Parking in parents spaces

Never gave it a second thought before I had a baby but is anyone else noticing just how many people park in parent spaces without a child?

I just wouldn’t dream of doing that if I didn’t have my child in the car.

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Sooooo many people do it! What really annoys me is when people have car seats in the car, but they don't have the child with them. Surely, they're the people who understand best how much they're needed! I once saw a lady park in a parent bay to go and buy a bottle of vodka. It makes me so cross x

Drives me insane!

I went to Sainsbury’s the other day, indicating to go in the parents space but so was the car opposite and they raced me to it, so I parked in a normal spot. Before I could even get out she ran in (without any children) I was fuming!!

I always pull them up on it and tell them they’ve forgotten their baby or you do know that’s a parent and child space you’ve parked in

Oh it’s definitely become one of my pet peeves.When I go to my local supermarket,on average,about 75% of the cars parked there have no child seat in.
I think there should be a sort of badge system similar to disabled bays.You apply once your baby is born and it’s valid for say 5 years.Anyone who doesn’t display the badge gets fined 🤷🏼‍♀️

ha a woman did this to me today because my husband had carried my baby in already and she didn’t see 😅

I find myself going to Waitrose & Aldi more often over Asda or Morrisons as I know there are going to be spaces in parent & child. So many inconsiderate a***holes and mainly middle aged men!

yes!!! So many middle aged men

in our community

Baby #2??

I really want baby number 2 and am thinking of doing it via IUI as a solo mama!
Has anyone had any experiences with it 👀

One and done… or not?

32ftm. I’m starting to feel so much pressure to have another baby soon as I wean from breastfeeding so they can be close in age and be friends, but I don’t feel ready for pregnancy and newborn trenches again 😭 my husband and I are all we’ve got. Having just one baby without a village has been really tough. Am I being unrealistic wanting another one soon?

I'm so not meant to be a mother.

My kids won't listen to me get into stuff when they know they aren't supposed to. Telling me no all the time. Only listen to their dad. Laughs when I correct them. I spend most of my time yelling at them because they don't want to listen to me at all. My husband said that I shouldn't have kids. And I am believing him on it. I was never meant to be a mother now. I won't hurt my kids I just want to disappear and make everyone else's lives better without me.

Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.