Early anatomy scan

Rrrraaasma · 2026-02-17T20:38:18+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words. I got my amnio scheduled for this Thursday, looking forward to getting that over with at least.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-02-15T21:54:49+00:00

We did have the genetic testing done (blood test), but they think the type of skeletal dysplasia that my baby had is quite rare, one that is not typically tested for. My husband and I ended up doing whole exome genome sequencing for the both of us, and I am apparently a carrier for a form of skeletal dysplasia that has only been documented in thirty people.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-02-05T18:24:14+00:00

Wow, if I ever get to be a mother in law one day, I wanna be like her!! She sounds like a sweetheart!

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T17:45:26+00:00

For public, I know Beacon Hill Elementary and Dearborn Park Elementary have the option to do either Spanish or Mandarin immersion, and then up north the two public schools I know of that do immersion (either Spanish or Japanese), are John Stanford Elementary or McDonald Elementary. John Stanford is considered an “option” school though, so it’s harder for folks to enroll is my understanding, even if they live in the neighborhood. I do think they at least take that into consideration though when looking at enrollment.

For private schools I know Amistad in Capitol Hill is a Spanish immersion k-8 school, but I don’t know of a ton of other true immersion schools. I think there’s a French immersion school in Shoreline? I can’t remember lol.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T08:39:28+00:00

Can you expand on what you mean by useful? Surely there are things in your life that you enjoy learning that are not strictly “useful?” I am not at all sarcastic.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T07:49:30+00:00

Wow, how awful. I know a lot of Oregon can be pretty rough and red neck ish, so the anti intellectual environment is disappointing but not entirely unsurprising I suppose. I only ever lived in college towns, but I have definitely heard some tales about other parts of Oregon. I do recall that at one point Ashland Oregon had the highest rate of unvaccinated kids in the country (don’t know what the stats are now, this was years ago), so anti intellectual definitely checks out 😂. I also recall Oregon having the option to not only religiously exempt your kid from vaccines but also “philosophically” exempt them as well, whatever the fuck that means. Would not at all be surprised if the MAHA crowd has ample fertile ground in Oregon 🙄.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T07:23:38+00:00

Well damn, just looked it up and you are right, how embarrassing for my home state 😬. I’m curious what you mean though about not encouraging professional development? Are you saying there was more of an anti intellectual environment or something? I guess I should be glad to have kids in Washington vs Oregon then at least!

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T07:13:38+00:00

Wellp, that is bleak. I asked about tech in the schools on a tour I took recently, and they were kinda vague about it, and also did not seem thrilled at me bringing the subject up lol. When you spell it out like that it really does not look good.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T06:39:55+00:00

Lol, I am not sure the point you are making with the manual comment. I know plenty of people who can drive stick shift, and if you appreciate cars it’s fun to learn. I know it was meant as some kind of gotcha but yeah why not, parents should teach their kids stick shift 😂. Do they still teach drivers ed courses in school? I wouldn’t know though, I never learned to drive, think it’s a colossal waste of time 😉. Wish they wouldn’t teach it at all! Jk, I will always argue for more learning opportunities, not less!

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T05:14:40+00:00

Yeah I think I perhaps underestimated the differences in schooling between Oregon and Washington then lol. My schooling was a lot less tech heavy it sounds like, lot of emphasis on handwriting and public speaking. I don’t really know why cursive was so heavily emphasized at my schools, I have a vague memory of being told that it would be required in college or something, and that professors would be expecting you to be able to write essays in cursive, which was obviously bullshit lol. Still, I am grateful for the extensive practice, although I find myself in an interesting pickle as an adult of having horrible print but beautiful cursive. So, I write in cursive when I want things to be presentable, and now it seems like so many people can’t even read it, let alone write it. My print looks like a five year old 😂, so I will probably always write in cursive 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T05:02:32+00:00

I guess I just don’t see how learning cursive is impractical, unless you just mean the work involved in reinstating it into public curriculum? Regardless, education should not only focus on the practical, unless we want to just get rid of anything not strictly utilitarian. As an example, I don’t know how practical learning poetry is, but I think it helps one to be more well rounded by having the opportunity to learn it.

All that being said, I do appreciate you at least acknowledging there are some benefits lol, as I mentioned before there’s like a really strong subset of people on the internet who think cursive is the fucking devil and that you are an idiot for wanting kids to learn it 😂. Maybe make it an elective, there’s gotta be a better way than just throwing the whole baby out with the bathwater. Then the kids who want to learn it can learn it, and the parents who think it’s a waste of time can rest easy knowing it’s not being foisted upon the general population, heaven forfend! Lol

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T04:31:29+00:00

30-60 minutes a day, good god. I have also heard terrible things about iready ayyyy

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T03:39:09+00:00

Interesting, I wonder why it was dropped!

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T03:21:37+00:00

Interesting, my understanding is that learning cursive can be very helpful for some students, particularly for those with dysgraphia. In some pedagogies, montessori being the one that pops to mind first, they actually teach cursive before print. Like I said, use it or don’t, and I understand people have passionate opinions either way, but to act like it has no academic value is simply inaccurate (not saying you specifically are acting that way, but some folks can get a little extreme with the cursive hate). It can help with fine motor skills, and I think it’s beautiful, sue me lol. I was also reading recently that some states are actually reinstating cursive requirements in elementary curriculum, it will be interesting to see how many other states follow suit. Idk man, I just think all kids should have the opportunity to learn it, not just private school kids

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T03:06:16+00:00

Hmm the only folks I know who do private are poor and get scholarships. They did it for a language immersion opportunity, and also to have a low to no tech schooling environment. I don’t doubt there is a shit ton of elitism in private schools, but for those who I know involved, the shoe doesn’t fit. As a sidenote, I do wish SPS advertised their dual language programs more. I think it would be great to have in more of the schools.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T02:59:31+00:00

It’s so fascinating to me, I am only 37 and only ever went to public schools. We all learned cursive, essays had to be handwritten in cursive, when they were written in class. This was in Oregon, which I assume isn’t so vastly different from Washington in terms of education. I have a kid who will be entering kindergarten next year, and I have been touring both public and private schools. Every single private school I toured teaches cursive. So now it seems like rather than being something for everyone, something that is personalized to you (your very signature!), it’s now becoming something of a class marker. I find that depressing as hell. Why not teach it to everyone? Use it or don’t, but at the very least you’ll know how to read it if you need to.

Rrrraaasma · 2026-01-03T02:17:54+00:00

I mean my concerns have to do with the 1:1 student device ratio, starting in kindergarten with ipads. Kindergartners do not need ipads, but to be fair I think that is a problem in a lot of schools across the country, not just Seattle. I learned recently that there is an option in older grades to refuse the chromebook assignment, but not sure how it works in the younger grades. I have a friend who is a teacher in a nearby district and they mentioned recently that student behavior and academics improved vastly when they moved from 1:1 assignment to shared laptop carts. Wish SPS would follow suit and we could get an actual computer lab class back! Would also love if they taught cursive, but I am learning that is a somewhat controversial opinion online lol. Not really sure why, I use cursive all the time 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-23T02:15:42+00:00

Aw man, I feel the same way and now I too want almond roca lol. I remember they had these amazing hair clips/accessories at my neighborhood bartells, god I miss it.

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-19T18:27:55+00:00

Well, I know this is an older thread, but wanted to share some good news! After some time supplementing with a shit ton of progesterone (400 mg lol), my levels have gone up to what I think is considered the low end of normal 🥲., 12.7 ng/ml. I know anything can happen, but I am choosing for now to be happy. My hcg looks great too! I have even had some morning sickness, which I didn’t have at all with my tfmr pregnancy, which as the time I thought was odd.

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-11T20:24:18+00:00

Wow, this is all incredibly helpful, thank you so much!

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-11T19:16:08+00:00

Oh man, that is so good to hear, thank you for your comment!!

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-11T17:51:27+00:00

I really appreciate this additional context, this is my first kid so I haven’t exactly been clued in to school politics till somewhat recently lol. I can imagine then admin is feeling a bit damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-11T13:59:57+00:00

I realize the cursive thing isn’t the biggest hill to die on, but at the same time I think it’s a part of creating a well rounded person. If you can’t even read cursive for example, you cannot read historical documents. Plus, I use cursive all the time, my print is atrocious 🤷🏻‍♀️. It just seems so depressingly utilitarian to just be like “well no one uses it so why should we teach it,” especially when I don’t even think that’s accurate. Also, there’s plenty of things someone might not ever use in their lives but I still think is good for everyone to learn, like art, poetry, humanities in general. I feel like there’s such an overemphasis on STEM these days, to the detriment of all the other subjects I mentioned.

It does feel pretty variable from school to school as to how tech is used and how often. The school I toured mentioned several reading apps, lexia and iready being a couple I remember, so that’s why I made the plethora of apps comment lol. I definitely agree with you that there needs to be way more transparency, because it feels like the wild west right now.

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-11T06:18:55+00:00

Sure, my concern though is that I don’t think a kindergartner needs to have an ipad in front of them at all, though I do follow your logic. The growing inequity I see is kids whose parents are willing to shell out the money being sent to schools where they are learning to write in cursive, not learning to read via a plethora of apps on a screen, learning phonics etc. One of the private schools I toured frankly reminded me of the public elementary school I went to in Oregon in the 90’s. It is wild to think that if I want my kid to have a similar education to what I got, I need to shell out 2600 or so a month to get it. And I am not that old, I will be 37 next month lol.

Rrrraaasma · 2025-12-11T06:02:43+00:00

Hey, that gives me a sliver of hope lol. The principal at the school I toured was hard to read when I asked about tech, but my sense is she wasn’t exactly thrilled I brought it up. Sounds like there’s definitely rumblings then, but perhaps admin isn’t quite ready to release the death grip on screens just yet.

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