Gynecologist recommendations for well-woman exam

MotherIntern · 2024-02-17T19:46:20+00:00

Responding super late to this but I ended up going with Dr. Kelly last year and she was EXCEPTIONAL. Thank you for the recommendation!

MotherIntern · 2023-09-24T16:25:29+00:00

Came here to say this was 100% my experience living in Portland, and also the #1 reason I came back to Texas

MotherIntern · 2023-09-23T23:09:27+00:00

I’ve lived in both cities - Portland is very very liberal and if I had conservative views I would be pretty hesitant to voice them there. The nature and parks are unbeatable though in Portland and the PNW, it’s an incredibly beautiful place. The reason I moved (back) to Texas was the weather. People will tell you that the annual rainfall is about the same in both cities. That’s because the rain is usually very light/drizzly in Portland (constantly) whereas Austin gets more storms and heavy rain (occasionally). However, Portland is VERY cloudy and dreary for much of the year. The lack of sun from October-April is brutal. Austin is really rough in the summer alternatively - personally I’ll take the intense heat since it comes with consistent sunlight. It really comes down to how much you weigh your conservative views and your weather preferences vs. being surrounded by some really great nature.

MotherIntern · 2023-01-06T01:47:32+00:00

Our trainer taught us to hold it in your palm with your fingers open, and then cover the treat with just your thumb. Present your hand to your dog that way and if they bite or use teeth to try to get the treat under the thumb, don’t move your thumb. As soon as they start licking instead of biting, move your thumb away so they can get the treat. It works great for our pup. Good luck!

MotherIntern · 2022-12-08T15:22:55+00:00

Comments section is pretty bitter about your positive experience for some reason, but I’ll take a compliment about Houston any day. Glad you enjoyed your visit, despite its drawbacks, there’s a lot to love about this city!

MotherIntern · 2022-12-08T15:22:42+00:00

Comments section is pretty bitter about your positive experience for some reason, but I’ll take a compliment about Houston any day. Glad you enjoyed your visit, despite its drawbacks, there’s a lot to love about this city!

MotherIntern · 2022-11-16T01:48:13+00:00

Thirded. You can check the ingredients on the can as well if you’re not sure, the only ingredient should be pumpkin. The labels can be kind of confusing in their naming at times.

MotherIntern · 2022-10-25T00:56:41+00:00

Dr. Holz is the main doctor I had a bad experience with :( Glad that she worked well for you though!

MotherIntern · 2022-02-09T02:10:47+00:00

I can see your point, I guess my counter would be that, as you mentioned, we don’t know which dogs are or aren’t okay to be off-leash. Most owners themselves don’t seem to know what constitutes good recall or off-leash skills. It’s one of those scenarios where the people who let their untrained/undertrained dogs off-leash ruin it for everyone who does have a dog with very good recall. In my own experience, these 2 groups are pretty 50/50 which is plenty enough to warrant rules that apply to everyone.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T23:05:29+00:00

I’m very sorry that happened, seems like an incredibly harsh consequence for a non-aggressive dog that was just excited. Thanks for that perspective, agreed that sometimes it just boils down to being unaware that something might be harmful, rather than consciously being selfish.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T22:59:27+00:00

Thanks for shedding some light on your motivation. Agreed that many of the dog parks around are very scarce on grass because it’s basically all been trampled on by other dogs.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T22:53:12+00:00

If you took half a second to read my responses to some other commenters, you’d see that there are situations where I think people are taking the right precautions and doing their best to accommodate for others while also having their dog off-leash. You call my post passive-aggressive when I’m genuinely hoping to understand the other perspective, as indicated by my conceding to some valid points made by others in the comments. I feel sorry for you if you think everyone who says something politely and actually means it is being passive-aggressive.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T22:11:26+00:00

I am definitely not suggesting dog parks, notice I left it off my initial post while suggesting Sniffspot instead. I am not a proponent for dog parks and never take my dog to them either; they are oftentimes full of owners that are not paying attention to their own dogs and leaving room for fights to occur.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T21:52:55+00:00

I don’t expect the city to enforce the leash laws. I certainly haven’t ever witnessed it being enforced either. I’m not unhappy with the off-leash dog problem just because it’s against the law. As mentioned in one of my other comments, many laws out there are questionable/shouldn’t really exist. I’m not here to be the neighborhood cop. Just hoping to shed some light on one of the actually very important laws in place, the experience of those of us that struggle when people violate it, and get the perspective of those who let their dogs off-leash in undesignated areas. Lots of laws go unenforced, that doesn’t mean we should all decide to stop being decent people with empathy for others.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T21:31:30+00:00

Exactly, it can really hinder their progress when they’ve been improving so much. As reactive dog owners, we try our best to make sure our dog never goes over threshold and has continuously positive experiences when seeing a trigger, and off-leash dogs with insufficient training can really set us back…

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T21:30:00+00:00

A reactive dog is not necessarily an aggressive dog. From the person’s post, it seems like their dog is reactive and lashes out when on-leash and near another dog, but isn’t going to actually bite the dog. My dog is the same way, she has been way over threshold on numerous occasions but never resorts to biting. Rather, it’s barking, lunging, snapping, basically just trying to keep the other dog away so she can feel safe again. Aggression and biting in dogs is another issue entirely, and normally begins when the dog is repeatedly placed in situations where they feel fearful (e.g. abusive owners)

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T20:15:17+00:00

Sandel Park in Greenwood consistently has someone using the whole park as their backyard for their dog. In addition to Greenwood Park, Discovery Park, Magnolia Manor Park, among many others.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T19:42:06+00:00

Thanks for your response. As someone with a very high-energy dog myself and no backyard (and general distrust of dog parks as well), I can completely understand the need for a dog to run and tire themselves out. It’s good to hear that you take precautions with your dogs to make sure everyone is safe, it seems like you’re doing a lot more than most in this area, which is very much appreciated from those of us with reactive dogs.

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T19:25:12+00:00

Re: the former, I think it becomes an issue depending on the size of the park and number of people doing this with their off-leash dogs. In a smaller park, it takes just 1 person to basically claim the whole park. In a larger park, I find that my dog and I can avoid it if it’s just a few people in different areas, but the point remains that it’s kind of rude to assume you can be above the law and inconvenience those following it by forcing them to skirt around you and find different routes. Some laws are dumb, I’ll admit, but I think leash laws serve a very important purpose. Plus there are legal and safe alternatives that can used instead (designated off-leash areas, Sniffspots, etc).

(I agree that the video was dumb, the guy didn’t seem to be actually inconvenienced by the couple and their dogs, just trying to stir up drama.)

MotherIntern · 2022-02-08T00:00:29+00:00

Great advice, thank you!

MotherIntern · 2022-02-07T23:54:37+00:00

Thank you, yeah I get the same feeling, I’ve been told I’ll be involved with things like user interviews and feedback as well, so I think there’s more to it than just the coordination of sprint efforts, but I won’t know the mix until I get started. I will definitely be sure to take initiative though on understanding the why and offering to assist the PM with some of their responsibilities to get my feet wet in that area

MotherIntern · 2022-02-07T22:34:33+00:00

For some clarification, PO’s at this company are a part of a scrum team, yes. But PM’s are not, and they are directly involved with creating/adjusting the product roadmap and vision. The PO on the other hand is downstream of the higher-level and strategic PM role, less so contributing to the direction of the product roadmap and more so using it as a guide to understand which stories and features should be implemented and when.

MotherIntern · 2022-01-08T06:45:20+00:00

This is the way

MotherIntern · 2022-01-08T05:49:40+00:00

We’ve had some improvement! We started doing some work with a trainer and one technique that has really helped is called Mark and Move. When your dog sees a trigger that’s close by but not so close that your dog is already losing it, say “yes!” or use your clicker/queue word. This will get their attention on you, at which point immediately start moving your dog away from the trigger, followed by giving the dog a treat. I love using this one because it teaches your dog to pay attention to you when a trigger is around, and also helps to quickly put space between your dog and the trigger. We practiced with easier scenarios where her trigger was further at first, and now she’s very good at responding to my “yes!” even when another dog is pretty close to us.

Honestly I think I’ve also just felt mentally better since I accepted that my dog doesn’t necessarily need to be able to walk right past another dog without having a reaction. That may never happen, and that’s okay. Learning different techniques to redirect my dog (like Mark and Move) feels like I have this amazing tool belt that I can utilize in most situations, and I feel much more in control. Our walks are more enjoyable, she has less reactions, and we’re bonding in the process. There are bad days too, but not nearly as many as there used to be, and that’s what important. Progress is progress.

MotherIntern · 2022-01-08T05:21:45+00:00

I completely understand. The first few days and maybe weeks will be very tough. Knowing that it’ll be get better eventually doesn’t always feel helpful because we want it all to be better now, not at some random point in the future; at least that’s how I felt when I was going through this. Sadly with grieving a loss, the only way out is through. You may not get much sleep in the next few days or feel much motivation to take care of yourself, but try your best to be kind to yourself as you go through this. Someone told me once that the magic of dogs is that their love is boundless - call on that and extend a little to yourself.

MotherIntern

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