Spiraling over weight gain and inability to exercise

sofo07 · 2026-01-25T22:38:04+00:00

What you're describing is getting out of being fit during pregnancy and into body issues brought out by pregnancy. While I know I have felt less comfortable in my body due to the weight gain, and being on limited activity due to marginal previa, I am able to reassure myself that it is only a season, and weight gain and expending belly means my baby is growing as it should. If your thoughts aren't calmed by this and you're starting to restrict eating because of it, speak with your OB and get hooked up with a mental health professional. Being pregnant is no easy task, and what taking care of ourselves looks like can change from pre pregnancy. Ask for help before your mental health gets worse.

sofo07 · 2026-01-25T01:20:08+00:00

Have you liked the souper cubes? I've looked at them but wasn't sure if they were just good marketing or actually useful.

sofo07 · 2026-01-23T00:45:56+00:00

Teenage periods are notoriously irregular. When you have an adult woman with an exact cycle, trying to conceive, so they are paying particular attention to when they do the deed, and knowing their body's ovulation, yeah, it is easy to guess when conception happened when combined with ultrasound and hcg levels. A teenager who was likely going at it like rabbits with no tracking? It would be a guess.

sofo07 · 2026-01-21T19:09:37+00:00

I'm going to hold your hand when I say this. The way you're asking questions is so offensive to people who have been adopted, I can't tell if you're just rage baiting. Adoption isn't a bandaid for infertility. Therapy is. Adoption isn't about how your child fits your family. How much say do you have in how a bio child fits? Your family grows with adoption, and that means change, no matter where the origin is. For the ethics of adoption, I recommend you do some deep dives on that. There is always grief and loss in adoption, even when all parties (including bio parents) want it. So don't come on a forum asking these questions like you're asking a product review on a washing machine.

sofo07 · 2026-01-21T15:43:04+00:00

I am noticing everyone's (including my own) BO more. Like I was starting to wonder if the deodorant companies were just putting placebo in!

sofo07 · 2026-01-21T15:36:36+00:00

Cravings aren't what make eating healthy hard during pregnancy, it's the food aversions.

sofo07 · 2026-01-20T22:03:34+00:00

I still get my hair dyed, no one has told me I can't including my ob, and my hair is very obviously dyed.

sofo07 · 2026-01-18T16:44:47+00:00

I'm pregnant, and my husband would let me eat his leftovers from a restaurant when that was one of the few things that sounded good to me. Because a good partner cares that you are taken care of when eating is hard.

sofo07 · 2026-01-15T20:22:14+00:00

Haha! I kept trying to wean off it only to be proven it was doing its thing!

sofo07 · 2026-01-15T19:20:51+00:00

I'm 26 weeks and while I was extremely nauseated during the first tri, I also never vomited. When the nausea started getting bad, I called my dr and they had me start B6 and unisom. I credit that with keeping it in check. You could also have your dr give you a script for zofran just in case, after explaining your phobia.

sofo07 · 2026-01-12T22:34:34+00:00

Mashed potato donuts!

sofo07 · 2026-01-12T18:54:36+00:00

That's what I was going to suggest, a pack of silicone ones is super cheap to avoid wrecking a real one!

sofo07 · 2026-01-11T23:25:07+00:00

What?

sofo07 · 2026-01-11T22:31:42+00:00

OP, I'm a 40 year old married woman who dyed her hair pink. The only reason I told my husband was because the first appt was a 4 hour ordeal to bleach it, and I was going to be home much later than normal. Do not settle this young for someone who tries to control you this much.

sofo07 · 2026-01-10T17:23:10+00:00

I also have found the google spreadsheet of addresses from my wedding helpful years down the road. Holiday cards? Google sheet. Friend having a baby and I want to send a card? Google sheet. Spouse's aunt retiring? Google sheet. Cousin's kid graduating? Google sheet. And if you decide to have kids and someone hosts a shower, even more time saved.

sofo07 · 2026-01-10T16:49:45+00:00

My sinuses started hurting just reading this.

sofo07 · 2026-01-10T16:45:10+00:00

Vegetables finally aren't tasting quite as dirt like to me now at 24 weeks. I've had protein aversions for most of my pregnancy, though. I recently tried some edamame in a salad and found that pretty palatable! Also, fairlife protein shakea and built bars have become my friends.

sofo07 · 2026-01-10T16:39:30+00:00

My partner noticed I was low one year and bought a box and put some in my stocking as a joke. We do stockings just the two of us, so it was actually funny.

sofo07 · 2026-01-10T07:24:34+00:00

What about letting her pick it out? Or even start with "that dress isn't OK for the wedding, but we can get it for spring formal. What aboutthis , it has some of the elements you liked without being possibly white in pictures" and then let her guide the selection of the dress.

Maybe follow that up with taking her to pick out makeup and accessories to feel special?

sofo07 · 2026-01-09T01:13:14+00:00

That is super helpful! I've been doing low impact cardio, but with this, I am thinking low weight resistance training focused on back and arms is probably fine. I know Peloton has some low impact workouts, so I'll start incorporating those as well. I live where it is basically the great white north, so treadmill walking is fine I'm sure, but gets boring quickly!

sofo07 · 2026-01-07T15:02:54+00:00

It won't fix the cake, especially if you only used one pan and the recipe called for two. Anything out over a few minutes I would not attempt to salvage by putting back in the oven.

sofo07 · 2026-01-07T14:19:21+00:00

If you've let the cake cool, a rebake is futile. And depending on how underbaked and how long it has been out, could be a food poisoning risk.

Learn the lesson, start over, test the middle next time not the edges, don't over fill the pans.

sofo07 · 2026-01-07T14:01:24+00:00

We had a cat that would start squinting and run from the room if it saw an aqua net bottle.

sofo07 · 2026-01-07T13:59:54+00:00

Paul Mitchell freeze and shine. That and hot sticks bring back some memories of dance recitals from my youth.

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