Laying Pipers!
07.27.16 | Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
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Totally Mommy Podcast
Episode 131
Elizabeth and Vanessa discuss what exactly the term “laying pipe” might mean (Vanessa’s still not quite clear…) and then their good/bad/funnies! After that they give their unqualified advice to listener questions about what things to consider in your life to prepare to start trying to get pregnant - financially, emotionally and physically, and how to navigate a friend who always has negative “just you wait” advice when it comes to motherhood? Enjoy!
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Elizabeth, soooo happy for the regularity for you guys. (such a weird thing to say. Ha!) About the probiotics: I snuck a powdered probiotic into my son’s yogurt when he was younger. Double whammy! Or you could mix it into her water. (annnd you may have already thought of both of these :)) You can even get coconut milk yogurt if you want to cut back on the dairy!
I’m gonna be a creep and comment again, but don’t be afraid of the cup! It takes some getting used to but it’s WAY easier/more comfortable etc than I expected (plus cheaper, less waste/better for the environment) and I’m never stressed about TSS. Tampons are so a scary!
What she said…… The cup is pretty amazing. Plus kinda hilarious — if you think having a tug of war with your vagina is funny. Or the sudden blood spatter when it finally pops out!! It sounds nasty, I get that. But it’s really not, and it can provoke a smile on the worst of period days…
Love you two cracking each other up! Thank you for spreading the joy!
Thank you for addressing the insane wait to go to the doctor once you get a positive pregnancy test! Living in that time warp right now, it feels like I’ll NEVER reach 8 weeks! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one going crazy with this wait. : /
Seriously, people need to warn you about that! When you’re living it it seems impossible to wait!
So I’m here to be the know-it-all/debbie-downer, but you can’t use the Diva Cup with an IUD. 🙁 I was real bummed to find that out because I really wanted to use it, but I guess it can remove your IUD!
Not totally true! In theory, if you don’t ‘break the seal’ on your cup before you remove it, the vacuum *could* pull out your IUD, but this has never actually shown to be an issue (study here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22464406, article here: https://bedsider.org/features/360-can-menstrual-products-mess-with-your-birth-control and Diva cup info here: http://divacup.com/how-it-works/your-first-questions/)
Just be careful when you remove it (importantly ‘break the seal’ by bending in one of the sides) then pull it out, and you should be good to go
I’ve been a happy IUD+Diva cup user for years now, and my IUD is still happily in place!
So glad of the writer-inner addressing the ‘just wait’ friend… I have a friend who has done this since we were both pregnant, she is only 2 months ahead of me but the whole pregnancy she was going ‘just wait til you get to the third trimester’ etc etc and same throughout both babies and now she has 2 kids and I have lost the will to even chat to her about kid stuff. Very annoying trait!
I feel like you should have Morgan Walsh fill in for Vanessa next week! Even though Vanessa was my favorite guest cohost, Morgan was a close second!
Agreed!
Quick question for the LaimeMoms or Elizabeth or Vanessa if you have time to answer: where did Elizabeth get the picture matching game and the father’s day book? I want to look into getting them for my sister and her family. Thanks!
https://pinholepress.com/memory-game
I’m getting one for my sister as well!
I wanted to use the code for the Curated Tee for a gift, but it doesn’t seem to work for me.
So ughhhhh to the just wait friend. That is frustrating it could be ended with a positive spin since we all know parenting is hard.
To that I have family members (mother in law and my brother most recent offenders) that when ever my 3 almost 4 year old with autism cries or coughs (mil is the worst for that one) like to say “oh thats a fake cry/cough” Why? why are you insisting she is faking it? To one situation she had bumped her head in another room and was just semi whinning about it and one of them say “oh thats fake” no dumb ass she did hit her head im sure it hurt. But what is the reason behind this? And a cough no matter how real or not real it is mil says its fake…. Why are these family members doing this? Her dad and I never say this and take all coughs and cries for what their worth at least some sympathy “fake” or not