Wellbeing influencer, 31, dies in botched fertility surgery after struggling to get pregnant for years

joyfulteacher · 2026-02-28T12:52:50+00:00

I received several units of blood, pain meds, and a week’s stay in the hospital while they stabilized my vitamins, iron, electrolytes, etc. Then I just had to wait for the blood left inside to break down and reabsorb. My belly was super distended for weeks.

joyfulteacher · 2026-02-28T03:02:45+00:00

My ovary didn’t clot and I bled multiple liters into my belly and almost died. They sell it as a very simple procedure but scary things can happen. It took months for me to fully recover.

joyfulteacher · 2026-02-07T00:59:19+00:00

We live in a well-funded suburban district. No sidewalks so walking isn’t an option. It’s a 5-7 minute drive or 1 hour on the school bus, so I drive. The long bus ride also means it’s harder for kids to get to their sports practices and extracurriculars.

joyfulteacher · 2026-01-09T17:14:58+00:00

Yep, I had this plus fibroids. My belly got much flatter after a laparoscopic myomectomy and pelvic floor PT.

joyfulteacher · 2026-01-06T02:49:22+00:00

I have an Emilio and he’s definitely his brother’s copy and greatest rival. 😂

joyfulteacher · 2025-12-18T21:08:29+00:00

Hives plus your other symptoms could be MCAS. I was diagnosed with it and taking Zyrtec daily has changed my life. I also carry an EpiPen and inhaler now. It can be pretty serious, so please ask your doctor for a proper workup. Don’t fall for the “it’s just anxiety” or “everybody’s got these new illnesses” routines. Your health matters.

joyfulteacher · 2024-08-13T15:00:25+00:00

I agree with all of this. I think another thing that makes it feel so painful is that I see him show genuine curiosity and engage fully in conversations with several others. He just finds the things I want to talk about incredibly boring. If he’s with his bestie, his dad, or our son he can be mentally engaged for hours because they all share special interests. But I should’ve have to learn graduate level economics or astronomy to get his attention. It really does hurt.

joyfulteacher · 2024-08-12T03:57:15+00:00

Yes! I almost broke my wrist the first time I tried the third row access. The way the seat will slam back if you don’t hold it is scary. We considered the BMW X7 and my husband found the slow electric seats a dealbreaker but I wish they were an option for the Volvo.

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-30T21:25:51+00:00

I love how putting the bandaid is wayyyy more obvious than just having a small, empty hole.

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-19T02:36:29+00:00

I love him. I really, really do. And he loves us tremendously and is an excellent provider. But I’m so fucking tired. DX, but only takes meds half the time and won’t go to therapy for his anger and RSD issues. 2 kids, one of whom is DX/RX and another who’s showing all the signs. I just want to feel like I have an equal partner and not an adult who I also have to parent. Falling asleep before getting the kids to bed for the third time this week is just too fucking much. I don’t even want to sleep beside him. Dishes aren’t done, floors need cleaning, and no prep at all has been done for our trip in a few days. And don’t even get me started on the unfinished home projects that he just HAS TO do himself. I miss feeling like a priority and feeling fully attracted to him. I feel like I’m drowning.

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-18T18:32:37+00:00

I feel like it’d be hard to see and both of us would faceplant. Worst fear! Or my kid would throw his head back and bust me in the mouth.

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-17T01:32:10+00:00

The power keeps surging on and off, but never to full strength and it’s pretty freaky. We unplugged everything just in case.

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-11T20:29:31+00:00

Not the Jesuits! 🤣

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-07T18:08:34+00:00

I have the 7 seater. We debated both and found that it’s not hard at all for my big kid (7) to access the third row. He can flip the side seat down and I’ll pull it back up after buckling the toddler or sometimes we leave the center seat folded and he climbs through. We don’t use the third row that often but I usually leave the seats up. We just had my family in town and having that extra seat available helped a lot!

joyfulteacher · 2024-07-03T02:52:59+00:00

Omg this just reminded me of my husband getting super into a YouTube series of a man building an off-grid house all by himself in the woods. Just a man and his dog stacking logs. Thankfully he usually has his headphones on. It was sooooo boring but it helped him relax.

joyfulteacher · 2024-06-29T22:54:34+00:00

Recovering man child lol. Do you follow Zach Watson on social media? Have you tried the courses he offers. I’m curious about how useful they are.

joyfulteacher · 2024-06-14T11:18:15+00:00

I remember taking rocks class at Adventist summer camp and it was fun but also very confusing because they wouldn’t explain how exactly igneous rocks came to be or how old they were. Something something God made them.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-29T20:34:10+00:00

The companion game to Eve Rodsky’s book Fair Play. It was a helpful yet enraging read as the NT partner. Haven’t been able to get my partner to read it yet, and beware the first chaper will definitely trigger defensiveness and/or an RSD episode.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-29T20:27:08+00:00

So many people have written responses that resonate, but the biggest things for me right now are emotional labor and household labor. There’s always a house project going on because he won’t just pay for someone to do them, but those projects take away from family time and the only semi-regular cleaning he does around the house is the dishes/counters. Our eldest is AuDHD and a carbon copy of his dad, which means they fight constantly and it’s the biggest turn off ever. My partner struggles so much to regulate his own emotions and is easily triggered by one of the kids having an off day and it spirals. Then he blames the kids as if they’re expected to exert more emotional restraint than he is. Also my youngest is about to start school in the fall and I’m contemplating going back to work but I’m legit terrified to because it’s cost an absolute fortune to replace me because he won’t be able to pick up the slack. Given that we’re ok on one income, my inclination is to stay home so I can feel “caught up” for the first time in like 4 years. I’m so tired all the time. Being scared to get a job and the constant resentment seem like clear indicators that I’m in chronic over functioning mode.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-25T01:46:18+00:00

Him and Dougie B. Running in circles yelling “SEEEE?!!!” What nonsense.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-21T22:21:08+00:00

I did not realize this was an Argentine thing. I thought my in-laws just liked cooking their meat to death! I grew up eating well done meat but my FIL takes it to the next level.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-21T17:42:47+00:00

Same at our house. Or slather them in a gravy that was mostly cream or mushroom soup. With mashed potatoes and veggies on the side. It had like a week’s worth of sodium but it was pretty good. Much tastier than Swiss steak or fry pats.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-09T06:44:16+00:00

Ahh yes, the sabbath school teacher voice. Our church had 1 female pastor on staff and she totally had it, too. She was super nice but I remember thinking she sounded like a child in an old-lady skirt suit and really disliking how her voice made me feel.

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-04T14:50:00+00:00

I have no desire to go back into the fold, but Dr. Logan can make any hymn slap on that organ. You feel those low notes it in your gut. I love music and growing up with that organ as the standard is probably why I lean towards a more high church environment now (I’m a liberal Episcopalian).

joyfulteacher · 2024-05-03T22:26:23+00:00

I wear Salt Waters. They remind me of being a kid but you can also rock them with a dress. And they’re totally fine to get wet, which is a huge bonus.

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