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@aiambutasmallvoice I think it would be smart of you to get into regular therapy or maybe an outpatient program for your eating disorder. Anxiety skyrockets once the baby arrives, and can trigger a big ED relapse.

@stellasam Why not accept it now? Your body will always be post-partum from now on. It will never be exactly as it was. Your ligaments loosen during pregnancy and your bones literally move.

@sahabds Overexercising and anemia are symptoms of anorexia, often - are you seeing anyone about the disorder? Overexercising and anemia, and being underweight in the past with a disrupted period, also affect your ability to conceive. See a doctor and get bloodwork done. Too much iron from...

@cloveerforever You're not a failure. Go to marraige counselling. Your wife needs to compromise - the income pressure is too much. I don't think you should drink at all. Next time you feel the urge to drink, instead set yourself up with some talk therapy of your own. You need the support.

@cloveerforever No liquor is a very smart rule for you. I think you should be totally sober. Alcoholism in the family? Using alcohol to cope? Your sobriety is your top priority. Go to marriage counseling and really work at it. There's a compromise on the money end of things. It would be really...

@rickram It's going to be fine! A huge change, but in two years I'm sure you'll look back on this very positively. Since your wife only had 9 months between birth and conception instead of the recommended 18 minimum, her recovery this time is likely going to take longer and she's likely going...

@stassit 2 hours a day is over the limit. The recommendation used to be 0 screen time under 2, and AAP just moved it up to 30 minutes of screen time under 2 if it's interactive.

@jmendez1240 I couldn't imagine not getting enough sleep at 8 months pregnant and then having to haul trash around

@jmendez1240 Why are you enabling his bad behavior? He should be getting up at the same time you are and helping

@hemispheres Yeah, the marketing makes it pretty clear that it's not for elementary-aged kids, but my middle schooler really enjoyed it

@sushi7 The trouble with this forum is that it's sometimes the blind leading the blind. OP is getting advice from women who haven't gone through the newborn stage yet. Unequal leisure time and sleep is a huge driver of conflict and divorce; if just one parent's life changes and the other one's...

@yuliza That's pretty selfish of him, to be honest. He won't or shouldn't have time to train for the first month. You've both set yourself up for conflict and disappointment by thinking that you can have hobbies for the first 4 months. Until you're over that 4 months sleep regression, that...

@hemispheres I think it was supposed to be about the tragedy of sexism, not of being a woman

@cinder7 That's great! Physiotherapy is likely going to be much more needed for your wife this time around, and she'll be way more drained and need more rest due to the larger size of the uterine wound from the placenta ripping away.

@cinder7 It might help for you both to line up more support this time around, as twins are 3x as demanding as a singleton

@rahel3 You still have the adrenaline rush of the first week