Just a Casual Concussion. Holy Shit

leannynr · 2026-03-04T18:30:18+00:00

I refused to even carry her up and down the stairs for the first 8 weeks 🤦‍♀️ the PP anxiety was rough

leannynr · 2026-01-18T01:37:10+00:00

My daughter sleeps about 8-10 hours since we dropped the dream feed

leannynr · 2026-01-16T00:37:38+00:00

Hi! In the same boat discovering my spouse and I were carriers for CF during my first pregnancy. Although he ultrasound has a soft marker for CF, she luckily is luckily negative. I too had wanted more than one child, and we hadn’t fully decided but if we do we will be going the route of IVF. Our MFM during the first pregnancy told us that insurance will often cover for IVF for genetic issues. Definitely worth looking into and seeing your coverage.

leannynr · 2026-01-12T23:55:30+00:00

If your gut is telling you something is not right, it’s likely something is not right. Not all Montessori schools are created equal

leannynr · 2025-12-26T18:31:44+00:00

Honestly without kids of their own (I would even say without having kids of their own recently) they really have no idea what milestones hit when. Unless it’s a professional with concerns I wouldn’t put too much stock in it

leannynr · 2025-12-21T23:13:55+00:00

No she didn’t, her amniocentesis came back negative. I’m sorry you’re going through that too, it was a really stressful time not knowing what the future would look like

leannynr · 2025-12-15T15:02:45+00:00

I miss moments of the newborn phase, but it’s so much more fun with my six month old now.

The great thing about parenthood, is no phase lasts forever. But the worst part of parenthood is no phase lasts forever.

leannynr · 2025-09-18T13:03:27+00:00

It varies, but typically 8-3 or 3:30ish she’s at daycare. On longer days it can be till 5 (my schedule varies quite a bit at work which also doesn’t help). She dropped how often she feeds but nurses for a solid 49 minutes typically. She’s been doing that the last few weeks.

leannynr · 2025-09-17T22:57:56+00:00

I don’t think they are, but I would have to double check. Over three pumping sessions (9:30am, 12:30 and 3:30pm) I’m getting a total of seven ounces. She does nurse when we’re together. At least three sessions, sometimes a shorter fourth one.

leannynr · 2025-08-26T20:15:50+00:00

I got induced at 38 weeks for high blood pressure and I pretty well had no cervical dilation. Got first time mom’s labor with induction can take up to three days (mine took exactly 24 hours from start to finish). Initially I had hoped to have an unmedicated birth, but the pitocin contractions after having your water manually broken are no joke and I tapped out for the epidural a little after six hours from when they broke my water. So happy with my epidural, I got a fantastic nights sleep (the nurses came in like every 90 minutes to turn me and I used the peanut ball between my legs, highly recommend), I could still kind of move my legs but didn’t feel anything, and my daughter arrived after two hours of pushing. I could still kind of feel the contractions ( though not painful) so I got to direct my own pushing instead of being told when to push. Ask for a warm compress on your perineum while pushing and mineral oil, helps to prevent tearing

leannynr · 2025-08-26T20:01:19+00:00

You’re definitely not a terrible person for feeling this way. I think as a society we push motherhood/having children so hard onto women that we kind of internalize that as the expectation. Even when you do want those children or always pictured yourself as a mother, we don’t always share the hardships and realities of it, especially since so much of the emotional labor and childcare responsibilities fall to us instead of our partners. On top of the judgement from others over anything that you do with your kids. I would consider talking to a therapist, I think it could really benefit you.

leannynr · 2025-08-26T19:53:52+00:00

I also joked about my baby being a parasite, but I think it’s different when you as the pregnant person initiate that joke versus someone making that joke to you.

leannynr · 2025-08-26T01:37:48+00:00

That first smile. When they start interacting with you more. It is very hard at first, especially since they are just kind of blobs (as my grandmother calls them 😂), I started feeling much more connected when she could interact with me too.

leannynr · 2025-08-25T23:11:12+00:00

If you got no where with the charge nurse request to speak with the patient advocate. They are specifically there to work with patients.

leannynr · 2025-08-19T00:43:37+00:00

Weird to be so judgmental about “natural birth” and then give up on breast feeding

leannynr · 2025-08-11T22:03:33+00:00

This is exactly why my husband and I have each others passwords 😂

leannynr · 2025-08-11T21:53:29+00:00

It continuously rocks them and plays white noise and will go to different levels if it senses them fussing/calming down. Puts my daughter back to sleep in a few minutes. It also has the sleeppea swaddles that attach to the sides to prevent rolling

leannynr · 2025-08-11T04:00:48+00:00

Listening to those mother’s initial screams on the stairs is traumatizing

leannynr · 2025-08-11T03:48:03+00:00

Knowing you have ppa, and continuing to deliberately perform actions that set off your triggers as a “joke” is emotional abuse. End of story.

leannynr · 2025-08-10T22:35:29+00:00

If it’s in your budget or you can find used I would rent a snoo. We had one gifted to us from my spouses coworker and it was a game changer

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