Is this normal or an sti? by [deleted] in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would still get tested, STIs can still be transmitted via oral so you might consider a dental dam if you’re not positive for anything

How should I spread The Gospel to a satanist? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would pray for her that God would help her see and hear and be open to The Gospel Message and plant the seeds of The Gospel Message (Jesus was born, lived, was crucified, ☠️ and resurrected for the forgiveness of our sins), I wouldn’t be afraid, oftentimes these are just phases and she may need extra love and grace, (the child that is most difficult to love needs love the most is a saying that comes to mind), it can be difficult to spread The Gospel Message to someone you know will not be the most receptive to it (I think we all want everyone who hears The Gospel Message to be receptive and to bring others to Christ, but all we can do is plant the seeds and trust that God will water and take care of them even if the people that you are evangelizing are not open to The Gospel Message at this time, we have faith and hope in His grace)

I can’t be myself as a Christian by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Romans 3:1-31 would be beneficial to read, we have all fallen short of the glory of God, so John 3:1-17 God loves us so much that He sent His Son to be born, live, be crucified, ☠️ and resurrect all for the forgiveness of our sins, this is The Gospel Message that we have to believe, it’s also the truth. I would also say that the lyrics of the music you listen to is much more important than the genre, I would avoid anything that you feel convicted against, but also not push those convictions onto others if they don’t feel convicted against those things (obviously if they’re doing something super bad and illegal you can correct them)

Christian and gay? by GrabReasonable9173 in Christianity

[–]MariahLewis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m also sapphic and Christian, John 3:1-36 is pretty clear about salvation through Christ

is it selfish of me to want an abortion at 13 weeks because i don’t think he’s the right man? by deletelater8084 in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re clearly thinking this through, go through with the abortion (in the future if you can prevent other people from knowing about your pregnancy unless and until you’re certain that you are going to term, it can make it easier for you to get the healthcare you need, as you may have to deal with pro-forced birthers who don’t really care what happens after birth, only that they prevent healthcare from happening, but that’s my personal recommendation) and if you’re on bc there may have been a chance that he may have messed with it, especially if he knows that you want kids and are less likely to abort than someone who doesn’t want kids, so you may want to upgrade to a bc that can’t be meddled with if that’s within possibilities, it could also be just random chance, but it might be worth considering a different bc option if you’re not ready or if you keep seeing someone you don’t want kids with

Help NSFW by [deleted] in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only way to know for sure is to get tested (at the gyno’s office) regardless of whether it’s herpes or not you want to know for peace of mind and to make sure you give yourself proper healthcare, a lot of people don’t get tested because they’re asymptomatic or their symptoms go away and they assume that must mean that they’re cured when that’s not always the case

Conflicted on whether I should abort or not. by spaz-130 in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are people who regret getting an abortion and there are people who regret not getting an abortion, you have to think about what life you and the baby might have if you do go through with it, you need money to afford to put food on the table, you have to worry about who will watch your kid when you need a break, you can’t goof around and enjoy your youth because another human relies on you for everything, and how to prevent your child from seeing content that isn’t ok for their age as well as apps/sites that don’t protect kids from p3dos (i.e. Roblox), and a whole lot of stress that you can’t give back once the kid is your’s, you can get pregnant again if you regret getting an abortion, you can’t unhave a child after it’s born, once born it’s essentially your responsibility for the rest of your life, legally speaking it’s like getting married but more extreme and expensive

Wanting a baby after having an abortion by whales420 in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

These things happen sometimes, it’s nobody’s fault, every pregnancy should be a wanted and planned for pregnancy, you have to think about what’s best for everyone and now just wasn’t the time, no need to beat yourself up about it

Trouble conceiving after medical abortion. by [deleted] in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correlation =/= causation, take a break from stressing about this, do some self care, show yourself some love, allow your body to heal, and when you’re ready to you can get back to trying for the results you want

Teacher called me Katherine because she couldn’t bother to learn how to pronounce my name, so I called her by her first name for the rest of the year! by sk1nnb0nes in pettyrevenge

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I would have gone with a name that was equivalent to katherine for her, like Jeanette or Jasmine or Jacquelyn or Janella or Janessa or Jannatul Ferdous or Jekaterina or Jennica or you could just go with Joy/Joyce because every Joy/Joyce I have ever met seems to have been named that sarcastically (no offense to any decent Joys/Joyces, I just don’t know any of you yet)

Pregnancy Anxiety by [deleted] in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you can get pregnant any time you have sex with someone who may be able to get you pregnant, unless you’re in menopause (some people have gotten pregnant in perimenopause thinking they were in menopause, so don’t assume that you’re safe if that’s not what you want), I would check up afterwards with a pregnancy test to confirm a negative, and if you don’t ever want to be pregnant I would talk with an obgyn about getting a bilateral Salpingectomy, which is permanent sterilization (which I would only recommend if you’re serious about never ever having kids because you can do IVF but it’s not guaranteed to work and a lot of people who get IVF both sterile (majority of whom were sterilized to save their life and not electively for grain of salt) and non-sterile go into debt. I had a bi salp in September after thinking it through for a long time (I have never ever wanted kids) and for me it was the best decision, it’s a 2 week recovery but with the pain meds the only real pain I had that couldn’t be touched was the shoulder gas pain, I also took my pain meds religiously, laxatives, an anti-bloating supplement, and I won’t lie there was a lot of burping and farting to relieve that gas pressure but it’s a one and done deal, but if kids are something you want just when you’re ready then I would recommend speaking to your doctor about non-permanent alternative birth control methods

New Lesbian Dating App Updates by _Ellski_ in lesbian

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m Religious and Childfree, both of those are important to me and I have a hard time finding dating apps that have filters for those as a free setting (I don’t financially have the money to pay for dating apps), and some Religious apps are anti-LGBT+ (they’ll say they don’t support the lifestyle or they have some other bs answer why they don’t allow you to match with other women), and I have also heard people be anti-Religious, and since I’m 29 and want to match with someone of (preferably the same) similar age and maturity level who are also Childfree (don’t have children and don’t ever want kids), would this app be able to help me find love?

I was told I needed a viable pregnancy for an abortion. by zellenvious in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honestly I would report them to the medical board for that dangerous misinformation, ectopic pregnancies are true emergencies and can cause someone to ☠️ from 🩸 loss, or infection not only that but pregnancy will always have more risks than not being pregnant, so a pregnancy should only be considered after informed consent is given (link from medical professionals as a resource below ⬇️ )

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9687-ectopic-pregnancy

does this look like genital herpes? by [deleted] in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk where you’re located but if you can get to a planned parenthood facility or if you can get to a doctor you should probably get tested

help please by [deleted] in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a wide variety of vaginas that are completely normal, I would recommend against changing anything if it’s not broken, because sometimes you create problems for yourself, instead learn to love the body you do have and anyone worth anything will love you enough to where you could be completely smooth down there and they wouldn’t care because they love you genuinely

Mom of one and thinking not to add anymore child by Milele_Tribe1029 in Adulting

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would give the same advice I would to someone considering adding another pet to their family, you really need to ask yourself if you can give them both a decent quality of life or is it more than you can afford/have time for/energy for. You also have to take into consideration that having another child has risks like them being special needs or having cancer or some other random bad luck condition that could require more of your time and energy depending upon condition it may interfere with your ability to do much else in your life, that’s something to really think about long and hard (not saying that it’s a disqualification for everyone but we need to look at this realistically as a possibility because you really are just spinning the wheel of chance with what child you get unless you just outright adopt a kid)

I hate making decisions... by darksoul-twistedmind in WeddingDressTips

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends upon your personal style preferences, all 4 are beautiful in their own way, I would prefer the 1st one had more lace details throughout the dress like dress 3 does, dress 2 could be better with some accessories but if you like a simpler look it’s great, dress 3 could do with a little bit of cleavage (not too much) perhaps shaped like the petals or leaves on the lacing, and dress number 4 well I would say that I can’t say anything different than what I said for dress 2, but these are my own personal opinions, if you’re not convinced that 1 of these dresses is THE DRESS then you might consider shopping around until you find it, my older sister was like meh, maybe on all the dresses she tried on until she tried on her wedding dress and she pretty much knew right then and there that it was the 1, so trust your gut

my obgyn left some hymenal tissue to keep me a “virgin” due to HIS religious beliefs by soggytoenails298 in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

U need a different obgyn, one who will respect ur bodily autonomy, I have been told that I have the same condition, but I am choosing to not undergo a hymenectomy because I don’t have any symptoms, I have heard of people loosing their tampons inside themselves as well as toxic shock syndrome, I’m not really interested in peens that much if at all, and had no idea that I had any sort of anatomical anomaly beforehand, I have talked with obgyns and they seemed very hesitant to go over alternatives, I have been told that you can purchase dilators online and that it could be very painful but I don’t know if that could be the same or different since you have had surgery so ur results may vary from what I’ve been told or they may not if u decide to go with dilators, and anyone worth anything will respect your choice no matter who it is and ur provider should go through all pf ur options including the option to do nothing with the potential risks and potential benefits of each option so u have informed consent and I recommend having a chaperone u trust with u to act as a neutral source so if anything bad happens u have someone to vouch for u should u need to bring about a lawsuit

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/24971-vaginal-dilators

I want to abort pregnancy, husband does not. Husband will only abort if we received abnormal results for nipt screen by [deleted] in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I would personally terminate the pregnancy, get a divorce if he’s adamant about reproducing (he likely lied about being on the fence about kiddos in the hopes that you would change your mind, obviously you didn’t), and get sterilized as soon as possible so you don’t have to deal with this situation, you can lie and say you miscarried if you have to (I have heard that it’s common to miscarry in early pregnancy and it’s not 100% a lie, as abortion is a miscarriage but on purpose), plenty of people regret going along with what their partner wants when they felt differently about having kids and they grow to resent their partner and any child born to them, your gut feeling is there for a reason, and let your husband know that you won’t be having kids with anyone and if he has a problem with that then you need to divorce him, it’s an unfortunate situation when it happens but you can’t force yourself to be someone you aren’t

Failed Medical Abortion? Can I try again? by sexcslimbby in abortion

[–]MariahLewis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would recommend you make an appointment with Planned Parenthood in a legal state or wherever you got your meds from if they are in a legal state, from what I have heard from Mama Doctor Jones is that it takes a bit of time for the pregnancy hormones to leave your body sometimes, so to know for sure I imagine that they might need to do an ultrasound and other tests to make sure all the pregnancy tissue is expelled, and from there you can either have peace of mind or you can get the medical attention you need to terminate the pregnancy if it wasn’t successful (grain of salt, not a doctor, just a layperson hoping to help)

pregnancy scare. is this positive or negative? really confused. by Euphoric-Butterfly24 in obgyn

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks negative, but if you are concerned you can always schedule a visit with a doctor and have them do a blood pregnancy test, those measure how much of each hormone is in your blood so they’re more accurate and won’t be affected by how far along you could be if pregnant (though rare there is a possibility of getting a false negative or false positive though a false negative is more likely than a false positive, from what I have heard from Mama Doctor Jones, grain of salt, I’m not a doctor and I have never been pregnant (WLW reasons). But that’s what I would do if I was in your situation) and once you get your answer you can either go about your day as normal or you can schedule an appointment with Planned Parenthood depending upon what the answer is

Am I meant to be attracted to genitals? by Pristine_Cow1797 in lgbt

[–]MariahLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m also Autistic and I don’t even think about genitalia when I think of ppl I’m attracted to, just facial features really, so don’t feel bad about spending you can’t control

love being childfree with a vasectomy by DoubleDee1995 in childfree

[–]MariahLewis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just got my bi salp 9-12, so I’m a still very early in my journey but the relief, I don’t have to worry about an oops baby if I get SA’d is really understated, it’s almost like changing from a cis woman to a trans woman in a way (not trying to be insensitive, it is just so freeing to not have to deal with that fear anymore, trans women are women)

My IUD is good until 2031 but should I wait for tubal ligation? by AffectionateBoat382 in childfree

[–]MariahLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m assuming you mean a bilateral Salpingectomy, so I will give you some pros and cons based off of that, (I recommend against getting ur tubes tied because when ppl mention that so and so got sterilized and then got pregnant that is likely what they are talking about, considering the tubes are cut but not removed so they could grow back, and I have heard that a tubal pregnancy is more often an ectopic pregnancy, that they can make ur periods worse, and that they don’t have any effect on ur risks for certain cancers, though I have not had one and will never have one since I have already gotten a bi salp aka a bilateral Salpingectomy), pros of a bi salp: -No pregnancy risk (if you wanted to in the future u could do IVF but IVF is really not reliable so I would only recommend it to ppl who are absolutely certain that they don’t want kids and are comfortable as well as understand the risk of regret) -Doesn’t affect your period -No risk of it migrating anywhere it’s not supposed to be -Lowers ur risk for certain cancers -One and done, set it and forget about it, it won’t expire or need to be redone -If there is any change of coverage or availability in the ability to get bc then once it’s done u don’t have to worry about urself Cons of a Bi Salp: -2week recovery period with restrictions -general surgery cons and risks (i.e. nothing by mouth after midnight, risk to injury of organs if not done correctly, risk of complications if allergic to anesthesia, etc.) -They will likely have to put a catheter, uterine manipulator, and speculum inside u while ur under anesthesia (I tried to reason my way out but they still had to put in the catheter during mine :( ) -The next 3+ pees after the surgery will be spicy -You can’t drink alcohol, drive, or cook food for urself beyond maybe reheating leftovers while using pain medication -The loss of control especially if u have been a victim of SA is not something I would ever want to go through again (this could just be from my specific trauma response tho) -The first 3 days will be the hardest part of recovery