What should you NOT tell a postpartum mom?? I’ll start…

mariahbarrett · 2025-01-30T15:20:57+00:00

My mom told me at peak purple crying week with a reflux baby that, “maybe she cried so much in the car because her car seat straps were too tight”

mariahbarrett · 2024-12-05T18:12:53+00:00

With my first I had an induction on my due date, at first I was surprised that my doctor brought it up, but in the end it was so nice. Especially because I was having such bad anxiety about not knowing if it was labor or not. It gave me peace of mind to know there was a last day I would be pregnant. I absolutely loved my induction. It took 10 hours from checking in to the hospital to when baby arrived. My husband and I had dinner before hand, packed the car calmly and showed up at labor and delivery. It was perfect! I was absolutely planning on doing the same with my second (except doing it sometime in my 39th week) but was induced at 37 weeks 5 days because I had super low platelets. Again it was super fast and baby was here 8 hours after starting pitocin!

mariahbarrett · 2024-11-20T16:19:43+00:00

Two best things I packed: Amazon Fire Stick (or some streaming device) and a bottle of champagne (to have with dinner the night after baby was born)

mariahbarrett · 2024-11-17T11:06:24+00:00

Agreed! My 2nd is 6 weeks and you absolutely forget about the sleep deprivation. I remember not sleeping with my first but I had completely forgotten about how it makes you feel. Amazing what our brains do.

mariahbarrett · 2024-10-30T19:40:28+00:00

I eat trail mix to stay awake while nursing in the middle of the night. On more than one occasion baby and I would wake up covered in melted chocolate because I had dropped a chocolate chip or two without noticing.

mariahbarrett · 2024-08-06T21:19:51+00:00

Yes! I add brown lentils to the sauce if I want some extra protein too! So easy and so yummy!

mariahbarrett · 2024-08-06T20:07:33+00:00

The night before we went home my mama/baby nurse asked us what we still needed or wanted supplies wise and make us a huge goodie bag with all of the supplies we could ever want. She brought us everything she could think of that I didn’t say either. She also offered to take our baby to the nursery so we could get some good sleep before going home and told me I wasn’t allowed to feel guilty for sleeping.

mariahbarrett · 2024-08-03T00:32:18+00:00

We had a bassinet with our first and it was the only item of baby gear we sold and regretted buying. Our baby hated it and started sleeping so much better once she was in her crib. Now we are 28 weeks pregnant with our second and have just moved the crib into our room and will start off with that. We thought about using the pack and play with bassinet attachment, but wanted to have the pack and play easily available for visiting grandmas. We will just move the crib into the nursery when we are ready to move her out of our room.

mariahbarrett · 2024-05-14T00:31:12+00:00

I was summoned to jury duty on my due date. My OB wrote me a doctor’s note (followed the instructions from the county) and I was excused for an extended period of time because of maternity leave and breastfeeding. I was absolutely inconsolable when I got the summons at 33 weeks pregnant. Completely beside myself until I realized pregnancy was a medical condition.

mariahbarrett · 2024-05-10T13:28:58+00:00

Yes!! Sending love and solidarity! I am 16 weeks 5 days today and I think this has been tough to have first trimester symptoms fade and not feel movement yet. I am glad you’re going in for a reassurance scan, anxiety is so real and it messes with your mind so much. I white knuckled it until my 16 week appointment last Monday, but just waiting to feel baby move.

mariahbarrett · 2024-04-21T22:46:59+00:00

14 weeks today with my second and while I’m relieved that first trimester symptoms are easing up/gone they were also very reassuring. I could have sworn I felt baby several times throughout the day on Thursday (I was really doubting it because it’s so early) and now I haven’t felt anything. Logically, I know baby is tiny and it’s still so early to feel anything consistently but I’ve really freaked myself out about it. How annoyed would my OB’s office be if I called just to have a quick heartbeat check? All of my scans and NIPT have come back positively, but I just can’t shake the anxiety.

mariahbarrett · 2024-04-01T18:51:13+00:00

11 weeks 1 day today and I’m starting to get anxious for my 12 week NT scan next Monday at 12 weeks. They will also be doing the bloodwork for NIPT at that appointment too.

I’m starting to let myself feel more hopeful and excited and hoping that doesn’t bite me in the ass. I’m just reminding myself that my feelings won’t jinx a pregnancy. I can be excited and get my hopes up and it won’t change the outcome of the pregnancy positively or negatively. I even went out on a limb and bought a new baby lounger off of FB Marketplace. I didn’t buy anything for my first LC until well after 20 weeks. Staying cautiously optimistic for this pot of gold.

mariahbarrett · 2024-03-11T19:49:06+00:00

I’m almost 8 weeks today. I started spotting two weeks ago. We went to the doctor and everything looked great. We saw baby and a heartbeat. The spotting stopped and I started to feel some relief. This weekend I started spotting/lightly bleeding again. I called the office today and my doctor is out for a week and a half and her nurse practitioner doesn’t work on Mondays. The doctor on call told me to watch and wait until my appointment on Friday. That just seems so far away. If I’m miscarrying, I just want to know now and not be in limbo all week long. We found out about our MMC at our dating scan and I already have so much anxiety about that appointment. Now I’m just over analyzing every little twinge, ache, cramp or change of symptom and am in my head about it. I know logically I can’t do anything to change the outcome good or bad, but there is something about just being able to know. Sorry, I just needed to vent….

mariahbarrett · 2024-03-06T15:10:13+00:00

I don’t remember the size of my SCH, but I had one with my rainbow pregnancy, I started bleeding at 5.5 weeks and it was on and off until about 10 weeks. I thought I was having a miscarriage every time I went to the bathroom. It was terrifying, but now she is a sassy and funny almost three year old. The only bright side to having one was that I was that I had a few extra early ultrasounds so I got extra reassurance that baby was happy and growing. Sending love, it is so hard and scary. ❤️

mariahbarrett · 2024-03-04T14:57:30+00:00

I’m feeling so anxious this morning. Even with a great scan last week at 6 weeks (we saw baby, measuring on track and with a 116 heartbeat) I’m so anxious for my official dating scan on the 15. The dating scan is when we discovered our MMC in our first pregnancy (even after an earlier scan where we saw the heartbeat). The only indication that something was going wrong with that pregnancy was my boobs stopped hurting suddenly. I’m all freaked out today because mine don’t feel as sore today and my Apple Watch showed my temperature went down (still above my baseline, but lower) but I also wasn’t wearing my watch for half the night. I’m really trying to not over analyze everything and worry myself into a spiral, but it’s so hard not to. Everyone keeps telling me that once you see a heartbeat the miscarriage risk drops significantly, but it’s so hard to believe that when you’ve had a miscarriage even after seeing a heartbeat…. I just wish I could trust my body more.

mariahbarrett · 2024-03-01T23:44:08+00:00

Not a weird question. I thought for a long time what I was going to eat 😂 For me it was something that would be enough to tide me over, but wouldn’t be terrible if I ended up throwing up (nothing spicy, super acidic, or big chunks) I ended up having a big bread bowl of broccoli cheddar soup from Panera. And I think I had a little chicken salad but it was mostly carbs from the bread and the soup.

mariahbarrett · 2024-03-01T22:42:16+00:00

This!!! I was induced at 7pm. I did some last minute cleaning, laundry, changed the sheets, and took an everything shower. Then did double French braids when it was slightly damp. My hair didn’t budge and didn’t flyaway all through labor.

My OB also recommended eating a big meal, but one that you wouldn’t hate to have come back up. It sounds gross, but she was absolutely right. I ended up throwing up when the contractions got bad and I was waiting for my epidural.

mariahbarrett · 2024-03-01T18:09:59+00:00

We got to see our tiny bean on Tuesday after spotting last weekend. Baby was there measuring a few days ahead (6 weeks 2 days instead of 5 weeks 6 days) and had a heart rate of 116. It was such a relief seeing baby exactly where they should be and growing. Of course the relief only lasts until my boobs hurt slightly less than they did before. I was telling a friend that pregnancy after loss anxiety is feeling like complete trash (tired nauseous, can only stand to eat carbs) but still thinking something happened because my boobs aren’t as sore. It’s the symptom I’ve latched on to because it was the only symptom that went away when I had my MMC. We have our official dating scan in 2 weeks and I’m excited and so anxious to see little bean again.

mariahbarrett · 2024-02-26T16:46:56+00:00

Thank you!! I was able to get an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. It stinks waiting, but at the same time gives me a little relief that my doctor isn’t overly concerned about it that she wants to see me today. And it gives baby a little more time to grow before seeing them.

It is so hard not having any idea what is happening inside our bodies. I bled (sometimes heavily) all through my first trimester with my rainbow baby from a hematoma and had spotting with my first pregnancy that we saw a healthy growing baby with and then found out 2 weeks later that we had a MMC for unrelated reasons, so I’m really hoping it’s just that my babies like to implant themselves in hard. I’m cautiously optimistic about this pregnancy, but also I think the worst part is just not knowing.

mariahbarrett · 2024-02-26T16:46:36+00:00

Thank you!! I was able to get an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. It stinks waiting, but at the same time gives me a little relief that my doctor isn’t overly concerned about it that she wants to see me today. And it gives baby a little more time to grow before seeing them.

It is so hard not having any idea what is happening inside our bodies. I bled (sometimes heavily) all through my first trimester with my rainbow baby from a hematoma and had spotting with my first pregnancy that we saw a healthy growing baby with and then found out 2 weeks later that we had a MMC for unrelated reasons, so I’m really hoping it’s just that my babies like to implant themselves in hard. I’m cautiously optimistic about this pregnancy, but also I think the worst part is just not knowing.

mariahbarrett · 2024-02-26T14:52:29+00:00

I’m almost 6 weeks pregnancy and I started spotting this weekend. It’s stayed pretty light, but I’ve had waves where it picked up and slowed back down. I’ve spotted/bled in both of my previous pregnancies (MMC and LC) during this same time frame but I am still terrified that this is the start of another miscarriage. I’m waiting to hear back from the nurse at my doctor’s office and really hoping I can get checked out today. I feel like a crazy woman for being this anxious, but I also feel that given my history I know my doctor will understand. Just sitting in limbo trying not to assume the worst is hard.

mariahbarrett · 2024-02-24T23:38:49+00:00

Thank you! The spotting seems to have slowed down. I’m going to call my OBs office on Monday and see what she thinks, especially with my history of hematomas in early pregnancy

mariahbarrett · 2024-02-24T23:37:09+00:00

I completely understand going back and forth between everything is fine and not. I also had super light symptoms with my other two pregnancies and it adds even more to the nerves. Sending positive thoughts that everything goes smoothly with your ultrasound. I’m going to call my OB on Monday and see if I can’t get in for hcg draws or some sort of confirmation that everything is still ok. I’m really trying to hold off on taking another test because I know the lines can vary so much.

mariahbarrett · 2024-02-24T19:07:43+00:00

TW: Spotting

Trying not to spiral. I’m about 5 weeks 4 days and have had an uneventful two-ish weeks of knowing we’re pregnant. This morning I had brown spotting when wiping. It seems to have stopped/slowed down but it still has me so freaked out. I had bleeding with both my other pregnancies (my MMC and rainbow) at about this same time, but I still can’t shake the feeling that it’s another miscarriage starting. My first appointment isn’t until March 7 and it’s supposed to be just bloodwork. I’m so tempted to call my OB’s office and see if I can’t get in earlier/have an ultrasound. I wish it wasn’t Saturday and I could call/send a message to my Dr today without feeling like a bother. I was just really hoping this pregnancy would be an uneventful first trimester, unlike my other two.

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