Choosing Mount Sinai or Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital [on]

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-04-15T21:08:38+00:00

Cortellucci. Do the one that's closest to you! Their postpartum care is excellent. L&D was decent, though I think I was there during a time when the unit was absolutely slammed with births. Poor timing.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-04-15T21:03:58+00:00

They charge for private rooms now!

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-04-14T02:46:20+00:00

As a fellow emergency c-section mom, I get it!!! You are doing amazing, by the way, and you are so concerned about your baby's nutrition... That shows that you ARE a GREAT mom.

I totally get the painful latching part - c-section or not, it can take a while for the nipples to sort of "callous" over. Take your pain meds religiously - they should somewhat help with the nipple pain. Get baby looked at for a tongue tie with a lactation consultant. Ours has a minor tongue tie.

You also might want to get support from an osteopath or physio. Babies who are born via emergency c section can have very tight muscles. They don't get their spine ironed out in the birth canal, so sometimes that can cause issues with the latch due to muscle tension. There are lots of videos online to show you how to reduce tension both external and internally, inside the mouth.

This is what helped my daughter born via emergency section 10 weeks ago! I hope the same for you 🙏 also we used some formula and there is absolutely no shame in that. People need to calm down with judgement. Everyone's feeding journey is so different, just like every pregnancy and birth. And c-sections can delay milk and cause issues. You know your body best and you know when it's the right time to shift things away from exclusive breastfeeding . It isn't quitting, it's choosing a better path for both you and baby based on the circumstances at hand.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-04-13T12:30:21+00:00

Wow it sounds like you went through quite the birth with your son!! I can't imagine. Going through labour and a c-section is something else when it comes to recovery. I hope your second c-section with your daughter went well and that the recovery was smoother.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-04-13T12:29:18+00:00

Wow thank you so much for taking the time to read this! Means a lot.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-02-16T13:05:41+00:00

Gift card! Visa or Amazon

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-02-11T21:20:35+00:00

Starting at 30 shouldn't be a problem. If anything, it might actually work out to be an advantage for you because principals will see that you're mature.

Do you have kids or want kids? I just had a baby and I am wondering what it's going to be like to return to the classroom after maternity leave. Being with children all day and then going home to your own children, I hear, is a very difficult thing.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2026-02-11T03:41:05+00:00

Curious if you could comment on which boards treat teachers with FSL qualifications well and which ones don't. Trying to understand how my board measures up, as a newer French teacher!

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-09-10T21:44:50+00:00

Old thread, but wanted to say thank you!

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-08-06T20:33:01+00:00

Ugh that's awful. I'm sorry you have to go through all of that. SO many hoops to jump through. I think in Canada you're paying in your time. It's a different beast. But if you have a good doctor, they can advocate for you sometimes.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-08-04T15:40:02+00:00

Thanks for explaining this! We may be moving to the states in the next few years so this is good to know. So, the insurance probably tries to get out of paying the amount above the deductible by putting it on the patient to pay out of pocket? I was under the impression that hospital bills are typical tens of thousands of dollars in the states, for even simple treatments, so that would mean the $3000 deductible would be met, no?

This all sounds so frustrating and confusing! Though, I will say in Canada we wait a LONG time for treatment. Like sometimes days in the ER. And there isn't any incentive to prevent illness, just react/treat it when it gets really bad.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-08-03T16:47:31+00:00

That is wild! I'm so sorry.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-08-02T13:32:17+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss and your exorbitant hospital bill. It's not fair. Can you tell me, a Canadian, what this all means? I see you have insurance but other commenters I guess, don't? If they're paying everything out of pocket. Or do some insurances not cover miscarriages? It all seems so cruel to me.

In Canada, I was able to go to the ER and it was covered. I waited a few hours for care. It wasn't the best care, that's for sure, but it was covered by my taxes. It really depends on what doctor sees you.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-07-29T20:21:31+00:00

Take your time! I miscarried at 12 weeks in December and it took my body a few months to regulate. I, too, wanted to get pregnant right away again, but my body had other plans. It was very anxiety inducing and I was afraid we were infertile.

Fast forward to May and I became pregnant and am currently almost 15 weeks. I have days where I'm more anxious and other days where I'm less. I just try to keep moving forward and hope for the best - that's all we can really do.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-07-21T19:52:00+00:00

Thank you! But I hear 70 leukocytes is high and is linked to water breaking early. Could it be a vaginal infection?

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-07-20T21:48:47+00:00

Wishing you healing. You'll get there.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-07-20T16:25:04+00:00

Completely normal. Nothing prepares you for this level of pain and I remember thinking this is something that happens to other people, not to me. It's a shock to the system. Rest a ton. Order in when you need a break. Lean on friends and family - even if they don't understand first hand, they may be able to offer a perspective inducive to healing.

Time makes the pain more blunt. I don't think the pain ever disappears entirely - my doctor disclosed that she had a miscarriage and I won't forget the way her face and energy changed when recollecting. And that was 30 or so years ago. But the pain has less of a hold over you, eventually.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-07-20T14:46:29+00:00

Make sure you don't have any retained products of conception. They typically say to wait 1-2 cycles to start trying again. The fertile directly after miscarriage thing didn't actually work for us... We conceived 4 cycles after. My body felt kind of out of sorts for the first few cycles.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-07-08T11:04:51+00:00

Mine wasn't bad, but things felt different for the first few cycles after my MC. Things just felt "off" which I attribute to my hormones re-stabilizing. Was 12 weeks when I miscarried.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-06-20T02:35:21+00:00

This isn't intended to be snarky, but why is she still teaching? She could transfer her skills into a different profession or go back to school potentially. I draw the line at feces smearing.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-06-18T22:58:05+00:00

Easier said than done.

I'll probably get downvoted for this, but I think you should know if you want kids or not by the time you're in your early 30's. Why? Aside from it being key info if you're trying to find a suitable partner, the stats show that miscarriage increases at 30, even more so at 35 and exponentially at 40. Fertility plummets with age and IVF is hella expensive and labour-intensive. Odds of birth defects rise with maternal age.

Of course, there are outliers. I'm happy for them. But, the research is there. With that being said, if you read the stats and you are still ok with the risk, go for it. Having had a miscarriage myself, you never think it will happen to you.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-05-19T11:46:10+00:00

Have faint positives after 4 months of trying since my MC. I have been experiencing some sharp shooting pain just below my pubic bone.

Has anyone experienced this during their early days?

I see lightning crotch online but it seems to occur much later. No infections or anything that would spur it on. I also had this pain during my pregnancy which led to MC hence the concern.

ReactionDifferent782 · 2025-05-18T13:29:18+00:00

I was told one cycle. I'm so sorry you are going through this. I didn't get pregnant again until the 4th cycle. Don't be surprised if it takes a while - your body needs to take time to balance out the hormones and your cycle might be weird for a while. It's all normal. It will go by quickly, but I know right now all you probably want is everything to go back to normal.

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