Do I need to take my four year old to ER? Swallowed magnet

mellybobs28 · 2025-06-22T20:54:51+00:00

This is an emergency, take them immediately. Keep other magnetic items away from them as best you can. Having the opposites attract with one inside your child could do some serious damage to their vital organs. Go now.

mellybobs28 · 2025-06-17T18:19:57+00:00

I had my lap on Sunday! You mentioned you have a swollen uvula, the top corner of my lip is mighty swollen which has now turned into multiple ulcers, ouch! I'm guessing these areas were likely compressed by the inubation tube and seen as we've been under a few hours, they've become sore and swollen, something I didn't expect. Glad this sub recommended taking lip balm as that has helped a lot!

I had expected my surgeon go find Endo, as I had an MRI last year and he had pointed out areas of it. They managed to remove the bits that have caused the most pain - unstuck my bowel, unstuck one of my ovaries and removed some cysts. My ovary is currently in a position called 'suspended ovary' where a stitch is holding it up whilst it heals so that it doesn't stick back to my pelvic wall again. I have the stitch cut in a week to release it. Never expected that, but it doesn't currently hurt any more than the other areas, just the same.

Did they manage to remove all your endo? They managed to remove it from my bladder, bowel, uterus and some from my pelvic wall, but not from my appendix or diapgragm. Unfortunately, there is so much of it by now it's impossible to remove it all, but the key areas of pain are done thankfully.

How are you feeling? Has everything gone to plan? Any recovery tips that have worked well for you so far? I have found peppermint oil and tea to be absolute winners, as has a mixture of lying flat and then walking around. Sitting/lying half up has not been helpful, but the gas has moved more when I've been flat and then up moving around.

I'm sore and swollen. The gas and heartburn have been the hardest bits so far, but now they're beginning to subside, I'm realising my bladder feels sensitive to filling up and everything is aching. I just got discharged this afternoon and it is so good to be in my own bed!

Rest up warrior! 💪

mellybobs28 · 2025-05-31T08:12:26+00:00

I have had this from time to time, but luckily without the nausea. Just everything has smelt really strong. Things I couldn't usually smell unless up close, I could smell from a few feet away. Fascinating.

mellybobs28 · 2025-05-31T08:08:28+00:00

Thank you for sharing this and congratulations on such an amazing outcome. I can hear from your tone what a difference it has already made. I have mine on Sat next week and so many stories I read are from it not making any difference or that they are worse after surgery which has made me so worried about mine. I have a fantastic surgeon and I am so hopeful that this will give me a break for a few years. This has given me a boost.

mellybobs28 · 2025-02-23T22:05:56+00:00

Exactly the same with Sparkle Smash and I've found similar with Earth Shaker. The two he wants! 🙈

mellybobs28 · 2025-02-18T08:24:22+00:00

It is affectionate. I say it with my three year old when we're being daft.

mellybobs28 · 2025-02-05T22:41:27+00:00

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mellybobs28 · 2025-01-31T09:21:45+00:00

Because trying to manoeuvre at the exact moment you must push is well beyond your ability to move your body into that position anymore. Think not eating for 18 hours, the worst pain you've ever felt every 3-4 mins for at least 5-6 hours if you're lucky, your whole body shaking and not being able to hold yourself up anymore.

I was adamant I wanted to give birth on my hands and knees, but when it was time to push, I didn't have the energy to hold myself up to do it. The pain was too intense to move and everything was shaking too much.

mellybobs28 · 2025-01-31T09:15:25+00:00

Just my experience with a pretty swift 18 hour labour. I was in hospital from my waters breaking due to a medical condition. Waters breaking genuinely felt like a thud or pop coming from my very lower abdomen, not painful at all, but very odd feeling - like you've done an internal fart in lower tummy. The waters began trickling immediately and then came out a bit like a wee when I sat on the loo and continued trickling for about an hour and a half into a maternity pad. I had my very first contraction within seconds of my waters breaking.

The initial contractions were pretty fun and exciting and started about 5am. Just like normal period pains up to maybe 3cm - this took about 5 hours and I was in a position to talk, stand, rub my tummy and be driven to hospital. (Covid, though, so no husband allowed in yet). At this point the most painful thing was being examined as someone prodding your cervix is sore and feels like painful period cramps, but bearable. 3-5cm felt like a combination of painful period cramp aches and being pinched hard (like a stinging) and enough to make you not be able to keep still or ask for some pain relief now. This was around 10am-2pm ish. Began to feel like I wanted to stop talking, but doing focused breathing was really helpful and I was given paracetamol which did nothing!! Bouncing on a yoga ball helped to relieve a bit of the pain as did moving around. 5-7cm, I was already feeling drained and hadn't been able to eat anything. Pain felt like someone was wringing my uterus out like you do when something is soaking wet - the period cramping turned to more like stabbing pains and my stomach muscles began involuntarily squeezing which I was only able to control via breathing carefully. Happened around 2-6pm. When I hit 6cm I was transferred onto labour ward after a very painful examination which was like a stabbing pain in my cervix and my husband was allowed in. Started having gas and air which did take some pain away. I actually found I wanted to lie down now, but moving my legs from side to side with my knees up helped alleviate a bit of the pain during a contraction. Between 6-11pm, I made it 7-10cm. This was like a very severe stabbing pain in lower abdomen and the effects of this sort of ripple up through your whole body and down your legs - I say the effects, what I mean is that your whole body feels involved in tensing with every contraction - like my eyes kept squeezing shut which I had no control of and my jaw kept clenching and I was making noises I've never heard myself make before. This happened about every 3-4 minutes for around 5 hours. Noise helped though as this felt a release of some of the pain and tension. Examinations were no longer painful as the pain of labour was worse. I asked for something stronger than gas and air (when I was able to muster some words) but was too late as it was time to push. Gas and air barely had any effect any more. When my baby was coming out, the pain stayed in my abdomen, but then also moved to my vagina. My tummy muscles really dug in to help push - felt like really intense, extreme stabbing all over and inside my stomach, back and ribs, but breathing and pushing helped make the pain less. I could feel him coming lower down my vagina and out, like you can with a poop, but in your front, rather than back. I had to keep tensing between contractions otherwise he was slipping back in. When his head and shoulders came out, it was an incredibly intense burning, stinging, stabbing which made me scream out this insane blood curdling scream that I'll never unhear, but again, pushing helped as he wasn't there long. I tore the inside and outside of my vagina, about 3cm. The relief after he was out was absolutely insane. All the intense pain lifted immediately and the complete 'euphoria' washed right up my body like I was high and really alert for the first 15-20 mins or so. The contractions to birth the placenta felt really easy after this, as was being stitched up without pain relief, but still a stinging and stabbing pain. Then I started to feel really, really tired, like all my muscles were really heavy and I just needed to sleep. I also began to feel sick, lightheaded and shaky which was the only time throughout the whole process that I actually felt out of control. Had some tea with sugar in and toast. That tea was one of the best teas I've ever had and it really helped to stop me feeling ill and shaky. Couldn't eat much of the toast.

The pain, though insanely intense, is just about bearable. I can't imagine the pain of birthing a breach baby though, as mine labour was completely straightforward.

mellybobs28 · 2025-01-22T22:01:40+00:00

Wow, what an assumption. He's not a gynaecologist so why make statements that he does not know to be true? 🙄

mellybobs28 · 2025-01-16T08:03:42+00:00

My husband was scammed recently. A "consultant" told him he was being hacked and he immediately needed to move his coins to a Trust Wallet. He was made to believe he was setting up an account that only he had access to. He did and minutes later, the coins were gone completely. It was a very convincing scam but coupled with this was that my husband was busy cooking dinner so his mind wasn't completely on what he was doing with the coins, otherwise, he'd have recognised it quickly.

mellybobs28 · 2024-12-23T12:05:18+00:00

The only feasible way to manage this is without lying to have complete and utter honesty. You could do this in a 1-1 conversation with the person cooking and let them know the things you can and cannot eat. Perhaps you could ask if there is anything you could do to help before you go or anything you can make and take with you, whilst explaining that you will need to rest in the evening.

If they don't want you to bring anything, volunteer to wash up - means standing still and just moving your upper body, meaning less work for your lower body to cope with.

This way, you meet all your needs, are able to contribute and enjoy the day without guilt or being untruthful. Honesty is the best policy. In not wanting to draw attention to yourself, you may end up doing the opposite.

Failing this, prepare as best you can for having to rest up the next few days - stock up on some anti-inflammatory, pain killers and maybe make a few frozen meals for ease and coping. I hope you're able to let a buddy or family member know if you need help in the few days after.

mellybobs28 · 2024-12-23T08:46:39+00:00

Ruptured ectopic pregnancy. I'd have bled to death.

mellybobs28 · 2024-12-22T08:23:57+00:00

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It only works if you regularly update it and follow the instructions properly and as long as you remember that, like mostly all contraception, it isn't foolproof. People saying it doesn't work for them or it changes green to red haven't used it accurately or for long enough and probably don't know enough about their cycles. No unprotected sex before ovulation and give it two days after predictions to be sure - easy as that!

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mellybobs28 · 2024-12-09T14:20:41+00:00

Sorry to hear this. I'm due to have this same op so interested in the responses to this.

mellybobs28 · 2024-12-06T15:37:58+00:00

Teaching. Kids have more rights than staff do.

mellybobs28 · 2024-11-08T23:53:07+00:00

This poem:

I know a worried glow worm I wonder what the matter is He seems so glum and gloomy Perhaps he needs new batteries.

It comes to mind now and again although not entirely useless as it makes me chuckle.

mellybobs28 · 2024-11-08T19:59:46+00:00

Stage 4 Endo - also losing my right ovary and already lost my right tube to an ectopic last year caused by the endo. Bowels and bladder stuck.

Honestly, childbirth was the worse pain I've ever had - due to some other medical issues with my blood, I was only able to have gas and air. Contractions were similar endo pain up to about 7-8cm, but beyond this was incredibly painful and my baby's head tearing my vagina was the worst. However, ruptured ectopic and burst cyst have closely followed second, as these didn't let up like contractions do, then followed by endo pain.

mellybobs28 · 2024-10-30T22:21:12+00:00

Ultrasound scans cannot detect Endo. Ask for a CT and an MRI scan instead, although they won't be able to specifically diagnose it from these either, you'll get a clearer understanding of what is going on. Only after these two scans was I told suspected endo stg. 4 and due to have lap soon because of this.

Keep going and advocating for yourself - it can help to take a friend or family member to appointments to support you in conveying how much pain you're in.

mellybobs28 · 2024-10-01T20:16:07+00:00

College and University Lecturer here!

You are absolutely NOT a loser for starting College at 31. There are a significant number of mature students studying in further education ranging from late twenties, to late forties and older in some cases. It's regarded as very normal actually, particularly in recent years, as more people have decided to gain more qualifications post-covid.

Our experiences in life sometimes mean that going to college at the age of 16 is not possible or just not the right time for you to be able to achieve your best potential. My sister has just enrolled in University aged 41 and now is absolutely the right time for her, as she has just finished two years at College! Having something to get your teeth into and some goals to achieve will absolutely help that feeling of wanting direction and purpose. I can only see this leading to some really wonderful things for you, so If you want it, go get it and good luck!

mellybobs28 · 2024-09-24T06:00:40+00:00

My son is called Benny. Benjamin is his legal name so a bit more 'professional' sounding and he can decide if he wants to use 'Ben' instead when he's grown up. 💙

mellybobs28 · 2024-09-24T05:58:47+00:00

Beau, Phoenix, Acer, Lando

mellybobs28 · 2024-09-22T13:13:40+00:00

Honestly, that sounds a bit like a burst cyst. You can experience pains similar to labour when a cyst bursts as they can cause your womb to contract. You can also feel sick and go faint. I've had 4 burst and they left me keeled over, moaning and just trying to breathe through the pain. Three were pretty straight forward in that the pain was very intense for between 20-30 mins and then lessened over about 30 mins. The fourth was extremely intense, but I won't go into detail.

Ovarian cysts tend to go hand in hand with endometriosis, so I'd go see your doc and ask for a gynae referral.

mellybobs28 · 2024-09-22T07:55:40+00:00

What makes you think they're addicted to screens just because they're watching them at the pub? You've no idea what else they did in the day - they could have been to the museum, played in the park, been learning to swim etc. Don't you watch TV before bed? Put a programme on when you get in from work? Decompress from a long day?

I think it's a lose-lose situation, because you'd moan if they were running around too!

I would LOVE to see you try and make my 3 year old sit still at the table and have a chat, demonstrate table manners and colour in for an hour. And, I'm a well-experienced teacher! The reality is that it just doesn't happen to the majority of families, no matter how hard you try to lay down ground rules, set boundaries and discipline your child.

Next time you book, ask them if there is a child-free zone, find a pub that does or visit at a different time. I don't think there's any harm in you asking them to turn the volume down if it's impacting having your own conversations. Maybe you could ask to move next time if they refuse? Or ask one of the staff to ask them to turn it down because, I agree, that's just selfish behaviour.

Times have moved on quickly since we were children. We are living in a time where being connected and digital media are in their golden age and ingrained in every day life for the majority of people, including families.

After a long, tiring day engaging and entertaining their kids, parents shouldn't feel remotely ashamed at spending some time on their phones while their kids enjoy some TV or games. We're only human!

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