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herpsandbirds

dysfunctionalphotography

Wedge-tailed Eagle, Exmouth WA

Almost exclusively known as "Wedgies" by all Australians.

gorjee-art

HEARTACHE OF CHAOS - THINGS NEVER SAID.

Another few pages done after 40 years! Thank you to the patrons who doodled and decorated on page 2! Thank you to @abananasaurus , @moon-wolfie ,@bloody-hugs, @the-one-teapot, @sp00kybl00ky, Tobi , and CaptainAllBlue!

#the art style in this is unreal #breathtaking #not to mention the comic itself

probuccalfat

i cannot emphasize enough how important it is that you should ideally give birth in a fully equipped and staffed medical facility or if you insist on giving birth through an alternative method you should be within minutes of a hospital and i mean under 5 minutes if you’d like me to be really fucking frank

probuccalfat

like i can get on board with so much feminist theory and stuff, truly, and i do acknowledge that obstetrics and gynaecology as a field holds blind spots that are egregious (e.g. infant and maternal mortality in the black community) but there is no empowerment in risky birthing practices that our foremothers, and i’m not mincing words, often suffered through. birthing is natural, but it is not “easy” or even “innate”, it is best practiced guided and witnessed by those that know what to do in an emergency. you are not reconnecting to any innate feminine nature by practicing dangerous birthing practices—you are recreating a time when the bodies and lives of women barely mattered and it was expected that death would/could occur at insane and tragic rates.

probuccalfat

this is a hill i will spend the rest of my days fighting on because while i am not interested in birthing children myself, i have an incredible passion and interest in the field of labour and delivery. it’s been one of my greatest joys to play even a small part in delivering neonates. i do not want anyone to risk their babies over a deeply, deeply misguided idea of free birth being “the natural way” when natural is not always synonymous with the safest way.

anarchohellenism

So many people think it's either midwife or doctor. It's not. Have your midwife or doula in the hospital room with you, I promise the doctors don't give a shit. Hell, you can have her do the delivery itself and just have the doctors there as emergency backup! But for the love of your baby, go to the fucking hospital.

probuccalfat

yup. a lot of hospitals are willing to work with you to realize your birthing plan as much as they can within safe limits and parameters. my hospital is closely and highly allied with midwives all up and down the coast, with the explicit instruction to call the midwife when we know a labouring patient is about to deliver so we can respect their plan. genuinely, you can have almost any kind of birth you want—just make sure that there are qualified professionals in attendance, and it’s not just midwives or OBGYNS you need. you have no idea when you’ll need a respiratory therapist on call, you have no idea when you will need a blood transfusion within minutes or risk certain death, L&D nurses do not have the same training as NICU nurses if a baby declines rapidly. it’s a literal thousand things that can go wrong and you should be in the best place for them to go wrong.

#yeah #the first was several hours long and the pain was managed with a gas and something called counterpressure from my husband #the second was spontaneous in the shower #lost a lot of blood but everyone was ok #thankfully the emts arrived very quickly #we live in a small town close to multiple hospitals with our own town nurse #thank god #or rather thank the people in all the systems that allowed this to be a reality

ghostificati0n

my redraw for the hoenn redraw event hosted by @poketcg-art!! i wanted to do an atsuko nishida, especially a card i actually owned, so im glad i got this grumpig :3

longsightmyth

I bring a real 'actually people who are pregnant do deserve some special consideration because they are effectively at least temporarily disabled if not permanently after some complications' vibe to the party that a lot of people don't seem to like

#anemia is very common in pregnancy because a significant portion of your blood is going to building a new person #i collapsed on more than one occasion because of it #the fetus also presses on your lungs stomach and intestines #which makes breathing eating and going to the bathroom very difficult #and after the baby is born a lot of people quite literally tear apart their vagina #which you can imagine makes sitting a delicate process #including DRIVING A CAR #among the hormonal changes

beardedmrbean

herpsandbirds

Cuckoo wasp on aster from the Hudson Valley

Gorgeous, thank you for sharing!

godzilla-reads

She is beauty 😍

cornercritter

my self-indulgence. happy fucking pride.

sapphireh3arts

today is the ten year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. a full decade ago, i lost a friend and a coworker. i was lucky. i had friends that lost several people. today, please remember and fight for all those that have died to live the life they should have been free to. i'll always remember you, Cory.