My baby is 11 weeks old and just started looking at me like she knows I’m her mama. This week is the first time I’ve been away from her and my sister was like she was perfect! Barely made a peep all day. Meanwhile, she screamed the rest of the night. Before this week it was just blank stares, or seeming pissed. She has even tried to latch on my husbands nose, when obviously he doesn’t even smell like milk 🤣
I don’t think you’re gonna be able to fix these. Especially bc of the way they are colored. Unless you’re hella good with dyes etc and can match that pattern.
What an absolute pointless waste of space. They should include a mini shovel so you can at least pretend to dig your own grave.. I do lots of solo hiking and camping, I’m quite proud of my first aid bag and figured I’d share a little bit of what’s inside; I have sterile packaged suture needle and thread, a mini packaged and sterilized stapler with staples loaded. Medical scissors, Couple packs of QuickClot, a tourniquet, life straw drinking pen, gauze, medical tape, occlusive dressing patch for a sucking chest wound. Titan stormproof matches, fishing line, small lure and bait hooks, antibiotics, Narcan, Benadryl, percocet, Bayer/asprin. Few feet of flex seal tape and some paracord and a couple bandaids lol. This all weighs less than 2 pounds and is in a small waterproof bright red med bag that goes everywhere with me. I can’t imagine being in a serious survival situation and someone pulled this tin can out.
It was not the meds. They’re both approved and highly studied during pregnancy. I’ve worked with women who have been on these meds and I myself was on sertraline throughout my pregnancy. I’m not saying this to diminish what you went through-I’m very sorry for your experience and you loss but because it could seriously impact someone’s mental health if they think their medication could harm their baby when it will not.
Yeah it's definitely all very terrible. Just wondering what's less terrible, like lesser of 2 evils kinda thing between those 2 circumstances. IM vs creating 3-5 open sores every day missing each shot
My girl can’t get pregnant be happy u can I think she can’t have kids anymore she doesn’t even get her period anymore and she said it’s bc of this drug is that true or is it something else?
Idk your girl but could also be weight loss, malnutrition, overall lack of self care and poor health. But I know plenty of women who have gotten pregnant using fent.
Hey! I’m a substance use therapist with a background working with pregnant and parenting women. If you want to continue the pregnancy, my suggestion would be to find somewhere that specializes in treating pregnant women with SUD. It’s more common than you realize and there are plenty of providers that will treat you and not stigmatize your decisions.
My niece is 5 months older than my daughter and I can’t say that the love I feel for her is much different than the love I feel for my own baby. I’d do anything for either of them, without a second thought.
My two month old only eats once in the middle of the night. She eats before I go to sleep around midnight then at 4am and in the morning at 8, sometimes at 7. I feel like 5 is a lot, could she just be seeking comfort and reassurance you’re still there?
My husband and I are comfortable, we go out to eat once or twice a week and are far from impoverished. I have a 10 week old and buy her used clothes all the time. Also eagerly get things from my buy nothing group and other community pages. This person just sounds snobby. Let it be her loss 🤷♀️
Right??? I feel like motherhood has ripped me a new one, mangled it, and turned me inside out. Like, reduced to tears. My husband is unfuckingflappable. The man simply cannot be flapped.
I’m so fucking grateful for this sub. Makes me feel so much better. Last night, baby is wailing because of gas. Me: ugh, this is heartbreaking, she’s so upset Him: she’s fine
I only have 1 and I can’t help but feel he gets to enjoy her way more by spending less time with her when I’m the one changing blowouts at 6AM and handling incessant crying.
I’m almost 10 weeks postpartum, here’s my 10 cents for what it’s worth. I LOVE being able to feed my baby with my body. Seeing her chunk up and knowing that I nourish her is amazing. But it’s incredibly challenging to never truly get a break. She needs me, 24/7. While I pump 1x/day due to having an oversupply and have plenty of milk in the fridge/freezer, if I don’t feed her then I have to pump to replace the feed so at that point, I might as well feed her myself. I can’t do anything spontaneously, even working out and taking a shower is on her schedule and not mine.
I’m a harm reduction provider and my city is at war with harm reduction right now. I will die on this hill and I just cross my fingers my license isn’t something I lose along the way.
My little girl is 8 weeks and the longest she does without eating is 4 hours. Other babies sleep through the night by 6 weeks, it’s just chance and luck I think
lol i just looked at what you said and then saw my name and laughed. your too sweet. thank you! im actually doing volunteer work this saturday in kenzo. curious as to where you work out of. would be crazy to volunteer together.
Totally understand what you are going through especially when your culture is against cosleeping. I m from India so cosleeping is the norm in my country. Infact leaving babies to sleep by themselves is looked down upon. My mum told me, a baby cannot be separate from their mother.
Appreciate this response so much. I feel like the US is the only place that is 100% anti co-sleeping and that has spread to places like the UK. I also have quite the velcro baby who does not even like to be put down during the day so how can I expect her to sleep independently all night long?
I try to honor them by advocating for people who use drugs and never leave the house without narcan. Overdose is preventable, we just need to take away the stigma and we can save so many lives.
Thank you! I have been clean now since 2016 well… except for the shrooms and the occasional beer. I relapsed on Xanax and my wife cried and I stopped immediately. A bit of “kindling” but nothing like the last time. My wife and myself will have drinks a few times a month. Alcohol was never really my thing. Sometimes my wife and I have a few drinks and play Xbox lol.. it’s lovely. I am afraid that some of my brain damage is here to stay! It’s ok though. I would do speed until I couldn’t even function and then use benzos to knock me out. To be expected.
Recovery doesn’t have to be an all or nothing thing. Just keep doing what works best for you, your wife sounds like a great partner. Sounds like your daughter is lucky to have both of you.
Sure! We started in 2021 in response to rising overdoses. We aim to expand harm reduction education and support to everyone, everywhere but we are a very small org and just started to obtain funding this year, which is very exciting! We do outreach 5 days a week in philly and provide education and supplies to neighbors in need as well as at community events and music festivals etc. You can learn more on our
My baby is 11 weeks old and just started looking at me like she knows I’m her mama. This week is the first time I’ve been away from her and my sister was like she was perfect! Barely made a peep all day. Meanwhile, she screamed the rest of the night. Before this week it was just blank stares, or seeming pissed. She has even tried to latch on my husbands nose, when obviously he doesn’t even smell like milk 🤣
Ex therapist here. Definitely not insane. Unethical yes, insane no. My two ex gfs were also therapist. Happens more than you think.
I just can’t imagine ever dating a client.
You must be new
I am not, been in this field for 12 years. I’ve seen it before, just freaks me out how often it happens I guess
I don’t think you’re gonna be able to fix these. Especially bc of the way they are colored. Unless you’re hella good with dyes etc and can match that pattern.
Thanks for reminding me that I have that somewhere. I have a new baby and she creates some crazy stains
Congratulations on your baby <3 !
Thank you so much! Despite her messiness, she’s the best thing ever!
What an absolute pointless waste of space. They should include a mini shovel so you can at least pretend to dig your own grave.. I do lots of solo hiking and camping, I’m quite proud of my first aid bag and figured I’d share a little bit of what’s inside; I have sterile packaged suture needle and thread, a mini packaged and sterilized stapler with staples loaded. Medical scissors, Couple packs of QuickClot, a tourniquet, life straw drinking pen, gauze, medical tape, occlusive dressing patch for a sucking chest wound. Titan stormproof matches, fishing line, small lure and bait hooks, antibiotics, Narcan, Benadryl, percocet, Bayer/asprin. Few feet of flex seal tape and some paracord and a couple bandaids lol. This all weighs less than 2 pounds and is in a small waterproof bright red med bag that goes everywhere with me. I can’t imagine being in a serious survival situation and someone pulled this tin can out.
Props for the narcan 👏
I don't understand brining Narcan camping. Do people usually do opiates while hiking?
People use opioids everywhere.
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It was not the meds. They’re both approved and highly studied during pregnancy. I’ve worked with women who have been on these meds and I myself was on sertraline throughout my pregnancy. I’m not saying this to diminish what you went through-I’m very sorry for your experience and you loss but because it could seriously impact someone’s mental health if they think their medication could harm their baby when it will not.
I do harm reduction in philly and there is no “good” way to use tranq. It causes the issues you’re describing regardless of route of administration.
Yeah it's definitely all very terrible. Just wondering what's less terrible, like lesser of 2 evils kinda thing between those 2 circumstances. IM vs creating 3-5 open sores every day missing each shot
Followed up with my girl for confirmation and we vote that IM is worse. But again, both terrible.
My girl can’t get pregnant be happy u can I think she can’t have kids anymore she doesn’t even get her period anymore and she said it’s bc of this drug is that true or is it something else?
Idk your girl but could also be weight loss, malnutrition, overall lack of self care and poor health. But I know plenty of women who have gotten pregnant using fent.
Hey! I’m a substance use therapist with a background working with pregnant and parenting women. If you want to continue the pregnancy, my suggestion would be to find somewhere that specializes in treating pregnant women with SUD. It’s more common than you realize and there are plenty of providers that will treat you and not stigmatize your decisions.
I would 100% die for my child. I would do the same for my niece and nephews. I would also kill to protect them if necessary.
My niece is 5 months older than my daughter and I can’t say that the love I feel for her is much different than the love I feel for my own baby. I’d do anything for either of them, without a second thought.
My two month old only eats once in the middle of the night. She eats before I go to sleep around midnight then at 4am and in the morning at 8, sometimes at 7. I feel like 5 is a lot, could she just be seeking comfort and reassurance you’re still there?
My husband and I are comfortable, we go out to eat once or twice a week and are far from impoverished. I have a 10 week old and buy her used clothes all the time. Also eagerly get things from my buy nothing group and other community pages. This person just sounds snobby. Let it be her loss 🤷♀️
Unlikely, the alpha 2 andrenergic receptor agonists aren't known to induce significant dependence as far as I'm aware.
This is false. Xylazine causes significant withdrawal symptoms including long term anxiety and the crawling out of your skin feeling OP identified.
I’m in PA and it literally took 4 months.
Right??? I feel like motherhood has ripped me a new one, mangled it, and turned me inside out. Like, reduced to tears. My husband is unfuckingflappable. The man simply cannot be flapped.
I’m so fucking grateful for this sub. Makes me feel so much better. Last night, baby is wailing because of gas. Me: ugh, this is heartbreaking, she’s so upset Him: she’s fine
I just want him to have a horrible time with them so he understands what it's like lol
I only have 1 and I can’t help but feel he gets to enjoy her way more by spending less time with her when I’m the one changing blowouts at 6AM and handling incessant crying.
I’m almost 10 weeks postpartum, here’s my 10 cents for what it’s worth. I LOVE being able to feed my baby with my body. Seeing her chunk up and knowing that I nourish her is amazing. But it’s incredibly challenging to never truly get a break. She needs me, 24/7. While I pump 1x/day due to having an oversupply and have plenty of milk in the fridge/freezer, if I don’t feed her then I have to pump to replace the feed so at that point, I might as well feed her myself. I can’t do anything spontaneously, even working out and taking a shower is on her schedule and not mine.
When the supplier was out, we ordered
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I’m a harm reduction provider and my city is at war with harm reduction right now. I will die on this hill and I just cross my fingers my license isn’t something I lose along the way.
I'm having a baby tomorrow and I was shocked when they told me I need to breastfeed about 8-12 times a day. That's like every 2 hours day AND night.
My little girl is 8 weeks and the longest she does without eating is 4 hours. Other babies sleep through the night by 6 weeks, it’s just chance and luck I think
Wait until her sleep regression in a few weeks.... I miss the 4 hour stretches. Fingers crossed she doesn't give you too hard of time!
That’s the LONGEST she goes loll a lot of the time it’s closer to 2-2.5 hours 🫠
Thanks Shannon ❤️
lol just noticed your username, v fitting
lol i just looked at what you said and then saw my name and laughed. your too sweet. thank you! im actually doing volunteer work this saturday in kenzo. curious as to where you work out of. would be crazy to volunteer together.
Really? I should be there too! I’ll DM you
i have put cayenne pepper on my toast before, it was quite unpleasant
Ugh same. Still cringe thinking about it
Check out happycosleeper or the gentlesleepcoach on instagram for safe cosleeping & any questions. Enjoy your cosy co-sleeping journey! 🥰
Will do! Thank you 🥰
Totally understand what you are going through especially when your culture is against cosleeping. I m from India so cosleeping is the norm in my country. Infact leaving babies to sleep by themselves is looked down upon. My mum told me, a baby cannot be separate from their mother.
Appreciate this response so much. I feel like the US is the only place that is 100% anti co-sleeping and that has spread to places like the UK. I also have quite the velcro baby who does not even like to be put down during the day so how can I expect her to sleep independently all night long?
Keep your head up man. I look back and I could've been one of them. Everydays a new day.
I try to honor them by advocating for people who use drugs and never leave the house without narcan. Overdose is preventable, we just need to take away the stigma and we can save so many lives.
Thank you! I have been clean now since 2016 well… except for the shrooms and the occasional beer. I relapsed on Xanax and my wife cried and I stopped immediately. A bit of “kindling” but nothing like the last time. My wife and myself will have drinks a few times a month. Alcohol was never really my thing. Sometimes my wife and I have a few drinks and play Xbox lol.. it’s lovely. I am afraid that some of my brain damage is here to stay! It’s ok though. I would do speed until I couldn’t even function and then use benzos to knock me out. To be expected.
Recovery doesn’t have to be an all or nothing thing. Just keep doing what works best for you, your wife sounds like a great partner. Sounds like your daughter is lucky to have both of you.
My area has a pump-n-flow shed where people donate pumping and period products and anyone can take them! Maybe yours does too?
For new or used parts or both?
Both!
It means that the lab told us they weren’t able to test it because of whatever the ingredients were in the chocolate.
Omg!! I co-founded the everywhere project!! This is amazing 🥲
please tell me more about this project. Never heard of it.
Sure! We started in 2021 in response to rising overdoses. We aim to expand harm reduction education and support to everyone, everywhere but we are a very small org and just started to obtain funding this year, which is very exciting! We do outreach 5 days a week in philly and provide education and supplies to neighbors in need as well as at community events and music festivals etc. You can learn more on our