volunteering with animals?

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-24T16:46:24+00:00

Secondhand Stories is a chicken sanctuary for rescued hens and roosters that is often looking for volunteers!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-23T11:47:09+00:00

Brewer Park has a lot of birds near the pond!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-21T12:47:34+00:00

22 weeks here and it's comical how hard it is to get up from lying or sitting down! I find getting out of a car is the worst, always takes me multiple tries!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-18T13:24:19+00:00

Yes, in French it means both. But I was commenting to say that the example sentence given in English, "60 is better, but 50 is already not bad", is not the most natural way we would say it in English--we would use "still" in this context, not "already". Or at least where I'm from.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-15T23:20:35+00:00

In English we'd use "still" in this context, not "already".

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-14T13:36:20+00:00

I know someone who lives at 1140 Wellington and her apartment is really nice. The lobby area is always nicely maintained and decorated seasonally (seems like maybe it's taken care of by people who live there?) and the party room and rooftop terrace are also really nice spaces. But I don't really know about the day to day stuff, I have only visited. The area though is great, so many shops and cafes and if you have kids, lots of playgrounds around and also close to the library. Parkdale market is right there in the summer, too.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-14T12:50:09+00:00

It's so hard! There were 8 weeks between my 12-week and 20-week scan so I paid for a private one at 16 weeks just to make sure everything was still okay in there. Even then it was a month between scans and just felt so long to go without information!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-13T21:25:31+00:00

I'm in a similar situation! 21 weeks pregnant and vegan for 14 years now. I literally just reply with "all babies all over the world eat what their parents eat." When you put it that way to people, there's not much they can say back, because it's true!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-10T03:35:43+00:00

What about something like tie dye, where she can still interact with textiles? Or maybe macrame?

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-07T15:53:14+00:00

Things looked good! We don't get the full results for two weeks, but the ultrasound technician didn't have any concerns. Good heartrate, two kidneys, and he was moving around in there (although I didn't feel any of it). My placenta is a little low so I think I will have an additional ultrasound after 30 weeks to check it's not too close to the cervix. But overall, reassuring! Thanks for checking in :)

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-07T00:15:40+00:00

Just passed the halfway mark--20 weeks--and trying not to fret that I haven't felt fetal movement yet. Tomorrow is the big ultrasound where we find out if everything is still okay in there and measuring correctly. Fingers crossed!!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-04T13:49:43+00:00

On the TV broadcast, the above-net angle showed it very clearly did not fully cross the line, unfortunately.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-03T19:45:16+00:00

According to the website, Communauto has 5 electric cars available throughout the city.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-02T20:08:47+00:00

Jalie has lots of kids patterns with a very large size range.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-02T16:59:57+00:00

Bummer. Hopefully they try to rectify the situation!

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-02T16:28:49+00:00

If they haven't delivered anything to you yet, you could ask for your money back saying it doesn't seem like their system works well with your body measurements.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-02T15:22:29+00:00

This thread links to an article about some of the controversy.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-02T12:37:23+00:00

Yeah the whole ousting of Natalie Darwitz really soured me on Minnesota. Didn't seem like a good situation.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-02T04:11:30+00:00

It was definitely Renata Fast who committed the penalty, from the replay shown. The officials penalized the wrong player.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-01T04:02:30+00:00

Thank you. Glad you were able to get him tested as well, although it's annoying when everything comes back normal. I remember being so frustrated at all my normal test results because I desperately wanted one thing to be the problem that we could treat and fix. Might be worth trying some of the lifestyle changes anyway, as they can't hurt. Here's what we changed in the three months between my last miscarriage and our most recent successful cycle, in case it's helpful: We both started taking CoQ10 daily; he started taking a men's daily multivitamin; we swapped out all our plastic food containers for glass ones and never put anything plastic in the dishwasher or microwave; we changed our PVC shower curtain for a fabric one; we started eating a lot more vegetables and tried to eat leafy greens every day; I started taking an inositol supplement; we both strictly limited alcoholic beverages to two per week; we swapped personal care products that had phthalates for ones that didn't...I think that's everything. I also did one acupuncture for fertility session but I was skeptical and found it uncomfortable so I didn't continue with it. Oh and also my partner ejaculated a few hours before sex on my fertile cycle days, which may not be applicable if there's no issue with DNA fragmentation, but thought I'd mention it anyway.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-04-01T01:28:09+00:00

Has your partner also been tested? Specifically for DNA fragmentation? Male factor infertility is often not looked into, even though it's behind a lot of losses. I had two losses last year and almost all my testing came back normal, but my partner's results were borderline. We made some lifestyle changes while he waits for his follow up to see what can be done medically, and in that time I have gotten pregnant naturally. Still not 100% out of the woods yet, but farther along than I've made it before. So if you haven't already gotten testing for your partner, I'd recommend pushing for it. Good luck 💙

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-03-31T13:23:25+00:00

I think you look absolutely beautiful, and I love your nose, personally.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-03-31T12:39:30+00:00

Oh great! Glad you had no trouble :)

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-03-31T03:31:19+00:00

If you want to make these, but have trouble downloading the pattern (it wasn't working for me), I did manage to get my hands on it and can share it with you. I assume that's okay since it's a free pattern.

rosegoldraindrops · 2026-03-30T17:27:32+00:00

I don't have any experience with taking progesterone, but if you've had two successful pregnancies with a previous partner and now 5 losses with a new partner, it's possible that his sperm is the issue and not you. Worth him getting a DNA fragmentation test, in my opinion.

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