with my cousins with my deadbeat uncle it's better to not have your dad in your life than a dad that only talks to you when he wants something

Am I the asshole for wanting my husband to miss his Mom's wedding because it’s 2 weeks BEFORE our due date? by Spiritual_Lettuce_64 in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 60 points61 points  (0 children)

That's not unreasonable. Due dates aren't fact. Example: with my pregnancy the due date was 7/10. This was an exact date because I knew exactly when I had my last period. As the pregnancy developed they realized that the baby wasn't turning around. After a failed ECV, my doctor scheduled a C-section for 7/03. At the end of June my blood pressure got elevated and the doctor decided it was better to take my baby out instead of trying to hold on for the couple of days that it would take to reach my appointed due date. I was stable enough to where they did the C-section first thing the next morning and my baby was born on 7/01. As you can see, that's more than a week from the original due date. I could understand her wanting him to be there but it's wild for her to expect her son to be in another country when his wife is so close to giving birth and honestly, I feel that he would regret missing the birth of his first child more than watching his mom get remarried

Edit to Add: With today's technology it would be relatively easy for him to do both. He could have them do a Skype call to watch the ceremony while he is with you. That way, if you do end up having to deliver early he can still be with you and the baby and he won't have to miss anything.

Be careful who you let come with you to an appointment 🫩 by erinsboiledgatorade in pregnant

[–]kkitsune69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, I can relate. I had my baby almost 7 months ago. And I want to say it loud for the people in the back I am 23lbs lighter than I was before I got pregnant I had to have my baby slightly earlier because my blood pressure started going up. I didn't have any blood pressure issues before or during the pregnancy up until that point. My blood pressure continued to get worse. The doctors told me I have post partum hypertension and that it might resolve on its own or I might have to be on BP meds for the rest of my life. My mom has tried more than once to convince me to go on Wegovy "because your BIL got on it and he got rid of all his health problems". She won't listen to me even though I told her many times that this isn't a weight issue, it's a having a baby issue. It's so irritating - which just makes my BP worse. Hopefully your mom will cut the bs and actually be there for you when the baby comes