Tag Archives: Rant

April 11, 2012

Reply turned post, Trisomy 18 and mental masturbation style

I can get really frustrated by people who enter into philosophical arguments about serious medical ethics questions online. Many of these people have a definite agenda, often controlling access to abortion, but try to couch it as some sort of … Continue reading →

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April 6, 2012

When good care isn’t emotionally driven care

Hello, folks! I am slowly getting over not matching. Slowly. I am trying to strategize for the next match. And, I’m trying to take care of myself, emotionally and physically, in the aftermath. In the meantime, I am on my … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2012

Us vs. them (or a blog retrospective)

I cut down on my blogging a lot this past year. It was due to a combination of a different factors. It is harder to tell stories about clinical experiences without discussing my patients or attending physicians in a possibly … Continue reading →

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September 10, 2010

I’ll tell you what I regret, and what conclusions I am jumping to

*Trigger warnings for discussions of sexual assault* I don’t want to go into a lot of details about this, because I don’t want to violate HIPAA or trash any of my peers or future peers specifically. Suffice to say, I … Continue reading →

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July 20, 2010

Reply turned post, what a doula can do

Well, Rixa wrote an entire post about the physician who trashed birth plans and doulas on her blog. I tried to write a reply to it, but I was got an error message that said it was too long. So, … Continue reading →

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June 30, 2010

And, partial birth abortion

I am feeling better enough to post a rant! A friend posted a link on his Facebook page to this ridiculous distortion of an article on National Review Online, which accuses Supreme Court of the United States nominee Elena Kagan … Continue reading →

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May 2, 2010

Reply turned post, I’m Mom f*cking TFH round up style

I don’t know how many of you have read this awesome post at Shapely Prose, but if you haven’t, please do. I am loving this wave of posts in which bloggers are proudly taking a stand on being good at … Continue reading →

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April 21, 2010

Ugh x 2

(Trigger warning) Pregnant woman is told she must have a cesarean for her fourth birth, even though her third birth at that hospital was a successful VBAC. Raped ten year old is refused an abortion in Mexico

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April 19, 2010

“Blog partnership request”

This is at least the third time I have received a “blog partnership request” from someone named Eashwar at ExpedientInfoMedia.com, and he wants me to put up a link for one of the blogs in his network called “The Pregnancy … Continue reading →

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March 31, 2010

Reply turned post, health care reform style

A Facebook friend posted a link to a news story about how insurance companies still say they will fight to deny coverage of preexisting conditions. I replied that I am sickened (no pun intended) by the people throwing bricks through … Continue reading →

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