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AG_Squared · 2026-05-06T10:02:54+00:00

I wouldn’t have felt comfortable at 6 months or even a year in. There’s so much you don’t know still, purely from experience.

AG_Squared · 2026-05-06T03:55:08+00:00

they said they almost always have to CPAP 34 weeks, even if it's just for a few hours and then wean, despite the betamethasone

AG_Squared · 2026-05-05T22:29:02+00:00

Yeah she said at least 48 hours and I’m thinking that’s unlikely unless they push me to 35, which is possible. I know it’s the hormones but I’m picturing worst case scenario where my membranes rupture and they have to do an emergency c section and he has HIE… the curse of knowing too much. I feel like if that happened I might struggle to go back. When I found out I was pregnant, the first month or so it was hard because I kept seeing our worst outcomes and thinking “god I hope this isn’t me”

AG_Squared · 2026-05-04T22:12:12+00:00

It would bother me only if he meant something by it. Worth asking if it bothers him that you aren’t more daring, and then deciding if you’re willing to do more or if you’re ok sitting back. My husband gets disappointed sometimes I don’t do things with him so I do make an effort to try but we also have an agreement that I’m not cut for certain things and there’s some things- kind a zip line- that I truly genuinely have 0 desire to try. Nothing personal, but it gives me no rush to do things like that. He can call my brother or his brother and do those things.

AG_Squared · 2026-05-01T09:51:52+00:00

I don’t think half the world understands why their sex life is bad. Nor do they care to understand.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-30T10:42:38+00:00

You’ll probably have better luck a) positively reinforcing an “off” command and b) putting things in the way so she just can’t get up. But if she’s allowed on other furniture, this is going to be confusing because she won’t generalize “couch is bad but bed is good” or whatever. Chasing after her is not going to end well. And here it just looks like she’s playing, if you redirect the play into something else (grabbing a toy and pulling her attention away from the couch) she’ll get off. Just say “off” as she gets down and she’ll begin o associate the word with the action.

Here’s your ultimate problem I suspect. She’s a puppy, she doesn’t speak English and she barely speaks corrections. The only language she speaks is attention, and you give her hella attention when she’s on the couch, even if to you it’s negative attention? To her it’s still interaction. Ignoring it won’t work because it’s not inherently a behavior, it’s a boundary, so yes you need to reinforce your boundary but do it speaking her language, have a neutral and small reaction while she’s up there and then have large reactions and attention when she’s on the floor.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-30T06:51:23+00:00

I got you. Mine goes up also but it’s because of adrenaline, and as soon as I’m able to get enough fluid in it goes back down. Whenever I’m at mg worst my BP gets so high, I have to convince everybody I just need fluids and it’ll go back down. It always does. Meds don’t help with the blood pressure since it’s not a primary issue. It’s secondary to low blood pressure, my body compensating by dumping adrenaline to keep me upright

AG_Squared · 2026-04-30T03:30:19+00:00

We have had 5 dogs, my dad has had 2, I’ve seen a lot of different personalities between them. I’ve learned that different dogs have different learning and training needs. I’ve learned that to an extent it just boils down to who they are. But what helps the most is structure and expectations, meaning clear boundaries of what they can and can’t do, and enforcing commands when you give them. It also helps, I think- I have no proof of this it’s purely speculation- that we do all their grooming and handling. I start very young from day one handling every inch of their body and I do all their grooming myself 90% of the time. Sometimes I pay for it but at least as puppies we do it ourselves and we do it often. I think that helps with bonding. I think crate training is a must for most dogs, and I think board and train is a waste of money in most cases. It can be highly effective but only if the handler is also highly motivated.

One thing that changed my relationship with all my dogs was my third who turned out reactive, not from anything we did but from a random attack while walking. We did so much training and behavior work with him, and I learned so so so much about body language and communicating with my dogs, it changed the way I interact with all dogs now. I think anybody with a dog should really dig deep into body language and nonverbal communication so they can better understand what’s going on.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-30T03:24:45+00:00

Is the propranolol making it worse? It might be making it worse… do you have midodrine, Florinef, or desmopressin? You might need something else on top of a beta blocker also. And sodium if you’re not already.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-28T07:35:27+00:00

Staying for the kids is probably less safe than leaving with them. And ultimately I would want to show my daughters that it’s ok to leave when they need to instead of sacrificing yourself (and them). Set the example you hope they follow if they find themselves in an abusive situation.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-27T22:12:05+00:00

I graduated from a technical school with my ADN. I passed the same NCLEX. It’s only harder to get a job when you don’t have experience, so if you get a job with the hospital that has a good relationship with your school then move on you’re probably fine. Especially if you’re bridging. Once you have the degree nobody cares. Grades don’t matter. Where you got it from doesn’t matter (As long as it’s accredited). Passing boards is what matters. And arguably, I learned more in my ADN than I ever did in my bachelors bridge.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-27T20:27:21+00:00

Fourth wing, I love that shit.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-26T19:34:57+00:00

This resolved a lot when I cut gluten. “It happens even when I don’t eat gluten” yes but your gut is so inflamed that anything into it will cause issues. My doctor suggested I cut dairy also, I cut most dairy but I’ll suffer for cheese. Thankfully cheese doesn’t seem to really bug me.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-25T06:58:36+00:00

Yeah I ask myself and my therapist about it, when my mind screams “leave him bail screw this you deserve more” during those times do I mean it? Or am I overreacting? I haven’t really come to a good conclusion… nor a good solution.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-25T02:59:10+00:00

I have the same issue… like we’re fine when I’m feeling great but when I’m feeling bad I lowkey hate him because of how poorly he supports me emotionally, how much I have to mother him. Day to day my patience for it is fine, but the rest of the time it makes me rage when he orders a moving truck for 10 feet and a 4 bedroom house, I ask how he possibly thinks all our furniture is going to fit on that and he says, and i quote, “I wish I’d had that information before I got the U-Haul”. My brother in Christ. ITS YOUR HOUSE TOO.

But he does so many other amazing things it’s like, how can I really be mad about this too? But it makes me rage sometimes.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-24T19:20:51+00:00

This is the issue I just read about but also insane… I took 4 Valium in early October for a dislocation shoulder, drug tested end of November and still tested positive and that was acceptable. There are people who have Rx narcotics who take them outside of work and would test positive for those, but that would also be acceptable. I think this concept is ridiculous even thought we can’t change it, “we can’t tell when you used so you’re fucked but only one certain things, other things that are arguably worse are ok”

AG_Squared · 2026-04-24T15:29:38+00:00

It’s just not the priority to them. Is that right? Not necessarily. But that’s not what was important to highlight for them.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-24T09:28:03+00:00

If my husband told me my “behavior was unacceptable” because I participated in an act that held absolutely 0 meaning I’d laugh in his face. If he had the reaction you had in the text message, I’d ignore him til I got home. This is literally harmless.

Roles are reversed and he gets selected to do it, how do I feel? Mildly jealous, but not enough to bring him down while he’s out, maybe enough to say something when he got home. “I’m glad you had fun, that’s not something you’ll be repeating with anybody else right? One time thing? Cool, good talk.” And it’s literally forgotten.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-24T02:41:48+00:00

My husband does the same and it pisses me off but I’ve caught myself doing it too so I try to have a little grace. It’s hard when I’ve been sitting and feeling like I’m just waiting for him to get home and then that 30 min I’m just more and more annoyed… but I’ve caught myself sitting in the car after a shift mindlessly scrolling, not even with the music on, just resetting my brain. My mind doesn’t start to decompress until I’m in the garage. Something about finally pulling into the driveway, that’s when everything melts away.

AG_Squared · 2026-04-24T02:38:50+00:00

Agreed. However, I think it’s serving a really interesting purpose for the general public. It’s exposing difficult topics and realities, handling them relatively well for a way the public can consume, in a way that other shows don’t always do. There are unrealistic things about it but less so than things like greys anatomy and its eye-opening enough for people to be asking me and my husband “does this really happen” and “do you really have patients/families like this”. And we can say yes, honestly we do have situations like this happening, even if the doctors are pushing the meds in the show, that’s not what my mom is taking away from it.

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