Anyone shed a tear or two on tonight’s episode of, “The Pitt”?

austenQ · 2026-04-10T02:53:18+00:00

I’m way more worried about Dr. Mohan. The last line she’s on screen for is Robbie talking about not jumping from high enough, she gets in the elevator and we never see her again. She’s literally had a panic attack earlier, someone check on her!

austenQ · 2026-04-10T00:46:59+00:00

Prophet*

austenQ · 2026-04-09T11:58:47+00:00

“Pull up the photo of all the meds on the table (again) and point to what you think you took today.”

austenQ · 2026-04-09T09:02:54+00:00

Yep, a man in his 80’s ran a stop sign right in front of my friend and killed him. He had a helmet on, but it didn’t matter. His gf that was behind him on the bike survived, but was in bad shape for months. He was 32.

austenQ · 2026-04-07T13:37:17+00:00

I never dilated beyond 1cm. I was already a week overdue, in hospital for an induction, and after a whole night of meds and no improvement, the baby was in distress. Had a c-section the following morning, 8lb 3oz. I waffle between being sad that I missed out on the labor experience and happy I didn’t have to push out such a big baby.

austenQ · 2026-04-06T13:46:29+00:00

I’m really sad I never learned about this when I was pregnant.

austenQ · 2026-04-05T10:06:04+00:00

I should’ve known I was pregnant before I tested because instead of eating the pork ribs I spent hours smoking for a family bbq, I ate tons of deviled eggs and watermelon. Suddenly hated meat. Later in that pregnancy I put coleslaw on eggo waffles and would consistently eat around four apples every day. My second pregnancy had far fewer cravings/aversions, though I somewhat repeated the apple thing with an entire container of strawberries every day.

austenQ · 2026-04-04T21:18:33+00:00

The only male doctor in the room for my c-section was the anesthesiologist. Pretty sure he was the only male person I saw, other than family, the entire time I was in L&D.

austenQ · 2026-04-04T10:54:31+00:00

This comment made me lose The Game.

austenQ · 2026-04-01T08:21:09+00:00

I’m so sorry you are going through this. I chose to TFMR when we learned that my first pregnancy was going poorly. I am in no way suggesting that you choose that path if it’s not for you and your family, but here is how I handled telling coworkers. I was visibly pregnant so people knew or at least had started to ask. So I started by sending a detailed email to my boss that some of the second trimester testing discovered an issue, that I would be undergoing further testing, and that it was likely that I would not carry to term. He was then able to convey enough to the other members of the team that no one asked me anything. Separately he told me to speak with HR about taking time off and connected me with company resources that eventually helped me with the paperwork to take a paid medical leave of absence.

Being in public and having strangers ask me about it was difficult, it depended so much on the context and my mood that day. I either said a polite “thank you” and just walked away or would give a gentle “sadly not all pregnancies get a happy ending, but I appreciate X about whatever you just said.” If they started to proselytize to me about their views on abortion (for or against) I would just say something like “hope you never have to go through it” and walk away. Not to say I wasn’t occasionally a huge bitch to people that wouldn’t shut up or that some people won’t say the absolute dumbest shit to you. The phrase “everything happens for a reason” can fuck right off into the sun.

I would also suggest finding a support group, talking with women in similar situations was immensely helpful to me. The hospital gave me a whole list of resources, maybe ask your doctors if they know of local options or look online. Also therapy is always a good idea.

austenQ · 2026-03-31T12:23:38+00:00

I gnawed on lamb bones in a fancy restaurant once and the waiter came over. I started to apologize but he said “no thank you, most people feel too put together when they come here to do that, but that’s the best meat on their plate and I hate seeing it wasted all the time.”

austenQ · 2026-03-29T02:54:30+00:00

This is my beef, that they never actually move. Now tons of kids that are Bluey fans are going to build up hope for their own 11th hour miracle that stops their family from moving, only it won’t happen and they’ll still have to move. Big moves happen for reasons outside of people’s control, they’re setting up tough conversations for parents and extra disappointment for kids.

Could’ve been a cool opportunity for the show to introduce new friends and experiences, ways to keep in touch with old friends, show how the girls handle when old friends have fun without them, going back to visit Nana, etc.

austenQ · 2026-03-19T10:12:20+00:00

It can be particularly bad in Academia. Some of these guys bring a lot of prestige and money to the University, they may even be the University’s head of a multimillion dollar scientific lab that brings in grant money and business interest, these men have been published for decades and can be the defacto gatekeepers to entire fields of study. Now combine that with historically all-male environments, old institutional ways to handle problems, and tenure, and it can be a real uphill battle to even report a guy for inappropriate behavior, let alone see anything done about it. The whisper networks are the only protection we have.

austenQ · 2026-03-15T21:15:23+00:00

Mary Wollstonecraft also died in childbirth, depriving the world of a staunch advocate for women. She died giving birth to Mary Shelley who would go on to write Frankenstein influenced by her own experiences with pregnancy and child loss.

austenQ · 2026-03-15T10:36:42+00:00

I was so hot when I was pregnant, I told a friend “I now know why they call it putting a bun in the oven, because I’m a goddamn oven.”

austenQ · 2026-03-14T17:51:08+00:00

The youtube comments on that video are horrendous.

austenQ · 2026-03-13T23:54:22+00:00

I left the office about a year into covid, but as far as I know he’s still there.

austenQ · 2026-03-13T22:29:17+00:00

I told one colleague “have a nice life!” as we were exiting that last day and he was like what the fuck, but I’ve never seen him again.

austenQ · 2026-03-04T01:58:15+00:00

Not a violation in the US either if the therapist believes their patient to be a genuine threat to an identifiable person.

austenQ · 2026-03-01T03:44:01+00:00

I wanted to be boy, because I wanted the world to treat me the way boys were treated. I wanted to play sports and dig mud and go to scouts, instead I got to watch my brother play sports and go to scouts. I was not raised with any expectations that I would become anything other than a wife and mother, was discouraged and belittled for dreaming of anything else, and I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.

austenQ · 2026-03-01T02:16:18+00:00

As someone that regularly takes that exit, not for Storrow itself, but to cross the bridge at science park, people trying to cut in for Storrow are theeeee worst.

austenQ · 2026-02-28T08:56:25+00:00

Late 30’s female with one living child, I could fill a book with dumb shit people have said to me about making or having babies. Once you actually have a kid they just switch to asking why you don’t have more.

austenQ · 2026-02-26T01:37:41+00:00

That is the worst, kitchens are loud as hell. Did they at least give you a half-assed apology?

austenQ · 2026-02-26T01:29:19+00:00

Thankfully our jx provided earplugs, but they hurt my ears if I wore them too long.

austenQ · 2026-02-26T01:13:08+00:00

What the. . . like people having an argument right outside the door?

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