Posts by silentbison17

Jeremy Bishop35 said:Don't worry too much—with the right therapy, she won't face quality-of-life issues as she grows up.

I was hospitalized several times as a kid due to bronchial asthma—I even went through climate treatments (like those specialized children's retreats in Maui, or thalassotherapy)—but ever since I started using Seretide, I haven't had any issues. They can't prescribe me Seretide anymore, so they gave me a Qvar inhaler which I've been using for the last year, and my condition remains steady—essentially, I've forgotten what an asthma attack even feels like.

For some people, these don't work, but for me, they did. Ventolin only provides acute relief during an actual attack, but if there's an attack, she'll just be suffocating again every few hours if she keeps playing and such. Seretide is supposed to act preventatively to head off the asthma, so I really hope it helps her.

Also, make sure to test her for specific allergens. When I was a kid, I spent a few years undergoing desensitization therapy at Srebrnjak in New York City; I think I was allergic to dust mites, and that helped somewhat... I'm not entirely sure what the standard practice is for that nowadays.

It’s like some kind of damn karma—the allergy tests are awful. She reacts to almost everything. Not everything, maybe, but she reacted to about 70% of the panel, just at lower levels... eggs, milk, flour, peanuts, whitefish, trout, ragweed, pine, pollen... There's no way I can isolate her from the world based on that...

Thank you all so much, you've really comforted me. 😉

I know there's just the possibility that she might struggle with a natural birth later on due to years of Ventolin potentially affecting heart rhythm, but hey, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it...🙂

Hello. Writing this on behalf of my child, haha. 🙂 She’s 3 years old and has allergic asthma.

Things are rough right now. Her spirometry results were catastrophic. We’ve started her on Seretide, hoping for some actual improvement...

My question is for those of you who have dealt with this your whole lives: how much does it actually impact your quality of life? My daughter is incredibly coordinated for her age—she can grab onto anything and move with such ease. It makes me wonder... will she ever be able to play sports?

When she gets congested at the park and starts coughing heavily, I give her water if she needs it, then administer Ventolin so she can keep going. Am I doing the right thing? She handles everything quite well, even when things get terrible—the coughing, the overall state...

Sean Ward22 said:"Are you seriously that overweight?!"

😠
Go jump in a lake; your mother is the one who's heavy-set.😠

If only you could've seen how I totally lost it after that.
She hates my guts now... forever.

I told her straight up that she was being rude and uncultured, and nobody wants to hear that crap. Then when she was heading out, I just hit her with an "okay, bye, fatty."😁

Real classy move on your part.

Some rude people actually think they have the right to dump their horrific birth stories on me without even knowing my profession or what I'm asking...

They comment on my belly size and ask if my doctor confirmed everything is fine just because it looks small.😠😠😠

As a Catholic, I find it insulting that people are gathering to sign petitions right in front of the church.
It has absolutely nothing to do with Christianity.
It’s just sowing seeds of hatred...

silentraven6 said:I’ve honestly started shooting literal lightning bolts out of my eyes... My face just shows this look of pure, deep disgust. When someone tried to come at me today, I just looked them dead in the eye and asked if they had basically hijacked a kid that two straight parents had given up on...

Seriously, it's just one mom against the world!

I try to be respectful. I’ve attempted to explain how selfish it is to claim responsibility for someone else's fate like that—how spreading hate through a signature is just wrong, and that they should just stay quiet. But people like that? They just don't get it.🙄

silentraven6 said:It honestly drives me insane seeing those pathetic little booths set up by that "In the Name of the Family" group everywhere I turn. And then they have the nerve to start targeting me just because they see I'm pregnant!

LOL... everyone expects me to sign their petitions too, just because I'm expecting. 🤣🙄

Andrew Hill8 said:Mother-in-laws definitely deserve their own dedicated topic😂
Honestly, I’m not stressing about anything, I'm just letting things happen naturally, I just wish people would stop poking their noses into my pregnancy business, it's so annoying🙂
Just wait until the baby actually arrives, then the meddling is going to hit a whole new level😲😁
So, do you live with your mother-in-law or do you guys have your own place?
P.S. I totally get how hard it is having been on bed rest, and I know how crappy it feels to have to rely on someone else for everything, especially since my own mother-in-law is already telling me how she’s going to handle all the cooking once the baby comes...
Well, if it turns out great, I'll have plenty of time to cook however I want anyway☕

We're on our own. Living in a tiny ground-floor apartment, while the in-laws live right nearby in their own house...
But everyone keeps to their own home, which is a blessing...
I wouldn't trade my peace for anything. We'll manage in our 300 square feet... at least we'll be our own family!

Andrew Hill8 said:To be totally blunt, it's my mother-in-law who's really riding my back, and she gave birth like 40 years ago...🙄
She claims she didn't have any pains during her pregnancy at all, so she uses that to tell me I'm doing something wrong, which is just so annoying...
As for me, I’ve been feeling stuff for a few days now (I'm 18 weeks along, though the ultrasound shows the baby is actually about 2 weeks ahead of schedule), but I can't tell if it's just gas, my intestines acting up, or the actual baby...🤷
How on earth are you supposed to tell the difference when everything just feels the same?😁
I get this sensation where I feel dizzy and lightheaded, almost like my stomach tightens up suddenly and then just goes limp, and I'm low-key terrified it's not just Braxton Hicks.
I'll definitely be pestering my OB-GYN with a million questions this Monday.😳

I knew it was the baby because it felt deep inside the uterus, and since I'm carrying low, I know it isn't near the navel... so I can't mistake it for gas or bowel movements.

As for the mother-in-law... I won't say much, she deserves her own thread, but I've put her on "ignore" and I honestly don't care anymore. Just trust your doctor. As long as they tell you everything is fine, tune out the mothers-in-law, the aunts, the friends... I had real issues. I was on bed rest for two months and can only just now start leaving the house occasionally. I dealt with plenty of unsolicited "advice"... I'm just praying my doctor clears me from bed rest at the next checkup so I don't have to depend on anyone.

Andrew Hill8 said:It honestly drives me up the wall—like, did the baby come back to life or what? Why wouldn't they just revive when the heartbeat kicks in?😕
That’s just my take on the whole thing, anyway🤷
And then you get into that daily interrogation cycle: oh, is it moving yet? It should have been doing something by now, maybe something's wrong... like, wtf?😕
I mean, seriously, just give it a rest; I really can't stand listening to all those stories and the constant fretting over nothing🙂

Look, I feel the exact same way about it... but this? This is just next level.
Most of the time, it’s just old ladies asking me... they didn't have ultrasounds back in their day. For them, if they could actually feel the baby moving, that was the only proof it was alive... 😁 Just trying my best not to lose it...

My mom kept breathing down my neck about whether I’d reminded her or not. It was exhausting... then, around age 23, it finally kicked in. Now it pops up a few times a day. Much easier to manage now, but everyone is different. No blisters for me—just this dull, constant throbbing from the very beginning...

Just ignore it all... no matter how hard that is...

Look, I hear you loud and clear, girl. I really do.
I was on strict bed rest for two months, and now I’m just... taking it easy...

Hang in there. It’ll all work out fine!
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Call me rude or whatever you want. But you’re the one who showed up here acting like you can do it all, claiming you're better and more "superior" than those paranoid types who listen to old wives' tales!

I don't listen to them. I am paranoid about certain things I have, and I have every right to be given my diagnosis.
But I don't think I'm any better than anyone else... whether they're breastfeeding or not, or whether they listen to street gossip or not.

rustynomad12, I don't get these posts of yours. What's your angle here? Trying to mess with us regular pregnant women who just want to listen to our moms and read the forums without being paranoid?

Especially since you've claimed five different times that this is your only single post. Now you're moving on to breastfeeding on this thread. Great. I'll breastfeed for as long as I can. That depends on all sorts of things—sociological factors, like having to go back to work after four months, or physiological ones, like if my supply runs out. But I'm certainly not going to claim I'll stop nursing because milk loses its properties after six months. What, does it turn into juice?

But hey, you're the genius. You know everything.

Larry Fox12 said:If the cat has had toxoplasmosis for a while now, she’s already gone through it and is immune, so there’s zero risk to the baby. If the cat doesn't have it and hasn't caught it during the pregnancy, then there's no issue at all. The only way it becomes a "problem" is if the cat wasn't infected before but catches it right while the person is pregnant. You can prevent that little hiccup by keeping the cat from roaming around outside to lower the chances of them catching anything.

I know all about the odds and percentages, but I wouldn't take the chance. It's not worth the risk. I don't think it's such a huge sacrifice to ask someone else to scoop the litter box for you. Personally, I wouldn't gamble on it, but hey, it's your call!

Alex Castillo said:Just two quick thoughts: if something rotates 360 degrees, it’s done a full circle, which means you're right back where you started 😉
And honestly, who's going to clean the litter box for my cats if I'm home alone while my husband is traveling? I am definitely not calling my mom or my brother-in-law to come over just to scoop out cat poop...

Look, I don't have a cat, but this is serious stuff. My OB-GYN asked me about this immediately, so call your mom or your brother or whoever... I don't know what else to tell you. If you don't believe me, Google it or ask a doctor!

Great, you wrote this whole thing with such an air of superiority, as if we’re all just mindless idiots obsessed with nothing but pregnancy.

Good luck to you, but I’ll give you one warning: don't even think about cleaning cat litter. You can pick up toxoplasmosis from it. And that isn't some old wives' tale... it's a scientific fact.

Amy Walker4 said:I've honestly tried everything under the sun... and it’s such a toss-up because sometimes it provides a moment of relief, while other times it doesn't touch the sides. For what it's worth, I was dealing with constant vomiting too—just non-stop for those first four months—and nothing seemed to make a dent in it.

At this point, I’m actually looking forward to heartburn because I'm already used to it... The nausea is physically and mentally draining. I'm losing my mind... 😢

Amy Walker4 said:I could sign my name to every single one of those points, whether it’s dealing with unsolicited advice from "expert" moms who weren't even asked, or just the blatant lack of manners you run into on a crowded Greyhound bus. And honestly, I have to throw in a massive shout-out to morning sickness—because nobody ever warned me it would be this relentless. It feels like it drags on for nearly half the entire pregnancy, just a constant, exhausting cycle. It's absolutely brutal.

Ever tried edamame?

I don't have heartburn issues yet. Just nausea on my list... but my stomach is still acting up and soaking up all that acid like a sponge...

Bradley Gray54 said:What has truly caught me off guard is this overwhelming, indescribable sense of exhaustion.🙂
I find myself sleeping for fifteen hours a day, lacking any semblance of motivation, feeling completely drained, unkempt, and just generally physically broken. It feels as though I have been merely existing, without truly living, for three weeks now.🙂
Today, I lacked even the basic strength required to change out of my pajamas into something more suitable for being at home. I had intended to take a short walk outside this afternoon, but that plan fell through because I ended up collapsing back into bed for another bout of sleep.
And then there is this relentless, constant nausea.🙂Any food with even a hint of a strong scent makes me feel absolutely revolted. I sit there watching my husband eat his soup, while I can barely manage to 🤮
. On top of all this, I find myself bursting into tears over something as simple as a photo of a puppy or even a random commercial.😲
I am incredibly lucky that my husband is so wonderful to me—he is so optimistic and provides such steady support. However, he keeps trying to nudge me toward eating things like boiled chicken or similar foods, but I simply cannot bring myself to do it.😢

haha, exactly... where is this legendary "pregnancy glow" everyone talks about? I went for blood work yesterday and the nurse actually asked if I needed to lie down. I don't get it, though I guess my dark circles probably stretched halfway down my face.😁

I could handle anything else, but the nausea... ugh.
But I'll push through it.🙂

Nothing gets under my skin more than people who think they’re qualified to give unsolicited advice.

Right now, the nausea is killing me, and even fewer people realize I'm actually pregnant—it feels like everyone thinks they’re an expert... "you have to do this," "you must do that"... Apparently, if I don't eat meat, the baby won't grow... They completely ignore what my doctor told me, which was just to eat whatever I can stomach since hydration is the main thing for the baby... The worst part? Their nonsense is actually starting to get stuck in my head... arrgghhhhh🙂