u/Bead_lizard

I’ve worked at an abortion clinic for over a year now, I’m not a doctor and by no means an expert. However, I’ve seen a lot of aspects of abortion care, including analysis of fetal tissue. One thing that I will NEVER understand is pro-lifers pretending to be experts on fetuses and obgyn practices. For context, my clinic sees patients up to 16 weeks 6 days, which is the beginning of the 2nd trimester.

The protesters outside hold signs about heartbeats and how the patients have whole babies in them. “You can still meet god!” As they try convince patients they should seek help at a Crisis Pregnancy Center (YUCK). But they’re so far off.

First- the heartbeat thing. It’s not a heartbeat! Heartbeats do NOT start at the 18days post conception or whatever the pro-lifers say. There is cardiac activity, around 5-6weeks, which is electrical signals starting to develop but not an actual heartbeat yet, as there is not a functioning circulatory system in an embryo!

When I inspect fetal tissue, I’m looking to make sure all fetal tissue is removed from the uterus, otherwise it could lead to knarly complications. That’s no baby to me, neither is it a gift from god. It’s a consequence to a biological process. Of course a baby will form if an egg is fertilised and implanted. That’s human biology. When I’m seeing this tissue, I see the basis of a human, but it’s so small and unfinished that I could never value it over a fully-fledged conscious individual. Pro-lifers like to make patients feel that their “baby” has functioning organs. Yes, they have individual organs once they are far enough along. No, that does not make them any more alive or human. Nor does that make an individual’s abortion less “moral”. I understand how it can bother someone, but it’s not their business. If the pregnancy is before 7 weeks(a majority of the abortions I see are 5-7 weeks), the odds of any “real” tissue is slim. It will be gestational sac, yolk sac, and potentially a fetal pole. So there’s not much there regardless. Also, it’s considered an embryo, not even a fetus, until the end of week 8. So, there’s that.

Thank you for reading:)

Brand new here!
I really want to get into freshwater snorkeling. I live in Minnesota and have thousands of lakes to explore. I love the outdoors and I feel like I’m missing so much in the underwater world because I’m scared to get in there. I have no problem with wearing the gear. I feel perfectly secure in my breathing and swimming. I am scared of things popping out at me, or a fish coming at me. I know they’re more scared of me than I ever will be about them, but I’m so jumpy that they make me panic every time. I fish frequently and I have no problem with fish above water. I’ve been staying at the surface but I want to go down and see what’s up. Plus, I do work with aquatic invasive species and it’d be such a valuable way to collect data.

Tips on how to get comfortable with that aspect of snorkeling?

My center has been dealing with HORRIFIC leadership. My director will leave whenever, schedule herself with kids and not work the shift, and is just so shitty to us employees. Along with her being willing to break ratios and licensing rules 24/7, while making us feel shitty about small things we do wrong. We’ve gone to outside sources for help, and it hasn’t been helping much. Well, today was our last straw. Almost every person on the schedule has planned to call out at the same time tonight. A majority of us have also placed reports in. Here goes nothing!

UPDATE #1!
Everyone called in! The 2 people who didn’t call in had the day off anyways. Our board of directors is pissed at us. We told them we were going to, but they didn’t take it seriously 🙄. Our director hasn’t texted anyone back, except two staff which she notified about the daycare being closed. We’ve been able to gather some info. Like they want to give a bonus to those who didn’t call out (they’re constantly complaining about budgets being tight btw).

I’ve got bored babies on my hands. Our infant 2 rooms toys haven’t fully updated to match the kids growth for a few months. I’m struggling with bored babies that are arguing over the same toys and when I’m alone, it’s miserable. I’ve got some open-close shifts coming and I need to find a solution so I don’t lose it. Besides bringing in multiples, I think we need some updated toys. There’s some they really like, and I’ll list them to give an idea of favorites. Big stacking rings, rocking horse, pushing toys, touch and feel books, fun textured teethers/toys, large foam blocks, pullback cars, hats, empty containers, balls that bounce when tossed, colorful scarves, stacking blocks, and any toy that lets them make loud noises- sigh.

Do you guys have any recommendations for decent priced, “big” toys for this age group? Group care appropriate, and able to withstand daycare level cleaning/disinfecting. Preferably available on Amazon as there is a classroom wishlist. Thanks for your help!

I have my two weeks typed up. I keep convincing myself I’m being dramatic and I should just keep holding on (been saying this since January). I want to hear other people’s opinions on this. What events/policy would make you leave/avoid employment at a center? Cameras in rooms? Phones locked up? Favorites? Uniforms? Unprofessional staff? Not all happening to me, just examples. I’m curious about others’ employment breaking points in this field