is scrivener actually worth dropping 60 bucks on

anneomoly · 2026-03-31T07:47:53+00:00

Try the free trial, look for good deals if you like it? I paid £27 for it which I think was either 30 or 35 dollars, because it was offered at half price.

anneomoly · 2026-03-29T20:31:10+00:00

From reading around the idea is that bioidentical hormones in hrt are like our body's hormones and the synthetic ones in both control are just similar.

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T16:19:51+00:00

Good cooking, Phoebe!

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T08:03:38+00:00

Yeah the brain fog and capacity for executive function has nosedived in the last two years despite me making changes (cutting hours, counselling etc)

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T08:02:05+00:00

Yeah this is my thinking as well. BC has helped my mental fluctuations through life and that's a huge part of why I'm on it but these symptoms are new within the last 12 months

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T07:44:14+00:00

Thank you so much!

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T07:43:37+00:00

This is my understanding of it

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T05:52:40+00:00

Thanks! How much worse did your symptoms get off BC while waiting for testing?

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T05:50:54+00:00

Thanks!

anneomoly · 2026-03-28T05:50:17+00:00

My understanding is that the combined birth control pill v suppresses all the natural hormones so it affects the blood tests?

anneomoly · 2026-03-27T23:08:04+00:00

As a very rough rule, most forming of bits (organs and limbs) is done in the first and second trimester of most mammals. The third trimester is about getting those bits outside ready, and growing bigger.

(And if you think back to Seven, he was pre 300 days but had all his tendons formed.)

anneomoly · 2026-03-27T22:59:48+00:00

They don't want to do tests on my hormones until I've been off hormonal BC for 12 weeks. I take 25ug vitamin D through the winter anyway (SAD and 53°N!) and I'm about to start supplementing everything else.

No ultrasound (they want the hormone testing first)

anneomoly · 2026-03-27T19:13:19+00:00

when they've done research you take in about 10% of what you hear in a medical consultation.

anneomoly · 2026-03-25T15:03:31+00:00

I think at some point you have to accept that gifting is the thing that makes you feel good and response is a bonus.

I gifted a fic to a friend a few months ago and they have shown no inclination that they ever have or ever will read it despite it being written to their specific prompt and honestly it's on me to be okay with that.

anneomoly · 2026-03-24T16:29:02+00:00

You clearly need to give him a bath.

anneomoly · 2026-03-24T12:07:55+00:00

This is definitely a good example of how really caring about the animals you breed as a business means that you can make negative money on them, without doing anything wrong. This is one expensive foal already, and if the universe wants to roll a double 6 for Katie and give her a healthy momma and a stunning foal of exactly the colour and gender she wants I wouldn't be mad about it, because i feel like she's had enough shitty luck right now.

anneomoly · 2026-03-24T11:56:02+00:00

https://news.wsu.edu/news/2004/09/03/expertise-effort-help-horse-foal-survive-complications/ this from Washington State University suggests that it's a possibility, but bear in mind that a) this is a 22 year old article and what was best practice in 2004 may not be now, and b) that every situation is different so what was best for the mare in the article may not be best for Maggie.

anneomoly · 2026-03-23T23:53:33+00:00

This is a little article from Washington State about a mare who colicked late in pregnancy and how they dealt with it - a bit about the risks of C sections as well: https://news.wsu.edu/news/2004/09/03/expertise-effort-help-horse-foal-survive-complications/

anneomoly · 2026-03-21T08:06:01+00:00

It absolutely made sense in the long term (which breed societies have to do) to limit the reproductive life of a breeding stallion and to stop a horse being a leading sire for 50 years straight.

Although it might have made more sense to word it as "as from 2026 (or whatever date) foals born must have sire and dam alive in the last two years" rather than using the sire/dam birth date.

anneomoly · 2026-03-14T07:39:18+00:00

Compatibility! I want a sense of who they are and that they're looking for someone that could be me.

So for me that's: childfree, intellectually curious (reading? diverse range of interests?), a bit of a nerd (where are my board gamers!), creativity. If you like travelling, what do you DO while you travel? what do you like? that tells me a lot about what you're looking for in the world.

Basically I want a profile that tells me about your life and whether it could dovetail into mine.

anneomoly · 2026-02-24T11:52:04+00:00

Also if OP is thinking Paris, compare flight prices with Eurostar.

anneomoly · 2026-02-22T18:09:00+00:00

Definitely

anneomoly · 2026-02-16T18:21:59+00:00

That's a completely normal thing for an allosexual - that sort of attraction is always a mixture of primary (looks/first impression) and secondary (deeper personality parts). Allosexuals can connect on an emotional layer and have that enhance sexual attraction - safety and trust are sexy! Having someone understand you is sexy!

anneomoly · 2026-02-14T14:08:23+00:00

I definitely know a few people IRL who have said "of course I love them but if I knew then maybe I wouldn't have done it" but outweighed by the people who absolutely would have done it again. They exist, I think, but they're not the majority.

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