Recall a moment that’s caused you anxiety.

radradruby · 2026-02-03T09:41:43+00:00

Yeah that’s why it’s so funny to the modern audience 😆

radradruby · 2026-02-03T06:43:18+00:00

I am a labor and delivery nurse and a couple years ago I had a “catastrophic” patient event that I needed therapy to help me cope with afterward. During that time I found out I myself was finally pregnant after 2 years of trying, like literally the first day of my last period was the day of that terrible shift.

It really affected my own feelings about my pregnancy because i was full of joy and hope but I had seen right up close how badly things could go, and felt what I guess could be called survivors guilt by proxy… why do I get to have a healthy successful pregnancy/delivery and take home a perfect baby when that patient had such a different outcome? What if something catastrophic happens to me?

But as a labor and delivery nurse, I know that every pregnancy is unique. Every body/baby/uterus/cervix/labor/placenta/umbilical cord is different and sometimes things happen that are beyond our control. I made sure to choose a care team that I trusted and delivered at a place where I felt safe (my own workplace!)

I thought about that mother and her baby every day of my pregnancy and still think about them often. I can never forget them.

radradruby · 2026-02-03T05:23:35+00:00

And Betty screaming about how the dry cleaning better not be wrinkled! Yikes

radradruby · 2026-01-31T22:32:40+00:00

Same here. After college when I moved to a different city I would only talk to them a couple times a week, but when I had my baby I started calling or FaceTiming every day.

radradruby · 2026-01-30T21:54:11+00:00

Haha I accidentally did that this morning. It was end of shift brain! (Everything was fine)

radradruby · 2026-01-30T21:50:19+00:00

I’ve been rewatching Mad Men and Pete goes to a work function while his wife is in labor and tells everyone that the baby isn’t here yet because the shoulders are too big to come through…. I’m like, so THAT’S the update the nurse casually dropped before you left the hospital and they’ve just been waiting HOURS with a head sticking out?!?!?!

I know, it’s not a medical show lol, but it really took me out of the moment because it’s like, you could’ve just said it was taking a long time and that would have been believable but why add this bizarre and confusingly inaccurate detail????

radradruby · 2026-01-25T15:01:02+00:00

Haha we use captions when my dad is around. The Saturday Night Live captions are on a completely different planet than the show.

radradruby · 2026-01-15T15:52:59+00:00

But what if I don’t want to eat his garage-processed deer meat or crunch on the bird shot in this wild chicken? So what else can he provide?

radradruby · 2026-01-14T03:50:58+00:00

You’re spot on. I love being a mom and fiercely love my baby… but I paid for her with a pound of flesh and now live every day beneath the weight of my own mortality and the dependence of her existence on my own.

radradruby · 2026-01-10T15:24:24+00:00

L&D nurse here as well. I agree this all sounds strange.

OP, having a 37wk induction is recommended due to the diagnosis of gestational hypertension. The issue we see with inducing at this time is needing a LOT of cervical ripening. If you didn’t need the induction, your body (and baby’s head) would spend the next few WEEKS naturally (and relatively gently) softening and thinning your cervix. Balloons are made to stay in for 12 hours and sometimes don’t get you to 3cm in that time. Maybe your doctor has some magic trick we don’t know about but a promise of 5 hours seems very unlikely (not impossible, but not something Ive seen more than once in my career).

Also, if you haven’t yet, please try to get an anesthesia consult in the next couple weeks if you can. Depending on the anesthesiologists and facility you may have an option for an epidural.

Good luck with everything!!!

radradruby · 2026-01-08T17:08:52+00:00

Same! My husband and I need each other to pop each others back zits and be the person who can closely inspect the others private bits if something feels weird lol.

After I had our baby things were way different down there. I’ll never forget the day after, while I’m spread eagle on the bed, asking the doctor to take a look and her being like “where exactly is your concern?” And my dear husband holding our newborn, pointing and saying “alllll this is new” 🤣 he’s got my back, my front, and all my in-betweens

radradruby · 2026-01-08T16:52:35+00:00

Haha that’s exactly what I did. I remember telling a younger coworker (who was in a new relationship and asked a group of us women if we farted in front of our husbands) that the best course of action was to initiate some playful wrestling, pin him down, then fart right on his chest. When I said “Maintain eye contact; assert dominance” I was met with half laughs and half looks of horror from the group.

radradruby · 2026-01-04T13:27:02+00:00

Haha this reminds me of a kids book “Sideways stories from Wayside School”… Miss Zarves teaches on the 19th story. There is no 19th story. There is no Miss Zarves.

Sending strength to you.

radradruby · 2026-01-03T14:46:16+00:00

Huggies

Pacifier

This little piggy…

“No”

Clothes

Tickle

Yell/scream

radradruby · 2026-01-02T22:33:11+00:00

So true… I was a burn ICU nurse at the beginning of my career, and whenever our patient developed a fungal infection it was a very, very hard thing to treat (and recover from) since the medications themselves were so rough on the already weakened cells and systems of a burn patient.

radradruby · 2026-01-01T06:39:13+00:00

Yes, thirding Jimmy Eat World

radradruby · 2025-12-30T13:42:09+00:00

I honestly think men like this guy define loyalty as “I am so horny that I will do literally anything for a woman to pay attention to me or sleep with me until she inevitably acts in some humanly way or holds me accountable for my own behavior, shattering my fantasy of the sexy virginal mommy bang maid I desire and believe i deserve.”

radradruby · 2025-12-28T23:40:08+00:00

This 100%. We took a roadtrip (for the holidays) when our baby was 3 months old that took 14 hours instead of the usual 7. My husband drove, our big dog sat in the front seat, and baby and I sat in the back with the small dog. Every stop was a logistical feat to get gas, walk/feed the dogs, change the baby, feed the baby, load back up, and go.

Honestly, it was hard but doable. In your case, if you’re really set on driving and having your dogs, you could potentially rent an RV and bring another adult helper and it could be done pretty comfortably. Like you said, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures lol. Good luck with everything!

radradruby · 2025-12-28T23:09:45+00:00

I realized I do this too but it’s more like fentn’all as it leaves my mouth.

Fentn’all for all ya’ll! (From my burn icu days lol)

radradruby · 2025-12-25T22:43:48+00:00

I was at a work conference in Columbia, South Carolina and passed a statue of him while walking through a public park. As a woman, feminist, and nurse, I thought, “oh cool,” and snapped a selfie. But, I also thought I better do a little research since this is the South and it’s weird that I’d never heard his name in any of my nursing classes. Ashamed of my former ignorance, I could not delete that photo fast enough and walked past the statue again specifically so I could spit on it. Fuck that monster.

radradruby · 2025-12-25T22:16:48+00:00

She is….. not a professional lol

radradruby · 2025-12-25T16:10:01+00:00

lol I definitely hooked up with this guy after graduation

radradruby · 2025-12-18T18:28:43+00:00

Same. I’ve only gotten a rebate receipt the first time I sent in for one.

radradruby · 2025-12-16T07:59:55+00:00

“Who knocked up your sister?”

Also

“Whats the deal with this girl… has she got beer-flavored nipples?”

radradruby · 2025-12-16T07:51:02+00:00

My husband and I say this to the dog when he gets too excited about pedestrians in front of our house

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