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My 1 mo old baby girl is growing out of newborn clothes because she is so long and never wore 90% of the brand new clothing we were given. It’s all summer time shorts, tanks, tshirts, etc. But she has pretty much lived in footie pjs. She was a preemie and keeping her warm has been a priority. She has thin long limbs so not much fat on her at all meaning that being in an air conditioned house, she’s got to be fully covered.
Also she’s a summer baby and some people gifted 6 month/9 month size summer clothes, I guess they didn’t do the math???
Is this typical to have sooo much unused clothing? I feel bad getting rid of all this adorable stuff without having used it but hopefully we can donate it to a good cause. Why does this frustrate me so much?

Western media depicts a big gush of water breaking cut to scene of childbirth with women lying on their back screaming in agony. I feel like this does such a disservice in the fear pain cycle. As I read up on hypno birthing stuff (and yes I know you need physical prep as well as mental prep) I’m curious what kind of pain people have experience that they would compare as worse than or the same as childbirth?

I’m certainly not expecting labor to be a walk in the park but I’ve had ovarian cysts, which an ER doc described as akin to appendicitis level pain, kidney stones, and a severe concussion that put me down for months …. Needless to say, my pain scale is a little skewed