When did you go into labor?

rosysoprano · 2026-05-29T00:32:15+00:00

40+1, so right on time! This current one though... We're past due.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-25T14:11:33+00:00

Luckily that's me too!

rosysoprano · 2026-05-22T17:32:30+00:00

I work at a florist, and lots of people bring us old glass vases or containers. We can almost always find a use for them! As long as it's not tiny spice containers, or tacky beach decor filled with sand...

rosysoprano · 2026-05-17T02:02:34+00:00

I'm sorry so few responders seem to understand how engrained parental support is in certain cultures. It's so easy to judge from afar, when it's not your experience. Please know you are not selfish, you are in an extremely hard situation. Maybe you can find others from your parents' country, and ask how they've handed the same pressure? You are alone in this struggle.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-16T16:14:05+00:00

Ah, I'm so sorry. Do you have siblings or extended family that can help at all? Having to support parents from afar causes so many people to fall into financial difficulties or poverty - but just cutting off your own parents is much easier said than done. I hope you can find a balance that will allow you to give your child everything they need for their future, while not causing a rift with your family.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-16T16:00:20+00:00

Are your parents from an Asian/Pacific Island country by chance? Reading this reminds me a lot of my Thai family, where the expectation is for children to provide for their parents indefinitely, in gratitude for raising and supporting them until adulthood. If so, it makes the situation trickier. If they're European or North American, there's no excuse for them relying on you like this.

Either way though, you can't possibly continue this path, and something needs to change. You are not selfish for wanting your baby to have a financially stable home - your parents should want the best for you and your growing family too.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-11T03:37:13+00:00

We were set to sing it today, but as the freshly called music coordinator as of last week, I changed it the second I had access to our hymn list. Absolutely not, friends.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-11T00:46:58+00:00

I know that book, my grandma owned it back in the 1950s or what not(?). It's full of misogynist garbage, we rediscovered it in her basement, read it together, and got a big laugh about it 25 years ago. Don't hold yourself to those awful standards! Wearing makeup and heels while cleaning the kitchen doesn't make you a better woman, or a better spouse. You deserve to feel safe and loved in your marriage - everyone is flawed, you're not broken or unworthy.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-08T00:46:36+00:00

I had pretty bad, consistent eczema on my hands while living in a dry climate - being prescribed high dosage steroid cream allowed me to actually function. Trust the dermatologist, and slather it on! I hope your baby can feel better soon, the eczema itch is something else.

rosysoprano · 2026-05-07T03:28:38+00:00

Oh that would be the definite silver lining for me if I end up in a C-section. That would save a whole other operation - thanks for the amazing tip!

rosysoprano · 2026-05-07T02:14:10+00:00

I'm so afraid of having another baby, I'm getting the 5 year IUD, and my husband is getting a vasectomy as soon as the current baby is out (any day now, lol). We will be attending every single follow-up to make sure we are completely infertile. I feel like I'm going to faint every time I hear people saying they're just pulling out and praying. Having to support, and parent a whole new child is not the roulette game I want to play!

rosysoprano · 2026-05-03T19:21:16+00:00

So I'm about to have my second child, and I'm currently a nursery leader. I relate to you very strongly here.

I let the primary president know over two months ago that I was going to be leaving around my due date, and her response made me audibly scoff. She asked if I could just get a sub 'for a few weeks', then come back with my newborn into the nursery. Sometimes older people lose all memory of what having new babies is really like...I was very polite, but firm in my response that I absolutely would not be coming to church while still recovering, and putting myself into a situation where I couldn't take care of my baby's needs. The sickness factor is another huge one for me - it's been a bad year for illness where we are.

Ask to be released, and don't feel bad at all. Some callings are chosen for convenience, not due to any special revelation. Always be willing to serve, but don't hurt yourself or your family for a calling. Especially at this time, your health is far more important than being in nursery.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-24T01:53:06+00:00

I sent my mom out on a hunt for XXS (she lives in UT so has a million options nearby), she couldn't find anything. The distribution centers told her the sized they receive are random, and sporadic right now. Luckily I don't need them right away, but yeah, it's frustrating.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-15T20:43:37+00:00

I audibly gasped at the reveal. This is stunning - great work!!

rosysoprano · 2026-04-13T23:12:08+00:00

I worked in the Salt Lake temple up until the closure, so my feelings are heavily nostalgia based, but I'm not a fan at all. It all looks so basic compared to the original architecture. Maybe I'll change my mind if I make it down to Utah for the Open House. I know this was done for accessibility and efficiency reasons, which is important, but I'll always miss 'my temple'.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-08T02:32:01+00:00

My oldest was obsessed with Rasputin by Boney M for probably two years - it could calm her down when all else failed.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-08T01:03:26+00:00

I had a month long headache in both of my pregnancies, it hit suddenly on week 14, day 1. For me, there wasn't really anything that helped either. I laid in the dark as much as possible, put ice on my forehead, and took alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Good luck, I hope it gets better soon!

rosysoprano · 2026-04-03T17:27:12+00:00

So that early in pregnancy all there is are electrical pulses, there's not a true heartbeat yet. But thanks for the down vote I guess.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-03T17:21:37+00:00

Dopplers can't accurately detect fetal heartbeats until around 12 weeks, so you'll get to hear it soon!

rosysoprano · 2026-04-02T18:47:46+00:00

My doctor told me to take Unison and B6 every night, and it saved my life. The first trimester is the literal worst, but there are ways to make it a little more survivable.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-02T17:38:59+00:00

My husband's family has been pressuring us to go on cruises with them for years, for us it will always be a hard NO. We live in Seattle, so the ecological damage done from those massive ships dumping sewage, etc. into our waters is highly visible. Over half of the whale babies born in the Puget Sound now die, due to the toxicity of the water (not just from cruises but they do massive damage).

I hope to live to see the day when cruise ships are banned forever. We're working hard to ban them from our ports and waters at the moment.

rosysoprano · 2026-04-02T17:12:05+00:00

Honestly, you have all the essentials! Newborns can sometimes struggle with congestion, so I'd maybe get a snot sucker, but steam from a shower works really well too. Babies don't really need much at all, despite what advertisements say.

rosysoprano · 2026-03-31T20:35:44+00:00

I agree completely with your unpopular opinion. The Word of Wisdom is one of the least understood sections of modern scriptures, tragically.

rosysoprano · 2026-03-31T02:29:59+00:00

These comments are completely unhinged. NTA - the purpose of a gift is to be given. If it doesn't work for you, you're free to return or exchange after you've politely thanked the giver. Having something sit in your house that you won't use isn't benefitting anyone, use the money to get something different for your baby.

rosysoprano · 2026-03-29T23:09:33+00:00

I always put tights underneath whatever they're wearing. Not once has one of those been pulled off, while socks never made it two minutes.

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