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I'm looking into buying the Graco Modes Trio Travel System 3-in-1 Baby Stroller and Car Seat Combo as a FTM, any opinions are welcome!

A first name and a middle name, but I'm worrying that later on in life it might complicate my child's life, like for legal documents, would they need to write the full name all the time? What if they choose to not use the middle name as much? Anybody has experienced this before?

TW - ectopic pregnancy

This happened some time ago, but I still think about it daily. Very early on my pregnancy, I had pain on my lower right side of the abdomen. My clinic also called me to lmk I had low levels of HCG. They wanted me to come back in a few days to take more blood. I decided to go to the ER instead, since everything pointed to an ectopic pregnancy. Long story short, my HCG came back higher, but they couldn't find my baby right away in my uterus, nor in my tubes, so they couldn't rule out an ectopic pregnancy. ER scheduled us for another ultrasound and blood test within the same week.

When I came back home, my MIL called to ask news. We were supposed to go on a family trip w her with non-refundable tickets. When I told her what happened in the ER and that the Dr prevented us from flying, in case my tube ruptures and that I bleed out, she said "if it [your tube] explodes, it explodes, you can always try IVF later on". Mind you she has two family members who went through the hardships of IVF.... not only did she have no regard towards my health, but none towards my unborn child. All this bc the tickets were not refundable. She wasn't even gonna be alone, her other son and DIL were going with us too.

Later on during my pregnancy, around the 8-10w mark, while I was still nauseous and throwing up daily, she told me while on facetime to "eat less or I won't be able to push out [my] baby". I was chopping salad when she said that, not eating. I was BARELY eating during that time too. There's more and it truly baffles me how she is herself a mother, but so cruel to a FTM...

I am into my third trimester, and I can still sleep fairly well. I need to get up extra early to pee, but that's about it. Baby kicks, but I was wondering when would I get those crazy painful kicks that prevent me from sleeping?

FTM here and kinda confused on sizing. I used to work in a maternity ward long ago and now that I am pregnant, I remember babies being often larger than the tiny newborn clothes I see in stores, so I wonder if it would be a waste to buy newborn clothing and instead jump straight to 3-6 months? My husband and I are also tall so I feel like no way that my baby would fit in the nb clothes...

Edit: I meant 0-3 months, def not 3-6, sorry.

Any deodorant recommandations?

Idk if this is the place to be asking this. For context, I left the house after we had a nasty fight because of my in-laws and the way he was not inforcing boundaries with them (I have been insulted, isolated from the rest of the family, I had no privacy, I lived w my BIL and his wife and their family would always show up, sometimes on short notice, like 30 mins before, when I would visit MY parents, they would come to my house/room and snoop around when I never gave permission, and my husband was aware of all of this. I would need to make a whole other post for the insults I would get alone) I went back to my parents', who live in another city. This happened when I had just turned 14w. I am now 29w, and he has never once tried to contact me, nor ask how I was doing or how our baby is doing, despite him knowing I have health issues. Like an idiot, when I went for my 20w scan, I asked the tech to write the gender down on a piece of paper, bc I did not want to know without my husband, this is our first baby, first pregnancy. He knows when I am due, but he doesn't know that the date changed bc I will most likely be induced to said health issues. I go to the hospital at least 2 to 3 times a week. I am also in therapy rn. At first I did not even want to think about divorce, because I love him, but idk how things can get better with a man who puts his pride over everything and has not asked about his wife nor baby in over 3 months. Now, I am wondering if were to into labor prematurely or I had an exact date for my induction, should I tell him? I don't want him to show up randomly either a few weeks before the date he thinks I will be giving birth and try to sway me into getting back together, but I am also terrified of 1. Being a single mom 2. Going back and everything remaining the same w my in-laws and him. I live pretty far from my family but they support me in whatever I choose to do.

Idk if this is the place to be asking this. For context, I left the house after we had a nasty fight because of my in-laws and the way he was not inforcing boundaries with them (I have been insulted, isolated from the rest of the family, I had no privacy, I lived w my BIL and his wife and their family would always show up, sometimes on short notice, like 30 mins before, when I would visit MY parents, they would come to my house/room and snoop around when I never gave permission, and my husband was aware of all of this. I would need to make a whole other post for the insults I would get alone) I went back to my parents', who live in another city. This happened when I had just turned 14w. I am now 29w, and he has never once tried to contact me, nor ask how I was doing or how our baby is doing, despite him knowing I have health issues. Like an idiot, when I went for my 20w scan, I asked the tech to write the gender down on a piece of paper, bc I did not want to know without my husband, this is our first baby, first pregnancy. He knows when I am due, but he doesn't know that the date changed bc I will most likely be induced to said health issues. I go to the hospital at least 2 to 3 times a week. I am also in therapy rn. At first I did not even want to think about divorce, because I love him, but idk how things can get better with a man who puts his pride over everything and has not asked about his wife nor baby in over 3 months. Now, I am wondering if were to into labor prematurely or I had an exact date for my induction, should I tell him? I don't want him to show up randomly either a few weeks before the date he thinks I will be giving birth and try to sway me into getting back together, but I am also terrified of 1. Being a single mom 2. Going back and everything remaining the same w my in-laws and him. I live pretty far from my family but they support me in whatever I choose to do.

28w FTM. My STD claim has been denied due to "lack of evidence". I plan to appeal and remain off work and ask my Dr to add more details to support my claim, but in the meantime I was considering applying for EI sick leave and transition to maternity, as I don't know if they will deny my claim a second time and I obviously need money and cannot work. Has this ever happened to anyone else? i am already going through a lot mentally and in my personal life on top of this and I am unsure about the next steps to take...

Hi, FTM currently 28w. I have GD controlled w nightly insulin. My doctor said she will schedule an ultrasound between weeks 32w and 36w to see how baby measures, but that I would likely be induced at 39w. She also scheduled weekly NST starting at 36w. Would 32w be too early to tell whether baby is too big or not considering there would still be 7 weeks before birth? Did anyone get induced earlier than 39w while having a controlled GD? What was the reason?

Anybody applied for STD before mat leave and got rejected? I have carpal tunnel on one hand, GD and adjustment disorder and I'm terrified to be rejected somehow :/ I know I can apply for sickness EI if I get rejected but It would no longer be in the 4 weeks window...

Hi everyone, is the new lip shape shades limited edition? There is not much that interest me in the new release so I was thinking about holding off purchasing the lip shape as well if it's not LE.