I don’t know what I’m doing here

I’m sort of a cool person. Ish.

[quotes]

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him

[bled]

[petwrestling101]

Sh*t my veterinarians have said

1. I wish we could neuter some of our clients. 2. Here go put these testicles on Dr. J’s phone. I wanna see if he gets them in his ear before he notices them. 3. Grab your phone I wanna video this abscess and put it on YouTube. 4. I’m gonna use the 3.0. No the 2.0. No the 3.0. Fuck it just give me both and I’ll figure it out later. 5. I suture better than God. 6. That might be the prettiest kidney I have ever seen. 7. Why are there testicles on my desk? 8. Is this your pen? That’s a nice pen. This is my pen now. 9. Does anyone know how to fix the blood machine? I think I broke it. 10. While cleaning maggots out a wound…“Damn, I could really go for some Chinese food right now.” 11. Four years of college, four years of vet school, 250,000 in students loans. Knowing how to give a fractious cat an enema…priceless. 12. If one more client jokingly says they helped put kids through college, I’m going to punch them in the head. 13. Is that anal glands or chocolate on my scrubs? Smells like chocolate. I don’t remember eating chocolate. 14. I hope the new puppy exam has a hot owner. 15. Whomever created Web MD should die. 16. I’m pretty sure the tech’s are smarter than me.

[getyourveton]

I love vets

[okayilubuhbye-deactivated201611]

[thingstolovefor]

Don’t forget about #Flint. If you want to help: check out helpforflint.com

It is just unconscionable that this could be allowed to happen and all I hear in national news outlets is about well off folks some billionaires trying to gain more power. Clean water is a basic human right! It’s a damn shame some go without. #Hate it!

[scienceshenanigans]

As a toxicologist, this whole situation is so infuriating. 

[gallicinvasion]

Another woman utterly failed by our society’s devaluation of women’s reproductive health. We can’t wait around for male doctors to decide what we need to know. This is why we need to take control and educate ourselves about our own bodies.

[gallicinvasion]

and here’s some comments i saw under the post. why is this a pattern?? why is this a recurring theme?? why is this information not common knowledge? what the fuck are doctors doing??

[sora2522]

This is news to me so let’s share it so people will know!

[halfhardtorock]

Gross tmi: but i passed a pretty big clot after having my daughter. It was about the size of a baseball. It actually hurt worse because while 15 hours of labor opened my cervix, i passed the clot in 30 minutes. I knew it was a possibility because of my midwife and reading, but everyone Ive told after this (mostly other pregnant women) were shocked that this could happen.

In our culture, it’s much more common to do deep research about what family cars we want to buy than we do about childbirth when we ’re pregnant.

[skeleton-warrior-deactivated201]

Tmi: I passed a huge clot after birth in the bathroom of my hospital room and called the nurse sobbing because I didn’t know it was normal. She treated me like an idiot, but NO ONE told me it was a possibility. And the pain associated with healing for the first couple of weeks after birth was worse than the labor imo. Again, I had no idea. They didn’t tell me a thing besides “sitz bath regularly and change your pads.” Before discharging me from the hospital.

[evashandor]

I was most definitely told about this in school. Fucking hell, 4-6 weeks of bleeding? My periods were/are bad enough, why the hell don’t we get told this?

[love-pro-choice]

I didn’t know it could last so long, wtf? Is the bleeding inevitable after birth? 

[rosietwiggs]

Bleeding is inevitable after birth - your uterine wall is shedding a fuck ton of lining. It can last from three to six weeks (possible longer) and it tapers off.

More TMI - I passed a MASSIVE clot after my fourth birth. At this point I already knew this could happen - it’s normal. What I DIDN’T know, was that I had caused it.

My post birth contractions were so bad after the birth that it felt like full transition labor. And they don’t give you anything for the pain. So I used a hot water bottle, without the nurses knowing, and it caused me to bleed even more. I lost so much blood that by the first time they sat me up to go to the bathroom, I fainted. It took three more tries until I could sit up.

Anyway, that’s not the point. The point is, the next morning I passed a clot the SIZE OF ANOTHER PLACENTA I KID YOU NOT, and I know what is and is not normal. So I called for the nurse and through the door told her I had passed a huge clot, and her response was - “It’s not big. I know what big is.” She hadn’t even looked. So I rolled my eyes and said, “Yeah, no. It’s big, I’m telling you.”

So, sounding extremely put upon, she asked me to open the door. I did, and after a long pause she goes, “Okay, yeah, that’s a little big.”

YOU DON’T SAY.

The point I’m trying to get across is that this shit is so common - women not knowing this stuff is so expected, and it keeps getting reinforced. People don’t expect you to know anything, don’t teach you anything, and then make you feel like you’re totally ignorant and a burden for your lack of knowledge when THEY WON’T SHARE.

Fucking learn EVERYTHING you can when it comes to childbirth, girls. It is the single most empowering thing you can do for yourself. And if you missed something, that’s okay. But the more knowledge you arm yourself with, the more in control of your situation you’ll be.

A few post partum tips:

DON’T use a hot water bottle - lol.

ONLY pads - NO tampons. Tampons can cause severe infection, not to mention, you probably don’t want to be shoving anything up there any time soon.

If you’ve had stitches, sitz baths DO help relieve the pain. Another great pain reliever? Dampen some pads and freeze them. Let one thaw slightly and use it on top of another pad. This will help with the pain as well as reduce swelling. Change the pad out as soon as it’s thawed completely. This REALLY helps on the first couple days after giving birth.

If you pass a clot, don’t sweat it. Even the one I passed, which was fucking massive, just required that we keep an eye out to make sure it didn’t happen again. If it does, talk to your doctor.

Take a pain killer half an hour before nursing. Because YES - your uterus is contracting after you give birth, to get back to its original size, and nursing causes much stronger contractions. Taking nursing-safe painkillers won’t prevent the pain, but it will reduce it. 

Buy disposable underwear for the first few days after birth. They will get VERY dirty. Or use your ratty old pairs that you’re ready to get rid of. Double up on pads - line them all the way up your ass-crack. I am so serious. And wear dark pants.

Pee in the shower. You do NOT want to wipe down there right after birth because ow. Peeing in the shower lets you just rinse afterwards. Especially if you’ve had stitches, peeing in the shower, with the shower-head rinsing AS you go, keeps stinging to a minimum. And fuck everyone else - keep on peeing in the shower until you feel ready to move back to toilet paper. Middle of the night and need to pee? Get your pants off - get in the shower and just go.

This is just a few things, but PLEASE feel free to send me an ask if you have any questions about ANYTHING childbirth/pregnancy/nursing related. I have four incredible kids. I’ve done it all - c-section, vacuume birth, episiotimy, stitches, with an epidural, without an epidural. I’m here.

[discourseboyish-blog]

More tips:  GET A PERI-BOTTLE.  If you have a hospital birth, they’ll probably give you one.  If not, you can pick up any kind of small squeeze-y bottle (or even an empty, CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN spray bottle if it comes to it).  It’s like a little portable bidet.  Use it after you go to the bathroom, then pat dry.  This way you don’t have to climb into a shower every time if you don’t want.

IME bags of frozen peas in your underwear with proper covering (you don’t want to get frostbite) are the best sort of cold compress.

Those contractions during nursing?  They are v v important.  They shrink your uterus, helping your body get back to normal faster (and helping you pass blood quicker).  They hurt.  Keep drinking red raspberry leaf tea (which hopefully you drank during your third trimester).  It should help not only with the contractions, but with your milk supply as well.  Take a nursing-safe NSAID if you can.

REST.  I know this is especially hard for people who are already parents, for poor folk, for people with a ton of responsibilities in general.   This is when you call in the cavalry, if you’re lucky enough to have support.  FRIENDS AND FAM of birthing persons, leave the parent alone with their baby.  Do a load of dishes.  Pick up.  Check to make sure the parent has their baby supplies handy (as in, within reach).  Bring them food.  The more they rest, the faster their body heals, and the shorter the bleeding period will be.  If it tapers off and then ramps back up, YOU’RE DOING TOO MUCH.  Slow down.  This is the perfect time to learn that, as a parent, you can’t do it all.  Always prioritise your kid.  If there’s one time you’re allowed to just let shit go, it’s during your babymoon.  (Google is telling me babymoon now means a trip you take with your partner before you have your baby.  What.  No.  “Babymoon” means the first week after your birth.  When the hell did that switch happen?)   REST.  REST.  HOLD YOUR BABY.  SLEEP.  NURSE.  EAT.  This bonding time is imperative.  You and your baby deserve this time.

@bellyhairs

[thehangryslush]

….I know I keep reblogging this but people keep adding super important information.

[typingsdrawings]

I feel like no one tells women this stuff because if a woman was even a little on the fence about having a baby before this would kinda make them run for the damn hills.

[kaxen]

…..you are correct, typing.

300% EXTRA SURE I’M NOT HAVING BABIES. 

[petitedeath]

peri bottles, witch hazel or anti-pain anticeptic spray are your friends. Also passing large clots after birth is a WARNING SIGN. Bigger than a half dollar is a sign that you have not passed your entire placenta (this is most common in hospital vaginal births where the mother is not allowed to naturally birth the placenta and instead has it ripped out by the doctor) if there is any placenta left in your uterus you can get extremely ill. This happened to both myself and my mother in law

[un-ptit-spleen]

WOW I didn’t know any of this and I’m terrified of what more I’m unaware of about my own body :( Honestly when will we fucking abolish this taboo about the female body…

[artsortment]

I had pretty great sex ed in school (lots of contraceptive information, and totally acknowledged that teenagers might have sex) and all of this is news to me.

And, as a 28-year-old person with a uterus, I’m extremely appalled I’m just learning this.

[deanplease]

Long, but very important information, even for those who don’t plan to have children, because you will almost certainly know someone who will, and you might be able to to help them. Or at least increase your level of empathy for them.

[proudly-pro-choice]

Hi friends! Just a tiny reminder that not everyone who gets pregnant, or gives birth is a woman, and that all of this vitally important information can apply to people of all genders.

Also, thanks for all of these heads up parent tumblr!

[boredpanda]

If Animals Could Talk

[bump-and-release]

I need more people! I post pics of animals mostly!!!

Add me on Snapchat! Username: simba31699 https://www.snapchat.com/add/simba31699

[srsfunny]

He Doesn’t Know What To Do Next

[badsciencejokes]

@asapscience’s doodle of our joke from the book Jokes For ALKYNES Of Scientists.

[unwindingcablecarss]

*pauses mid bj to put hair in bun* ok leggo

[kims-possible]

Ok so real talk I dated this guy for a while and whenever I went down on him I would tie my hair up. He told me later that I had accidentally conditioned him so that anytime I put my hair up around him he would immediately get a boner.

[unwindingcablecarss]

This is amazing

This is true power

[the-angel-of-trenchcoats]

fucking hell lmao

[barrels-barns-boots]

Two days ago my worst nightmare happened. Sunday 7/24/16 I loaned my horse, Cali, out to a friend for a rodeo drill team practice as a back up. I was working so she and her boyfriend came and picked Cali up and were driving an hour and a half away to practice. On the way there, a driver ran a stop sign going very fast and smacked into the side of their truck, on my friend’s side. This caused the trailer to disconnect from the truck, break the tow chains, and flip over. To get the horses out (Cali and my friend’s horse Tucker) crews had to cut the top of the horse trailer off. They had to use the jaws of life to get my friend out of the truck. She was life-flighted to the nearest hospital. She has fractures in her upper back, and a lot of cuts and bruises and her boyfriend broke his wrist and cut his hand. As for the other car, the driver was air lifted to another hospital and his passenger died on impact. Our horses were seen on sight by a vet and then emergency transported to Oregon State University Vet Hospital to be treated. Both horses have lacerations on their right hind legs, in places they go down to the joint. Cali had to have surgery for that and an 8 inch laceration on her stomach that is prone to a hernia. The tendons and joints aside from being exposed look in-tact, and if everything goes well and without infection, she may only come out of this with concern for arthritis in her joints. So all we can do is hope for the best.  

[barrels-barns-boots]

I created a gofundme for both of the horses. The vet bills for the two may exceed $12000 and we are being asked to pay before we pick the horses up. I hate asking for money and understand if you cannot donate but anything helps and is so appreciated. Thank you.

https://www.gofundme.com/2gh4sd84

[thebluefloof]

My family and I own horses and regularly trail ride so seeing any horse trailer in such a state and knowing the animals and their people sustained severe injuries is pure nightmare fuel. If anyone can donate even a dollar to help them out it would mean a world to them.

[4yearsofvetschool]

Week 1 of starting an internship

[drferox]

14 reasons why I don’t always love my job

I’ve been a veterinarian for over 6 years now, and I can’t seriously imagine myself in any other career. The job has its frequent downsides though, and it’s no wonder so many of us leave the profession within five years of graduating. Some go into research or parallel industries, some just wave goodbye and never look back. The important point from my point of view is that these people are still living, and didn’t choose the path that so many of us do, resulting in the highest suicide rate of any profession in Australia.

I think part of the reason we have such a high rate of vets leaving the profession is that it didn’t turn out to be what they were expecting when they signed up to the career. There are times when I’ve been feeling low for a while when I do seem to harp on about the negative aspects of veterinary medicine, but if I can deter one person who truly would have been miserable in veterinary medicine, then that might be one life saved and many years that weren’t wasted.

So here are some of the reasons why I simply don’t always love my job.

1. You have to talk to people. A veterinarian doesn’t just get to work with animals all day, there are people that always come attached to them.

2. Can’t save everything. The limitations of medical science, ethics and money often simply get in the way.

3. Some of your patients are intended to be eaten. Sure, you can save that calf today, but how does your brain cope knowing that he’s going to be burgers in 18 months time?

4. 8am starts, 8pm finishes, overnight shifts, after hours call outs and generally unsociable hours.

5. Everything dies. You will outlive all your patients, unless you happen to work exclusively with parrots and giant tortoises.

6. People will thank you when you put their pet to sleep, not when you’ve saved its life.

7. You must be the bearer of bad news. Many parents don’t want to be the bad guy, so you get to tell the 6 year old why their dog has to die today. You have to tell an old man that his dog has prostate cancer. You have to say those words down the phone when something doesn’t wake up from anesthesia.

8. You will get accused of being in it only for the money, because the pet’s medicine or surgery is deemed too expensive, while you’re waiting desperately for your own paycheck because you’re already $200 overdrawn this week.

9. Aggressive and fearful animals. You still have to treat them, but they’re either terrified of you or want to kill you. Some owners even think this is funny.

10. The kittens and puppies you do get to spend time with are mostly sick or injured, not cuddly and playful.

11. The combination of owning animals and being expected to pay money for them brings out some of the worst in humanity.

12. You can’t be wrong. You’re always compared to Dr Google and the threat on bad online reviews hang over your head constantly, which can tarnish your reputation for decades.

13. Physical exhaustion. Mental exhaustion. Compassion fatigue.

14. The expectation that you will sacrifice so much of yourself and your personal life to graduate and work as a veterinarian. And they fact that we do it.

It’s not all puppies and kittens, cuddles and happy fun times. We don’t just hug the pain away. This is medicine. This is the line between life and death and asking people for money.

[myfairjoy]

“Did you know ‘dressage’ is the French word for ‘my balls are ruined’? I looked it up.”

My boyfriend on his 4th ride ever, after accidentally trotting Joy (via myfairjoy)

@leemgray

(via milessperhourr)

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[culturenlifestyle]

GPS Trackers Reveal Your Cat’s Adventures During The Night

[wnq-writers]

culturenlifestyle:

A recent research team attached GPS trackers to a group of pet cats to track their whereabouts when their owners were not around or sleeping. The daily movements of the pet cats surprised many owners. Take a peek below.

Keep reading

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

We’ve spoken out of this blog multiple times about the dangers outdoor cats are exposed to when they roam. Here’s a gps tracking study that shows exactly how far from their ‘safe home base’ outdoor cats in Wales actually go in just one night. 

“When you speak to a lot of cat owners they say: “Oh my cat just (…) doesn’t go anywhere.” (…) Some of the cats have “gone three kilometeres from home”.”

This cat went in such a straight line it can only have been following a major road for a long period. 

This cat went more than a kilometer into the wilderness at night, potentially exposing itself to all sorts of urban and rural predators. 

This cat traveled repeatedly through the yards of other houses as well as spending a good amount of time in the middle of the road. 

Don’t think your cat travels? It does. Keep your cats indoors. Keep them safe.