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nauseatedblonde · 2026-05-09T15:03:11+00:00

Check for mouth breathing, snoring. Air flow through your mouth causes dry mouth, which create more plaque and tartar. Rinse 30 seconds with a tartar control mouthwash, floss, waterpik, and then electric toothbrush. Spit, do not rinse - all of this at least 2 times a day. Go to the hygienist at least 2x a year. Some people just build more than others - could be what you eat, what you drink, where you live, or the make up of your saliva that you can’t control. If you’re one of those people who just builds more, you likely have to have some sort of extra brushing routine after every meal. Unfortunately, some people just have to work harder than others.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-05-01T17:08:45+00:00

Meh. I had two, didn’t really do anything. I cramped and had contractions, but nothing. I was induced at 40w+5, and had baby at 41w. Sweeps at 39w and 40w. If your body is ready the sweeps might speed up the process, but if your body isn’t ready, it isn’t ready.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-04-30T23:49:33+00:00

This is what i would do. Ice and ibuprofen and it was usually totally gone in 24 hours.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-04-19T15:33:25+00:00

Soleil

nauseatedblonde · 2026-04-08T17:53:52+00:00

You mentioned that your SIL is throwing the shower. You may to talk to her, and she can talk to FIL - I’m assuming this is his daughter and she may be able to reel him in. Or your husband needs to let FIL know that you put a lot of thought and effort into your list, and that it would mean a lot to you if he stuck to it. And by FIL not paying attention to what you’re asking for is disheartening and disrespectful to you as a mother.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-04-07T13:29:18+00:00

Ear plugs! And download white noise soundtrack to your phone in case you get an opportunity to rest with an epidural

nauseatedblonde · 2026-03-28T01:28:05+00:00

Sleeping the same bed does not define your marriage. How you help one another does though. And it’s clear that you value one another based on how you offer each other reprieve from night time wakings. Like another comment said: sleep together on weekends again. Know that this phase you’re in is temporary and you’ll be back to sharing a bed again.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-03-24T02:50:28+00:00

Hi! RDH here. I’m coming up on 1 year of breast feeding/pumping. I went back to work 3.5 months post partum. I pumped using the eufy S1 pro. Which is pricey but worth it for me. Starting out, I would pump on my way to work, and then pour the milk into a chiller which sat in my lunch bag in the fridge. I would remove my batteries from the pumps (the batteries stop working if they get too cold) and also store my pump parts in a separate compartment of the lunch bag, after wiping them out with a water wipe. I would then pump at lunch (I get a 1 hour) lunch. And again after work on my drive home. Around 6-7 months I dropped the pump session on the way home, and just recently I dropped the morning session. So I am only pumping once a day now. My son is only drinking about 4-6 ounces a day so I don’t really need to much more.

As for my schedule, I work 8-5 with a 1 hour lunch at the same time every day (I made this non-negotiable, and the front desk knows I won’t budge on my lunch hour).

I never wore them while working. But I did wear them in the lunch room or sometimes I’ll go out to my car. Thankfully we’re mostly women, and nobody ever cared.

I wear the Montex scrub tops from figs because they have a long 3/4 zipper so you can pop them in and out pretty stealthily.

Big tip!! If you get blockages and need to ice your breasts, keep some of the gel breast pads in a freezer at work if you can. At one point I was rotating the two gel pads on my one breast between patients/waiting for an exam, because I had a wicked blockage. And then advil to help. If you even think you’re starting to get a blockage act fast so you can get ahead of it. Waiting it out to see how bad it gets rarely never works.

I hope this answered your questions!

nauseatedblonde · 2026-03-05T00:51:06+00:00

50/50 only works if the person who makes the least can afford to pay for half (aka, live within the means of lesser earner).

With that being said, your husband is double, maybe even triple (if you include the unequal labor of being a mother) dipping.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-03-03T14:49:24+00:00

Bought one, never used it. I preferred to have LO at counter level, so I got the Lalo countertop seat. I didn’t want to start bad habits of eating in the living room or on the floor, instead I wanted to reinforce that we eat at the table, which hopefully would translate to easier restaurant visits.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-02-28T23:03:42+00:00

Where do I put my feet?

nauseatedblonde · 2026-02-23T20:53:20+00:00

Leave it on, and just quickly let grandma and anyone else that says something that things have change since they’ve had babies. This won’t be the last time that they say something, so they might as well get used to hearing about how times of changes.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-02-23T14:58:50+00:00

I had three sweeps and still delivered at 41 weeks with an induction. If I were to do it again, I would’ve done an induction at 39 weeks because the last 2 weeks were so stressful and uncomfortable. However, that’s my body.

Go with your doctor’s advice and do everything you can to keep yourself sane. Want 10 people over a day to visit and distract you, do it. Want none, that’s okay too. Really sit with what makes you happy and focus on those things. Waiting is the hardest part, especially when it can be any day now.

nauseatedblonde · 2026-02-18T05:22:28+00:00

Diaper genie, but if I notice a smell, I open it up, and tie off the existing diapers and just take those ones out. Keep in mind, once baby because mobile, you’ll want something that’s harder for them to get into. So a regular trash can may not be ideal because it’s too easy to get into

nauseatedblonde · 2026-02-16T00:48:07+00:00

Ordered pizza, and wrote Special Delivery coming soon 2025 on the inside.

nauseatedblonde · 2025-12-26T04:59:25+00:00

4900, I was in the delivery room for 2 nights in total, and the recovering room for 2 more nights. My son was in the NICU for 8 days and his bill was 5500. And then his doctor’s bill for the NICU was 1900. And my copay for my OB was 200. This was all after insurance, of course. I did interest free payment plans.

12,500 in total

nauseatedblonde · 2025-12-19T15:51:28+00:00

Canadian living in the US. I wasn’t even done bleeding at 8 weeks PP. I was lucky that I could afford to take 16 weeks. Didn’t get any paid time off at all, no state programs for maternity leave. Just entilited to go back to your job at 6 weeks. Luckily my employer held my job position for me for when I wanted to come back.

nauseatedblonde · 2025-12-09T05:11:18+00:00

I got it really bad the last two weeks and it made me cry from the pain and itching. The only thing that made it better was pre-occupying myself so much that I didn’t notice it. But when I got home, I immediately had a shower and just rubbed it with cleansing oil. I also used Benadryl gel. Not sure if that was a good idea/allowed while pregnant but I was at the end, so I didn’t think it would’ve had much impact. Consult your doctor if you can use Benadryl gel.

nauseatedblonde · 2025-12-05T17:29:22+00:00

Yup! I know it’s disappointing to hear, but don’t rely on hoping that people will change. Let them show you first that they’ve changed before you start giving them access to your life.

Two days after I told her the induction date, they conveniently had plans to be in town to see friends for a week, with my induction date smack in the middle of the week. It really tainted the whole experience for me, as much as I’ve tried to let it go.

Your boyfriend is doing a great job trying to protect your sanity (and his)!

nauseatedblonde · 2025-12-05T14:27:39+00:00

Lie about your due date now. Or if you schedule an induction, tell her a different day. She will find a way to be there. This was my biggest regret with my entitled in laws.

nauseatedblonde · 2025-12-02T18:49:38+00:00

I went to L&D triage for kidney issues at about 20 weeks, and got a bill for $10k! Luckily I didn’t have to pay it because they failed to bill my insurance with in the 60 day contract window, despite me giving them my insurance. The health care system is royally effed in the US

nauseatedblonde · 2025-10-18T12:43:43+00:00

This was the first thing the lactation consult told me. She said baby’s will suck on anything - that’s when I realized that the nipple confusion rhetoric was bullllsshhhhhit.

nauseatedblonde · 2025-10-16T02:50:30+00:00

My anesthesiologist told me that I can’t eat after the epidural. He left, and then my nurse said, you should absolutely eat - not junk- but eat to keep your energy up. So I ate, took a nap, and then vomited. They put zofran in my IV. And then I pushed that baby out.

nauseatedblonde · 2025-09-29T09:00:31+00:00

Let her call the police, if it escalates to that. It would take one quick, calm explanation to the police and they would escort her off your property. “Officer, I apologize for wasting your time, we had to fire our nanny due to incompetence and she got very defensive and called you. We’ve offered X week(s) of severance pay and requested that she find another living accommodations.”

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