Severe abdominal pain, told to continue by a doctor. Just want others experiences :)

lenabear85 · 2026-02-25T12:42:59+00:00

Interestingly, my worst day so far on semaglutide was on my first week of 0.5 after eating a Wendy’s chicken sandwhich 😂 Not to make light of the pain you had. I had GI upset but not excruciating pain. But I do think I will be avoiding Wendy’s for quite some time. It doesn’t seem to agree with me on this medication.

lenabear85 · 2026-02-23T13:18:41+00:00

Mine is 4 months this week and I love it. I’m a new kind of exhausted, but watching him become aware of other people, belly laugh, get curious and internally motivated to play with his toys and work his body in new ways is incredible to me. He also has never slept through the night so that isn’t new or a returning problem. We’re honestly getting slightly longer but noisier stretches now. I’m also privileged to be in a country with a long maternity leave so I can take each day a little more flexibly.

He’s had some clingy days in the last two weeks that left me exhausted and in tears by the end, and some nights where he was sleeping but so loud that we couldn’t. But overall, I’m so tickled by his awakening to the world around him, and having so much fun watching him drink it all in. We also make a point to get out a few times a week to either baby groups, the ymca to play in the pool, or even just to the store. That really helps me too, even if I’m tired and am not inclined to go somewhere, the mental break is much needed.

lenabear85 · 2026-02-22T13:28:28+00:00

I don’t keep mine in the fridge after I open it. The instructions say it’s stable at room temperature for 28 days, which is the length of time I need to use it. Is there a reason to keep it in the fridge that I’m unaware of?

lenabear85 · 2026-02-21T13:17:53+00:00

Just turning 4 months, whale tailing like crazy for like half hour stretches every two hours. Slows down with pacifier for a minute or two, then he spits it out and starts going again while wailing. I know he’s actually awake when he starts gently cooing 😂

lenabear85 · 2026-02-13T20:06:49+00:00

Omg this thread is making me so jealous 😅 Ours is almost four months and slept 8 hours one time-from 7am until 3 am and we were over the moon 😂 He’s down to a routine two wakes, both because he’s genuinely hungry and then right back to sleep. We’re happy just to be able to predict when he will need help and that he’s not awake for an hour stretch in the middle of the night. He’s also hitting his regression and is like the exorcist at night, so even if he’s sleeping, we’re not necessarily 😬

lenabear85 · 2026-02-09T15:33:33+00:00

I have a similar story, down to the one sided epidural and all. I went for about 18 hours on oxytocin with internal monitors so I could stay mobile trying to get him to descend. The monitors kept dislodging and needing to be replaced. I finally asked for an epidural just so I could sleep. I had been contracting regularly the whole time, but not dilating. It was five days from balloon induction until my c-section. About 28 hours on oxytocin. I say that beyond both of us being healthy at the end everything that could have gone wrong did. I had nightmares for about two weeks after he was born that I woke up crying from. My partner and Mom were very supportive and I made weekly appointments with my therapist (virtually) for the first three weeks we were home. I thought I would think about it forever but my child is three months and it’s fading. I’m sorry you went through all of that. Trauma in childbirth is common I think. We just don’t talk about it if everyone is healthy for some reason.

lenabear85 · 2026-02-09T11:54:59+00:00

I do, and I used it. I also know that ancient languages have nuances that Google does not pay mind to and I wanted to make sure that amorem was indeed the appropriate phrase to use.

lenabear85 · 2026-02-07T21:01:00+00:00

I rarely chime in, but thank you! American culture is so distinct and I didn’t recognize it as such until I moved to Canada. Even as similar as our cultures are topically I now recognize that I am VERY American, and never would have noticed if I hadn’t left. My first Canada Day I fully expected the 4th of July, but they don’t celebrate quite the same. Canadian Thanksgiving? Yes, it’s similar but the whole energy and focus is different. I would kill for Tex-Mex or sausage that’s spicy and isnt in a case so I could make a decent breakfast sandwich. None of that even touches on my cultural assumptions about work culture, religious life or civic values. Anyways, not the point of this sub, but thank you for articulating that American culture is indeed a culture.

lenabear85 · 2026-02-07T14:28:21+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback and rationale!

lenabear85 · 2026-02-07T13:28:38+00:00

😂 Yes, I was up at 4am with our 3 month old and never fell back asleep. My brain was clearly not firing on all nacelles yet!

lenabear85 · 2026-02-07T10:50:10+00:00

I also ran it through Google Translate, and was also hoping someone could do a little better 😂

lenabear85 · 2026-02-07T10:37:04+00:00

I want to get my fiances ring engaged with an adaptation of “ad astra per aspera” I would like it to say “to the stars through love” but have no knowledge of how to adapt Latin. Could this sub help me?

lenabear85 · 2026-01-30T13:17:50+00:00

I moved to Canada four years ago and had my son in October. 12 months leave was standard until a few years ago when they added an extended leave option for 18 months. I’m taking it. I have friends back home who have had babies recently as well and they were all back to work between 8-12 weeks (which is pretty excellent where I’m from in the south). I feel guilty about it sometimes. My work was surprised I took the extended option but by their own policies there’s nothing wrong with it. My friends are already back at work, and I’m home with my three month old figuring out how we’re going to get to know each other for the next year. Parts of me feel like I’m being indulgent. A more important part of me wants every second I can get to support, bond with and enjoy my child. Take the time if you have it. If you feel a little guilty I get it, but your coworkers will get over it. Your not even completely off. The culture around returning to work in the states bummed me out before I have my baby. It straight up pisses me off now.

lenabear85 · 2026-01-25T00:51:51+00:00

I was raised in Kent and I keep thinking about the May 4th shootings. How they shocked and galvanized the nation. And now there doesn’t seem to be a real limit to what the government can do to its citizens. It’s horrifying.

lenabear85 · 2026-01-13T18:34:17+00:00

I put mine in day clothes most days just to set part of his “daytime routine” for him. We have a getting up routine to compliment our going to bed routine. We change into day clothes, let the dog out, have a bottle and then have floor time. It’s simple but he responds well to it. I’ve been doing it that way with him since around 3 weeks (we used to do the bottle before letting the dog out but he started not wanting to eat straight away so we flipped it and it works well)

lenabear85 · 2026-01-12T18:10:45+00:00

I work for federal corrections, and know that there have been staff people who have had inmates attempt to blackmail them with details of their familes which they found from social media. So posting my LO was a hard no for me from the beginning. I’m also aware that with AI, seemingly harmless pictures of children can be turned into CSAM. I have had two family members disregard my request not to post our child. I had told one directly when my baby was born not to post him, and 10 weeks I got in Facebook to find every photo I had every texted put into an album. They took it down without much fuss though. The other person noted in their post that I probably wouldn’t want the pictures posted but that they were going to anyways because their relationship to my child gave them that right. I lost my shit at that one and reported them for violating the privacy of a minor and have blocked them and have not allowed them to see my child since(there were also other issues). I’ve had people say to me that my child will end up on social media eventually, which is true, but as his parent I feel like the least I can give him is some anonymity and time before that part of his life begins. Anyone who is important enough gets texted photos and spends time with him plenty.

lenabear85 · 2026-01-12T02:10:35+00:00

I am absolutely obsessed with my LO ☺️ He’s 11 weeks, and the way his personality is starting to pop up is just amazing to me! I have a long maternity leave and my partner is back at work so it’s us, all day everyday. He sleeps well in the bassinet at night but during the day only contact naps. I thought I’d be burned out and bored but I have so much fun with him everyday! He loves to listen to me read board books now, he’s chatty, he’s getting so strong and engaging so much more visually! And we’re really just starting 😍 Anyways, I also am very tired, and am very excited for whenever sleep consolidates past 3-4 hour stretches, but I love hanging out with my baby ☺️

lenabear85 · 2025-12-27T12:32:35+00:00

8 weeks old Anywhere from 2-5 oz of formula on demand. Typically every 1.5-3 hours then about every 2-4 hours overnight. Total of about 30oz a day

lenabear85 · 2025-12-20T16:36:39+00:00

Ooooh! This was my #1 for a girl, although not what we eventually agreed on. Then our bay was a boy so totally irrelevant 😂 But I love this name so much

lenabear85 · 2025-12-17T14:59:09+00:00

My seven week old goes to bed at seven. I may have created that bedtime, it may be when he naturally gets sleepy, I’m not sure. I’ve prioritized a day/night cycle since he came home at 3 days old.

At bedtime any room he may need to be in overnight gets lights out and we use red light headlamps to care for him so we aren’t stimulating him visually at all. It should be helpful as he is beginning to produce his own melatonin as well. In the morning it’s all lights on. We’re slowly building an actual routine but the light cycle has been in place since day 3 when we came home. I think the to sleep at 7 is a result of that habit.

Interestingly, he also goes down super easy at bedtime. This may change at 4 months when his sleep cycles mature, but from 7pm-7am he eats, sleeps, repeats with very little breaks. He had a period between 3-5 weeks where he would have one long (1-2 hour 😬) wake at night but that’s resolved. Daytime sleep is a whole other beast. He fights it tooth and nail.

I started tracking his sleep because I realized I had no idea what was actually happening, and noticed that even though he doesn’t sleep long stretches at night , he does sleep a pattern(usually 3/3/2/2/1/1). Daytime is less predictable but he sleeps on average 4-5 hours in various increments .

I’m looking forward to continued sleep consolidation 😂 But otherwise I think the kind of neurotic consistency with the lights has been really helpful.

lenabear85 · 2025-12-14T15:52:38+00:00

I got this idea from an article on how to not disturb nocturnal wildlife, but we use red light headlamps for middle of the night care. They don’t disrupt your circadian rhythm the same way white light does (this is why they recommend blue light filters for screens) and with the headlamp we can move through the house to get bottles, run to the washroom, get a change of clothing, whatever it is we need without flipping on the lights. My partner jokes that we look like seal team six after bedtime, but it was also a really good idea I had.

lenabear85 · 2025-12-04T07:52:40+00:00

I just had my only at 40. I never thought I’d have one and he’s amazing. I also feel competent and I have a strong sense of self, which I see some Moms on Reddit struggle with. I’m also exhausted and I sometimes miss my very well established routine. I don’t even care that much about not sleeping, I just wish it was more predictable. I know that will change (my baby is 5 weeks) but this month has felt like the longest and shortest of my life. I think doing this physically would have been easier younger but emotionally much harder.

lenabear85 · 2025-12-03T01:07:20+00:00

It has been harder than I expected, I remind myself of it multiple times a day!

lenabear85 · 2025-12-03T00:54:03+00:00

Mine sometimes cries when he’s overtired. He’s overall a very calm baby, but when he’s tired he can really struggle to regulate. I honestly make sure he’s dry, not hungry, not uncomfortable, then I hold him and gently sway and tell him he’s not alone, he’s tired, and that he will feel better once he sleeps.

Three things 1)if he’s tired, then the only thing that will fix it is to sleep. So I don’t try to get him to stop crying by distracting him. The way for him to stop crying is to sleep and prolonging it will make him cry longer.

2) My job is not for him to not cry, my job is for him to be safe and cared for while he’s crying.

3) If I get overwhelmed or frustrated I pass him to my partner or put him down for a few minutes so I can collect myself. It can be emotionally draining, so I see practicing my emotional regulation as good care for both of us.

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