No one is saying you should just wave every pregnant woman straight through residency, qualifications be damned. In general, medicine is a hierarchical and conservative field, and reasonable accommodations for pregnancy simply aren’t available. Just to throw a few out there:

Not everyone goes to medical school at 22. It’s getting more and more difficult to get in and the average age of the entering class is creeping up as more and more people get a master’s degree or work for a few years before being accepted.

According to the article they’ve been dating since 2014 :(

If there was plastic surgery for dark circles (hi, chronic sinusitis!) I would be like SIGN ME THE FUCK UP.

They’re definitely overused! Out of convenience, true, but I think also out of fear of litigation. A C-section also pays more than a vaginal birth, so there is often pressure on doctors from the hospital to perform more to up the billing. I think the pendulum is starting to swing the other way now so hopefully we’ll…

I’m so sorry for your loss! That’s absolutely wrenching, I’m so sorry you went through that.

I absolutely agree. It’s a slow chipping away at women’s rights to prioritize a theoretical human.

It’s appalling. There are tons of cases of women ending up at religious hospitals because of insurance, or proximity, etc. and then being shamed or denied care because of bullshit religious beliefs.

1. yes, because i intend to do nothing but yell “NO C-SECTION FOR YOU” at women regardless of need, and to ignore all other aspects of improving patient autonomy and health outcomes. /s

The anti-choice “women are vessels” rhetoric freaks me the fuck out. I’ve told my husband that if I ever get pregnant and something goes wrong, take me to a Jewish hospital because they’ll actually put my life first. I believe a woman should retain autonomy over her body at every point in pregnancy. I value a fetus…

You are vastly overestimating the amount of ambient historical knowledge in this country, but your point is well taken and hilarious.

No useful advice but I’m in the same boat! With the added wrinkle of being in medical school at the ripe old age of 28 (with 3 years to go) so any potential babies have to be highly scheduled - no “let’s see what happens” for me. Half my friends think I’m nuts for even thinking about kids right now, the other half is…

I only get cold sores in two situations: dealing with my mom, and approx. 3 days after a period of acute stress. It’s like my body knows I’m not freaking out anymore and let’s it’s guard down >:(

I’m from Seattle, and my first instinct is to say OMG TAKE THE HOUSE just because Vancouver is so godawful expensive and if the market keeps up, that is a hefty retirement/college fund to be sitting on. On the other hand, if you think you’ll be miserable in Vancouver, it’s not worth it. My mom is big on “sacrificing…

The US is pretty much the only place where circumcision is the norm. Having had it both ways, I officially don’t care. Dicks look like weird tide pool creatures either way!

After YEARS of not understanding why people find Harry attractive (other than the fact that he’s a prince), I watched that video and suddenly it all makes sense...

I have a leather biker jacket I bought while I was living in NYC that I love more than anything. Here in Portland I wear it for the approx. six weeks of fall between “gets sort of cold” and when the rain starts.

Deeply unpopular, but I got through five NYC winters in a truly massive vintage raccoon coat. It’s a 1960s swing coat with a giant A-line shape that hit me below the knee and had a huge fold-over collar that I could turn up around my neck. I wore that thing over tiny dresses with an equally giant scarf and boots and…

Ditto. 10/10, would wear every single damn look. The sashes!!

Displacement rather than replacement! So: rather than banning foods entirely, displace them from your diet with low calorie/high nutrient value foods.. If you want to have X for dinner, go ahead, but eat a salad with lots of veggies and nuts first (or two pieces of fruit, or whatever). It’s a really great way to avoid…