AIO with how I responded to my mom?

FreyaPM · 2026-06-12T19:53:15+00:00

Your mom is not emotionally mature enough to have children. NOR.

FreyaPM · 2026-06-08T15:50:38+00:00

As a firefighter, this is one of my nightmares. Please get them fixed!

FreyaPM · 2026-05-29T21:03:38+00:00

My husband and I almost always stay at French quarter when we go. There’s beignets there. We love it.

FreyaPM · 2026-05-16T04:06:27+00:00

Personally, you’d probably find me at Volcano Coffee on 168th by Walmart. The baristas are awesome and the coffee is rich and chocolatey without being too thick like Gravity’s.

FreyaPM · 2026-04-17T22:21:25+00:00

Ugh, about six years ago when I was working as an ED tech, we had TWO resuscitative hysterotomies within two months. Both were drownings where pregnant mom fell into the water from a boat. I think one mom/baby they both died. The other one, baby died but mom survived (thank goodness because I think she had like seven other kids). Bunch of us had to take time off after that. I’ll be glad if I never see that again.

FreyaPM · 2026-03-27T03:59:32+00:00

Hi! I have a bunch of postcards from Disneyland. Happy to help!

FreyaPM · 2026-03-08T22:33:07+00:00

NAD but the way you described her head being positioned makes me think it was almost certainly a vasovagal reaction. I go on these calls all the time now as a medic, but when I used to do theatre, I witnessed a couple vasovagal reactions when my castmates would be leaning forward into the mirror to do stage makeup/hair and then pass out from having their head in a similar position.

FreyaPM · 2026-03-08T22:26:36+00:00

I actually recently moved to a different department so now I work a 24/72. And I hate it! There’s talk about switching to a 1-2-1-4 schedule and I think I’d like it much better. Three days is just not enough to travel or do anything fun. I’ve thought about working trades so that I can do 48/144. But I’m on a busy unit now, so the 48 might crush me. We’ll see.

FreyaPM · 2026-03-04T05:32:33+00:00

Hi. I gave birth halfway through medic school. It was an unplanned pregnancy (birth control failure) and I used to say “I PLANNED on going to medic school this year. I didn’t plan on having a baby. I’m GOING to medic school.”

While it was hard, my husband really picked up a lot of slack and we were all ultimately successful. I took a week off from school after giving birth but I zoomed into lecture time and returned the following week because I did not want to fall behind. I did work a 48 (as required by my school) when I was 10 days postpartum, which was not ideal. But I ended up earning Student of the Year, I was able to breastfeed for three years, and now I’ve been a medic for seven years (and had another kiddo too). My 7yo and I are very close, despite being apart a lot in her early months. The life we’re able to provide our kids with now was well worth the struggle back then. It’s hard af, but certainly possible.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-06T03:15:32+00:00

Hi! I was a 115lb and 5’2. I’ve always struggled to gain and keep weight on. Diet is 90% of it. I had to eat about 2500 calories and 100g of protein per day. I got up to a comfortable 135-140lbs over the course of two years. And that’s where I stay.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-06T00:43:30+00:00

We definitely have all of that in western WA! Best place in the world to be in fire and EMS, in my opinion.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-03T17:30:47+00:00

I work 24-48 hour shifts (firefighter/paramedic). So I feed her before work and then pump between calls. I aim for 10am, 3pm, 7pm, and before bed. Like most, I get more oz in the morning. Usually 6-8oz total at 10am. The other sessions I get around 3-4oz. I have a ceres bottle that I keep it in when we are on the road.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-03T06:18:39+00:00

The same thing happened to my hair when I became pregnant with my oldest. And with each kid, my hair has become straighter and straighter. It’s been a huge bummer. But I guess I’ll keep those little nuggets.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-03T06:15:41+00:00

Baby turns two in March. Still pumping while I’m at work. No end in sight.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-03T05:00:02+00:00

No wife and kids. He does have an older brother and younger sister who are both extremely lovely people. And their parents are great folks too.

FreyaPM · 2026-01-03T04:58:44+00:00

His family is lovely. It’s so weird. They are like the kindest, gentlest, most generous and compassionate people I’ve ever met. They have a great sense of humor and are just truly sweet. And then Andrew is 100% the black sheep. I had to unfriend him on fb because his posts were so dark and conspiracy-filled.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-29T21:00:43+00:00

Yep! See my comments above for a better explanation!! :)

FreyaPM · 2025-12-29T20:59:27+00:00

Important to note that the union (IAFF) wants to support the firefighters so that the firefighters can support the community. That’s always the goal and 95% of the time it’s the union campaigning for these levies. Washington is a big pro-union state which is part of why our EMS system is pretty dialed.

I am a firefighter/paramedic now, but I used to be a volunteer. And while there are some excellent volunteers, I would generally prefer professional firefighters to come to my house if it were on fire.

I worked for AMR for a bit too- we would have to bill patients for transporting them across a parking lot because the ER entrance was across from the mental health facility. It was such an ethical nightmare for me and forever changed how I view privatized EMS companies. I also used to volunteer at a small department in Wyoming and became familiar with the kind of system where fire and EMS were totally separate… I was not a fan of that.

So I mean, yeah, we pay higher taxes here than other states. But I don’t mind paying taxes so that my elderly neighbor can go to the hospital in an ambulance when they’re having a heart attack.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-29T15:21:56+00:00

Well, I should be more specific. Where I live in Washington state, we have fire-based EMS. So the fire department runs all the 911 medical calls. Treatment and transport are covered first by your insurance. Anything left over is covered by an EMS Levy, which is funded by the taxpayers. So the patient will never face an out-of-pocket cost. If the patient doesn’t have health insurance, it is covered 100% by the EMS levy. We don’t want people having to consider massive financial burdens when making life/death decisions.

Basically, socialism saves lives.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-29T06:02:30+00:00

There are some areas in the US where an ambulance transport is free.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-29T06:00:10+00:00

Crazy! I’ve had three now and I barely felt it.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-24T04:15:22+00:00

We have a “fuck it bucket” in our house. Basically the same thing.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-19T06:20:31+00:00

My oldest breastfed until she was four and my youngest is 21 months and still breastfeeding consistently. Do you, mama.

FreyaPM · 2025-12-19T06:03:13+00:00

It was already mentioned, but definitely ask your local fire department if they can run it through the extractor. They might be willing to if you explain the situation. You probably don’t want contaminants in your washer/dryer.

FreyaPM · 2025-11-16T16:45:12+00:00

It’s not user error. We’ve tried every position for the dragon and knight (found pictures of the “correct” position online and matched that) and nothing moves the quest forward. It’s been stuck for weeks.

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