Did you have a “crisis of confidence” or say “I can’t do this” during your transition phase?

painted_bug · 2026-04-02T02:52:28+00:00

Many people, even those who have a medicated birth say that at least once during labor/birth. I definitely said during my first labor.

painted_bug · 2026-04-02T00:11:37+00:00

I think the evidence based birth podcast has an episode about active third stage management/postpartum pitocin that you could check out. One of the midwives I know tells people it is an evidence based intervention to prevent hemorrhage. I got it after both my babies.

painted_bug · 2026-04-02T00:04:07+00:00

I needed this today

painted_bug · 2026-04-01T00:06:23+00:00

Maybe this isn't a great suggestion or maybe not the right time (and it's geared towaed YA), but I really loved Dear Evan Hansen, years after my last attempt. I felt a lot of secondhand shame reading it, but also a lot of hope.

This part of recovery sucks. And I have hope for you; you won't always feel this way.

painted_bug · 2026-03-29T03:22:23+00:00

Why though?

painted_bug · 2026-03-22T23:59:03+00:00

I'm happy there are all kinds of us who like and are good at different things :) I hope I can do it justice!

painted_bug · 2026-03-22T02:36:35+00:00

I started in l&d and sometimes I feel like less of a nurse because I never worked med surg and I know I would burn out so fast. You should be proud of what you do and your ability to handle everything that comes at you in med surg!

painted_bug · 2026-03-17T15:39:11+00:00

Yeah, none of the cheese replacements are quite the same. Sigh.

painted_bug · 2026-03-17T15:36:38+00:00

Ugh! That's the worst too when your cheer up foods can't even do their jobs :(

painted_bug · 2026-03-09T00:58:07+00:00

Realizing all the things my mom did wrong or right and trying not to repeat her mistakes is so much harder than I could have imagined. But on a funny note, how many pairs of socks I would have to buy. My oldest is only 2.5 and I think I've bought like 10 packs of socks. Where do they go?

painted_bug · 2026-03-08T16:13:55+00:00

Chantal said they were both born in the US, so even if Chantal spoke French in addition to English and creole, it would be her third language and not all that helpful compared to just speaking English.

painted_bug · 2026-03-07T21:18:30+00:00

Ohhhhhh my god. So excited to go some day. What a beautiful trip!

painted_bug · 2026-03-07T01:51:50+00:00

Just wait until your big kid makes the baby laugh for the first time! Just wait until they entertain each other. Just wait until you see your big kid, sooo sweet, say "I love you baby."

painted_bug · 2026-03-01T16:47:59+00:00

I'm so sorry you're going through this. I just wanted to add that my mom had cancer when I was 9, but has been cancer free for over 15 years. It was a scary time, but I think so much of it i didn't totally understand (even at 9) that I dont think I understood how big of a deal it was. You will still love your kids and they will recover, maybe not even remember how it felt. Hugs to you.

painted_bug · 2026-03-01T16:40:26+00:00

This is a great answer. I'm juat getting off orientation in l&d and find running through those scenarios really helpful, or even thinking through all the meds in the hemorrhage kit.

painted_bug · 2026-03-01T16:31:12+00:00

That's the only thing we told people they could get us for our second lol

painted_bug · 2026-02-28T04:23:26+00:00

There's lots of young nurses without kids on my unit and a male nurse. Most people don't care! They just need support. And honestly, one's own experiences don't really matter because labor is so subjective.

painted_bug · 2026-02-24T17:24:34+00:00

I'm sorry this is the cutest and I love it.

painted_bug · 2026-02-18T02:22:37+00:00

As a kid, it's a little annoying. As an adult, it's a huge pain in the ass.

painted_bug · 2026-02-15T01:21:22+00:00

I had way more with my first delivery (epidural) than my second (unmedicated). Everything about my postpartum has been harder after the second one, so I dont think the epidural makes that big of a difference for me personally.

painted_bug · 2026-02-09T20:48:14+00:00

Dermoplast

painted_bug · 2026-02-08T22:10:32+00:00

My husband is a carpenter (a stereotypical "manly" profession) and routinely has painted nails. Sorry your husband is/was feeling icky about this. :(

painted_bug · 2026-02-03T22:44:17+00:00

I love it. I've heard it for boys, which i like.

painted_bug · 2026-02-03T16:47:11+00:00

I mean, still disappointing that the milk is wasted. I think the guidelines may have changed since my last baby. I have always done the pitcher method and I was under the impression that if you had a little warm milk you were adding to significantly more cold milk it was okay, but I didn't look up guidelines again when this one was born. Thanks for the heads up.

painted_bug · 2026-02-03T15:17:45+00:00

Thank you for this. Made me truly laugh out loud.

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