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I started in January. Before that, I had already lost weight on my own and got down to around 158–160, but I felt like I just couldn’t get past that point. By April, I was down to 140, which is my ideal weight. I stopped because I had reached my goal and was also tired of the nausea and tiredness. I only got up to 1.7 mg and that was more than enough for me. I lost weight even the first month on the low dose .25, then it kind of paused after a month until I increased to .5, then and so on till 1.7 and the end of that month I stopped all together.

Now it’s October, and my weight has crept back up. It’s around 148–150, and I really don’t want to get back into the 160s. I know it may not seem like a lot, but I can see the difference in how my clothes fit. I’ve started again at 0.2 mg, the lowest dose my provider prescribed.

I’m not a big fan of being on it all year because of how I feel, so I was wondering if it’s reasonable to use it in shorter stretches when I notice my weight going back up, maybe twice a year, with my provider’s guidance.

Has anyone done something like this? When you started again, did the weight come off faster, or was it about the same as the first time? Did you notice anything different restarting it, quicker response level by any chance or have more side effects when restarting? I’d love to hear what your experience was like.

I was on Compound semaglutides via orderly meds (don’t recommend due to horrible customer service and response times) and was on it for about 6 months but ended in the beginning of May, I was at target weight and I did have a bout of food poisoning and being on CS with food poisoning was absolutely the worst, I still have one be delivered as I never canceled! Anyways, obviously weight is creeping back up, but not terribly much however I kind of want to “reset” and start again. I am able to lose weight on the lower end dose, but I do have a bottle sitting in my fridge, unused and never opened, and while it was set for a higher dose I know if I do the calculations and start at the lowest dose, I could certainly stretch this bottle if I start again till the “discard” date on the maintenance dose (which again, I lose weight on). Is it okay to use this bottle? Despite it being in the fridge since May/delivery? I still have bundles of syringes as well.

My husband (42) and I (42) have been together 25 years and generally have a good relationship, but we recently had a major argument.
He took Friday and Monday off work for the holiday weekend. Friday, our oldest daughter will still be at sleepaway camp, while our younger daughter and I plan to head to the beach early to spend time with my mom and watch fireworks and my husband and oldest would later join us. There are fireworks Saturday night too.
The disagreement was over when he would pick up our oldest from camp. His plan was to pick her up Saturday morning and then drive to the beach to meet us later. I suggested that, since he was already off Friday, he could pick her up Friday evening instead and then drive to the beach afterward.
My reason was not about what other people think. I dread holiday traffic, but more importantly, I was hoping to maximize our limited family time together. If he waits until Saturday morning, Saturday becomes partly a travel day. Then Sunday is our only full day together, and Monday is the only day all four of us are guaranteed to be off together before everyone returns to regular schedules.
I wasn’t yelling, criticizing, or demanding. I was calm and trying to explain my reasoning and disappointment.
Then the conversation shifted to vasectomy. I recently asked him if he would get one. I have a history of blood clots, can’t use estrogen-containing birth control, have carried two pregnancies, given birth twice, and recently had an abortion after an unexpected pregnancy. Another pregnancy feels medically risky and frightening to me. I told him I wished he would consider a vasectomy because it seems like the safest option for our family.
He said it’s his body and his choice, that he doesn’t want surgery, and that discussing on top of my thoughts on Friday vs Saturday traffic it makes him feel pressured and reminds him of growing up with his controlling, bad-tempered father. He even showed me a meme about husbands being afraid of their wives and it’s rooted from their childhood.
I respect that he doesn’t want a vasectomy and know I can’t make that decision for him. But he turned it around and said that would be like him forcing me to make babies, and I thought that was a poor comparison itself, and said the snip has less risks than me getting pregnant. He stormed out and literally basically said thanks a lot for making me feel like when I grew up and with my dad.
What I’m struggling with is the comparison to his father. I don’t understand how expressing disappointment, fears about pregnancy, and wanting more family time while speaking calmly translates into reminding him of his dad.
People who grew up with controlling or angry parents, can a spouse calmly expressing disappointment or asking you to reconsider something trigger those feelings? Or am I missing something about how I’m coming across?

Hi! Thank goodness my baby is now moving onto grade school, no more daycare, I’ve had to make only minimum payments on my 6 CCs, that said, the biggest one is at 98% utilization BUT still zero interest until I believe February. I have a bunch of smaller ones, ranging from 300-1000, that’s adding up on the minimums monthly, like 35-75$ each monthly but my big one is 200$ monthly starting September I planning on pretending I’m still paying daycare and will be able to put towards CC 500$ monthly just basically snowballing them down and should be out of this by next winter. I just don’t know what is better, for the next few months (starting September) just get rid of all the small ones first (all within 12-14 percent interests) or do I tackle the large one that’s maxed out but zero interest? It’s very clear the high utilization is what’s really hurting my credit card score (not that I plan to buy a house or a car any time soon). I do own my house and have about 600,000 in equity as well, so there’s always an option of that but I’d rather just stick with being committed to paying these off. What would you do?

I’m a 42-year-old woman, have been with my partner for 25 years, and we have two young children. We absolutely do not want more children.
I feel so stuck and disappointed because I had my copper IUD removed two years ago, thinking it might have been contributing to my weight gain. Now here I am. I recently had a medical abortion after becoming pregnant, likely because of the increased fertility associated with being on a GLP-1. I genuinely thought getting pregnant at this age would be difficult; it took us a full year of trying to conceive our second child, who is now 5.
My health insurance does not cover birth control because I work for a Catholic organization, or at least it does not cover an IUD. I never looked into birth control pills because I previously developed DVTs and pulmonary emboli while using the NuvaRing, which led to discovering that I have Factor V Leiden. Given my clotting history and age, hormonal options don’t seem like a good fit.
I’m not a fan of condoms, but I feel cornered into using them. At this point, I’m even willing to travel to obtain a free or affordable copper IUD. Planned Parenthood quoted me about $900, which I simply cannot afford. I’ve even wondered whether traveling to Canada or somewhere else might make sense. I live in Pennsylvania, USA.
Besides condoms, what options do I realistically have? Natural family planning and cycle tracking clearly didn’t work, especially since the GLP-1 appears to have affected my ovulation and made my cycle less predictable.

Hi all, last week I proceeded with mifepristone on Thursday, following with Friday misoprostol 4 tablets vaginally and another 4 on Saturday (as per recommended timeline).

That said, the whole thing felt too easy, painless, and I did not get any grape size clots (that I know of, tmi, unless passed while having bowel movement).

I did see tissue, stringy clots, but very minor.

Bleeding as subsided however today it’s a tinge of pink.

I did this through telehealth, therefor limited support or access to ultra sound etc.

My breast soreness has gone away, however the fullness has not.

I’m concerned, and don’t want to get sick with an infection.

Edit to add: tons of bleeding for Friday and Saturday, but not crazy amount and since tapered to now slight tinge pink.

How can I tell if this was a successful MA?

So Philadelphia girl again, so I took mifeprex yesterday at 4:30 pm, today I took ibuprofen and zofran at 4:40pm, and at 5:15 pm I started the misoprostol vaginally-4 pills, laid down for a good 45 minutes, now it’s 6:25 pm and I’m not having any effects, just twinges that I think are psychological. I would have thought things would start moving by now. When reading the stories on this forum, a lot commented how they felt it like 20 minutes in. When do I know it failed? How long to wait? I still have additional 4 more pills as well.

Hi, Philadelphia girl here, so I received 8 tablets of the misoprostol, however the doctors instructions basically said 1st mifeprex, wait 24-72 hours, then 2nd take 4 misoprostol either buccally or vaginally, then 3rd take 4 more misoprostol. However no time line given between 2nd step and 3rd step. I’m roughly 4-5 weeks in, conception was May 21st.

I plan to take the mifeprex around 6 tonight, then tomorrow around 3-4 pm start the misoprostol process vaginally (I can take it less than 24 hours I recall if vaginally)

Will I need to do two rounds of misoprostol ( 4 pills each?) if so how long in between?

42 year old, Philadelphia, whelp, married with my partner of 25 years and with 2 beautiful (planned) daughters, funeral sex at the last day of my ovulation window on may 21st conception (I’m very very regular and was 3 days late and tested positive yesterday), I did not think I’d be so fertile at this age, considering that it took us a year to have our second born (5years ago), well I was very wrong.

That said, I got on a telehealth and was able to get everything at my pharmacy (still waiting on mifeprex and will be ready tomorrow morning it states). I work Monday to Friday 8-4:30, tomorrow is a big day with state visiting my job (but obviously can’t start anyways without the first meds mifeprex), then Wednesday my oldest daughter has graduation ceremony mid day, then Friday is my youngest daughters ceremony mid day, and then we were planning to go to the beach following on Friday for several days. Is there a way I can squeeze this in before all the festivities go about starting Wednesday? For example take the first round tomorrow and then take the second round (the hard part) on Tuesday after work and just suffer that night? Will I be able to attend Wednesdays ceremony? How did people feel the day after? What would you do if you were me? The doctor said Thursday first round so that way Friday second round and have the weekend off but he did not know my plans concerning beach trip to celebrate my daughters graduations. But I can cancel the beach trip, I just hate this idea as the girls were looking forward to it. Please help!

I (42F) have been with my husband (42M) for about 25 years, and overall we have a very loving, equal, healthy relationship. However, over the years our sexual dynamic has shifted in a way that’s really impacting our intimacy.

Earlier in our relationship, my husband was much more dominant/assertive sexually, and honestly I loved that dynamic. I’m naturally more timid/shy when it comes to initiating. I liked when he confidently took charge and pursued me. One thing we used to do sometimes was what I’d call “sleepy/lazy sex” , he might initiate while I was half asleep, but I was always responsive, aroused, participating, and consenting. It felt intimate and exciting to me, and I trusted him completely. If I wasn’t into it, he absolutely would stop.

Years ago, during a drunken conversation with
friends about sex lives, he casually mentioned that sometimes he’d initiate sex while I was asleep-ish. One of my friends immediately reacted with “ew, that sounds rapey.” Ever since that moment, something changed in him.
He completely stopped initiating that kind of intimacy and honestly became much more hesitant overall. I think he became afraid of crossing a line or being perceived as aggressive or inappropriate, even though I’ve repeatedly reassured him that I enjoyed it and consented to it within our relationship.
Now it feels like he wants me to fully take the lead/initiate most of the time, and that just isn’t naturally my personality sexually. I’ve tried pushing myself out of my comfort zone, but it feels forced and doesn’t happen often. As a result, our sex life has decreased dramatically over the years.
I recently brought this up again and told him I really missed that version of our intimacy and how desired I felt when he pursued me more confidently. He admitted my friend’s comment really got into his head, but the conversation kind of stopped there and nothing changed afterward.
I guess I’m wondering:
Has anyone else experienced a major shift in sexual dynamics after shame/judgment got introduced?
How do you rebuild confidence and trust around initiation after something like this?
Is there a healthy way to communicate clear ongoing consent while still allowing for spontaneity/assertiveness in a long-term relationship?
I miss feeling wanted in that way, and I think he misses feeling free to express that side of himself too.