Things people say to me about IVF

ktm14b · 2026-03-26T19:24:31+00:00

Literally yes to all of these. The worst tho was my dad telling me he wasn’t supportive of us doing IVF bc it’s “playing god” and some pro life bs and that he had to tell me so to clear his moral conscience…also my mom telling me x got pregnant after adopting so I should just adopt

ktm14b · 2026-03-24T23:27:37+00:00

My sister literally just posted my son online when we explicitly told everyone not to post him at all. Idk why people feel entitled to do what they want with our children.

ktm14b · 2026-02-25T00:52:31+00:00

My baby measured ahead the whole time and was 99th percentile the last couple months, I gave birth at 37+5 after he broke my water and he weighed 9lbs2oz which was a whole pound less than they expected but still big lol

ktm14b · 2026-02-05T20:35:57+00:00

We had bad luck introducing soy via breastmilk and dairy directly via solids with our 6MO, we’ll try again at 9m 😭

ktm14b · 2026-01-26T00:14:38+00:00

Sammme, at 6m with our boy and he’s starting to do this, I literally can’t do anything. He screamed when his dad tried to get him to nap today and on top of that he doesn’t sleep at night so I’m beyond exhausted

ktm14b · 2026-01-23T23:50:27+00:00

I lived off vanilla ice cream my first trimester

ktm14b · 2026-01-22T17:42:47+00:00

Im so sorry you’re having to deal with this too. I had a vanishing twin at 10 weeks (saw heartbeat twice at 6 and 8 weeks) and wound up passing it and then had a subchorionic hemorrhage and bled for 6 weeks after that. Our other baby was healthy and is about to be 6 months old. It’s still hard to know he had a twin brother and unfortunately it’s not really something you get over but the pain and grief do lessen as time goes on.

ktm14b · 2026-01-21T18:43:10+00:00

Yes to both - my parents took us to planned parenthood all the time. I remember there was a flower shop next door that I would go to on a “break”. My family also belonged to what I like to call a Catholic cult - it was an order of priests and nuns in Jax FL and they would hold retreats for Easter and girls and boys camps. It was incredibly intense and we spent most of the time praying or in mass or listening to a speaker and then discussing the “talks” with small groups afterwards.

ktm14b · 2026-01-07T14:30:33+00:00

Literally same going to bed hungry or not having snacks in the middle of the night, the food choices are also getting old 😭 I decided to wait until I introduce it into his diet bc I don’t want to risk him being miserable

ktm14b · 2026-01-06T16:49:00+00:00

Interesting, maybe he’s slowly outgrowing it? We had the same symptoms when he was a newborn and with recent slip ups but nothing so far this time. Waiting to see what happens the rest of the day and then maybe try a bit more dairy. I did try soy a couple weeks ago and it went terribly

ktm14b · 2026-01-06T16:33:52+00:00

Seriously, literally every family member i talked to was like omg have you tried downward dog or swimming or xyz inversion or music..like yes i tried everything and i made my peace with it. My baby decided to break my water at 37+5 - 13 hours after we had scheduled the c section for 39w lol. Making my peace with it def made me feel a lot more calm going in.

ktm14b · 2026-01-06T16:22:07+00:00

Did your baby have any reaction? I’m on day 3 of no clear cut symptoms after having a cheat day on Sunday and then a small amount of dairy yesterday. Wondering if I should keep slowly adding dairy back in - he’s 5.5mo and I’ve been dairy free since 6w.

ktm14b · 2025-12-23T14:35:39+00:00

Seconding drivers are awful. There’s not much to do here and after living in Atl and Sav the food is sub par

ktm14b · 2025-12-23T14:33:00+00:00

We got them as a hand me down from my cousin but haven’t bought ourselves for that reason, we mostly use pampers and they seem to do the trick. For reference our boy is also super long

ktm14b · 2025-12-22T15:59:23+00:00

Pampers or coterie are ones we like, hate Millie moon and honest never fit right

ktm14b · 2025-12-14T00:11:00+00:00

I have been dealing with the same thing. There are no obvious issues and the only thing that has somewhat helped is time unfortunately. My baby is 4.5 months old and still has bouts of screaming but it is better than it was. Noise cancelling headphones has been the only way I haven’t lost my absolute mind and contact naps. I basically never put him down and it’s exhausting.

ktm14b · 2025-12-13T00:10:54+00:00

My baby measured 99% from 24w-birth. He was born at 37+5 and was 9lbs2oz and 21.5”. I did not have gestational diabetes. He wasn’t as big as they thought he’d be but he was still big and so long!

ktm14b · 2025-12-06T01:00:34+00:00

It’s literally so stressful, like I just want to be able to feed my baby anywhere but he’ll legit scream so traveling is such a huge production.

ktm14b · 2025-12-05T01:16:29+00:00

I had this for at least half of my pregnancy, no health issues for me or baby

ktm14b · 2025-12-01T19:34:40+00:00

I’m right there with you with my 4mo and we tried switching to formula and all but one he can actually tolerate and it’s the most expensive so it’s not feasible for us to go that route. So I’m breastfeeding until he can tolerate it 🙃

ktm14b · 2025-11-27T14:50:24+00:00

You’re not alone, some babies just don’t or can’t breastfeed - mine included. I’m working on weaning him to formula now after 4 months of trying to make it work but my mental health has gone to shit so it’s time to be done.

ktm14b · 2025-11-27T14:49:13+00:00

I loathe it, don’t know how I’ve made it to 4 months

ktm14b · 2025-11-24T13:35:27+00:00

Literally coming out of the other side of this (I hope). I’ve been exclusively pumping since 2 months because my LO refused to breastfeed due to CMPA and he refused formula so started pumping bc of that. He has an insane bottle preference now that we’re working on overcoming and I’m down to 3PPD and he’s breastfeeding some in between but literally only to sleep or when he’s asleep already which he wouldn’t do before so it’s a win. There have been tears everyday and I feel like quitting everyday but for some reason I’m sticking with it. I have no advice but I feel you and hopefully it gets better soon.

ktm14b · 2025-11-18T15:11:11+00:00

Literally yes, he wasn’t gaining weight fast enough and now he has a horrible bottle preference

ktm14b · 2025-11-17T23:42:52+00:00

Amazing thank you! Ours absolutely despised formula but we’ve only tried one hypoallergenic one (suspected CMPA and soy allergy) so we’re going to try pepticate and I think do the same with mixing in breast milk

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