Most formula is filled with crap including corn syrup. Healthy friends of mine that need formula usually have to special order stuff from Europe. In the NICU they only allow you to use their one "approved" brand of formula and you can't choose your own formula for your own baby. I ended up pumping extra milk (thank heavens I had good supply, but I had to work for it), putting it in the fridge, and skimming the "cream" off the top to add to other breastmilk because they insist the fat content in regular breastmilk is not enough for preemies. I froze the "skim milk" to be used at a later date.
I'm sorry to hear the baby didn't survive, but I'm glad your sister did. It must have been a devastating loss for you all, especially if she is unable to have another child. I didn't know preeclampsia was dangerous for babies (unless they were extremely preterm) and thought it was mostly the mother who was at risk.
My baby and I were in dire circumstances (my BP was in the 200s/?? and they told me I could have a seizure at any moment)- the cause is unknown and the only "cure" is to deliver. My boy ended up having down syndrome and needing multiple surgeries. He was a little angel and unfortunately passed away a few months later. I was blessed enough to have my most recent baby VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) at 40 years old (post wall?), and he is a healthy boy. I've had many friends that have suffered with infertility, so I am beyond grateful to be blessed with my children.
I hope your family finds peace and solace from your loss <3
I had 3 of my kids natural homebirth, but had an emergency c-section for one due to preeclampsia. In the hospital, they don't even ask for your permission for anything except Hep B and Vitamin K shot. They didn't mention delayed cord clamping (though I don't know how that works with C-sec), antibiotic eye ointment, cleaning the vernix, etc
yep, also decided to homeschool, not vaccinate, and leave my boys "intact"/uncut because of my research over a decade ago. My girl is aware that we can have friends that look and think differently, but she knows how wonderful it is that "my babies look like me", that blacks are just more inclined to be violent, and she knows a bit about the jews. I try to keep it a bit PC, but she knows.
I will always be thankful for Ricki Lake's documentary entitled "The Business of Being Born". I watched it wile I was pregnant with my first child, and it helped me choose to do unmedicated homebirths for my kids <3
I don't follow any sports, but hockey was the one sport that I think is pretty cool- I don't watch recorded games though, only live. I watched a few high school games when I was that age (never saw a HS football game even though they were very "popular"), and I got free tickets for a semi-pro game before covid as an adult. Seriously, it was pretty magical. The way the team skated so beautifully it was almost like watching some kind of synchronized dance, they made it look so effortless, it was very impressive.
That being said, FUUUUUCK all those injuries, you've definitely convinced me to not encourage my little boy to get into the sport!
We had a chicken that got to almost 12 years old. She was the only remaining girl of our original 12 chicks and when she died it was the end of an era. Her name was Mugen.
yes, true story, lol. I later learned he may have asked me out to get over his ex-gf or make her jealous, but we only kissed so it wasn't serious or heartbreaking.
He now has a few kids and goes to the town hall meetings to call out the school board for making kids wear masks during covid, and the inappropriate books, etc.
How can you tell race traitor? I would have guessed Italians. Sometimes it's hard to tell Italians and Jews apart (especially in NY state), but Jews don't usually do jobs where there is hard labor and danger involved.
We have an incredibly intricate ivory sculpture that my MIL and FIL bought in the 1960/70s. The statue is of an asian (Japanese?) woman with a baby on her back. It really is beautiful and plastic does not compare. The craftmanship is exquisite, they even carved details into the bottom of the woman's shoes. My MIL has many other ivory statues and jewelry, some of it is very pretty, some of it is just a waste of an elephant.
I think elephants are majestic and intelligent beings and I wish they were not hunted at all, and that people would just collect tusks when an elephant dies of old age. But people are stupid.
"This video, created with AI animation, shares a positive message about parents protecting their children. Our channel promotes animal awareness with good intentions. If the video misleads anyone, we apologize. We always ensure animals and birds act in fictional, non-realistic ways."
That is fucking weird, and most likely there is some fake fuckery going on.
Before I saw the video I thought it might be one of those things like I've heard as an explanation for fire breathing dragons- they have some sort flint in their crop (a bag-like pouch/pre-stomach that is filled with small stones, the purpose of which is to grind down food since birds don't have teeth to chew and masticate). Flint pebbles in a relatively dry pouch may cause the spark to create a fire when squished/squeezed, if there is some other flammable gas that passes through the crop (maybe something they ate that's in their stomach is off-gassing).
However the video looks suspect and very unnatural so I dunno...
Having a first pregnancy after 35-40 years old is less than ideal, I would say 42 is way past the time when someone would be able to meet a man, develop a relationship, and have babies.
I had my first baby at 30 years old, and am pregnant with my 4th at 40 years old. One huge difference between someone pregnant with their first at 40 is that I would stop menses for 9 months (during each pregnancy), and then menses would not return for at least 6-9 months after baby was born (because I exclusively breastfeed, which delays menses returning). Also, my body has experienced pregnancy hormones before so it knows what it's doing. I will say that pregnancy is definitely a lot more difficult on my body at my age (at 30 I was still dancing ballet and doing cartwheels at 6+ months pregnant, lol). I was lucky enough to be very fertile and it did not take much trying to get pregnant each time. My friend started trying to get pregnant in her very late 30s and ended up having to get a lot of IVF/intervention, and she most likely will only have the one child she is pregnant with now because it took her until 42 years to finally carry to term. Then again, there is someone in our "healthy" community that just had a natural childbirth at 57 years old!!! I'm not sure how many previous kids she had though.
Nowadays people are definitely waiting too late to have babies. Especially with how crappy most of us treat our bodies, and with all the environmental toxins that are so pervasive.
Althea 0 points 3 months ago
<3
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Althea 4 points 3 months ago
bro, how were you in a 3 week coma? Glad they didn't harvest your organs without pain meds
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Althea 0 points 3 months ago
Most formula is filled with crap including corn syrup. Healthy friends of mine that need formula usually have to special order stuff from Europe. In the NICU they only allow you to use their one "approved" brand of formula and you can't choose your own formula for your own baby. I ended up pumping extra milk (thank heavens I had good supply, but I had to work for it), putting it in the fridge, and skimming the "cream" off the top to add to other breastmilk because they insist the fat content in regular breastmilk is not enough for preemies. I froze the "skim milk" to be used at a later date.
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Althea 1 point 3 months ago
I'm sorry to hear the baby didn't survive, but I'm glad your sister did. It must have been a devastating loss for you all, especially if she is unable to have another child. I didn't know preeclampsia was dangerous for babies (unless they were extremely preterm) and thought it was mostly the mother who was at risk.
My baby and I were in dire circumstances (my BP was in the 200s/?? and they told me I could have a seizure at any moment)- the cause is unknown and the only "cure" is to deliver. My boy ended up having down syndrome and needing multiple surgeries. He was a little angel and unfortunately passed away a few months later. I was blessed enough to have my most recent baby VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) at 40 years old (post wall?), and he is a healthy boy. I've had many friends that have suffered with infertility, so I am beyond grateful to be blessed with my children.
I hope your family finds peace and solace from your loss <3
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Althea 2 points 3 months ago
I had 3 of my kids natural homebirth, but had an emergency c-section for one due to preeclampsia. In the hospital, they don't even ask for your permission for anything except Hep B and Vitamin K shot. They didn't mention delayed cord clamping (though I don't know how that works with C-sec), antibiotic eye ointment, cleaning the vernix, etc
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Althea 0 points 3 months ago
yep, also decided to homeschool, not vaccinate, and leave my boys "intact"/uncut because of my research over a decade ago. My girl is aware that we can have friends that look and think differently, but she knows how wonderful it is that "my babies look like me", that blacks are just more inclined to be violent, and she knows a bit about the jews. I try to keep it a bit PC, but she knows.
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Althea 3 points 3 months ago
I will always be thankful for Ricki Lake's documentary entitled "The Business of Being Born". I watched it wile I was pregnant with my first child, and it helped me choose to do unmedicated homebirths for my kids <3
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Althea 1 point 4 months ago
I don't follow any sports, but hockey was the one sport that I think is pretty cool- I don't watch recorded games though, only live. I watched a few high school games when I was that age (never saw a HS football game even though they were very "popular"), and I got free tickets for a semi-pro game before covid as an adult. Seriously, it was pretty magical. The way the team skated so beautifully it was almost like watching some kind of synchronized dance, they made it look so effortless, it was very impressive.
That being said, FUUUUUCK all those injuries, you've definitely convinced me to not encourage my little boy to get into the sport!
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Althea 1 point 4 months ago
both of these replies can be true
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Althea 0 points 4 months ago
you've been getting into him? sounds pretty gay.
that being said, it's impressive playing, but it reminds me of a Ren and Stimpy episode so I can't take it seriously
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Althea 3 points 4 months ago
We had a chicken that got to almost 12 years old. She was the only remaining girl of our original 12 chicks and when she died it was the end of an era. Her name was Mugen.
RIP Red.
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Althea 1 point 4 months ago
don't forget that literal shit and piss from cows are also sacred... they spread pee in the doorways and burn dung in the kitchen...
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Althea 0 points 4 months ago
he was a marine, so he might if he were based enough
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Althea 1 point 4 months ago
yes, true story, lol. I later learned he may have asked me out to get over his ex-gf or make her jealous, but we only kissed so it wasn't serious or heartbreaking.
He now has a few kids and goes to the town hall meetings to call out the school board for making kids wear masks during covid, and the inappropriate books, etc.
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Althea 3 points 4 months ago
I dated that dude for a week when I was in high school. He was a wrestler and had a pet octopus. It's cool to see him doing his thing!
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Althea 5 points 4 months ago
you go to strip clubs? ....
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Althea 0 points 4 months ago
pedophile
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Althea 0 points 4 months ago
I sincerely hope the granny porn, tranny porn, and best midget porn were jokes?
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Althea 0 points 4 months ago
so cute!
Also- it's a sea star :)
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Althea 2 points 5 months ago
How can you tell race traitor? I would have guessed Italians. Sometimes it's hard to tell Italians and Jews apart (especially in NY state), but Jews don't usually do jobs where there is hard labor and danger involved.
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Althea 1 point 5 months ago
you sure he's not Bill Hicks? >.<
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Althea 3 points 5 months ago
We have an incredibly intricate ivory sculpture that my MIL and FIL bought in the 1960/70s. The statue is of an asian (Japanese?) woman with a baby on her back. It really is beautiful and plastic does not compare. The craftmanship is exquisite, they even carved details into the bottom of the woman's shoes. My MIL has many other ivory statues and jewelry, some of it is very pretty, some of it is just a waste of an elephant.
I think elephants are majestic and intelligent beings and I wish they were not hunted at all, and that people would just collect tusks when an elephant dies of old age. But people are stupid.
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Althea 2 points 5 months ago
"This video, created with AI animation, shares a positive message about parents protecting their children. Our channel promotes animal awareness with good intentions. If the video misleads anyone, we apologize. We always ensure animals and birds act in fictional, non-realistic ways."
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Althea 0 points 5 months ago
That is fucking weird, and most likely there is some fake fuckery going on.
Before I saw the video I thought it might be one of those things like I've heard as an explanation for fire breathing dragons- they have some sort flint in their crop (a bag-like pouch/pre-stomach that is filled with small stones, the purpose of which is to grind down food since birds don't have teeth to chew and masticate). Flint pebbles in a relatively dry pouch may cause the spark to create a fire when squished/squeezed, if there is some other flammable gas that passes through the crop (maybe something they ate that's in their stomach is off-gassing).
However the video looks suspect and very unnatural so I dunno...
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Althea 3 points 5 months ago
Having a first pregnancy after 35-40 years old is less than ideal, I would say 42 is way past the time when someone would be able to meet a man, develop a relationship, and have babies.
I had my first baby at 30 years old, and am pregnant with my 4th at 40 years old. One huge difference between someone pregnant with their first at 40 is that I would stop menses for 9 months (during each pregnancy), and then menses would not return for at least 6-9 months after baby was born (because I exclusively breastfeed, which delays menses returning). Also, my body has experienced pregnancy hormones before so it knows what it's doing. I will say that pregnancy is definitely a lot more difficult on my body at my age (at 30 I was still dancing ballet and doing cartwheels at 6+ months pregnant, lol). I was lucky enough to be very fertile and it did not take much trying to get pregnant each time. My friend started trying to get pregnant in her very late 30s and ended up having to get a lot of IVF/intervention, and she most likely will only have the one child she is pregnant with now because it took her until 42 years to finally carry to term. Then again, there is someone in our "healthy" community that just had a natural childbirth at 57 years old!!! I'm not sure how many previous kids she had though.
Nowadays people are definitely waiting too late to have babies. Especially with how crappy most of us treat our bodies, and with all the environmental toxins that are so pervasive.
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