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Retired traditionally trained Direct Entry Midwife. Now a tech mom, Compiling Motherhood with too many open threads.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@_parasocial I recently learned it’s a super simple procedure and you aren’t even fully under 😳

[turtle @code_mom_]

@Alias_Rosie @Harpbe_Nimble So foster kids are not siblings.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@Alias_Rosie @roxy_witch_ The Duggar brother was not bed sharing with the sisters he was raping.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@Alias_Rosie @Real_Dystopia There are no victims in this situation. Only hypotheticals.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@_BeeHolder_ You don’t have to choose.

[turtle @code_mom_]

Tried making a renaissance Halloween dress and it looks like a prom dress

[turtle @code_mom_]

Going across town for a baby shower on a Sunday at noon for 2 hours is not a long weekend 2-3 hours away from home requiring a full weekend babysitter.

[aileen wuornos fan club president @bespinderella]

as a single childless woman, you can show up for countless bridal showers, weddings, baby showers, kid's birthday parties, anniversary dinners etc. but if you want even a modicum of reciprocation suddenly it's mortifying and beyond the pale. lol ok.

[turtle @code_mom_]

Yea and even if he wasn’t ignorant about babies and said 6 days or 6 weeks or something, even then babies are extremely resilient.

Our grandmas/great grandmas really did feed our parents/grandparents crazy shit like:

corn syrup and a blended raw egg
Evaporated milk and molasses
Goats milk with a splash of whiskey

Was it ideal? Fuck no. But most of those babies survived 😆

[turtle @code_mom_]

@KaylaKatin No it’s not normal.

Assuming you’re a roused, lubed, and not simply experiencing cervix jabs

[turtle @code_mom_]

I think the party-thrower should plan to front the main venue expense 😬 (Airbnb)

Like I don’t invite my daughters friends to her birthday party at Super Fun Kid Place for $50/kid and ask the parents to split the bill lol

If people want to contribute as a gift or whatever that’s cool.

But if I’m throwing a party, I’m the host, the primary venue expense is on me.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@Utterly_Jean Who is hiring randoms for multiple overnights? That’s not even what the general topic is about. Obviously some people do. But the discussion is about leaving them with your parents, or your sister or your best friend.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@SoNotUndrunk IME that’s not really how they usually react to spending time with someone they know, love, trust, and are safe with.

[turtle @code_mom_]

It’s varied for us through the years. There were times I absolutely could not miss work and he did construction so even though he made more than me, he stayed home. I’ve been in school the last few years so it made sense for me to miss class instead of him taking time off.

But once I start a new job it will be tough because we will both be in a professional position with upward growth potential. We will probably rotate, but our kids are old enough now that depending on what the issue is, I might be comfortable leaving them alone sick for short periods. If it’s the kind of thing we don’t want to spread at school but isn’t particularly serious.

[turtle @code_mom_]

You also need to discuss who is taking work off when the kids are sick for the 5th work day in a row.

Or when they’re sick for the 3rd time in 2 months.

If there isn’t a plan, it will fall on one of you the majority of the time and it *will* impact your career.

[Mr Kwizera @MrKwizera1]

Before you decide to have a child first discuss about these moments

[turtle @code_mom_]

40 states + DC. So 20% of states don’t even have one.

8 of those 40 have less than 10.

No. Most of us don’t have access to Aldi.

The Midwest and somewhat the south have Aldi.

[turtle @code_mom_]

Almost Everyone Has Access to Aldi

[♡…Mrs H...♡ @NatureGirl_21]

@mrfegaa I literally went to aldi. Almost everyone has access to one. If a single person is spending more than a family of 3 its a skill issue and you are making excuses.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@NatureGirl_21 You live in an alternate universe.

[turtle @code_mom_]

Their hands aren’t entering the blood stream

[Pandemic still a pandemic @eatsthenews]

@BeckerLabCRTD @Jen30282684 "Otherwise sterile practice" includes not touching a gross keyboard and gross mouse.

[turtle @code_mom_]

If you want to marry a virgin, how do you plan to find out she has vaginismus ahead of time?

[Mr. Chocolate Rain @Pompicity]

@mousefilly I wouldn't even wife a girl with a peanut allergy.

[turtle @code_mom_]

@ClarissaMc57994 @tradTNKristi Have you provided around the clock care for a wheelchair bound dementia patient who must be ambulated 5+x a day and sometimes attempts to leave despite being unable to walk and ends up with broken bones and concussions?

[turtle @code_mom_]

@Loubell888 @tradTNKristi You’re naive.