Helminthic therapy is the future!

And based on my experience with midwives it would have taken them like, an hour to realize something was wrong and they needed to do something. Ugh.

I did prenatal with midwives and they monitored my labor and I went to the birthing center at 5cm. The way the midwife on hand treated me that night is one of the most upsetting experiences of my entire life. The hospital I transferred too was miles and miles better, more competent and compassionate. It’s not a sure…

Having been in both, I can say I see no advantage either. If it’s advocacy you want, you can get that in a hospital center. You can’t manage unforeseen risk in a birthing center however. While it is true that most births go smoothly, it’s also true that the stakes could not possibly be higher when they don’t. It’s not…

I don’t think anyone on here is advocating for compulsory hospital births, I think there are a lot of us who regret our decision to use a birthing center and feel compelled to share our story to prevent other parents from experiencing the close calls that we did.

I must disagree. My birthing center had a transfer arrangement with a local hospital in the case of complications but they mishandled my birth so badly that it almost wasn’t enough to save my son. You can get infections anywhere, but you can’t get emergency intervention at a birthing center. My pregnancy was utterly…

This happened at my second birth - I tried to go for it med free but came to my breaking point and asked for the epidural. The doc called the anesthesiologist but he thought I had longer to go and they took forever to come, then when they arrived, the lady was a student and it took her more than 10 minutes to put it…

Thank you I completely agree. My bf had a child ten years before we met and his hospital experience was terrible, complete with injury to the baby... so he was very gung ho about a non-hospital birth and I was into it too. I went to a birthing center for my first birth and as a neophyte I found my prenatal care to be…

If you’re willing to make that kind of sacrifice I’d wager you’re also not the type who wouldn’t know to screen out these types of men. You should be free to date but here’s a few rules of thumb I’d follow if I were in your shoes (I have kids but am still with the dad): don’t introduce your kid(s) to people you date.…

All too common unfortunately. Luckily I was a scary angry kid and nobody ever got near me physically :).

I think it’s pretty clear that many species understand and fear death. Obviously they can’t say “I understand and fear death” so people continue to parse it endlessly. But it’s not hard to spot when you’re not looking to come to a particular conclusion.

I could dig up some well documented sadists, and I myself have known personally people who tell stories with great relish about the work they’ve conducted such as snipping tails off live rats. There have been undercover videos taken that I wish I could unsee. That said, I don’t believe sadism to be as rampant among…

Well everything is a desperate matter of self preservation for them isn’t it? My mom is narc/borderline herself.

oh my god. stay vigilant!

I don’t think it’s relatively few species that fear death and pain, I think it’s most, particularly if you are talking about mammals, which are the animals subject to research. People debate that but it’s pretty silly really. As far as anyone can tell they are like us: they go about their business and don’t panic…

I don’t know why you feel like people were more generous in the past, or why giving taxes to things like welfare is not a form of generosity, not only to others but potentially to yourself. Also don’t know why you keep swearing at me. You feel the way you feel for whatever reason. I’d rather not step over homeless…

Yeah. When my mom got divorced she pretty much lost interest in parenting and went into find a man mode. I know lots of people with similar experiences, I’m convinced it’s some animal instinct. That’s not to say it can’t be overcome and often is, however...

Many people do not care, and simply want control - that’s not a progressive thing, it’s a people thing. When you make the social safety net a voluntary thing, you wind up with something akin to victorian era england. People just aren’t that nice, and pat themselves on the back for something as meaningless as giving a…

I have pets, pets I would sacrifice a lot for, purely because they are in my life. That’s different from thinking that testing on dogs is worse than testing on pigs. I mean that’s just objectively ridiculous. They are both feeling pain, desperation and betrayal. One reminds you of someone you know personally and care…

I was just saying the same thing to my sister the other day! She’s a rabbit.