u/succulentpaneer

Im 27F, recently moved to St Paul from Michigan. While my (newly wed) husband's friends are great, I'm looking to make my own friends closer to my age whom I share interests with.

I only just finished my masters degree and haven't found work yet so I'm mostly fostering itty bitty kittens, gardening, making jewelry and playing video games.

But I'd like to get back to enjoying my nightlife, city lights, underground scenes/clubs, impromptu tattoo appointments and the likes with fun people. The midwest is very different from my life back in India and it's been driving me nuts lol

I'm a ciswoman, queer, very non-judgemental, open minded, spontaneous, musician/poet, body art enthusiast, psychonaut with killer playlists. Plus you're welcome to hang out with really tiny foster kittens and our dogs.

My partner and I want to strengthen our relationship, and we're trying to find good couples therapists in the twin cities (or telehealthl) that won't burn a hole in our pockets. I'm in between jobs right now so anything under ~$200-240 per session would be doable.

Appreciate any leads! Especially if theyre informed on BPD, immigrant mental health, interracial couples etc.

I’m flying Hyderabad → Frankfurt → Chicago on Lufthansa on June 16th with my two cats.

The cats would ideally travel in cabin (one of them is currently registered as excess baggage) and the FRA layover is 1hr 45min.

I’m trying to understand a few things from people who have ACTUALLY done this route recently:

1. If the cats are staying airside in Frankfurt on a single Lufthansa itinerary, are they normally checking/enforcing EU rabies titre requirements for transit cats from India?

2. Has anyone here transited FRA recently with Indian cats going to the US without a titre test?

3. Is in-cabin generally “safer” than excess baggage in terms of transit scrutiny/document checks at FRA?

4. I’ve heard Frankfurt refuses pets in excess baggagel transit unless the layover is 4+ hours. Is that true?

5. Has anyone used gabapentin for Lufthansa cabin cats recently? I know airlines dislike heavy sedation, but I’m talking about mild vet-prescribed calming doses for anxious cats during a 20hr journey.

I’m not trying to break rules or do anything shady. I’m just getting extremely inconsistent information and trying to avoid my cats getting stranded in transit because one employee interprets things differently from another.

Would really appreciate firsthand experiences especially in the past 2 years.

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I’m flying Hyderabad → Frankfurt → Chicago on Lufthansa on June 16th with my two cats.

The cats would ideally travel in cabin (one of them is currently registered as excess baggage) and the FRA layover is 1hr 45min.

I’m trying to understand a few things from people who have ACTUALLY done this route recently:

1. If the cats are staying airside in Frankfurt on a single Lufthansa itinerary, are they normally checking/enforcing EU rabies titre requirements for transit cats from India?

2. Has anyone here transited FRA recently with Indian cats going to the US without a titre test?

3. Is in-cabin generally “safer” than excess baggage in terms of transit scrutiny/document checks at FRA?

4. I’ve heard Frankfurt refuses pets in excess baggagel transit unless the layover is 4+ hours. Is that true?

5. Has anyone used gabapentin for Lufthansa cabin cats recently? I know airlines dislike heavy sedation, but I’m talking about mild vet-prescribed calming doses for anxious cats during a 20hr journey.

I’m not trying to break rules or do anything shady. I’m just getting extremely inconsistent information and trying to avoid my cats getting stranded in transit because one employee interprets things differently from another.

Would really appreciate firsthand experiences especially in the past 2 years.

I’m flying Hyderabad → Frankfurt → Chicago on Lufthansa on June 16th with my two cats.

The cats would ideally travel in cabin (one of them is currently registered as excess baggage) and the FRA layover is 1hr 45min.

I’m trying to understand a few things from people who have ACTUALLY done this route recently:

1. If the cats are staying airside in Frankfurt on a single Lufthansa itinerary, are they normally checking/enforcing EU rabies titre requirements for transit cats from India?

2. Has anyone here transited FRA recently with Indian cats going to the US without a titre test?

3. Is in-cabin generally “safer” than excess baggage in terms of transit scrutiny/document checks at FRA?

4. I’ve heard Frankfurt refuses pets in excess baggagel transit unless the layover is 4+ hours. Is that true?

5. Has anyone used gabapentin for Lufthansa cabin cats recently? I know airlines dislike heavy sedation, but I’m talking about mild vet-prescribed calming doses for anxious cats during a 20hr journey.

I’m not trying to break rules or do anything shady. I’m just getting extremely inconsistent information and trying to avoid my cats getting stranded in transit because one employee interprets things differently from another.

Would really appreciate firsthand experiences especially in the past 2 years.

My two cats are flying from HYD-FRA-ORD. One pet in cabin, one pet as excess baggage. The customer service is giving me tons of confusing misinformation.

They are now telling me pets as excess baggage through Frankfurt requires minimum 4 hour layover, and my layover is only 1.5hrs so it is not possible.

Is this true? Has anyone travelled with their pet in excess baggage through Frankfurt? They all seem really confused and I had to correct them multiple times. One of them asked me to google stuff?

I'm 27, not on any regular birth control except condoms. I normally dont get cramps at all except for a few pokes. One period ago I took maybe 3 morning after pills (post wedding frenzy). I dont worry about plan B pills because they rarely mess with my cycle. The next period was fine, on time.

My period is has been due between 22nd-27th of the month lately.

10 days ago I had the worst cramps of my life, almost like a lit matchstick boring into my uterus on one side. I could feel it through 2 advil, then again the next day. Since then, no period. I should've gotten it at least 5 days ago. I had unprotected sex with ejaculation twice two nights after the cramps because I thought my period was due, and forwent the plan B because I didn't want to mess with my hormones further.

Since then, no period. Two negative pregnancy tests. Is this concerning enough to go to the doctor? Shits expensive.

History: I had a miscarriage when I was 21 and a medical abortion at 23. When scanning through my last pregnancy, the doctor did say 'this pregnancy also looks unhealthy' and never elaborated since I was in for termination anyway. Havent had a scan since, and I didnt have any fibroids or cysts then.

I previously haven't had issues with periods through plan B's.