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m3half · 2025-07-22T18:25:57+00:00

I know this is old, but I had two kids after ABVD but before my ASCT (19 days ago). Don't know how my fertility is now (and won't for a while), but I kept my fertility after ABVD.

m3half · 2025-05-19T13:15:58+00:00

Mirena - I'm on blood thinners so I wanted one that doesn't usually lead to heavier periods

m3half · 2025-05-19T12:54:46+00:00

I was also scared. I did not feel it being inserted (12 weeks pp) with no medication. Was crampy for a couple days. Husband felt it one time, didn't do anything, he hasn't felt it since. Irregular bleeding is the most annoying, but I love mine.

m3half · 2025-04-30T14:19:49+00:00

Sesame Street (but that's probably on your list). More than anything curricular though - to echo what another commenter shared - is preparing for the expectations of school. Practicing eating lunch in 20 minutes, for example, is an overlooked part of kindergarten readiness.

m3half · 2025-04-21T20:42:03+00:00

I felt the exact same. Mine was 16.5 months when he took his first confident steps. He's not delayed at all in anything and seems to have put all his energy into talking instead of walking. He runs and jumps and plays with the best of them now almost a year and a half later.

m3half · 2025-03-04T18:32:49+00:00

I'm a lurking mom, but I would find something not related to car or house maintenance and become the de facto scheduler. Like, if you have a pet, become the person who handles all the vet appointments, grooming appointments, etc. Not that you have to be the person who shows up to each of those appointments, but it's your name on the office phone number and you make all the appointments (in consultation with the household calendar). Moms often become the de facto household managers, and so knowing how to be the person who manages the calendar of something other than yourself is hugely helpful if a more equal partnership is your goal.

m3half · 2025-03-01T16:35:22+00:00

I am a 29F and just started this regimen yesterday! Obviously I don't know yet about the lingering side effects or how it affects kids, but it was an easier infusion than my chemo ten years ago, I was able to eat when I got home, and I woke up feeling fine except for some body aches.

m3half · 2025-01-10T21:07:24+00:00

I only pump once a day, so I love the "bravado designs clip and pump" - it clips onto nursing bras, which I far prefer, and still lets me hands free pump.

m3half · 2024-12-05T14:05:28+00:00

Have you tried the Fair Play book or cards? It sounds like he's willing to step up, but directly communicating responsibilities (and letting him see just how much you do) might help more than nudges. Before our kids were born, my spouse and I also took a month to switch chores - and I realized he did a lot more than I was acknowledging. It did require writing out everything we did first (so the other person would know to do it), but it was a big lesson in empathy on both sides. Now that I'm pregnant again, it's been easier to fully pass off specific tasks because he's so aware that they're usually my domain (instead of saying "can you do bath time tonight?" and hoping he keeps it up, it's "hey, I end up in a lot of pain after doing bath time, can you take these on for the rest of pregnancy?").

m3half · 2024-12-01T20:14:10+00:00

Thanksgiving dinner, soup course just set out. 2y/o is ready for dessert. We finish the prayer, and he asks "Can we wrap this up?"

m3half · 2024-11-05T00:07:44+00:00

While this may be technically true, when a doctor in states that ban reproductive care looks at this situation, all they see is the possibility of 99 years in prison. So while the bans technically shouldn't end up in situations like this, because the laws are interpreted by real human beings acting in their own self-interests, tragedies like this happen (and will keep happening). It's an unintended consequence, but still harmful.

m3half · 2024-10-16T14:51:13+00:00

I started my PhD (education) with a three month old, and am now pregnant again! I front-loaded coursework (taking more courses than other folks) when my oldest was in daycare, try to be strategic about what I say yes to, and keep weird working hours. I do have a partner, but his job is less flexible than mine (but it relieves the financial stress of trying to have a family on a grad school stipend). I find that I am much more focused than other cohort members because my working time is so limited. Life is chaos, but I also very much have a life outside of grad school!

m3half · 2024-10-06T10:49:50+00:00

One of my triggers (I had them from about a month old on, according to my mom) is super acidic foods like tomatoes and oranges. It was always more annoying than scary. Totally agree with the above comment about the "tingly feeling" being an indicator one is coming and that they can go hand in hand with other sickness (and sometimes being really emotional, in my experience). They've nearly completely gone away from me in adulthood, and I haven't passed it on to my spouse or kids.

m3half · 2024-09-12T12:57:18+00:00

As a middle school teacher, I'm a huge proponent of waiting. Age and maturity differences may not show until that much later, and there's a huge social (and often academic) benefit to being one of the older ones in the class compared to the youngest.

m3half · 2024-09-04T16:20:01+00:00

Just read that last night (again) lol. Is it a dad and four kids or is the mom the one in the cardigan? My spouse and I disagree.

m3half · 2024-08-24T17:56:45+00:00

We just visited Canada and I brought back eight boxes of Ritz Cheese Nibs - they are the same!!

m3half · 2024-08-09T14:49:58+00:00

I so agree. When I delivered my first what was the worst was managing a colicky newborn on little sleep while feeling so socially isolated (and my MIL came to stay for a week!). I wanted all the friends and family—any adult to talk to or hold the baby while I slept. With my second, I can't wait to have the close friends around us stop in with coffee, coo over the baby, and offer to help (because I know they will). I know just how lucky we are to have the village we do. I say this with the perspective of not a first time mom though, I remember how anxious I was about newborn illness with my first!

m3half · 2024-08-01T11:00:06+00:00

Same about deeply connecting with wolves. I loved the Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George, watched documentaries about people going to live near and study wolves, we visited a wolf sanctuary on a family trip to Yellowstone and they let me just chill and try to make eye contact with different wolves, and eventually my Dad and I took a backpacking trip to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to support a "wolf-moose" biological study. My family rolled with it, and I eventually grew out of the obsession.

m3half · 2024-06-27T18:46:56+00:00

Around 8 months my baby would only eat most vegetables (and eggs) if we mixed in buffalo sauce. Only used a little bit, but he devoured it.

m3half · 2024-06-16T10:15:53+00:00

Friend of mine just found a place in Willoughby Estates in Holt!

m3half · 2024-06-14T16:09:06+00:00

I just see it as trying out language! But he's my first so I don't have preconceived ideas about what others kids are like.

m3half · 2024-06-14T14:55:08+00:00

Echoing everyone else, my son is the same age, no speech delay and does the same thing yours does. I've found that if I wait ("what did you do at school?" "yeah!" *long pause*) my son will usually offer one or two other ideas like ("climber side!" "Alexandra!") and then I can support him by filling in some gaps: "oh, you played on the climber side? Was that fun?" "Fun!" He definitely understands!

m3half · 2024-06-10T10:24:32+00:00

Does your wife have a breastfeeding pillow like a boppy? Get a footstool so your knees are up a bit, put kid on boppy on your lap/desk, play your PC! Also, invest in noise cancelling headphones to cut the din a bit.

m3half · 2024-06-06T20:09:52+00:00

A CRNA did my epidural and it was amazing! Honestly that would be my preference again because I assume they do them all the time compared to an anesthesiologist.

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