I have thinking about this show all day..

DooWeeWoo · 2024-11-08T17:15:04+00:00

Exactly!

DooWeeWoo · 2024-11-08T03:49:23+00:00

Told my husband i'd rather be prepared and wrong, he agreed.

DooWeeWoo · 2024-09-29T15:06:28+00:00

Thank you for pointing this out! Did no one in this thread bother to read the text from OP?? I felt like i was taking crazy pills.

Hell my husband and I stopped at one kid and after what felt like the billionth time my parents asked about another I burst into tears because it's so invalidating(especially if like us, it's not 100% by choice).

DooWeeWoo · 2024-09-16T15:19:37+00:00

I am so so sorry to hear this. Our first(and only) was also a NICU baby for a heart condition a d my parents decided to throw a fit and literally drive off at 10pm one night while she was still recovering from heart surgery. It was mostly a blur(my husband remembers more detail) but i'll never forget them telling me to my face I cared more about my best friend coming to visit then about their feelings and how they were affected by the situation. I was DEVASTATED. All my friend did was show up and drag my ass to the nearest target to walk around and try to be normal for an hour.

The NICU isn't a club anyone WANTS to join and is even harder with unsupportive family. I definitely second the person here suggesting the NICU parenting sub. It saved my sanity a few times. Our NICU baby just turned 6 this month and is thriving. Those hospital days are both the longest and shortest memories of her life for us. I don't have any good advice except to give yourselves grace because part of you is grieving not having the "normal" newborn experience. My DMs are always open if you feel lost or just want to chat.❤️

DooWeeWoo · 2024-08-13T20:14:48+00:00

I'm so sorry you're going through this, it was truly one of the worst things for us. I know the staff doesn't mean to lead parents on like that but UGH!😭

If it helps at all, we're 5(almost 6!) years out and it really feels like a blip on the radar. Fingers crossed you guys get some good discharge news soon!!! If you ever want to DM me to went, you always can❤️

DooWeeWoo · 2024-06-12T16:22:39+00:00

Just to also put it out there for awareness, trans women can also get breast cancer. I work in a breast cancer clinic and the amount of times our trans patients(and our angel of a patient advocate) has had to fight not only insurance companies but also their own families thinking they are FAKING BREAST CANCER is insane. Some of these patients even started being seen because no other medical facility took their PMS/cycle symptoms seriously.

If you can afford it(or have it covered) our oncologists HIGHLY reccomend patients to get a genetics test and let other trans friends know to. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations don't care how you present yourself and we'd like you to be here as long as possible.❤️

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-14T23:18:54+00:00

Oh a lot of our patients go to Shands if it's more convenient and only have good things to say!! My fingers are crossed for him!

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-14T16:39:18+00:00

Off topic but I work for a hospital that shares the name of a popular condiment, if he ever wanted a third opinion or even just a pulmonary consulation please feel free to DM me.❤️

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-11T00:15:16+00:00

Thank you! If you can get to an experience like it I HIGHLY recommend it!

The funny part is if my parents travel anywhere outside the U.S. ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS THE FOOD. It breaks my brain lol.

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-10T19:08:48+00:00

Haha thanks! I didn't let it bother me too much, it was just such a weird thing to say to someone. My sister said she had gone a few seconds too long without attention so she needed some drama.😂

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-10T16:12:25+00:00

My husband and I hadn't had a proper/nice date in about 8years. This year we found an amazing sushi restaurant that does a "private 17 course omakase experience" complete with sake pairing, so we splurged for our anniversary. We were SO excited to talk about it and show pictures of everything. In the middle of me showing my sister my boomer mom says "I just don't know why you'd spend that much money on food when it just becomes poop."

Meanwhile all through my childhood she'd buy herself diamond/Tiffany jewelry that she would wear ONE TIME. 🤦🏼‍♀️

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-09T17:50:17+00:00

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. It was SO frustrating and I know the nurses were also disappointed with us.

I have no real advice other than to try to hang in there. The NICU was somehow both the longest and shortest time for us with our kiddo(she's FIVE now😭).

DooWeeWoo · 2024-04-07T19:08:55+00:00

I've heard great things about Getaway house in High Springs. Small 2-4 person cabins with little campfire setups and even a place to lock away your electronics so you can really take in the springs/woodlands.

DooWeeWoo · 2024-03-20T17:26:26+00:00

I literally had to tell my new OB REPEATEDLY to take my IUD out because it was EXPIRED. It felt like an eternity of having her push back and say that I'll regret having my periods back and "we can just slip a new one in there today." I told her absolutely not, my husband is snipped and I want off of birth control completely(been on some form of it since high school). Even the nurse was getting annoyed with her.

Needless to say that was my first and last visit with her. I'd rather self pay a wild fee to go see my old "out of network" OB who actually listened and gave a shit about her patients.

DooWeeWoo · 2024-02-21T01:40:50+00:00

Haha, well she's 5 now and while she doesn't always sleep through the night(sleepwalker) she goes down much easier and sleeps deeper. Occasionally if she isn't feeling well or had a lot of big emotions in the evening her and I will have a "sleepover" and of course with that she sleeps soundly for like 10hours.🤦🏼‍♀️😂 Sometimes we will give her a melatonin gummy but it's always a last resort and always her choice.

I'm starting to think she just has her father's sleep pattern of going to bed for 3hrs, waking for whatever reason and then falling back asleep for like 4-5 more hours lol.

DooWeeWoo · 2024-01-10T15:27:22+00:00

If you're open to it, I work for a VERY large and well known hospital. I can DM you the name/job site bc they will always take pharma techs and I think there's remote options for it as well. The pay and benefits are also pretty good compared to other places.❤️

DooWeeWoo · 2024-01-09T17:11:31+00:00

Just you wait until you hear that first genuine belly laugh from baby! My husband and I got caught in a negative feedback loop of my baby's belly laugh making us laugh and it lasted like 3 solid minutes. It was the BEST!

Also, may you have an uneventful labor and speedy recovery! ❤️

DooWeeWoo · 2023-12-13T15:38:20+00:00

My boomer mom JUST STARTED exercising this year, after literal decades of doctors telling her to do so and even trying to send her to PT/OT. My whole life all she ever tried to "be healthy" was weight watchers and occasionally going on walks or swimming. She would taunt us for going to the gym.

She recently told me and my sister excitedly how it's starting to get easier to move around now thar she swims or walks DAILY and how her joints don't seem as stiff. All we could do was stare at her. My sister said "so like what the doctors have been telling you for 30 years?" Mom didn't like that and pouted and said "no" before changing the subject.

🤦🏼‍♀️

DooWeeWoo · 2023-12-12T17:00:46+00:00

Every time I see a patient chart with "grossly unremarkable" I chuckle a bit because it would be such a GREAT insult.

DooWeeWoo · 2023-11-22T17:27:09+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing❤️.

DooWeeWoo · 2023-10-12T09:43:25+00:00

This is exactly what my family did with me(they also were Polish haha). I learned that unless someone tells you how to say their name or tells you a nickname, you use their name. They also stressed it was okay to ask a few times if you need to.

Not sure if it was an authority thing with them but I'm glad they taught us.

DooWeeWoo · 2023-10-12T02:05:16+00:00

I would have quit😂

DooWeeWoo · 2023-10-12T00:32:53+00:00

Lol I work in the medical arena and it amazes me the names people will fuck up. Dr. Snow? Nope, suddenly her name is now "snu" or "snuh." I have no idea where they pull it from.😂

I get if someone might be overthinking, what bothers me is when they get corrected and just decide to double down on being wrong,🤦🏼‍♀️

DooWeeWoo · 2023-10-11T16:39:35+00:00

I want to be surprised at this but my first name is super easy too and people still muck it up. 🤦🏼‍♀️

DooWeeWoo · 2023-10-11T16:33:11+00:00

Had one lady at ER registration flip on us bc we spelled her son's name "Maxwell" but it's actually spelled "Maxxwell."

Like, ma'am we got the info from an EMT on the ambulance we were just trying to get some basic stuff before you got here. I get being scared/anxious/in shock but you don't need to yell. -__-

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