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@gembeldolar My mom was a cleaning lady. We ate BECAUSE people hired a cleaning service. We paid our bills because someone hired her. Maybe his brain just hasn’t clicked for that yet? When I reached the income level where I could hire someone, I asked my mom about the differences between her...

@christfollower1993 There’s an offshoot group that allows co-sleeping discussion, but it has minimal activity. https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencebasedparentALL/s/KCQl5Ox2bU

@clarinetscore As you’re a STM you probably know this already, but…. GAS DROPS. Oh my god gas drops. They gave our baby an extra hour of sleep. We like the powdered Kirkland formula from Costco. We used RTF Similac at the hospital and it smells SO GROSS.

@homebass Adding onto this - and fully acknowledging this is NOT the scenario OP suggested would play out in OP’s household — I am a product of spanking. The way that this played out in my household is that if my brother & I were “naughty” my SAHM would tell us that dad would give us a...

@fredthefrench Normal

@michael75 I think this is a really personal decision for you and your partner as to whether you have the emotional bandwidth to keep trying the old fashioned way or if you would rather spend the money to do IVF. Based on your lab results, my layperson opinion is that there’s not a physical...

@kenya38 Not OP and I only wish I’d heard/thought of this suggestion at the start of my journey! I’d recommend going to the website for Put A Cup In It and taking the fit quiz. That will help you get one that seals well for your particular shape

@jesmo You’re welcome! Good luck!

@jesmo We used Dr. Brown’s premie nipples (P), which is what the lactation consultant recommended. Then the T/transition nipples, then level 1. I only found out the T nipples existed thanks to Reddit. Once we switched to level 1, our baby had absolutely zero interest in attempting to latch to...

@behindcrossroads Non-Invasive Prenatal Test, also known as Cell Free DNA. It’s a blood draw from mom when the fetus is 10-12 weeks. Fetal DNA can be pulled out of mom’s blood and checked for chromosomal abnormalities. It’s a screening test rather than diagnostic like amniocentesis, but it is...

@dawnbirduk I had a c section at 38w, 5days at 41 years old. First/only pregnancy. My milk “came in” at 5 days. However, we ultimately did exclusively formula feeding because my supply maxed out at 4.5 ounces a day at 3 weeks. Your wife will probably have better luck than I did since she’s...

@powerlovesoundmind We were both over 40 at conception and did the NIPT. We were able to do it through Labcorp for $299 and it was worth it for us for the peace of mind

@christians I am so excited for your breast reduction! Mine was life changing.

@christians Re: breast reduction- I had one in 2004 and gave birth in January 2024. Some people can breastfeed just fine after one and some people can’t. I ended up being in the “can’t” group. (I had a few extenuating circumstances that contributed to breast milk production being difficult as...

I still can’t stand the taste of artificial orange due to all of those nasty chewable Dramamine tablets. Gross)

@pulickalbrothers I’m an adult who has had motion sickness my whole life. (Baby is still in the incubator, but gets very active when I am in the car, so worried she got that gene 😭) Anyhow - have you tried seabands? They are pretty contingent upon being placed correctly (2-3 finger widths...

@truebornagain I’d get the first dose now and plan to get XBB dose as the second dose when it’s available. Assuming CDC opts to continue the same 4-8 week schedule for the second dose, you’re looking at October to get the second dose regardless. Alternatively, Baby is completely unprotected...

@fmc4auburn Yeah, my partner is fence sitting. If he brings up the topic of Number 2 seriously, I’m going to ask him to do 75% of the childcare for our first for 2 months before we have a serious discussion about it.

@garry25 When we found out we were having a girl, I started crying and said, “omg she gets to have a good dad” Baby girl is 9 weeks old now and she does have a good dad! 😊