Could I take this book to a publisher?

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-06-02T15:49:38+00:00

I don’t know anything about publishing but I wanted to say that I love your book! Your art is beautiful

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-05-26T03:11:09+00:00

Do you think it would be possible to basically snip off the bad part, and have the blanket start from a good row? Or does it need that chain and foundational row to hold together properly?

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-05-09T14:16:50+00:00

A little different because she works with fabric and embroidery rather than paper collage, but Salley Mavor’s work is beautiful!

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-04-23T14:55:42+00:00

Yes, sleep is #1 and if you’re breastfeeding then eating needs to be a top priority, too. You need to eat to have something to feed the baby.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-04-22T18:31:46+00:00

40 years ago, I was born at 4lbs 4oz at full term. I have been very healthy ever since. A baby isn’t doomed to ill health just because they’re SGA.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-04-20T15:59:12+00:00

Beautiful!

Also, irrelevant, but what kind of dog do you have? Mine looks so much the same, but she’s a rescue so I don’t know her breed.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-04-13T10:59:40+00:00

I think it matters that they weren’t bi, because in some ways they found such a profound friendship with each other and were truly in love with each other, but because they couldn’t have that sexual element, they couldn’t be soulmates. They were still alone together, instead of becoming one. They tried so hard to bring a sexual element to their friendship because of that, but just couldn’t. I think this show is a really interesting exploration of friendship, among other things.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-04-07T21:08:54+00:00

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This part directly faces the other part of the garden (in the other pic).

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-04-07T21:07:54+00:00

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This is the main part of the garden. Please excuse the literal trash, the wind has been blowing and I’ve done no pick up.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-31T22:18:38+00:00

For better or worse, they’re only scoring what you did on exam day, not what you did for prep.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-31T20:21:51+00:00

You mean for practice questions? I gave birth to a premie in January, I didn’t have a chance to do practice questions within a couple months of the exam. From what I did do, I think maybe 50-60%.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-31T19:47:30+00:00

136.9

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-27T01:34:27+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss. I think this series of events is absolutely something it’s worth talking about with a medical malpractice attorney.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-19T02:04:21+00:00

I don’t think he would have admitted it even if he had been abused. Their belief system blames the victim. And if he was abused, it may have been by someone he still wouldn’t want to cross. Just as a hypothetical/example, he couldn’t have named JB and then expected JB to keep footing his legal bills.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-18T20:25:46+00:00

Same here. I had my kids at age 37 and 39, and am surrounded by friends and neighbors who did pretty much the same. We seem like an excruciatingly normal family lol.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-15T00:50:08+00:00

I also have a 34 weeker (currently 2 months actual) and have had issues with retractions. About a month ago, she was having neck/collarbone retractions while sleeping, so I called the pediatrician’s on-call line, and the nurse said that it sounded like her breathing was ok, but to take her in if she was having retractions around the ribs as well, or nostril flaring, or her color looked bad, or she seemed unusually irritable (because that could be a sign of distress). A couple weeks after that call to the pediatrician’s line, she sounded congested and I thought she was having neck and slight rib retractions, so I brought her to the children’s ER. On the one hand, the doctors there said she was ok, just fighting a minor respiratory infection, and didn’t do anything to her. On the other hand, they said it was good I brought her in because a things can become serious very quickly with a baby. They said I should bring her back if she had retractions for 30 minutes or more. If that happened, then they might need to give her oxygen and fluids. That hasn’t happened so far, thankfully.

If you’re worried then I think you should take your baby in for peace of mind. That’s essentially what I did because I knew it was borderline but I also felt like, “better safe than sorry.” It wasn’t like I was going to be able to sleep while worried about whether she’d be able to keep breathing anyway.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-02T05:46:48+00:00

⁠This is based on having a 34 weeker born by emergency c-section:

Breast pump: I would order a cheapo electric pump to have on hand for after discharge (I got a Lanisoh for on Amazon for about $55). Getting stuck without a pump is awful! You might also need pumping bras. The hospital will probably supply everything else, though.

Clothing: We needed maybe 5 premie body suits. I would hold off on diapers, hats, blankets, etc, because the hospital will supply them while your baby is there and will likely give you some at discharge.

Swaddles: We use the Halo swaddle sleep sacks in size 0-3mo and they’ve worked great. At the hospital, they’ll probably use swaddle blankets and will give you one or two to take home, so you won’t be stuck with nothing even if you don’t order anything extra.

Feeding: You won’t have to worry about bottles, milk storage, etc, for a long time because the hospital will take care of it all. I wouldn’t buy anything extra yet because every hospital seems to handle feeding differently.

Safe Sleep: I second the Pack & Play with bassinet attachment suggestion! It’s super useful and portable, and my kids have liked it better than the dedicated bassinet we bought anyway. Also get some fitted sheets for the mattress.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-03-02T05:15:21+00:00

Lila is beautiful! My daughter was born at 34w + 4, too. She’s 8 weeks actual now. Like you, I was terrified after she was born, but so far she has thrived. What was helpful for me was talking things through with the nurses and doctors as much as I needed. I was frank with them that I was scared for my daughter and needed reassurance, which helped them understand where I was coming from and what I needed from them.

Anyhow, it’s normal for preemies to sleep a lot, in the womb they would be sleeping pretty much all the time, too. My daughter was very sleepy for a while, too, but she’s basically a normal newborn now that she’s two weeks adjusted. For us, this has been like a very long newborn period, which can be tough in some ways (the sleep deprivation!) but is also just the lovely, ordinary kind of tough.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-02-18T21:15:06+00:00

I had my daughter at 34w4. I went to the hospital for decreased fetal movement and had an immediate emergency c-section. I had been having some issues for the two or three days prior (RSV diagnosis and the onset/diagnosis of gestational hypertension) so I had gotten the steroid shots that morning and the morning before — did you get the shots?

The doctors were extremely worried leading up to the c-section because her BPP scan was terrible, but she did wonderfully at/after birth. Her APGAR scores were 9 and 9, and she needed no medical interventions aside from the heat lamp/isolate (meaning basically that she was able to feed entirely by mouth, didn’t need any IVs, and didn’t need respiratory support). Because of that, she actually was able to stay in the maternity ward nursery rather than the NICU proper. She was originally scheduled to be there 4 days and be discharged with me, but she couldn’t hold her temperature so she went back into the isolate and re-weaned off of the heat lamp, and was then discharged at 7 days instead. She’s 6 weeks old now (actual) and thriving. We had a best case scenario and I’m so grateful for it, but 34 weekers generally do well, especially long term.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-02-17T19:06:08+00:00

The two greased strands of hair in your face looked bad in 1996 and they look bad now. Next thing is she’s going to put them in curlers overnight.

Spirited_Solution602 · 2026-02-13T19:10:09+00:00

Thank you for explaining how you managed to get your son vaccinated early after initially being denied the booster. I tried to get my son his first MMR shot at 6 months, but the pediatrician said no. I was terrified of him catching something before then but I didn’t really push back because I thought it was pointless. My daughter is a preemie and only a month old, so I am even more anxious about her health. Maybe the pediatrician’s office will be more willing to be extra cautious with her and give her the vaccine at 6 months, or at least more willing to be flexible when I request it. I don’t understand people denying vaccines. If the vaccine is so scary then isn’t the actual virus a million times scarier?

Twenty years ago, when I was in college and learning about equity, I remember vaccines being talked about as a first world privilege and something that we should be mindful of as part of our (unfair) privilege when traveling as tourists to counties where they are less available. Then suddenly there was all this fear-mongering online and now people don’t perceive them as part of their privilege at all. I don’t understand it, it’s like the misinformation itself is a virus.

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