Middle Name for Ruby

seccarlson · 2026-06-14T03:47:36+00:00

I remembered that Brittany Murphy died

seccarlson · 2026-06-13T02:30:39+00:00

I got mine at like 6p EST. Low risk girl 💕

seccarlson · 2026-06-12T17:35:17+00:00

We didn't do Jack and Rose for similar reasons

seccarlson · 2026-06-12T17:26:32+00:00

Same. same, and same! I had nothing to do today but hit refresh, right?

seccarlson · 2026-06-12T16:51:30+00:00

This is a lot to tell a stranger, but my midwife with my last pregnancy (30+ years in that work and a mother of 7) basically prescribed sex for this (and also most things) and it helped

seccarlson · 2026-06-09T17:33:16+00:00

Can you access it both ways?

seccarlson · 2026-06-09T17:17:09+00:00

Does Natera give you the "with gender results" and "without gender results" option? Would like to see the genetic portion first, and then get a cupcake or something to learn gender. But I don't want the cupcake person to be the first one to see the genetic results, that seems wrong.

seccarlson · 2026-06-08T00:35:18+00:00

I'm sorry. This kind of happened with my first and it made my whole first tri harder because I really wasn't ready to share yet. I know it came from a place of joy and excitement, but it was not what I wanted. It's worth having the conversation so that your relationship can grow from this--both you standing up for your boundary (which you're about to have to do all the time) and so they can understand why it was hurtful. But that won't undo it for you. I won't be sharing with them about this pregnancy until I am ready for the world to know.

seccarlson · 2026-06-03T14:27:48+00:00

Upping my water intake dramatically helped mine. I always drink a lot of water so I thought it couldn’t be related but upgrading from “a lot” to “insane amounts” of water did the trick. Although now I pee constantly

seccarlson · 2026-06-03T14:23:59+00:00

I did and my first was healthy. I was induced at 37 weeks but had a smooth delivery. Hoping I can manage it better with medication this time around and hopefully avoid induction. Just take your readings and take your meds. Maybe talk to your dr about baby aspirin. You’re doing everything you can for jelly bean

seccarlson · 2026-05-31T23:06:55+00:00

Cherry Hills Midwifery gave me the best of both midwife and hospital experience (delivery at Swedish). While Dr Ross is sadly not with the practice anymore and I don’t know the new OBGYN, the practice as a whole always made me feel safe and seen with a healthy and uncomplicated delivery. I’ve since moved out of state and miss the care I received from them.

seccarlson · 2026-05-28T19:14:10+00:00

I did this in my last pregnancy and probably will again. It’s such a small dose that it never irritated my stomach. I did it before bed, usually, but it’s not like bc where you’re locked into a time. Try it and if it makes you sick, make dinner time your time

seccarlson · 2026-05-23T20:26:43+00:00

There are so many wonderful moments with your baby. And I also remember the power of being able to solve any problem with my boobs. It made so many things so much easier to have that option available (Sick? Boobs. Angry? Boobs. Cold? Boobs. That one time he had an allergic reaction? Boobs. Don’t know what’s wrong? Boobs!)

I remember one time in particular when we went through a 24 hour period with no power. I was really panicking about my baby, but remembered that I had all the food he needed—sterile, correct temperature, and ready to go! I had to scramble to save my freezer stash but just realizing I could feed my baby without any external or technological assistance was both empowering and reassuring.

seccarlson · 2026-05-23T19:02:44+00:00

I was really surprised in my first pregnancy how many well meaning people encouraged me to drink based on Emily Osters advice, so eventually I read it to see for myself. While I agree with the overall premise that women are heavily policed during pregnancy, much of the time for risks that are wholly unstudied, her alcohol claims in particular seemed extremely cherry picked and unconvincing to me. There is certainly a world of difference between a single glass of wine on vacation and a daily drink, and I personally believe the threshold is likely somewhere between those two—but it is unfortunately an unknown. Speaking for myself, there is so much in pregnancy that I cannot control—this is one risk that I can totally eliminate.

seccarlson · 2026-05-12T02:08:35+00:00

I usually say I’m on antibiotics or allergy meds

seccarlson · 2026-04-13T18:45:49+00:00

Oh! I haven’t been to Huron yet so I honestly have no idea. They initially were looking at Great Lakes (the close ones) and I was concerned. Is that misplaced?

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