u/Helyonchild

So, I have IBS-D, have had it since I was very little. I recently had my son and ever since he was born I have had more sensitivities to certain foods than before. Also some things that used to be safe are no longer safe. Namely, hot chocolate.

I have been a lover of hot chocolate since before I was diagnosed and NEVER had a problem. Since I’m not a coffee drinker it is always my go to comfort drink in the winter time.

I’m not sure if its the brand or not but Great Value brand and Swiss Miss both cause me to react now. The powdered mixes. I have checked the ingredient list and nothing on there matches any of my current known allergies. But without fail every single time it is now an IBS trigger.

This saddens me as my son is so small and I looked forward to enjoying hot cocoa with him, yet another thing in the list of foods we can never enjoy together.

I have tried just chocolate syrup and milk too, and it just doesn’t taste the same to me and I don’t like it.

I am not on meds for my IBS but I am debating trying them now, just because my diet is now becoming extremely restricted and it’s hard to eat healthy.

I was on Lexapro for a while years ago and it helped my IBS flareups immensely but I also gained a looot of weight and didn’t like that.

just venting. Feeling helpless.

We have a gorgeous 65” TV in our living room, but the only place for it with our current setup is smack in front of a huge picture window we don’t really get to enjoy now. Also we have a soon-to-be toddler and I’d love for our tv to not be easily accessible for him.

I’ve been trying to find a ceiling mount that would allow us to retract the screen all the way up against the ceiling, and then easily pulled down manually.

I’m afraid of the motorized ones breaking down with heavy use, and our ceiling is low enough where myself or my husband can reach and readjust the TV when we need it to be down.

It’s hard to tell if any of the ones on the market that are out there swivel enough to allow for this. I figure I need a ceiling specific mount so it has the proper load bearing capacity but how do I know it swivels enough to allow for adjustment and viewing at such a sharp angle? TIA.

Ok so I’ve been on marketplace for years. I’ve seen it all. Dealt with nonsense and lived to tell the tale.

Something I tend to do to move stuff quickly and get people to actually show up is, I’ll offer a discount on the item, but only if they show up that day to get it.

If they don’t show up that same day, the price goes right back up, idc what they say or if they beg and plead or cuss me out.

I also sometimes put in my description that I will do this, ie “come get it the same day you first message me and get an extra $10 off” etc.

AITA? I think its a fair tactic to get people to actually show up and feel like they got a deal without wasting my time and stringing me along for days.

So I have been an IBS warrior since age 5, when I was diagnosed after a particularly vicious bout in kindergarten. I was constantly getting tummy aches before having to go to school, and would get anxious over having to ask to go to the bathroom as my teachers used to tell us no, especially if we’d already been once that morning. They would make us wait for lunch break. So I was evaluated and IBS was my answer. Good news! I never got told no for the bathroom again after that. Bad news, the IBS just got worse over the years.

Welp, then I was in college and had to go back in for strange oral reactions to certain foods. Turns out I had OAS (oral allergy syndrome) that was connected to my horrible pollen allergies.

This combo has been the absolute worst to navigate because it’s made an already limited diet even more limited.

I react to certain things with IBS symptoms, like garlic, onion, most seasonings tbh.

I literally cannot have any raw fruit or veggies or I will have an OAS flareup (my lips and throat will swell and be painful until I take Benadryl or other allergy medication)

Due to all this I am frequently just eating “safe” carb heavy foods like bread, pasta, oatmeal, lots of processed sugars and fruit juices.

Diabetes also runs in my family! My grandmother had it and my mom is basically borderline rn.

I feel like I have no options left that make sense for me right now. Most healthy low fodmap alternatives are out. I can’t have soy or fish or ANYTHING traditionally fried or breaded. (Thats a new one, up until last year I was able to eat chicken nuggets. Not anymore…)

I feel like a list of what I CAN eat safely is the shorter list at this point. Between the two disorders I run the risk of a painful and inconvenient reaction. Eating out is a nightmare. I’ve been teased for eating salads a lot but criminy, its one of the only things I can be sure is safe to eat.

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas for me to “spice” up my diet? I truly miss eating food that isn’t bland and having a diet that looks more like an adult’s and less like a picky 4 year olds…

Especially now as I’ve just started introducing foods to my 9 month old son and there will be things he will see me not eating because I can’t, I worry this will ruin things for him too (ie he won’t want to eat his veggies because Mommy “won’t” not understanding that I literally can’t, or deciding he’s “allergic” too.)

FIRST TIME MOM on what I’m hoping is my last week EP-ing. I pump once a day for 10 minutes in the morning and get maybe 4-5 oz altogether.

I got here slowly, spent a few weeks getting down to one pump and then a few more cutting it by ten minutes.

I had a pretty decent oversupply. My son is 9 months old and I have about 3k oz in the deep freezer.

My fear now is…how do I know it’s safe to fully stop? I was going to just stop pumping after this week, I even started putting cold cabbage leaves on after my pump to try and ensure I’m drying up.

I’m also wondering if anyone has any experience with the hormonal side of stopping. What should I be aware of? What could happen? I’m afraid I’ll be more emotional or I’ll miss it, since pumping has been such a huge part of my life for almost a year.

TIA for any input or advice!