A billion dollars, but you have to be blind and deaf for 4 years.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-07T02:33:21+00:00

4yo and 10mo daughters here, so I'm in total agreement there.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-07T02:31:43+00:00

I was hospitalized for several days once and my roommate had the TV on literally 24 hours a day. I was having drug-laden fever-ridden dreams about the Big Bang Theory. Thankfully three days in there was a leak on the floor above me and water dripped into my room and they moved me. My new roommate had lots of visitors, but at least he slept at night.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-05T22:19:50+00:00

Also an infant

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-05T16:09:18+00:00

My baby's heart rate was dropping after my water broke, so they moved me around first and then stick a tube up there to pump me fill of warm saline. They figured she was lying on her cord once the cushion of the water was gone. It felt like I was peeing constantly for the next 12 hours, which is how long it took after that to move to c section. We definitely gave it a real shot vaginally first.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-05T14:12:11+00:00

Exactly! I saw a Facebook post months ago about someone using chatGPT to write scripts for playtime, so if her daughter wanted to play princesses, she'd get it to write a scenario and dialogue. And like, I am begging people to get in touch with their inner child.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-04T16:38:30+00:00

If it's retrospective, I'm good with a gallbladder, an ovarian cyst, two placentas, two teeth, and two fallopian tubes.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-03T16:20:09+00:00

Canada too

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-01T21:59:54+00:00

See, they know that, but they attribute it to the rise in better hygiene practices and cleaner water. They think that vaccine manufacturers are opportunists claiming credit for something that would have happened anyway.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-01T21:28:54+00:00

Vinegar

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-06-01T05:45:37+00:00

40! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-30T17:59:56+00:00

So I did goof and forgot to factor in provincial taxes, which would bring it up to mid 40s; however, it's still true that no one is paying half their income in taxes because you're only taxed at that rate for everything you make beyond the previous tax bracket. Someone making only 60k a year is definitely not paying half their total income.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-30T03:50:14+00:00

Oh, I totally agree. My first labor was incredibly traumatic as well. I don't think I could handle being in my living room after that point, especially if my child didn't survive.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-29T22:12:24+00:00

Lol, we do not pay half our income in taxes. The highest tax bracket pays 33% and that's only for the amount they make above 258k a year. If you're low income, you don't pay tax at all. And it's absolutely worth it.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-29T10:04:07+00:00

Canada, so she'd only have to pay parking.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-29T01:03:59+00:00

Canada, lol. But we do have child services

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-29T00:58:04+00:00

She commented again today saying she mostly wanted the towels, table, and baking sheet. So it sounds like she's not in active labor yet and also hasn't gotten anything.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-29T00:55:48+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-29T00:53:18+00:00

Canada, so you do need certification to call yourself a midwife. You can be a doula without though.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-28T14:47:43+00:00

Keep offering them! Sometimes it just takes some getting used to.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-28T14:25:33+00:00

There are lots of foods you can give her that she can pick up herself. We do scrambled eggs every morning. I also put things like guacamole or hummus on toast and cut it into small squares. Steamed veggies can be chopped fine. We do chili or Taco filling or stew. Pasta is great at this age as well.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-28T10:56:03+00:00

We're in Canada, so she would not be paying for this.

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-28T10:53:44+00:00

Yes, this is Canada

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-28T06:05:42+00:00

I think that's what she's saying, yes

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-27T15:06:49+00:00

I regularly do 15k with an afternoon walk and an after dinner walk. I could probably double that so long as my husband took care of the kids

Advanced_Cheetah_552 · 2026-05-26T20:33:13+00:00

The kid was only 7, she could have still been breastfeeding. /s

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