• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      Kind of silly, but… did you have any specific food cravings, and if so, what were they?

      Also, congrats on momhood!

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        3 months ago

        Thank you :)

        Hmm, not really, I ate mostly the same stuff as before. But I did increase my yogurt intake, I think.

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          3 months ago

          Huh…

          Maybe its just my family line where this seems to be a thing, weird/odd food cravings during pregnancy.

          ???

          Well, yeah, yogurt isn’t that weird, lol.

          I guess uh… do you recall what kind of painkiller or… some other kind of IV cocktail they had you on?

          Or did you not have one?

          I was a C section birth due to being stuck in ridiculous position, trying to come out butt first if I remember right what my parents said, so… yeah, glad you were able to avoid that.

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            3 months ago

            Haha, yeah, I guess :D what kind of cravings are present in your family?

            I was on no painkillers, I simply forgot to ask for that as the contractions took up all my mental focus… It would have made it a lot more comfortable, but oh well ^^

            C sections are so fascinating, if I would have needed one, I would have loved to have a transparent screen, so that I can see what they are doing. But yeah, I’m glad I didn’t need one.

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              3 months ago

              Usually its weird in that they would not regularly eat too much of something, as … a lot of people in my family are picky eaters (cough neurotic cough) but like…

              Suddenly, its time for 5 pickles per day, for basically weeks.

              Or… some particular kind of sausage or meat with a very specific seasoning flavor profile, has to be that exact brand/flavor/mix.

              Oh well, most of my family is literally nuts (have actual diagnosed fairly serious mental disorders), so … yay my family line!

              But uh yeah… ironically, in a misguided idiot attempt to screen me for some kind of one of those disorders or something, I got a botched spinal tap, against my will, from a quack… my dad thought this could somehow screen me for rheumatoid arthritis, before I finished puberty.

              1. Basically no one develops rheumatoid arthritis until like their 40s.

              2. Theres nothing that a spinal tap accomplishes that screens for that.

              3. … I was having minor growing pains from puberty.

              Anyway, reason I mention all that is to make a kind of dark and edgy joke about how I guess I’ve come closer than you have to having an epidural =P

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                3 months ago

                Hahaha, what a tangent, I love it! But yeah, that sounds fucked up… I hope you are well, and that you have only the kind of contact to your family that you want to have :)

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                  3 months ago

                  Not well at the moment, but recovery and PT is ongoing and making slow but steady progress.

                  And, I do have the amount of contact with my family that I desire … that amount is 0, they probably think I am dead.

                  Yeah, I’m not gonna be continuing my family line, but, I still recognize that a functional family, a wanted and well cared for child… well, that’s a beautiful thing that should be celebrated.

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                    2 months ago

                    That sounds healthy, like you are taking good care of yourself 🤗

                    And I totally get the ‘no contact’ with family, sometimes they hold us back, keep us in toxic dynamics, so it’s the best thing to get rid of that… I wish you a wonderful weekend, thank you for this exchange, and sorry for sometimes taking longer to respond!

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      3 months ago

      I don’t know where to start:

      • Did you give birth with your partner present? Were they supportive and if so, how?
      • How supportive was your partner during and after the pregnancy?
      • How did your attraction to your partner or partners change during the pregnancy?
      • This might be TMI (so if you don’t want to answer I understand), but how did sex change during and after pregnancy?
      • What do “false” contractions feel like feel compared to real ones?
      • How would you describe contractions to someone without a uterus? (I’ve heard it’s like diarrhea but much worse)?
      • When did lactation start and what does that feel like? (I’ve heard that when a baby cries, women can start leaking. Is that true in your case?)
      • Why did the nurses tell you not to push?
      • How has your body changed post birth?

      Edit: I added a question and changed some wording. Also, thank you for answering my initial question!