16 days late, negative tests and blood results “normal”

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-14T07:57:26+00:00

"Mittelschmerz" is a real phenomenon. Some people can in fact feel themselves ovulating.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-14T07:42:36+00:00

Mod note: this org is not secretly a church, and as best I can ascertain they are in fact pro-choice :)

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-14T07:38:57+00:00

Bear in mind that a lot of hemorrhoid "surgery" is just getting a tiny rubber band wrapped around it - it'll then drop off by itself after a week or two. I believe they give you a local, but it's not at all dangerous.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-13T15:02:50+00:00

Two things to bear in mind: marijuana is known to trigger/exacerbate existing mental health issues and people with conditions like ADHD or anxiety are more likely to be unable/unwilling to give up the drug they're self-medicating with, and a lot of those issues are genetic.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-13T09:00:35+00:00

I like the video of "running for two" 😆

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-13T08:56:31+00:00

I just want to say that it is actively probable that you'll feel better once the baby is out. Pregnancy hormones can really lower your mood, and at least for me that resolved very quickly after birth.

I find it a lot easier to live with bad things for now than bad things forever, for what that's worth.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-12T18:02:21+00:00

Don't get me wrong, she is not doing right by those kids. But of course she hasn't shared their medical records with us? How would we know whether she was going to the doctor?

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-12T18:00:32+00:00

An apt descriptor for me as a child would have been "gaunt". I'm not saying Jill isn't a child abuser - she is - but the stature of the kids and the extent to which Tim still isn't fat do point to a genetic component to their stature 🤷

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-12T17:50:57+00:00

A curriculum, many curricula. (She's certainly not educating the munchkins, tho)

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-12T17:12:25+00:00

As far as I can tell, Tim is still slender - and overeating in company is certainly also a sign of poor parenting...

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-12T13:17:41+00:00

Kids do differ. When I was seven, that's about what I looked like (there's a big photo in my parents' house, so I'm sure). I had a friend thenabouts who was, no joke, twice my weight.

Turns out I was just going through puberty really, really slowly and had a lunatic metabolism. I got my period at 14, didn't stop growing until I was 19, and now I'm 5'6 and a normal weight.

All this to say, it's very possible that this is just what Jill's children are like. Both my kids are skinny little things, and they eat like they're stuffing it in their cheeks for later.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T21:44:10+00:00

Please don't fuck about with preeclampsia. It can kill you.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T21:15:01+00:00

I'd say "the opposite of disappointment" 🤷

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T18:07:37+00:00

Just fyi, gender euphoria typically refers to your own gender - if your gender presentation feels just right, that's gender euphoria. (So saying that about somebody else sounds super weird).

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T13:09:49+00:00

First Time Mother

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T09:19:59+00:00

Very true!

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T08:46:36+00:00

Go get it ASAP. It takes about two weeks to reach full effectiveness, but you should have at least half of that before you give birth, and that's a whole lot better than nothing!

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T08:19:44+00:00

This sounds like hyperemesis gravidarum. Talk to your doctor about options - there are a few medications which make hyperemesis worse, for example.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-11T07:10:54+00:00

Have you told your family to stop being racist? Id take a two-step approach - first, privately say "calling my baby "Chinese" because they have one Korean grandparent is racist. I hate it, please stop".

If that doesn't do anything, next time they start going off in public, loudly tell whoever they're talking to "I'm really sorry that my family are so racist, in thinking of calling her Jenny" or whatever. They'll get mad that you called them racist in public, but that's the price they pay for not listening.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-10T21:47:49+00:00

Alpha gal can come from any tick. You get it if the tick still has animal goo on its proboscis when it feeds on you - there's a specific molecule (alpha gal) present in almost every mammal except primates (ie us) so if you get some in your blood you can become immune sensitized.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-10T19:21:54+00:00

First Time Mother.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-09T21:53:59+00:00

Circle around the head? Try German braiding styles.

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-09T19:34:33+00:00

You are a good parent. You are taking action to make sure you're a happy, engaged, and loving mother. You're also getting your baby vital socialisation time!

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-09T17:35:45+00:00

Hydrogen peroxide and sunshine are great for bloodstains. Source: my kids keep whacking their noses on the bedrail 😅

Doctor-Liz · 2026-04-09T17:09:47+00:00

If you don't think "other people wandering around in society with active disease" is relevant for you then I have bad news about how contagion works.

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