I would sign on, but, I once slipped on ice on steps, fell, hit my head, and the police picked me up and took me to ED. I had to technically be arrested and put in back seat. We had a jolly laugh about it. I was concussed apparently. But it shows up as arrest.
Will add to this with being post partum. I actually loved being pregnant. I am not made for newborn humans.
ETA: Also +1 to those who won't have another cat. I did try more than once. I loved our last one but it didn't make me a cat person. Never again to that.
Will add to this with being post partum. I actually loved being pregnant. I am not made for newborn humans.
ETA: Also +1 to those who won't have another cat. I did try more than once. I loved our last one but it didn't make me a cat person. Never again to that.
Oh yes, I assume post partum will suck too lol. Now that I’m going through it will never understand loving being pregnant, what?!
wanderingback , She might have seen it elsewhere but my cousin shared a theory with me: You can have an easy time getting pregnant, an easy pregnancy, an easy labor or avoid PP depression/easy newborn. You don't get all four. Two at best, lol. So on the bright side, if pregnancy has sucked, maybe the LO will be a unicorn sleeper?
ETA: "Easy" being defined through the lens of being a woman to begin with, wherein you still have to carry around and push out a 6-8 pound object, dislocating your organs and going through hours of pain to do so.
Once is enough. I did the kind where you jump straight into the icy abyss, full-on submerge. I think I scrambled over a kid’s head to get out. Plus everyone in my office bailed on me so I had to plunge with strangers (including the aforementioned kid).
Will add to this with being post partum. I actually loved being pregnant. I am not made for newborn humans.
ETA: Also +1 to those who won't have another cat. I did try more than once. I loved our last one but it didn't make me a cat person. Never again to that.
Oh yes, I assume post partum will suck too lol. Now that I’m going through it will never understand loving being pregnant, what?!
Being pregnant is so horrible especially when you’re in it. I was sick the entire time, had to take Zofran w David, and dieclegis with Joey to make me feel miserable (which is an improvement tbh) but now I do kind of miss the kicks and squirms
wanderingback , She might have seen it elsewhere but my cousin shared a theory with me: You can have an easy time getting pregnant, an easy pregnancy, an easy labor or avoid PP depression/easy newborn. You don't get all four. Two at best, lol. So on the bright side, if pregnancy has sucked, maybe the LO will be a unicorn sleeper?
ETA: "Easy" being defined through the lens of being a woman to begin with, wherein you still have to carry around and push out a 6-8 pound object, dislocating your organs and going through hours of pain to do so.
This is true! My boys are amazing babies. With Lucy, ms went away at 15 weeks and she was a tough baby.
Oh yes, I assume post partum will suck too lol. Now that I’m going through it will never understand loving being pregnant, what?!
Being pregnant is so horrible especially when you’re in it. I was sick the entire time, had to take Zofran w David, and dieclegis with Joey to make me feel miserable (which is an improvement tbh) but now I do kind of miss the kicks and squirms
Well yes, you are clearly not in the "never again" camp since you’ve done it more than once lol.
Everyone told my mom she would change her mind and have another kid, but nope, she stuck to it based on pregnancy and child birth, and I’m an only child. Def hope to follow in those foot steps cause nope, never again!
And anyone who says they had all 4 is a fucking liar.
My mother always swore she had easy everything, including 2 of us being 10+ pounds and 2-4 hour labors with no meds being easy, but she tends to look at all of life with rose-colored glasses. I call it the Pollyanna Syndrome.
Riding in a helicopter. It was a tour kind of thing, just to see the area from up above and it was like a roller coaster. All up and down and turning and ….I feel queasy just thinking about it.. I felt so unstable all I wanted was to be on the ground again. Never again.
OMG I love swimming with them so much. I would have stayed all day if I could
Yesss. Swimming with giant rays off Grand Cayman is what the kids call a "core memory." That's literally a happy place I go in meditation sometimes.
I was on vacation in the Caribbean with a friend and she wanted to do it, and she really did love it. A boat dropped us off in the middle of the ocean at a shallow sand bar where wild sting rays lived. So, part of my panic was that I really had no where to go as soon as I realized that I didn’t enjoy the sting ray thing. But I was also really worried about being stabbed through the heart by one. It felt like climbing into a swimming pool full of snakes - which would be cool if you liked snakes, but they also might kill you. And I paid $150 for the pleasure.
Post by estrellita on Jun 11, 2022 20:50:25 GMT -5
On the very very slim chance we had a 3rd kid, I would never exclusively pump again. If the baby wouldn't nurse, I'd be going to formula. E was FF due to him refusing to latch and me not at all knowing how to pump. A nursed, but she wasn't "good" at it for several reasons, so she wasn't eating enough. I did the nurse, bottle, pump routine until I couldn't do it anymore. I either had to give up pumping or nursing and I decided at the time I really wanted her to be fed breastmilk and knew if I dropped the pumping, I'd end up switching to formula. Nope, not worth it IMO. My FF kid has been much healthier than my BF kid so in my experience, the only thing we really saved was money.
Post by ellipses84 on Jun 11, 2022 21:10:58 GMT -5
I actually came home and told DH “never again!” this weekend. I will never take my kid to a bday party at Dave & Busters again. I hate that place anyways because it’s so overstimulating. The party area was at the convergence of all the loudest areas, like a special part of hell. We had to yell to talk to anyone and my sensory sensitive kid was totally losing it anytime we had to be there. He usually loves going there and playing the games but he was asking to leave.
wanderingback, I enjoyed pregnancy beyond the first tri up to the last month. And I think there is something to that saying mentioned above. Pregnancy with C was fairly easy, but my labor and delivery was tough. My pregnancy with K was hard and high risk, but my labor and delivery was a dream, absolutely perfect. C, great sleeper as a baby, terrible as a toddler and K it was the opposite.
I think the key is embracing where you are and finding the good, because it is there mixed in with the hard things. And not that you need me to say this, but it is ok to not like being pregnant.
Post by ellipses84 on Jun 11, 2022 23:04:01 GMT -5
Another one. Never drink free tequila. If it’s free, it’s not good. Definitely had an awful night in my 20s before I learned that lesson. I love tequila now, but it has to be quality.
And anyone who says they had all 4 is a fucking liar.
My mother always swore she had easy everything, including 2 of us being 10+ pounds and 2-4 hour labors with no meds being easy, but she tends to look at all of life with rose-colored glasses. I call it the Pollyanna Syndrome.
Boomers are over the top in their false memories of what it was like having kids. EVERYthing was sunshine and roses, so why isn't it for us, too? 🤔