I work in abortion care and lots of people ask to see their tissue afterwards. We need more publicity around that—plenty of people look at their own abortions and it affirms their choice, curiosity, and closure. But for some reason it’s considered “icky” in the mainstream so people don’t talk about it. Another area of…

As they described in the photo, they’ve rinsed away the blood so you can see just the pregnancy tissue itself. It’s in a Petri dish with a ruler for scale, so you can see how small it really is at these early gestations. If they had not rinsed it you wouldn’t be able to see the pregnancy tissue clearly with the naked…

The size depends on how you’re measuring it, since last menstrual period (LMP), and how accurate you are about the first day of your last menstrual period. Those identifiable little nubs that will eventually grow into limbs can start as early as 9 weeks LMP, so your story about 10 weeks makes sense. And if it was a…

I work in abortion care. Can confirm.

I just got my genetic testing results back and am at an increased risk for breast cancer. Have my first consultation/counseling appt next month. I watched the documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. ~10 years ago and have been righteously angry ever since. So much pink plastic crap being sold contains carcinogens, and a lot of…

I work in sexual/repro health care and also moonlight as a uni professor. I found 3D printing code for the entire clitoral organ and asked our uni’s Physics program to print it for an anatomy workshop I was hosting (they were the only dept. with a 3D printer).

Jesus forking Christ. Just went down that rabbit hole of information. I am enraged. Thank you for sharing but also holy shit.

If you liked It Follows I recommend Smile, which I think is currently in theaters.

I’ve noticed when I get too scared or overstimulated by a movie I fall asleep. A primal freeze/play dead response? I see all horror movies in the theater, and I still have no idea what happens in the last 15-25 minutes of Hereditary. I woke up to the final still image a split second before the credits. That image…

Related: I used to get a terrible, dark vibe coming from my bedroom closet as a kid. My parents would assure me nothing was wrong, and it is normal for kids to be scared like that. On long nights when I felt so much terror that I couldn’t sleep, I would chant-whisper “I love you Jesus, I love you Jesus” until I would…

I have a few stories about my mom in this thread, so I waited a bit to write my own. A simple but powerful occurrence.

What a great story and, even with the difficult medical decisions ahead, wonderful that your ancestors were looking out for you. I’ve always wanted to try meditation and talking to my ancestors, but there is so much pain, trauma, and death in my family (both my grandmother and great grandmother were married 3 times…

I’m very sorry for your loss and hope that you still get to see M.

I’m a woman married to a man who has 5 months between jobs and thus has been home every day. I come home from grueling and stressful days at work to a clean house and home cooked dinner. It is FANTASTIC.

People can MAKE entities??!!!???!!!! 

My family is touched in a similar way. Honest question: if your husband knows that about you, why did he try to convince you otherwise when you talked about the shadow, when he himself saw something even more severe right when you arrived?

Sehr gut. Unheimlich!

A+. I grew up in that region and this is totally some shit our dads would pull!

Very good! And hope you are getting better sleep these days :)

And here’s another tale from my mom’s time in the lab: