Filed under: Activism, City of Ottawa, Drama, General, Holidays | Tags: donations, fire, ottawa, shelters, women's services
As all of you know, Christmas is only a little over a month away. Thoughts this time of year turn to gifting friends and loved ones with special presents to show we care, and many of us make extra donations to the Food Bank or other charities in order to give back to our community.
This year our community needs an extra showing of generosity. Due to two recent fires in a downtown women-only rooming house and a women’s shelter, resources for women in crisis in Ottawa are stretched far too thin.
There are a number of organizations accepting donations of money, food and clothing — many thanks to Ian Capstick for assembling and circulating the following list:
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Filed under: Baby!, City of Ottawa, Health Stuff, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze | Tags: medwives, midwives, ottawa
Anticipating a good result on Friday, I’m trying to decide which set of midwives to phone this time. Last time I was with The Midwifery Group of Ottawa and, while I was extremely happy with the pregnancy care and the postpartum care, events that occurred during the birth left me somewhat less confident in them.
Does anyone who reads here have experiences with the Midwifery Collective? Are they “medwives”?
Filed under: Awkward Conversations, Drama, Dwell On Things, My Kids | Tags: elementary school, fitting in, peer pressure
I handled something badly this morning. The only excuse I have is that I was rushed, I’m horribly fatigued, and every joint in my body seemed to be screaming in pain. Then there was the annoyance of having already dealt with this last year with my older child — I hate repeating myself.
My two guys are 20 months apart in age and 1 year apart in school. Our school is quite small and their peer groups overlap. Ever since he learned to walk, #2 has wanted to hang with the big kids. For the most part, #1’s friends are cool with this and include him in their play but there’s always “That Kid” — you know, the one who uses that desire to belong to their advantage. Last year, he would randomly include or exclude #1 from playing with the group, cajole him (and others) into lending him toys that he would break or lose, or try to convince their peer group to exclude kids from “The Club”.
Filed under: Baby!, Drama, Dwell On Things, Get Older, Health Stuff | Tags: #suckit, endometriosis, miscarriage, spotting, ttc
I had spotting this morning, so I called to book follow-up bloodwork for tomorrow. Despite all the reassurances from the clinic, I expect the inevitable. I think I’ve lost pretty much all faith in my body’s ability to stay pregnant and that totally sucks.
Filed under: Drama, Dwell On Things, Get Older, Health Stuff, Overanalyze | Tags: ssri, effexor, withdrawal, effexor discontinuation syndrome, EDS, despression
I’ve posted about my struggles with Effexor before.
When I started taking it, it was an incredible help — it made it possible for me to get out of a place wherein I was trapped with no hope of escape. There are few things in my life that have been scarier than being trapped in the quicksand of my own mind, and Effexor rescued me.
Every silver lining has a storm cloud above it, though, and Effexor proved this in spades.
