u/Mollycat121397

For my birthday for the last three years my mom has gifted me a pair of Hoka Bondi SRs. I looooove them. But my birthday is in February and now it’s June and this latest pair is looking as bad off, if not worse than my almost 1.5 year old pair?? And the older pair is one I wore to work every day and did yard work in!

So for context, I’m 26 weeks along. I haven’t had any complications so far, except a dermoid cyst on my ovary. I had an appointment with a gynecological oncologist to look into it and see if it needs to be removed during my pregnancy, and have an MRI to see more in depth next week. This is relevant because the tests in question were ordered by the oncologist, not my normal OB.

My AFP is high. The most common and benign reasons for this are incorrect gestational age, multiples, and placental leakage. The not-so-benign reasons are neural tube defects like spina bifida and anencephaly. Another remote possibility is that the cyst is becoming malignant.

I know it was dumb to google it instead of waiting to talk to the doctor. But now I’m just sitting here spiraling. I don’t even care about the cyst, we already have a plan of action for that. I’m just so scared that something is wrong with my baby. All of my friends are dealing with their own stuff and I don’t want to throw my useless panic on them over something that could be absolutely nothing. I don’t want to talk to my partner until I know more because he’s very much the type to jump into the practicalities of everything and I don’t have the mental capacity to be bombarded with questions I don’t have the answers to.

My anxiety has already been so high lately and I’m just so scared right now. The doc might not call me back until Monday so I just have to sit with this feeling of dread and panic until they get ahold of me

He’s generally super sweet and well behaved for his age (2.5) but every once in a while he has days that make my eye twitch. Every time we are about to leave the house today he takes off an item of clothing and makes me chase him around the house to put it back on while he laughs at me. I’m pregnant and my sciatica makes it hard for me to bend over and catch him. Obviously he’s not being intentionally malicious, he’s having a great fucking time. He thinks it’s a game. He’s two and he’s behaving like a two year old. I can’t reason with him, he’s not accepting bribes, he doesn’t care for threats. He knows today I can’t physically force him to do what I want, so he’s going to do whatever he feels like.

So now I’m sitting on the living room floor eating the pretend ice cream he brought me and crying.

This is so goofy and low stakes. We usually go through self checkout, but it was just me and my toddler today and I’m pregnant and didn’t feel like fighting the epic battle it would have caused to scan and bag my own groceries, because he’s in his “helping” phase and we would have hogged a register for 20 min with double scan fixes and the like. It was not a small amount of groceries. I can’t even explain why I’m so perturbed, other than just thinking “WHYYYY???”. I didn’t realize she was doing it until it was almost done because she started out with things that it made sense to bag separately, and I was trying to keep the mini menace engaged. But she literally put green onions on their own. Celery on its own. An already bagged avocado in its own bag. Why would you do that??

Now I have like 50 individual grocery bags in my trunk and I’m dreading having to carry them all into my house. I feel like I need to find a use for at least some of these bags rather than just chucking them, but it’s just SO MANY BAGS.

At least this time the bags are light enough that the toddler can help carry things in without dropping them lol

I’ve been super sensitive to the sun and to heat basically my entire adult life. It worsened with my last pregnancy 3 years ago but was fairly under control.

This time around is INTENSE. I’m currently 21 weeks and almost passed out laying cardboard under my raised beds. My husband had to get me a chair. It’s 78°F with a breeze.

I have an insanely energetic 2.5 year old who wants to be outside 24/7. I’m actually going to die this summer.

My anxiety issues and trouble with executive function is at an all time high right now and I need to find someone ASAP.

I’m currently pregnant and unable to take medication. I’ve been off medication since my last pregnancy in 2023. I was able to function decently through postpartum and breastfeeding but now with the hormonal shift of weaning and a new pregnancy I am REALLY REALLY STRUGGLING.

The task of finding a suitable therapist feels so insanely monumental right now and every time I try to sift through the online results I get overwhelmed really quickly. It sucks because I need someone who can do virtual but that only seems to bring up results for companies like BetterHelp