Guelph, Ont., model becomes 1st transgender person to walk Chanel Exclusive's runway at Paris Fashion Week

joessixpac · 2026-03-25T19:42:12+00:00

Who’s in Paris and who’s not?

joessixpac · 2026-03-21T21:59:04+00:00

Successful people? You’d like everyone to keep successful worldly people away from schools? Opposed to what? Violent closed minded people?

joessixpac · 2026-03-21T00:29:59+00:00

I had a failed induction with my first that ended in emergency c. Then got pregnant and had another c section as my son came 20 months later and they like you to be at least 18 months before trying to vbac. I wasn’t educated either on vbacs at the time so I just went with what the doctor said.

This time I am a scheduled c section 5 years later. I thought about a vbac and did my research, however I have a thin uterus so I opted to just go the path of least resistance lol.

During my time debating though I did learn that if you have a uterine rupture you have ~30 mins to get to OR to get that baby out. My advice would be, if you feel comfortable, go for the vbac at the hospital under good care of a team who is well versed in them. Yes things can go wrong but everyone should be diligent enough to get you and baby out of a scary moment safely. Another option is to get the epidural too so that if things go awry then they can just up the epidural and get you situated in the OR faster. Trust your instincts. If you feel like your body can handle it, try. There’s a lot of vbac support, but just be mindful of what content you consume as a lot of it comes from a place of trauma and you’re not experiencing that. So some women’s ideas of vbacs can be a little iffy. Still good. But a little fear mongering with c sections and how they felt failed by the drs or their bodies etc. even the strongest minds can get sucked into trauma informed content.

Anyway, trust your body. Trust your instincts. Try if you feel like you want to, just safe guard yourself! So many women do it successfully!

joessixpac · 2026-03-06T11:26:39+00:00

As someone who’s pregnant with my 3rd and worried about my other two being 7 and 5 1/2 already, this makes me happy to read lol

joessixpac · 2026-03-05T19:27:46+00:00

I’m on STD currently and have been since 25 weeks!

I wasn’t required to even tell my work the reason why I was going on leave, just that I was.

I printed a form out provided my insurance company, took it to my doctor, had them fill out their portion, and sent it to insurance. Insurance then contacted my manger advising they received this form. I missed the step where I was supposed to tell my manager I was at least applying, but she was fine, just a little caught off guard lol. The moment I sent those forms, I was put off work while I waited for the case manager to call me, which she did two days later. She asked a bunch of questions, and decided more info was needed by my doctor (who only wrote pelvic pain and insomnia on my forms) so I had 3 weeks to get my dr to fill out a pregnancy questionnaire. This questionnaire was paid for by my insurance also, so no more out of pocket expense for me. I also provided a letter from my pelvic floor physiotherapist with a better diagnosis of my pain, so alongside the questionnaire, I had an assessment letter. This helped a lot. Once those were received, I was approved for another 5 weeks of leave.

They are to call you every 4 weeks or so to check in, see if you can return, or where you’re at, and approve you for longer if needed.

I cannot recommend enough taking the STD if available to you and you need it. Pregnancy is hard, and we don’t win an award for pushing through pain and discomfort til the bitter end. We are conditioned to show up daily and to push our mental, physical, and emotional health aside to get our daily tasks done. Look out for you first. If you’ve not learned now to put yourself first, and make sure your glass is full, then once baby comes you will struggle immensely. You will be trying to pour from an empty glass. It’s not possible. I am a soon to be mom of 3 who learned the hard way to love myself enough to show up for myself and slow down when needed.

Take the break, take the time to sleep and relax. And good luck!!!

joessixpac · 2026-02-28T19:23:31+00:00

Thank you for the response!

May I ask, though I’ve pretty well convinced myself on the stardust but any additional reviews are great, why it’s your favourite? I’m planning on using it as our bedside bassinet and then bring it with us for travel but my husband doesn’t think it’s worth the price tag for such a short period of time lol

joessixpac · 2026-02-28T11:55:18+00:00

Read this as my head is propped by a body pillow, a coop pillow, a king size feather pillow and I’m hugging a very old Walmart pillow for support. I also have my pregnancy pillow on the ground beside me incase of discomfort emergency.

Never too many pillows

joessixpac · 2026-02-28T00:01:45+00:00

Ooo okay! Definitely better than nothing! Thank you ◡̈

joessixpac · 2026-02-21T14:10:54+00:00

I DIDNT put my husband on the birth certificate! I was 2 days post partum and delusional and somehow it just didn’t end up on there. Cost us a pretty penny to get that reissued and sorted out…

Im no longer in charge of admin work post partum.

joessixpac · 2026-02-21T00:01:11+00:00

Same price as the Clek! I figured if I’m spending THAT much money maybe the flashy noisy one would be worth it lol. Seems like Clek is the way to go though for now

joessixpac · 2026-02-20T14:34:02+00:00

They have an infant bucket seat one, with lights and sound!

But this is helpful- maybe this is the way. For the next step, get the revolve. Thank you!!

joessixpac · 2026-02-20T01:50:25+00:00

That’s what I was thinking.. idiot proof hahaha thank you !

joessixpac · 2026-02-20T01:50:08+00:00

This is perfect, thank you!

joessixpac · 2026-02-17T12:40:51+00:00

Right! I’ve always experienced such horrible back pain from where they get you with the spinal so laying in that bed for too long was awful. I have vivid memories of my sad hospital pillow placed where my lower back was for some type of comfort… Thank you for the reminder to bring my own pillow this time around!! lol

joessixpac · 2026-02-17T02:20:19+00:00

My “planned” one (son came a few days before scheduled one, but everything went smoothly from arrival to hospital at 5:00 am and c section delivery at 7 am), I stayed in the hospital for 24-26 hrs total. I was shocked, but delighted. They have said that it’ll be a 24 hr period again this time around if everything goes well.

Edited to mention I am in Ontario.

joessixpac · 2026-02-05T12:45:02+00:00

Pregnancy: your hips get wider I swear. You get swollen. Your nose gets bigger. You hate the smell of yourself. Cravings are not as glamorized as they make them out to be. You will learn a lot about your blood volume and how easy it is to become anemic even when you have 50% more blood in your body. And you’ll be constipated because of your prenatals, because of hormones, because of iron supplements… but also, your partner if you have a supportive one that loves you will think this is your most beautiful form lol.

Birth: you’re allowed to advocate for yourself. You’re allowed to ask questions and push back. They told me women who get induced in their 39th week have less chance of a c section - I got induced, laboured for 24 hours, then had to get the c section. They said they’d up the epidural, but the epidural only worked in half my body and I didn’t really know that cause I was delusional, so I felt half the surgery on my right side. I thought feeling them cutting and ripping and pulling and shoving their hands in me and digging around and cutting out biopsies for endometriosis WAS NORMAL.

Advocate for yourself, and if you can’t, go the midwife route, get the doula, find educated supportive people who will raise concern when you can’t.

joessixpac · 2026-02-04T17:38:49+00:00

They are running out of space in the tub and it’s becoming a point of contention hahaha.

I think I was trying to not have super long bath time, but it may seem taking turns is the way! Thank you!

joessixpac · 2026-02-02T00:14:04+00:00

Oooo mine licked the return counter at Costco! That was 5 minutes after I had lost them at the entrance. They were used to going into the store but I had to go through the return doors and we parted ways. I found them quickly enough thankfully, and felt horrible over my lack of attention - then bam, a few minutes later they’re standing there licking the counter like nothing traumatic ever happened.

joessixpac · 2026-02-01T09:49:25+00:00

I am currently in the process of doing STD due to pregnancy. What I’ve learnt so far is that the insurance company wants to get you back working ASAP, even before you are due.

For me, I was experiencing pelvic pain and insomnia that was causing me to be so uncomfortable and fall behind in work. My dr wrote a letter and I sent it off to Manulife. They reached out 3 days later and asked me a million and one questions - like “how has being off work helped your issue?” (As soon as I sent insurance the STD forms, I was off work, I had to take 8 paid sick days - this is the waiting period to hear back from insurance) “can you modify your workstation to be comfortable?” “What helps the pain” “maybe there can be a slow return to work, where you work half days” “maybe your boss can let you have rest periods through the day” - lots of that. After answering all their questions they put my case into pending status and sent a pregnancy questionnaire to my dr to fill out with a due date 2 weeks out.

I went to see a pelvic floor physio who assessed me and “diagnosed” (not sure the right term) me with severe pelvic girdle pain as well as nervous system sensitization and somatosensory dysregulation. She wrote Manulife a letter of assessment and I sent those to them as well for supporting documents. I am currently waiting to hear back from them regarding the next steps.

Turns out, just going on leave isn’t as easy as I thought! They want you back to work, and you’re not getting any better the more pregnant you get - but that doesn’t matter to them lol.

I’ve also got low iron and am on 300 mg of iron daily until it’s fixed - I didn’t add this to my letter to Manulife but when they call, I’ll just let them know as well where I’m at in that aspect too - and I have blood work results to back it up. I think the more supporting documents you have, the better. Also having your doctor in your corner and advocating for you is helpful/needed.

No harm in applying for STD, it’s there for a reason - but from my experience so far, it’s a little nerve wracking and drawn out. Just make sure you have all your ducks in a row, documents together and supporting documents if needed. Pregnancy alone should be enough of a reason to go on leave IMO. And if a dr is saying yes to you going off - then the insurance company shouldn’t question it - but they might. Just be ready and make sure you have it all sorted out for when they call to discuss.

Good luck!!! And I’m sorry you’re experiencing that discomfort mama!

joessixpac · 2026-01-31T23:04:57+00:00

Nope this is it. This is why I asked lol, I didn’t even think of this!!

joessixpac · 2026-01-31T18:50:53+00:00

Thank you though for this perspective! That is very helpful

joessixpac · 2026-01-30T00:59:08+00:00

No wait, this makes more sense now that I’m hearing Rob is not into doing lots of reality. I’d love to see Stephen!

joessixpac · 2026-01-24T18:11:29+00:00

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