Had the baby shower and now I’m planning to send out thank you cards. Are digital/ e-cards a bad look? How would you feel if you got a virtual thank you card? For reference, the shower invites were virtual. TIA!

My husband and I are both very ready to start a family. For those who have finished their PhD while pregnant or with a young child, do you have any regrets?

What’s the parental leave policy at your firm? Maternity vs paternity? Is two weeks paternity leave pretty standard?

Onto the acid reflux stage of pregnancy. Why does no one warn you about this things?!?!?😭 I go to grab and antacid and sure enough, I notice for the first time pregnant women are specifically on the instruction label🙄

Does anyone know if you accrue pto when you’re on maternity leave at Deloitte?

Hi everyone, I am currently looking for a Remote role that matches my skills and experiences. I have lead in Supply Chain, Logistics settings but am open to any industry. Radial Inc, Operations Management (1 year) Amazon, Operations Management (3 years) Amazon, Human Resources Generalist (2 years) UPS, Frontline Supervisor PMP Certified Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Leadership I recently had my first child and hate missing 12 hours/ day out of her life. Any support is appreciated!!

Trying to decide if I should buy whole life insurance or not - searched a few post and found the sentiment is overwhelmingly negative. Would love to learn more about why is it a best choice. My situation: M ~35 yr old with one young kid. About 500K in assets and expect to build 100-150k more each year (home equity, 401k, 529, cash, and some index funds). I’m generally risk averse and thought whole life insurance is an alternative “fixed income” investments - am I competing mislead by the agent?

Is it crazy to start a new job while newly pregnant?

What games, toys, or science kits would you recommend for a kid who’s showing an interest in the sciences?

Has anybody gone through robotic Myomectomy for fibroids and been successfully pregnant? Does it lead to any tissue scaring which may prevent you from getting pregnant?

Looking for 2bhk near Ascendas IT park Taramani, Chennai. We are 4 myself, spouse, 1 year old kid and my mother she is old. Safety is my priority as myself and spouse are working, only my mom and kid will be home after we leave to work. Please suggest some safe apartments in and around.

Just found out one of my Fallopian tubes is blocked. Anyone else have this and did you have success getting pregnant without getting the block cleared? Or any specific treatment you went through?

Someone please tell me that I can get a rear facing child seat in the back of a mustang… otherwise it looks like I’ll have to buy a new family car to drive the little one around (wife doesn’t drive unfortunately).

Could be a good excuse to get a Taycan but was hoping I could just stick with my mustang. We said next car will be an EV didn’t think it would be so soon though!

Crossposting from Travel Bowl: Any roadtrip ideas out of LA for an anniversary trip? We just had a kid so not flying yet, but running out of places to drive to. Any hidden gems or short trip to a really nice resort would work too.

How painful is it to deliver a child? Thanks.

Just Venting : So , I am 5W4D pregnant from our fifth FET. Started spotting like light brown since yesterday and also been cramping back pain and lower abdomen. I am also feeling wet down there looks like more discharge. Called my RE and he asked me to rest with my legs elevated. I am worried now though doctor assured it’s all okay unless I am bleeding .

I don't have any friends in banglore. It is hard for me to find friends cause i am always that aloof kid who in addition is not straight so can't even bond with my teammates. How do people live like this. Even my flatmates don't talk . : (

Any superb restaurant recommendations in vail? My wife and I will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary and we just had our first child. Since most dinners these days entail standing over our kitchen island, want to go all out on the food. We already have Matsuhisa and Mt. Standard lined up, curious to hear about any others!

My father who has worked in Dairy Industry for past 30 years in Procurement, marketing, packaging and product launches has retired as Sales and Marketing Manager and is looking for new opportunities in Delhi NCR area. Can anyone help with any referral?

HOW are there so many people that do not understand that you can't make a regular noun plural by adding an " 's " (like in "90 day check in's," "Monday's," etc.)

were there any lay offs in tcs/tcs digital in last 2-3 months

As a single person in the city, how much do you spend a month (ex rent, taxes, and paycheck deductions)? I would like to benchmark and if necessary recalibrate my spending.

Headed towards divorce. Depressed and crying. One minute you’re building a future together next minute “it’s not enough.” Tell me your stories.

I’m checking out contract lifecycle management vendors. I’d love to hear who uses what! So far I’ve made it through linksquare and conga.

For Cisco Bangalore. Need DevOps Engineer/Lead with 12+ years of experience in build systems. Makefiles, Jenkins, reducing build time, Worked a lot with build tools like make, gradle, maven etc... Scripting either in Shell / Python. Hybrid work. 2 days WFO. 3 days WFH. Work Location - Bangalore. Please DM me with below details.

Who is the smartest boss you have worked under?

Does anyone who has handled SEC subpoenas have tips for creating search terms to run in a client’s email? The subpoenas are virtually unbounded and I feel like I just need to read through the entire inbox of 100k emails

Is anyone interested in taking over the lease for a top floor 3 bed 2 bath, 1500 SQ ft apartment in a newly built complex in Plaza Midwood? The lease runs through Sept 2023. It's one of the nicest complexes in the city, has close proximity to Uptown, and has excellent amenities (e.g. CrossFit style gym, two pools, dog park, on site complimentary cafe, etc.). My unit has an ideal layout for work from home and a huge patio.

Edit: $3,196/mo including valet trash pickup ($35) and pest control ($4)

Can someone explain to me the point of leaf blowing?

I’m normally not one to humblebrag but my team’s agency which is owned by a holding company who’s other holding company has another agency, just won 4 lions!!

What's the best way to transition out of a role and move into something different. I'm aligned to QA but I have experience in Product/Project management but not getting any interviews for those roles.

Still in b-school; going back to Strategy& after graduation as an SA. Should I refinance federal student loans after starting work? What sort of interest rate should I expect with a ~800 FICO? Cont’d

I don’t care about soccer and I am super annoyed that everyone is being loud and not working to watch the game

Hi everyone. I got offer from Zscaler as staff engineer. I will be grateful if anyone DM me or tell me what is the job security over there as recession concern. I am little bit worry.

Anyone got fever or chills after second vaccine shot ? How did you deal with it? Tylenol?

My diet consists of peanut m&ms and chicken nuggets. Send help 😂

Need a dress for a wedding - any tips on where/when to get one? Will be a hot July wedding and be 26 weeks then. want to wait to buy it since I will be much bigger then, but hoping I can have an place in mind where I should be able to easily find something. Wedding is cocktail attire and I’d love to not spend more than $150/200ish

Considering how intensely the OB office said I need my blood drawn at exactly 1 hour after glucose drink, would a 4 min blood draw delay skew my results? Not finding any current research.

Hello! I’m only about 4 weeks pregnant, so super early. I am about to go on vacation and thankfully did a quick search on some “dos and donts” for the first trimester. I am v disappointed to see I shouldn’t do saunas and hot tubs as my vacation was really planned to be all relaxation. But it got me thinking, could you all share the most surprising pregnancy do or don’t you’ve encountered? I feel like I just need a master list cause there seem to be so many limitations 😭

Hi - anyone on here have success with IUI? About to commence my first cycle and am just looking for inputs/things to keep in mind/positive thoughts.

So I’m 32 weeks. I’m finding it very difficult to breathe and it’s hard to explain. I have normal pregnancy congestion especially at night but throughout the whole day too when I breathe (not congested or through my mouth) it feels like my lungs don’t take in enough oxygen and I don’t feel like I’ve actually taken a breathe, if that makes any sense at all. I’ve also been choking a lot recently not sure if related. Anyone else or am I just weird?

I had *just* gotten back into running (2 weeks) when I found out I’m pregnant! Great news, but would you keep running? Doctor says it’s up to me.

I know it’s a couple of weeks but my husband and I are hosting my mom for Christmas and I’ll be 25 weeks. I love cooking so I am thinking this will be my last big holiday before the baby I can cook for. I usually do a beef Wellington but don’t like steak cooked to the 145 that my Dr wants. What are some pregnancy safe holiday meals?

Trying not to be reactive here until my doctor calls, but… obviously can’t help it. My blood test today (28w) came back with results that are worrying me. My RBC and HCT are low (below the standard range) which would indicate slight anemia, but ferritin came back totally normal. This alone wouldn’t cause me too much concern, except that I have counts for NRBC, which seems like a bigger problem. Has anyone else gone through this?

has anyone else experienced an early 2nd tri loss? i feel so lonely and defeated right now after learning the news today. this was our first pregnancy.

Can anyone summarize the best pregnancy/family benefits offered by deloitte? I’ve been searching on deloitte net but it seems they are all scattered and I can’t help feeling im missing out on information

Please give me remedies for acid reflux. Tums just isn’t cutting it anymore. Did anyone else have really bad acid reflux and do something/eat something/take something besides tums that worked ? Looking for a miracle here. Third trimester and I’m just miserable all around so any relief even just on the acid reflux part would be life changing at this point!!!

I’m at 11 weeks but stopped having nausea, fatigue, and sore breasts. I don’t feel pregnant at all and that wasn’t the case a few days ago. I know it could be normal but I can’t help but assume the worst. Did anyone feel the same way? Is it normal to feel “normal” this early?

How did you all work through morning sickness in the first trimester? I am having a horrible time with nausea, throwing up and fatigue and wish could take the whole time off

Have some Qns:
1. When do people typically do baby showers(what month of the pregnancy)?
2. when are you supposed to share your baby registry?
3. If you opt to do a maternity photoshoot, when is the best time to do it?
4. Are the maternity photos used in the baby shower invites?

First pregnancy and I just feel lost with everything! TIA