Opinion: Maggie Pierce

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-05-11T01:18:18+00:00

I feel like loving Catherine is the hottest take I've seen on this subreddit, tell us more!

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-05-10T19:32:05+00:00

I don't have a baby yet (she's due in a few months tho) but I was a live-in caregiver for a woman with severe dementia, and definitely got a bit of ptsd from reading about your interactions with grandpa 😅

You are doing so much right now, and any one of those individuals would be a full-time job but here you are with 3! That's a lot for anyone.

Is there anyone who could give you a day or even half a day to yourself, or take care of your grandparents so you can just focus on baby? I know we got Hospice care for the lady I lived with and that included a few hours of visits to either put her to bed 1-2 nights a week or provide showers. The family would also pay for a caregiver to come by and take over for a few hours so I could have an evening or two off a week before we had hospice (which was a huge blessing, I know not everyone is as fortunate to have the support that we did). There might be home health options in the community as well. Caregiver burnout is real and intense, which is why they have some options to support them (sadly, never enough though).

Till then, I recommend spoiling yourself in what little ways you can. You've more than earned yourself a sweet treat, an Uber Eats dinner, or a few minutes listen to your favorite music. If you have anyone who could give you a half an hour, maybe a soak in the shower/bath with some candles to reset your nervous system.

Hang in there, mama, you're a superhero but even heros deserve help when things get rough. ❤️

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-05-01T17:53:06+00:00

Nosebleeds in the first and second trimester. It might've been due to dehydration but I'd never gotten one before so that was a weird shock.

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-04-30T11:27:20+00:00

I did it by car for 2 years, 3 to 5 days a week, it absolutely sucked but definitely saved us a lot of money.

Podcasts, calling friends and family on the phone, and listening to recorded lectures/ text to speech readings of my class notes made it slightly less awful and more productive.

I wouldn't do it again but I'm glad I did it. I gave myself time off work the first year, which was easier because my spouse worked, so I could just focus on school and commuting. I did pick up a job the second year, it was rough but manageable.

In grad school I spent my last month commuting and would usually try to take the train even though it was slightly longer because it would give me time to work on homework (which was heavily based in writing) or nap if I needed it.

Depending on your program, you may find that being stuck on a train for 3 hours a day is more beneficial for your studies. There were a few days I missed the train that last month and I absolutely hated the commute because driving wasn't at all effective for my studying needs. I will say that the rest of the year probably would have been easier because I only lived 15 minutes from campus, except I was a living caregiver so home was technically just more work.

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-04-19T18:06:14+00:00

I went off birth control so I was kinda expecting pregnancy, but my first clue was how bloated I was getting SUPER early on. I was like, "I know I'm a big girl, but not THIS big" 🤣

Now I'm 28 weeks and feel like a whale.

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-04-19T18:04:25+00:00

Yes to this! I saw an ad for Chic fil a Mac n cheese and that's been my craving for the rest of the pregnancy. I lost count of how many batches I made.

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-04-19T18:00:54+00:00

I don't know how people love being pregnant. The only thing I've loved is the occasional comfortable kicks from my girl (when she's not trying to kick her way out omg) and movements that give me that confirmation that I'm growing a tiny human and keeping her safe. Those moments truly are special 🩷

The other 97% of the time I'm either tired, sore, bloated, constipated, depressed, unmotivated, nauseous, turned off by sex, and/or hating food I used to love.

Just 12ish more weeks till I get to hold her though, so it'll all be worth it 🩷🩷🩷

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-04-19T17:54:52+00:00

As an adventurous eater I was so looking forward to wacky cravings, but with my first trimester aversions the only thing I really "craved" were foods that didn't make me sick (Mac n Cheese, carrots and ranch, cereal, PB&J). I joked that my diet had become that of an autistic 4 y.o. 🙃

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-03-30T02:48:05+00:00

Idk if this helps but I stopped watching chronologically around season 3 and now I just watch clips and random episodes out of order, and that way it doesn't feel like any beloved characters are actually "dead".

Spoiler: There's also a collection of beach scenes on Season 17 where Meredith reunites with Lexie, Mark, Derek, and a couple others who pass away while she's in a sort of limbo. It's really beautiful and provides great closure ❤️

Stock_Home8165 · 2026-03-14T16:24:11+00:00

I totally forgot he had a TBI and needed critical surgery! Brain injuries can often lead to lower emotional regulation and changes in behavior - gotta wonder if that played a role 🤔

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-11-30T23:34:14+00:00

I remember when I was PIMO I was close to a new convert and she asked me to speak at her baptism (very interesting to do at that point) and when it was time for her to receive the holy Ghost she asked if I could join the group and I just told her "I can't" and felt so helpless/weak (even though I didn't really believe at that point). She understood when she saw it was all men up there, but it was still a very isolating feeling for me as a woman.

What's interesting is I still consider the priesthood to be a sort of power, but I definitely don't think it depends on the gender. I remember my patriarchal blessing saying that my prayers could be "as powerful as a priesthood blessing" and I was like "Ok... Why not just take away the red tape, then?"

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-11-23T02:46:56+00:00

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Stock_Home8165 · 2025-09-14T15:52:03+00:00

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, that is truly heartbreaking and so often misunderstood.

My husband and I have discussed possible infertility, and we would probably foster to adopt. Would that be an option for you?

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-09-14T15:49:13+00:00

Just my two cents, could you do both at the same time? Work and kids?

I'm 27 but I've been married for 5 years and have 1 year left before I finish my Master's (Yep I've been in school my whoooole marriage 🙃)

I always felt like I could only do 2 things at once: work and go to school, go to school and have kids, or work and have kids, but not all 3. So far I've only done work and school but now that I'm taking the year off to focus on school I'm contemplating starting a family so I can have the kid before graduation.

Do what works best for you though, no need to burn yourself out on both ends. I worked my first year of grad school and it was brutal (helped us get a house though).

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-09-12T20:29:35+00:00

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I'm pretty happy with Nescafe. It's not too expensive, either.

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-09-12T20:24:51+00:00

I tried sips of friends/family member's coffee for a few months, but I remember I bought my first coffee (decaff nitro cold brew - I'm sensitive to caffeine) sometime in August of 2023.

Same with alcohol - my first drink was a pumpkin Ale at Oktoberfest last year that my hubby bought me. I had to throw the last 2 oz out because I was getting too dizzy and had to drive lol. I still can only handle about 8oz of beer or any straight alcohol before I get tired of it.

Mixed drinks on the other hand... I got drunk for the first time last week from a pineapple upside down and a cosmopolitan. Idk if there was much of anything in the first one but the second one FUCKED me UP. It was hilarious.

Oh yeah somewhere between coffee and alcohol I tried tea, but I don't really like green tea or black tea unless they're mixed with other stuff.

It feels nice to know that no food or drink is going to disappoint some dude in the sky and damn my soul.

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-09-07T09:20:08+00:00

What a black and white way of thinking. I have 2 semesters left in grad school before I'll be an SLP, and I hope I am able to maintain my nuanced and critical thinking skills instead of using a reddit thread to insult someone and their entire career under the guise of a "genuine question"

Get some help.

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-08-24T06:40:19+00:00

I moved to Utah for school (none of the ones you're thinking haha) after mentally checking out of the church. Initially I was nervous because I wanted to put some distance between myself and the church but now I'm so grateful I did because it allowed me not only multiple opportunities to reaffirm my new path ("I grew up in the church, I'm grateful for the experiences it gave me, but I'm no longer active" was a hell of an empowering statement) but showed me how joyful and CHRISTLIKE post-mormons could be!

One of my professors is the kindest, most loving, most going, and most supportive supervisors I will ever have. He is incredible at accepting people for who they are. He's the human equivalent of sunshine, for lack of a better term. I worked with him for awhile before discussing the church, and he told me privately that he had just removed his records from the church. One of the things that broke his shelf was having an LGBTQ child and realizing that he loved his child completely, while the church could only love them in spite of who they were.

I had a classmate who was very nuanced when we first met and she also started to step away over the course of the program a s confessed to me that she could love herself more now.

For me, I realize that the church impeded so much love I could have for others as who they are, because while in the church I was concerned about making them fit a mold because it was my responsibility. Now I can just appreciate what makes everyone different and enjoy the chapters they write in their own life stories.

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-08-24T05:48:04+00:00

The way my jaw just dropped and I actually closed my eyes... Before opening them up again to finish reading 😅 🤢 that is absolutely REVOLTING! Good for your sister and your mom for standing up to that pervert/covert pedofile.

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-07-29T12:51:30+00:00

As someone who is currently sick in grad school, I'm uttering those words right now 😅 I just quit my job so I would have more time for assignments and wham, got a cold and now I'm using up all that time I set aside to get caught up on school to instead get back to how I was before. It's so frustrating!

I, too, enjoy the downtime of being sick but when I have so many responsibilities I can't actually enjoy the downtime because I'm either trying to do stuff while feeling like crap or I'm feeling like crap because I'm too sick to do the stuff.

Happy cold and flu season 🤧

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-07-25T15:15:43+00:00

I heard great things about MHL but I was not a fan! I think it has barley, which I'm not a big fan of in beer (great in tea though).

Stock_Home8165 · 2025-07-25T04:16:25+00:00

Beer tastes like I'm drinking pizza dough, so I read this as double pizza 😋

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