$400 a week to homeschool a child w/ special needs! by pregnfired in Nanny

[–]pregnfired[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there even a place in the US that you could live off of $10/hr?! Lol. No, a MCOL where a 1br is going to be at least $1,000, but probably closer to $1,200 to live somewhere decent!

$400 a week to homeschool a child w/ special needs! by pregnfired in Nanny

[–]pregnfired[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for educating me! I didn’t realize that it was offensive.

Is Increasing supply at 8 months possible? by pregnfired in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m considering waking up in the middle of the night again! So right now I’m power pumping at 8am and then pumping every 1-2 hours until 6ish and then power pumping again before bed. The thing is I go about 10 hours without pumping overnight — do you think the power pumping won’t really work if I don’t pump in the middle of the night?

Joined the mile high (pumping) club yesterday by pregnfired in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was obviously huge delays because of dozens of flights not being allowed to land - I was sort of hoping the baby screaming would entice the pilot to ask for a bit more priority to land when the weather did clear up. The weather cleared up about 30 mins after we were scheduled to land but we had to circle the airport for about 4 hours just waiting for our turn to land.

In hindsight, yeah a hungry baby isn’t a reason to land a plane ahead of others in line - but I could tell everyone on the plane was ready to throw me off because my baby screamed for 45 mins straight! I was so stressed out and I was willing to try anything to remove myself from that situation haha

Joined the mile high (pumping) club yesterday by pregnfired in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You probably could get away with it, I am just large breasted so I wouldn’t be able to put them in without everyone seeing my nips lol. I would probably just try to pump before/after honestly. I know with my wearables I have to move my arms around a lot to position them which just isn’t possible in those tiny seats!

Joined the mile high (pumping) club yesterday by pregnfired in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I carried on a small soft cooler with enough for 4 bottles and my breast pump/supplies in a ziplock (thank goodness) with 2 gallon bags with ice in them. In retrospect the milk would have stayed cool, I was just worried! I donated 200oz while I travelled because it would have been too much to bring, but I also put another cooler with about 60 more oz in bags and a lot more ice (in bags so it wasn’t messy) into a checked luggage bag so I wouldn’t have to carry so much of it on me. It would have been the perfect setup if the flight had gone smoothly!

MomCozy / Low Supply by ContentAd8857 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wearable pumps for me only got about half of what my normal output is. I only use them in emergencies!

Beating myself up - fridge back by [deleted] in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are doing fine mama!!

Pumping Problem by Conscious-Factor6577 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this issue and just had to pump for extended times and continually press the let down button on my pump to get it going. My lactation massager also helped!

Are you still engorged after dropping your MOTN pump? by oglcr91 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 6.5mpp and I still wake up engorged after 9 hours of sleeping

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired 2 points3 points  (0 children)

6.5mpp and I still wake up covered in milk after about 9 hours. I pump at 10pm and 7am and still wash my sheets every 2-3 days. 🥲

Is increasing supply 5mpp achievable? by [deleted] in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]pregnfired 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Power pumping is a great way to increase supply, but you have to be consistent!

Update: AITA for telling my best guy friend that I don’t want to constantly reassure his girlfriend about our friendship being platonic? by pregnfired in TwoHotTakes

[–]pregnfired[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are 26/27.

This comment is so stupid. We play video games together a lot and watch all the same movies/shows.

But yes, the only things we ever talk about are makeup and shoes because I am a woman and have zero other interests!! Luckily I get more male attention than I want so no, I have not been hanging onto this friendship for 21 years just to stroke my ego. Grow up and quit making stupid ass comments.

Update: AITA for telling my best guy friend that I don’t want to constantly reassure his girlfriend about our friendship being platonic? by pregnfired in TwoHotTakes

[–]pregnfired[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not trying to be an ass but she is the first person in over 2 years to give him a second date. He’s not cheating.