birdieponderinglife
birdieponderinglife t1_ivtin7p wrote
Reply to comment by Prince_John in In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth by 29PiecesOfSilver
Male fragility in full display here folks.
birdieponderinglife t1_ivt13gs wrote
Reply to comment by Prince_John in In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth by 29PiecesOfSilver
It’s not “my issue” since I’m a lesbian. I’ve seen it go down enough times for others doing fertility treatments to know it’s a thing. This particular couple “left it up to god” and luckily for them science saved their child.
birdieponderinglife t1_ivsa42m wrote
Reply to comment by stiletto929 in In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth by 29PiecesOfSilver
Oh please, you think men are interested in using another man's sperm to make their baby? From experience doing fertility treatments men are a barrier. Often. Won't do the sperm analysis-- what if he finds out that he's not the virile sex god he thought he was?!?!?!?!?!?! Won't agree to using another man's sperm ("then it won't be my baby"). Would rather put their wife through painful and invasive testing to see if she's "the problem" before taking any hits to his ego or putting in the smallest effort. It's ridiculous. I can't imagine deeply religious men being more reasonable about this.
birdieponderinglife t1_itlwdgp wrote
Reply to comment by saltgirl61 in A train passenger saw a woman waving for help. It was a hiker who'd been missing. by guanaco55
Ya that’s why a flare gun seems so important to me. Redundancy is important— flash light, shiny blanket, high vis clothes and a flare gun and a satellite phone
birdieponderinglife t1_itl7ond wrote
Reply to comment by churdtzu in A train passenger saw a woman waving for help. It was a hiker who'd been missing. by guanaco55
Yep, to wave and get the attention of a rescue crew. Sometimes there is too much tree cover and that’s when something like a flare gun would be needed.
birdieponderinglife t1_itk4k2e wrote
Reply to comment by kelce in A train passenger saw a woman waving for help. It was a hiker who'd been missing. by guanaco55
After binging several seasons of I shouldn't be alive it became quite clear to me that 90% of the people on that show could have been rescued within 24 hours if they had a satellite phone, or even just a flare gun. Hell, something bright colored or shiny even.
birdieponderinglife t1_ivu3lw1 wrote
Reply to TIFU by calling a hospital code by justrightkinda
I’m sure after the confusion dissipated everyone was really glad there wasn’t actually a code. You might be embarrassed but this isn’t a fuck up in my book :)