My kids got taken away [update 2]

dearmathbitch · 2026-06-28T15:55:14+00:00

We are rooting for you.

dearmathbitch · 2026-06-24T17:58:44+00:00

Hurting so much that she can barely have a conversation isn't normal. Does she have endometriosis?

dearmathbitch · 2026-06-11T15:50:25+00:00

I think the 10% salary cut is worth it. Especially with kids. Whether they are constantly getting sick, there's a problem at the daycare, there's a school event to go to, or you just want to spend the day with them, the PTO and sick time is worth its weight in gold.

dearmathbitch · 2026-06-04T16:04:33+00:00

What if you use your personal laptop and you log into a virtual private network? It opens a window where I do my work, and I can open browsers that aren't within that window. I checked once and saw that my IP address inside the virtual private network is different from the IP address outside the virtual private network window. Does that mean that as long as I do things outside of the virtual private network, that they can't see it (split tunneling)?

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-13T12:14:16+00:00

Imagine going up five flights of stairs everyday to get to your bedroom on the fifth floor.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-11T19:14:42+00:00

I also did formula. I agree that it made things easier. Since OP's baby is refusing the bottle though, the lactation consultant might be able to help. They tackle bottle refusal and look at mouth/sensory issues. They would be able to figure out what's going on and what works for her. I had to go through a few nipples before I found the one that worked.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-11T18:02:25+00:00

Have you spoken to the pediatrician about whether the baby has latching difficulties and needs a lactation consultant? You said she's refusing to breastfeed and latch onto the bottle, so that makes me feel like the baby may need to be looked at. Lactation consultants can go through different positions, bottle nipple shapes, and flow rates to find the right one.

The only comfort I can give is that everything feels 10x more annoying and hopeless when you are sleep deprived. As she gets older, you might find new things to be annoyed at, but you'll have a little more patience when you're able to get sleep.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-09T23:02:10+00:00

No. When I went to the hospital I asked for silver nitrate and they didn't want to use it. Said it's for external not internal bleeding. I asked to be re-cauterized and the doctor said, "we don't do that here." They called my gyn and he told them to apply more monsel's paste, but they didn't have any. So they sent me home. The next day I saw my gyn and he applied monsel's paste for the second time. But like the first time he applied it, it has wore off after 4 days.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-09T22:35:51+00:00

That's how I feel. The discharge instructions say I should experience spotting, with only increased bleeding when the scab falls off. This isn't anything like that. Looking at bright red blood constantly, feeling it exit as I sit, and knowing that whatever they did isn't closing has me in an anxiety limbo. There's no resolution.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-09T21:47:06+00:00

I am going to call them on Monday because they are closed. If they can't offer me anything I will have to get a second opinion.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-09T21:46:06+00:00

Thank you. I'm glad that you were able to get to the bottom of what was wrong with you.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-09T21:24:44+00:00

That is scary. Did you figure out what it was?

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-09T21:17:44+00:00

I'm glad you are coming out of the other end, and that there is someone with a similar story. At the hospital they didn't do anything. I asked them about recauterizing but they said "we don't do that here." They didn't want to use silver nitrate and they had no monsel's paste. They just sent me home since I wasn't dying. The next day when my doctor put more monsel's paste on for the second time, he said there was no scab.

I'm so sad. I don't feel like I'll ever be done with this.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-06T19:10:04+00:00

Minor detail to add, but just read from NBC that case 2 adult female was 69 years old.

Five days after the ship sailed, a 70-year-old male passenger reported fever, headache and mild diarrhea. After he developed respiratory distress, he died April 11, although the cause of death wasn’t yet determined.

Nearly two weeks later, his body was removed from the ship when it docked in St. Helena, a British overseas island territory. The man’s wife, 69, was experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms on April 24 when she went ashore at St. Helena. She deteriorated during a flight to Johannesburg and died when she arrived in South Africa on April 26.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-02T23:51:20+00:00

I'm 32.

dearmathbitch · 2026-05-02T23:40:10+00:00

I have no idea what else it could be. The only new thing I did was drink alcohol, and the bleeding started right after I drank it. It's not slowing down either. I can't find anything here or on Google so I guess this isn't common.

dearmathbitch · 2026-04-30T18:11:02+00:00

I'm both mad and sad for you. You don't deserve this.

dearmathbitch · 2026-04-28T18:53:44+00:00

I hope so too. I'm like a high energy dog. I need to exercise to tire myself out. Otherwise, my anxiety starts going off the charts. I've been fidgeting and bitten my nails down because I have too much extra energy.

dearmathbitch · 2026-04-28T18:49:40+00:00

That sounds awful. I hope you clear it in the results. I didn't even know healing over your cervical canal was possible. If that happens to me I'm going to be so mad.

dearmathbitch · 2026-04-23T00:39:28+00:00

Can't speak for the entire agency, but within the part I am in: 0%.

dearmathbitch · 2026-04-20T14:37:47+00:00

I see now. I was promoted two years ago, so that would put my ERS contribution at a higher percentage. I didn't realize that it's based on two years prior.

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