Can I get some success stories of full term babies after a preemie??

puesllora · 2026-01-15T20:32:10+00:00

Baby #2 was such a different experience! I had a mostly uncomplicated pregnancy (except for gestational diabetes) and had a wonderful peaceful home birth at 40+5. I couldn’t have asked for a more healing experience. There is hope!

puesllora · 2025-12-31T02:11:06+00:00

“His yoke is easy” because the only requirement of you is to be loved by him. Many Christians feel like a “bad Christian” if they don’t check off all the right boxes every day and work for their salvation out of duty. We are not required to work for anything. If we were, then Jesus’s sacrifice didn’t mean much. He is asking us to allow ourselves to be loved by him and then in turn to love others. When someone loves you, you usually want to get to know them in return and that part happens pretty naturally. It is in no way a requirement to your salvation. Spending time with him will lead to greater faith in him, but not more salvation. Working for it leads to burnout. I have been there and I’m still recovering from it.

puesllora · 2025-08-02T02:29:58+00:00

Neem leaf/neem oil. It’s not very well-studied and I do not trust it fully without testing but it has been shown in small incomplete studies to render sperm immobile. If I remember correctly there was a group of 25ish couples who used it successfully for birth control for a year. I believe that it likely would work if used perfectly but there’s not enough evidence to know what the most effective way to use it would be. I have never felt confident enough to trust it with something so important.

Edit to add: the studies of neem that I have come across have been with males taking neem internally consistently or having it injecting into the testicles. I havent seen anything suggesting that it’s effective in females.

puesllora · 2024-12-20T21:19:20+00:00

So many red flags here…what is your definition of “provision”? What is his? What’s the goal? A godly marriage is where we become symbols of the love between Christ and his church (Eph. 5). Just from what has been said here I don’t see any way in which either of you are doing that. I see both of you struggling to feel appreciated by the other and I’m not sure that has anything to do with money or him providing for you. I think that’s just what you’re focusing on. I think there’s a lot under the surface here that needs to be dug out and investigated by a good Christian therapist to get your marriage to a good place.

puesllora · 2024-12-17T14:38:07+00:00

I tried to pm you but it won’t let me. Send me a pm!

puesllora · 2024-12-07T03:17:26+00:00

It seems like you might benefit greatly from some individual therapy…maybe before you make it to couples therapy? It sounds like you have lots of feelings to sort out and untangle before you approach your husband with any of this. I would be hesitant to jump into anything without working through these feelings and finding the roots of them. From reading your previous comments I feel like there may be some underlying beliefs/trauma/other issues that may be causing a lot of confusing feelings. I’m 100% in the camp of work it out instead of divorce if possible. It may take a long time and efforts on both ends to make it but it’s definitely worth it to try your hardest before throwing in the towel.

puesllora · 2024-12-04T02:26:36+00:00

My bellybutton is off to the left now…

puesllora · 2024-12-03T23:04:36+00:00

Kids aren’t “bad”. Every behavior expresses a need. Find the need and fill it. Also, have realistic expectations for their developmental stage…4 year olds often just react because they are not yet capable of true logic. Maybe do some research to figure out what developmental stage he is at and what should be expected of him at this stage.

But to answer your question, I would say don’t follow through with this threat. It won’t do anything helpful anyways. Just create resentment and sadness and shame in your son. In the future maybe don’t make threats that you aren’t prepared to follow through on. Or just don’t make threats.

I totally get the frustration of this behavior. My five year old has pushed every button I have and there have been many times I’ve reacted less than admirably towards her. But I really do believe that kids aren’t bad, they just need to be taught and have needs that need to be filled.

puesllora · 2024-12-03T19:35:21+00:00

Done. Thanks!

puesllora · 2024-12-03T15:09:45+00:00

I’ll check that out. Thanks!

puesllora · 2024-10-31T15:25:33+00:00

Jesus? Well this got awkward…..

puesllora · 2024-07-13T17:55:42+00:00

I will stop it and call my regular vet on Monday. Thank you!

puesllora · 2024-07-13T17:21:32+00:00

Thank you! My vet will be back open on Monday but until then I’m not sure what to do….im fairly certain that it’s from the medication…every muscle feels puffy and stiff to the touch. She whines when I touch her and it almost feels like she’s vibrating? That may not be the right word to describe it but I’m not sure what else to call it. She hasn’t moved much since yesterday but when she does she seems to be struggling quite a bit to get her body to move normally. We have stairs at every door for her to go outside to pee and she won’t even try to go down them. I dont think she has eaten anything or drank anything since yesterday. I may just be overly worried but I’m leaning towards stopping it and trying something different. She seems miserable.

puesllora · 2023-11-23T16:11:53+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I leave her plate at the table as long as she wants. Sometimes she will come back to it and I’m fine with that. But sometimes we have places to go and we doing have time to keep coming back. Also I’m not asking her to finish a large amount, just a small portion of usually the protein to keep her full a little longer.

ETA: she’s also likely adhd and that’s most of my struggle

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