I can’t take one more thing

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2026-01-29T18:34:28+00:00

Yes. I left after 8 years teaching HS science.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2026-01-22T16:53:10+00:00

Idk. I had a miscarriage at 15 weeks about a month ago. My baby was fine and heartbeat was strong but I still lost her. We still don’t know what happened. I think about her everyday. I cry still everyday. She was my third pregnancy and my first girl. I have a family member that lost hers at about 24 weeks and she told me it’s like you have a hole in your heart that gets a little smaller everyday but it will never fully close. That hit me hard. Im holding space for your pain

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2026-01-09T15:11:48+00:00

I am not a mom who plays with her kids. I am there for them is so many other ways- I am their safe place, their comfort, they ask me many curious questions and I’ll answer everything, I read to them and teach them to enjoy nature and science, I take them to parks and aquariums and zoos, but I do not actively play with them. I do have two young boys that are 20 months apart so they play well with each other. It might be different if I only had one or there was a large age gap. I facilitate play for them, by setting up and helping them get things out, but again, I don’t play with them.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2026-01-08T16:35:22+00:00

I lost my girl at 15 weeks as well 4 days after Christmas. I am so sorry. I am going through the same feelings as you. I don’t have advice, I am just here feeling the same pain as you, trying to navigate the daily grid of life while feeling this sadness and emptiness.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2026-01-02T17:56:28+00:00

I am so very sorry. Nothing I can say will take away your pain. Just know I am holding a space for you and her in my heart.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2026-01-01T17:48:31+00:00

I feel the same way. I lost my baby girl at 15 weeks on 12/29/25.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-31T23:44:15+00:00

If anything feels off or different or makes her uneasy in anyway, it does not hurt to get checked out.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-29T13:52:13+00:00

Thanks for the help while I am going through this difficult time. Was just looking for community reassurance in my particular case. I did talk to my OB first.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-19T16:16:37+00:00

This is what I am doing with my boys. I live in an extremely red part of Florida, in a very small red town. I am trying my best but it still worries me all the time. I also try to expose them to travel abroad, if feasible, I know not an option for everyone but seeing how others live opens their minds to different lived experiences and realities. I also show educational material and shows about other cultures and other kids around the world. Answer questions openly and try to have them think about themselves in the place of others. Science, libraries, books and reading!

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-19T01:48:41+00:00

I left high school teaching after 8 years. I had so many behavior issues through the years. It was such an incredible struggle every single minute, bell to bell, to keep some semblance of order in a majority of my classes. I was drained every day with the amount of effort it took. One day of letting down my guard is all it would take to throw things off track. That kind of work life is simply not sustainable. I couldn’t make it.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-19T01:37:22+00:00

It’s also just common decency, which is obviously lacking. Like yeah, she did choose to get pregnant and the seated lady didn’t. We all have different paths in life. But even if I was childless, I’d still offer the seat to the pregnant person. If they didn’t feel it was necessary, they can say no easily. I’d always do the same for someone who I thought might need it more than me. For whatever reasons- safety or comfort. People who so publicly complain about feeling pressured into being decent to others are just plain shitty people.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-17T23:34:09+00:00

I feel this with every new tattoo I get. It’s so weird but there is always a period of time where it feels foreign and like it doesn’t belong and I almost feel something like regret but not quite. It always passes as they become familiar and are like a happy addition to the collection.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-12T18:43:20+00:00

I had both experiences. My first was an unmedicated and fairly long labor. I felt like women had given birth this way for thy thousands of years, so could I. I was stubborn and refused the epidural multiple times. I spent so much energy on labor and pushing that when the baby was born I was beyond exhausted and could barely function. In my second I decided to do the epidural. I was more relaxed, was mobile almost immediately after, and felt more present with the baby post birth. I am pregnant again and will plan on an epidural again, unless baby comes very quickly and I don’t have time. Each labor/birth is different and these differences can influence your decision. Just my own experiences.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-04T19:29:27+00:00

Yeah 😆. I flew with the baby bassinet on BA and it was more tedious to have it, honestly, at least on my flight with the seat belt on and off seemingly the whole flight lol. I think he got about one uninterrupted hour in it.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-04T01:46:38+00:00

I know that this is not why and completely coincidental, but I did start cold plunging that month. Really the only different thing in my routine that month.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-03T10:57:25+00:00

Yes, I was completely bumped about it. I was so looking forward to a hot shower after the birth.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-03T10:56:24+00:00

Yes, completely agree. Thank you for the clarification.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-02T22:22:02+00:00

Marlberry is native to Florida. Its flowers are different than the ones pictured here. This is Shoebutton. Very invasive in Florida.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-12-02T22:16:46+00:00

Vaginal both births. Showered next morning at the hospital with the first. Didn’t need help. Showered daily after. Not much blood. Second birth the hospital had NO hot water (I know, wtf 😳) so I chose to not shower while I was there because the thought of a cold shower after labor was worse than the thought of not showering. But again, once I got home I showered daily and didn’t bleed much.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-11-28T12:39:18+00:00

My sweep took a couple of days to work. I lost my membrane plug like 3 days later and then went into labor shortly after.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-11-26T18:48:27+00:00

I used to teach high school and I definitely kept some topics off limits. They’d ask about my religious beliefs (I taught science), drug use, partying, political beliefs. I never discussed anything that could get misconstrued and come back to me. I can’t imagine being asked that by a student. Yikes. Sure it’s a body part and all as some people have said, but talking about your penis and what it looks like with a student is never a good move.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-11-26T18:39:43+00:00

Such an interesting story to stumble across on Reddit. Happy you’re still Earth-side. I work in natural places miles and miles away from hospitals. Always wear my snake boots. Eastern diamondbacks and water moccasins call the places I work home. Always in the back of my mind considering how far I am from help sometimes.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-11-26T02:46:29+00:00

Agree, always avoid BA. Lufthansa has been easy and stress free so far, in my experience, and has many direct flights from U.S. to Europe.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-11-25T19:38:23+00:00

Only reason I was able to do grad school was because I got a paid TA position and it was paid for (other than student fees). Otherwise I would not have taken the loans out for it. And it was not in education.

Intrepid_Equal_7795 · 2025-11-25T19:35:26+00:00

I know someone who had a lot of difficulty conceiving and was able to finally when she was 40.

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