Therese Arnestad

[Therese Arnestad @theresekris]

@KriseKarro Folk har det bedre på grunn av deg, du er viktig og bra nok. Ikkje la hjernen din lure deg til å tru noke anna. Verden er pittelitt bedre fordi du finst!

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

This is one of the worst things I’ve ever read in my life

[tacos @thiscassgirl]

Are you all ready to hate someone

[Therese Arnestad @theresekris]

@prokrastinerer Wow, kjempefine! 😍

[Therese Arnestad @theresekris]

@jenskihl Vi har hatt sol og nydelig vær i Ålesund i dag, så den har sikkert kosa seg!

[Therese Arnestad @theresekris]

@feliciaxnoelle

[Karoline ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️ @KriseKarro]

Representasjon av transfolk i tv-spill er ikke "Skammelig". Og de aller aller fleste gir fullstendig bæng i det.

Så hva får Dagbladet til å tenke at DETTE er vinkelen. Dette er historien vi vil fortelle nordmenn: Random dude på twitter fra andre siden av kloden hater transfolk.

[SølvMare📎🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @Mare_Argent]

Nyfødtintensivavdelingen har "for høye kostnader, for lave inntekter".

NYFØDTINTENSIVAVDELINGEN ER IKKE INNBRINGENDE NOK.

Legg ned helseforetakene.

https://t.co/HjNlnRNULb

[🏳️‍🌈Hanne Kaizer✨ @Ortostatisme]

Det er IKKE antall studieplasser som er problemet. Det er IKKE antall sykepleiere som er problemet. Vi har NOK personer med fagkompetanse, men de slutter i yrket, de rømmer i fullt firsprang, fordi arbeidsvilkårene ikke er gode nok! #nrkdebatt

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

Since she was a little girl, men have been making “jokes” about wanting to rape Greta Thunberg. These “jokes” are rape culture. Men use sexual violence as a threat and a punchline when women and girls do things they don’t like.

[Therese Arnestad @theresekris]

@_conniem Heilt innafor! Sambuaren min kom med 6 pakka spekeskinke til meg dagen eg hadde født, sjølv om det også var det første eg fekk av pleiarane der. Treat yourself!

[Adrian Viktor🏳️‍🌈 @Sykehjemsliv]

JUL 2022🎅🏼🎄
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som dere alle vet, så sliter jeg mye nå. i tillegg har økonomien blitt enda trangere for oss alle… jeg har ikke familie foruten Majo. jul er smertefullt og bringer sorg, savn og minner på godt og vondt💔❤️ jeg gruer meg, men gleder meg til første jul i huset!

[🏳️‍🌈Hanne Kaizer✨ @Ortostatisme]

Hvis datteren min får halvparten så mye glede ut av å se seg selv i speilet om 20 år som hun får i dag, skal jeg være verdens lykkeligste mamma.

[Masud Gharahkhani @MasudGh]

Be their voice. De tok til gatene for frihet og rettferdighet etter #MahsaAmini død. De ble også drept. Det meldes om mange drepte og skadde. #IranProtests2022

[Marianne M☮️ @MarianneM10]

Ikke helt nytt bile, men jeg har bursdag om to dager og skal snart ut å reise for å hjelpe mennesker på flukt med @HumanityNorway og vil du bli på bursdagsdugnad? Summen av en kaffe til mennesker på flukt? Vipps: 648753 #Freddagsselfie i humanitær ånd ☮️💜🕊️

[Apepusekatt @apepusekatt]

Bare sånn at jeg har sagt det jeg også - transkvinner kommer ikke inn i garderober og begår overgrep, det er det overgripere som gjør. Og de hører ikke hjemme i noen garderober. Ferdig snakka

[Lenateacup @lenateacup]

Hvis du er en forelder så please snakk med ungene deres om fucking TikTok. Her om dagen kom jeg over en live med to jenter på maks 11 år som var på telttur alene i skogen. De gjorde som jenter i den alderen gjør, testet ut grove banneord og lo og gikk rundt øya midt på natta.

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

Mask mandates were “child abuse,” but forcing ten year old rape victims to give birth is just fine. Right Republicans?

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

In Ohio, a ten year old girl is too young to buy a PG-13 movie ticket, a lottery ticket, alcohol, cigarettes or cold medicine, too young to drive a car or to vote, but she’s not too young to be forced to carry a baby to term? Not even in cases of rape?

How f’ng twisted is that?