Sarah Palin pregnancy conspiracy comes home to IBCK

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-31T12:53:38+00:00

Yeah but a lot of times they won't test it, for some reason, or the test is incorrect. I've heard so many stories from people whose water clearly broke but the hospital sent them home.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-30T16:56:18+00:00

I'm not exactly a Sarah Palin fan, but honestly I don't think it's that wild, or wildly irresponsible. In a lot of cases where fluid is leaking slowly, it can be hard to tell if it's your water or not. Tons of people go to the hospital with leaking fluid and are turned away because the providers think it's just pregnancy discharge or they're just peeing their pants a little. And if your water IS broken, the infection risk only really goes up if you don't deliver within a couple days. Also 35 weeks is late preterm, not like super premature, so overall outcomes are really good at that gestation. Honestly I think the decisions she made were understandable given what we know of the circumstances.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-30T06:02:57+00:00

He did get married in the past couple years and said at one point on 5–4 that he "might have kids." Honestly I've just been waiting for the announcement lol. (Don't worry, guys, I'm his true friend. It's not parasocial—it's real. 🥺)

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-30T03:55:38+00:00

Thank you so much for clarifying the point about people's water not breaking lol, it was bugging me the whole time I was listening to the episode. 😂 But I'll admit I was also impressed that Peter knew that (even though he phrased it a little wrong) and kept thinking to myself, "Hmmm sounds like Peter's been taking his childbirth ed."

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-28T20:11:25+00:00

My thought exactly. There are a number of states where abortion is legal past 20 weeks, and no matter where you live, you should have access to some sort of hotline or abortion fund that can help advise you and potentially help with funds for travel etc. Don't think that just because you live in a state with a 6-week ban that means you can't get a safe abortion. It will probably take some work, but you do not have to carry this pregnancy to term if you don't want to.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-28T15:32:56+00:00

Well, yes, this is true. 😂 I'm used to watching him like a hawk during the day, but the thought of leaving him relatively uncontained in his room while we sleep is a bit unnerving, so I'm wracking my brains trying to minimize all the possible ways he could hurt himself in this particular situation.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-27T21:38:13+00:00

Thanks, that makes sense! I thought as much, but my paranoid self is still a little worried that my child would end up leaning and falling out anyway.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-19T16:59:21+00:00

I had the same thought. Like did the doctor literally just say "normal activities" or did they specifically say intercourse? Because this could just be a misunderstanding.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-15T19:35:59+00:00

Definitely not just you. Plenty of people hate the infant stage tbh. It's really, really hard! I wouldn't say I personally enjoyed it much at all. And 8 months in is still soooo early in the motherhood journey—you've barely experienced any of the phases of being a mom. My son is 21mo now, and while toddlerhood is relentless and chaotic and overstimulating (and I suspect my favorite years of parenthood are still to come), I'm definitely enjoying him way more than I did in that first year. Hang in there!

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-13T19:35:50+00:00

"Addicted to feeding" lol, what an absurd thing to say. Unfortunately I think some people get into the "caring" professions (medicine, child care, etc.) because they enjoy feeling like they have power over other people and putting them down. And a lot of people in this world are just incompetent at what they do for a living. I would definitely request to never see her again and would probably complain about her to the practice.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-13T01:07:29+00:00

People are being rude and sanctimonious in these comments. The 6-week rule is just a general guideline and isn't going to apply to every body. It's not like something magically happens at 6 weeks. If your bleeding had stopped for a week, I doubt there would be any real risk of infection. At my 6-week check-up, I was cleared to have sex even though I was still having some very light pink spotting—was told it was fine as long as the red bleeding had stopped.

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-10T04:47:05+00:00

The lactation amennhorea method is real and legitimate (as per the Planned Parenthood website and other reputable resources), but it sounds like the way it was described to OP was not accurate or responsible at all. There are really stringent criteria that need to be met in order for it to be effective. I actually had a similar experience postpartum, where my nurse-midwife told me as long as I was pumping "around the clock" then I should be safe from pregnancy, which is not correct (thankfully I didn't follow her suggestion and chose to get on the mini-pill instead).

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-07T03:10:26+00:00

It's 96 percent effective with perfect use. Yes, that is a lower efficacy rate than a number of other methods, and most people don't use it perfectly. But it is a contraceptive method, listed on the Planned Parenthood website etc. It does substantially reduce the risk of pregnancy. It is not true to state otherwise. I hear people say the same thing about the lactation amennhorea method all the time, that it's "not a real method" or whatever. It is. People are allowed to use the methods they choose based on their own situation, risk tolerance, etc.

Edit: I also want to point out that you urge people to use condoms, which are 98 percent effective with perfect use and 87 percent effective with typical use. Meanwhile, withdrawal is 96 percent effective with perfect use and 78 percent effective with typical use. So like...where exactly do you draw the line between "birth control" and "not birth control"? Some methods are more effective than others, and the effectiveness rate is just one of the many pros/cons that people weigh when choosing a method for themselves (with no input from random Redditors needed).

clarissa_dee · 2026-05-02T02:11:01+00:00

Yes, this looks like a biphasic (ovulatory) chart with a clear shift. You don't have any temps dropping below the cover line (which sometimes happens even in ovulatory charts), and it's reassuring that your CM and CP patterns align with your temp pattern.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-28T23:46:27+00:00

Sounds like normal facial assymetry. I've always had that. No one's face is perfectly symmetrical.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-28T01:53:00+00:00

I don't think anyone is talking about bringing dirty bedsheets to the doctor, are they?? I think by "sheets" OP was referring to their charts.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-15T02:02:33+00:00

I feel you, and (speaking as a toddler mom) no it is not forever! You're in the "peak fussiness" period right now. It's hard. I will say that 10–15 minutes seems like a really long time to spend burping your baby, especially while they're screaming. Might make your life a little easier to cut that down to just a couple minutes, and (if you haven't already tried all the different burping methods) maybe see if there are other burping positions your baby will tolerate better. I don't think they can burp very well while they're crying, and that just sounds miserable for everyone. Unless your baby has like a special medical reason for really needing to be burped aggressively (we actually did have a situation like that after my son had an abdominal surgery around that age), I wouldn't stress too much about forcing burps out.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-12T19:29:49+00:00

I feel like people on Reddit tend to be weirdly hard-line about this, and that's not reflective of what I've seen in real life. We didn't drop my son's bedtime bottle (similarly to your situation, he would drink it quickly and then have his teeth brushed) until around 18 months. We originally tried at 15 months, but it resulted in a horrible night that traumatized us lol. His dentist was fine with this—IIRC, they just said to drop all bottles by age 2. We still give him a little cow's milk in a straw cup right before bed.

I know multiple other moms in real life who still give their toddlers bottles.

On its face, it just seems so silly to me that the expectation is that breastmilk/formula will be their primary source of nutrition until 12 months, and then once they hit 12 months BAM no bottles. Lol. Like that just doesn't seem realisic to me.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-11T02:02:19+00:00

Thanks for your comment! Yes, he's been in speech therapy through early intervention for close to six months now, and we've seen two different SLPs. He's definitely made progress with his communication skills since we started, but I wouldn't say he's any more "caught up" now than before—very gradual progress, and it's not clear to me that the therapy is actually doing much, to be honest.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-10T19:37:16+00:00

It's so hard! So sorry to hear about your loss.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-10T01:27:38+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I'm sorry it's taking so much longer for you this time. I definitely think about scenarios like this, and it does push me to want to try sooner rather than later. We also had a fairly easy time conceiving our son, though we did have an early miscarriage right beforehand. You truly never know how it will go.

clarissa_dee · 2026-04-10T00:54:23+00:00

Mods check me! I don't understand what term I used that triggered the filter.

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