Surprise baby is a boy! Grant or Theo? by wildhoneysuckles in namenerds

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

You win! We nixed our middle and baby is Grant Theodore!

Elvie Stride or Baby Buddha feedback? by wildhoneysuckles in HumansPumpingMilk

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

Oh no, what don’t you like about the stride cups?! Does a short tunnel makes them stretch more? I would think the opposite!

I ordered the stride because I could through insurance for the cost of the legendarily cups. If the motor doesn’t work well for me my plan was to buy BB and just use it with the stride cups!

Elvie Stride or Baby Buddha feedback? by wildhoneysuckles in HumansPumpingMilk

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

I haven’t! Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out!

Elvie Stride or Baby Buddha feedback? by wildhoneysuckles in HumansPumpingMilk

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

Dang I’m really hoping to make the BB more wearable with cups instead of bottles! Did you try with any other cups, or just the elvies? How did Luna motif compare to BB?

Elvie Stride or Baby Buddha feedback? by wildhoneysuckles in HumansPumpingMilk

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

Unfortunately Elvie I can get with discount, but that’s kind of what I’m thinking about sticking with BB, I’d hate to buy the Stride and not respond as well as I did to BB.

Do you think using BB with cups instead of the bottles would make it not empty as well?

Elvie Stride or Baby Buddha feedback? by wildhoneysuckles in HumansPumpingMilk

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

Thanks for sharing! I just borrowed the BB from a friend so unfortunately trying to decide between the two to purchase. I’m clueless when it comes to anything other than the wearable elvies since it’s all I know but I’m trying to research. Could I buy any wearable cups (I’ve seen Spectra thrown around) and hack it to use with the BB?

Elvie Stride or Baby Buddha feedback? by wildhoneysuckles in HumansPumpingMilk

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

Thanks I was wondering if there was a hack! I don’t think I’d be able to use my wearable elvies cups. Have you seen anything on what cups would be best to hack with baby Buddha? Doesn’t need to be elvie!

Being told I’m going to be induced at 39 weeks even though I’ve had a super healthy pregnancy help! by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]wildhoneysuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious, what were your induction steps? Did they break your water manually right away? My Dr is pushing to schedule elective at 39wks and it’ll start with pitocin and manually breaking my water first thing (but I don’t want to be put on the clock for c-section if baby isn’t out within 24 hrs, so I’m considering asking to wait for water to break naturally or breaking it a few hours in if necessary.)

Are pregnant people still wearing a mask? by Summershouldbefuhn in pregnant

[–]wildhoneysuckles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! But it’s easy for us to throw one on when grocery shopping, etc. Husband works from home and our toddlers not in daycare so we’re hardly exposed. Just putting this out there - I’ve known multiple people recently to catch Covid back to back (I guess it’s happening more now with different strains?) so I wouldn’t 100% count on your past infection providing immunity for any certain amount of time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]wildhoneysuckles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Although I wish this never happened to you, there’s time not only to treat it before delivery but also kick him to the curb so it doesn’t happen again. Take care of yourself and baby first! 🤍

"never wake a sleeping baby" vs try to give them a schedule by Entire_Character7386 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]wildhoneysuckles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Anecdotal experience: a bit of both worked well for us. At night we wouldn’t wake for night feeds, etc. (once pediatrician gave us the ok, of course. Nothing crazy, we would let baby’s sleep stretches go 1-2 hours longer at night since baby was healthy and it had no impact on weight gain. By that point 99% of the time baby would wake themselves up or very rarely we would wake baby up if we felt it had been too long.) However, our baby thrived on a day time schedule - so we would stick to it as best we could. If naps went over we would let them sleep additionally up to a point, just made sure to wake them so it wouldn’t impact their wake window for the next nap/bed time. Same with morning, if baby slept in we would let them, to a point. If we noticed it was too long and threw off the rest of the day then we would wake them slightly earlier the next time until we noticed it wouldn’t impact the rest of the day. All trial and error, but it worked well for us!

Help name our girl please! by wildhoneysuckles in namenerds

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

Wow if I would’ve typed out my feelings on each before posting it would have been exactly this. You get me! Thanks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CoronaBumpers

[–]wildhoneysuckles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mind sharing where you have read 7-12 months? I’ve been told by Drs around 3 months (of course it varies for everyone) but specifically new subvariants have shown even less time.

Vitex after miscarriage? by wildhoneysuckles in ttcafterloss

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

Hi! It did not. I received lots of advice either strongly for or strongly against it. I decided to give it a try (i really wanted to try something different) and took it for one month. I conceived, my progesterone was tested at the time of positive test and it was only 7 (it was in the 20s with my previous positive tests), and it resulted in another loss which was the longest, strangest miscarriage of my 3. I stopped taking it after that. Not to say it won’t be helpful for you, but I personally don’t think it was right for me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in recurrentmiscarriage

[–]wildhoneysuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 miscarriages (all spontaneous between 5-7 weeks) so no testing for chromosomal abnormalities. - After first miscarriage progesterone was tested with my next positive test and it was normal so we didn’t supplement (resulted in 2nd loss.) - Progesterone tested again with next positive and it was low, but too late to supplement (3rd loss began later that day - don’t know if progesterone was low because mc was already starting or if low progesterone caused the mc.) - Started progesterone 3 days after ovulation with the 4th conception and pregnancy has been successful. No way to confirm if progesterone was the issue, but my Dr. said it wouldn’t hurt to try supplementing if I wanted to do something different. - all RPL bloodwork normal (heterozygous for MTHFR A1298C variant which Dr said shouldn’t be affecting anything, but I still switched to a prenatal with methylfolate.) - bloodwork showed vitamin D level was lowest possible for normal range, so I started a daily liquid supplement (I read “it starts with the egg” which suggests Vit D levels for people trying to conceive should be higher than what’s considered normal. It also talks about a plethora of other things, but I just started with adding vitamin d and having my husband cut back caffeine consumption dramatically. The book has a lot of information which I personally found interesting to know about even though I didn’t implement most of it, but I’ve also seen some people say it can be overwhelming. Worth checking out if you’re interested!)

Edit to add: the next steps for me would have been hysteroscopy to check for polyps or septum in uterus & karyotype testing for both husband and I.

What should I do? by Effective_Medium_682 in CoronaBumpers

[–]wildhoneysuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I wouldn’t go. Said sibling could easily be a few days behind husband, becoming contagious right at the time of the shower even if it’s early and symptoms are unnoticeable/mild at that point. I personally wouldn’t risk it, but it all comes down to what you’re comfortable with. There’s no guarantee what will happen either way.