Womansplainer
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Christian. Heart mom. Engineer. I like thinking critically about things. Known to womansplain occasionally.
Joined July 2020
One year ago today we welcomed our sweet baby girl, never expecting that she would not still be here with us on her first birthday. I’m glad I was oblivious to how it all would go down. I was already scared enough as it was.
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Everyone’s like “the line is so faint!” but the faint line is the control line. This is a STRONG positive.
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No one in the history of planet earth has ever actually enjoyed this melon. Keep it away from your fruit assortments
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Here’s the thing. You didn’t “decide the gender of your baby,” you decided which baby you wanted to keep. Maybe the difference seems subtle, but it’s HUGE.
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Ultrasound did not go as expected. There is something wrong with our baby’s heart but they do not know what. I am waiting to get into a fetal cardiologist to make a firm diagnosis and identify next steps. Please if you can spare a prayer for us, we could really use it.
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Our sweet baby girl is home with Jesus now and we are absolutely shattered.
She’s still here with us, thank God. Compared to 1.5 weeks ago, this alone is a miracle. Waiting to see where she lands. It’s all up to her to tell us if or when it’s time to go… still holding out hope for more miracles, but it’s in God’s hands. Thanks for the prayers!.
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My mom volunteers with a pro-life org and this week a pregnant woman she was speaking with decided to keep her baby 🙏🏻 🙏🏻.
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Unironically recommend getting married when you’re both young and broke.
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@SpiritedSparr0w My new response when people say something stupid: “that’s an interesting thing to say out loud!”.
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Gus was born 2 weeks before my daughter and went to heaven 2 weeks after. This hits so close to home and makes me so sad. I think they’re probably best buds up there now though 🥹.
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Wait is she saying like the same baby is back in her uterus again?. If so this is very strangely indicative of how many view the unborn. Not as unique individuals, but as conceptual representations of babies, who don’t truly come to fruition until later on in gestation.
Megan Fox announces she’s pregnant with MGK’s baby following previous miscarriage:. “Nothing is ever really lost. Welcome back.”
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I might get slammed for this but I am quite proud of myself for giving birth without an epidural. Feels like a huge accomplishment.
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Scenario:. Friend A tells me Friend B is pregnant but it’s a secret so don’t say anything. Next day, Friend B tells me she’s pregnant, so I act surprised: “wow congrats!”. Friend B: “you already knew. Friend A told me she told you.”. Absolutely BRUTAL. Who’s in the wrong here??.
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I literally gave birth and it took the doctors .2 seconds to start talking about birth control. Why is this.
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So… I’m pregnant. Like 11 weeks now. Obviously I am grateful for this, but I am also having a lot of confusing emotions. Most interestingly, I have virtually no desire to tell people. I haven’t even told my family. I just… don’t want people to assume everything is ok now.
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Casual sex is so confusing to me. I simply cannot comprehend how someone would feel ok (let alone ENJOY) opening yourself up in the most intimate of ways to a complete stranger and then just walk away from it like it’s nothing more than a high five. I just… how.
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2 weeks without our sweet baby girl and I just miss her so so much
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I have some happy news, guys! I am having a baby in December 🥹.
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Facing an impossible decision. Desperately in need of a miracle. Please… we’re begging for your prayers, even if you are not the praying type. We need healing. Stability. Comfort. Wisdom. Peace.
Unfortunately she’s continued to worsen. We are now reaching out to other centers, as she is no longer a good candidate at her current transplant center. Please pray for peace and wisdom as we decide next steps, and that another center will agree to take her case.
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1) God is wholly good.2) God is all-powerful.3) my baby died. How can these all be true? It doesn’t make sense. But they are, so… there must be something I don’t know.
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It was the greatest honor to carry my daughter for 9 months, deliver her into the world, and care for her to the best of my ability for the time that we had, before handing her over into the loving arms of her savior, the greatest ultimate destination. I hope I did an ok job.
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When are we going to finally acknowledge that Friends was terrible for society? This show did more to normalize hook up culture, pornography, and the like than possibly anything else.
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I don’t understand why women get naked for maternity photos like whyyyyyy.
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Oh yeah so the crazy thing was that we drove to Louisville on a whim to celebrate Gus’ life. It was such a beautiful service, this sweet boy is so precious 💕
Might be about to do something crazy today guys.
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Would covet your prayers for my 12wk ultrasound later this afternoon.
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I don’t know how to explain this more clearly for you but death by natural means is better than death by murder.
Congrats, conservative Christians. Your wish came true.
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Can I once again request prayers, friends? Baby girl is due for surgery tomorrow and we were in the ER almost all last night because apparently I have kidney stones. Feeling pretty miserable and frustrated right now. I haven’t slept even nearly enough in over a week.
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I, too, voted for my daughter and the many babies like her who are diagnosed in-utero with severe birth defects and still deserve a chance at life.
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I just recently learned that many times, very early miscarriages go entirely undetected because they occur before the woman even knows she was pregnant. I wonder how many of us will have babies in heaven that we never knew about.
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All I want is to stop seeing the picture of the man with the massive fake boobs on my timeline. Please.
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Is she wearing an IUD necklace?.
I'm a Christian wife and mother who is sick and tired of seeing my faith weaponized as a tool for hatred and oppression. Christian nationalism is a perversion of both Christianity and the constitution. So, I just voted for Kamala.
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@MattWalshBlog Absolutely disgusted by all this translucentphobia (transphobia for short). The systemic forces against our see-through friends are simply unacceptable.
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My little girl was such a miracle. There were so many days she “shouldn’t” have survived through but did. So many things she conquered, so young. She’s the strongest and bravest person I’ve ever known and my life will be forever changed because of her.
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Baby looks good ❤️ thanks everyone for the prayers. Next big step will be an early anatomy scan and echo at 16wks.
Would covet your prayers for my 12wk ultrasound later this afternoon.
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Even selecting for embryo health is icky. My baby with a severe birth defect was no less worthy of life than any other baby. She was worth everything we went through and I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat if the alternative is to never have had her.
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People keep telling me I am “strong.”. I assure you I am not. I have never been so broken, so weak, so aware of my own inabilities. I am not strong, but Christ is and that’s enough.
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PSA: do not—I repeat, do NOT—try to sympathize with someone whose baby is in the hospital by letting them know your dog was in the hospital recently.
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Please please please we need urgent prayers. Baby girl is not well. Something is acutely very wrong and they don’t know what. If they can’t stabilize her, next step is ECMO and hope she recovers enough to be transplanted. The situation is dire.
Surgery went well and thankfully very little bleeding. Now onto recovery ❤️🩹.
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My heart is absolutely crushed all over again. Life is so cruel sometimes. Pray for the Jouberts and sweet Gus.
Saying our goodbyes.
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Baby girl has a Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect. She will require a series of heart surgeries in her first year or so. While this is not exactly the news I wanted to hear, I am so grateful for medical technology and that this is likely a survivable condition. Thank God.
Ultrasound did not go as expected. There is something wrong with our baby’s heart but they do not know what. I am waiting to get into a fetal cardiologist to make a firm diagnosis and identify next steps. Please if you can spare a prayer for us, we could really use it.
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*when I get all dressed up to look nice for an event*. My husband: 🦗🦗🦗🦗. *on a random Tuesday evening when I’m tired and wearing sweats*. My husband: “you look very beautiful today”. Make it make sense.
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I don’t know if there’s a pain greater than losing a child, but it’s interesting that’s how God chose to demonstrate His love for us—through the death of His Son. God intimately understands the deepest of pain, and took it on willingly *for us*. Wow.
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Dating advice: if you can’t just talk with them for hours and hours and hours, they’re not your person.
no one wants to facetime for hours.
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Wtf is this stuff I’m seeing on my timeline about “painless” births yall gotta have either amnesia or lying tendencies.
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We got my daughter one of those ceiling projectors when she was in the hospital. She loved it so much. I miss lying with her in bed, staring up at birds and fish and mountains and northern lights and telling her about how beautiful the earth she never got to see is.
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We had baby girl’s celebration of life today. It was so nice. I was overwhelmed by the number of people who came to support us. The gospel was preached and we worshipped God. My heart is so full and so thankful.
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No woman wants to submit to a man who rants online about how women must submit. If you want to be worthy of submission, try being a selfless and humble leader, valuing others above yourself, and remove the word “submit” from your vernacular.
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Please… someone please tell me I will be ok again someday 😔.
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Getting a prenup is basically just planning for divorce. If you feel the need for one, you shouldn’t marry that person. Also, you should keep joint bank accounts. No such thing as “my money” or “your money.”.
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I want every unwanted baby.
I cannot believe the term “wanted pregnancy” exists. All babies should be wanted.
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@mark_joubert My husband and I are praying for Gus every day. Our sweet girl was born just a couple weeks after him, was on ECMO for over 3 weeks, and is now awaiting a heart transplant. These little heart babies are so strong!!.
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Pray for them.
We said goodbye to our sweet and beloved son, Augustus Elliott Joubert tonight, July 20th, 2024 at 6:50 PM. What a sweet gift. He changed our lives forever. The Lord is good. He gave us so much time together.
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If you have a healthy baby, do you know how lucky you are?.
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Another heart baby on our floor passed away this week 💔💔 please can you take a moment to pray for this family?.
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As a parent you have an obligation, legally and morally, to care for your child and supply their needs. A prenatal child requires your womb, so, yes, they have every right to use it and you have an obligation to provide it.
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@meghaverma_art Crying is only for pain? You do realize happy tears are a thing, too, right? Have you never seen or experienced something so beautiful, it brings tears to your eyes?.
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STOP COMPARING CHILD LOSS TO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT LOSING YOUR CHILD.
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There aren’t words to describe how it feels to go home without your baby after MONTHS of trauma in the hospital, but Mark does a pretty good job:.
Going home has been so incredibly painful. The grief comes in unrelenting waves. If the kind of wounds we had were visible, we'd look like we'd narrowly survived an explosion - but these wounds don't show on the outside. It hurts so much because he was such a gift. "My soul is
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4 months without you. Still waiting for it to get easier.
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I was around a baby ~7 weeks younger than my daughter for a while today and I did ok! Please clap.
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Re: the statement, “I want nothing to do with a God who would do X” (or similar). If you accept the premise that there is a God, but reject what He says/does, you are actually saying that you know better. You are making yourself your own god.
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Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh. Family friend of ours had a baby a couple days ago who is now being airlifted to another hospital for emergency heart surgery due to a defect they did not know about. Please pray 🙏🏻.
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I may or may not have walked away from a church service bc I didn’t want to hear the pastor talk about how God came through for them with their son in the NICU who’s doing great now.
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If your child has gone home to be with the Lord, thank God for the blessing of their life and the time you got to spend with them.
If your child is healthy at home, thank God. If your child is sick at the NICU, thank God. Every child is a gift from God.
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Please pray for a family friend whose son took his own life last night.
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1 month without our sweet girl today. I miss her so much it’s actually physically painful.
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Another thing not to say to someone who lost a child: “you can always try again!”.
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On the last day of my daughter’s life, her heart surgeon was flying back into town after being gone for a few days. He landed at the airport and came straight to the hospital to see us and offer his condolences. He wasn’t supposed to be working that day.
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We were offered abortion after our 20 week scan showed a severe cardiac anomaly. But everything we went through was worth it for the 6.5 months we got with our daughter. I would do it all over again. Because life, even if it is short, is fundamentally good and worthwhile.
I don’t need to imagine. We did it. It IS possible to carry babies with a life limiting diagnosis. I’m able to sleep at night knowing they died in peace, holding each other.
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The unborn are the most discriminated against people group of the modern era.
Lowkey if I was pregnant and wanted sushi I would go get an abortion just to eat some.
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Do people really just frivolously spend this kind of money daily and never stop to think just how much it is???.
just learned that it only takes $27.30 a day to spend an extra $10,000 a year and suddenly my fun drinks and sweet treats aren’t so fun.
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I’ve never understood before what it means to truly long for eternity and Jesus’ return. Every day I just find myself begging Him to come back and make everything right.
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I literally JUST felt movement, undeniably.
Apparently my placenta is anterior, so that explains why I haven’t felt such obvious movements yet like I had with my daughter by this point.
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I hope someday I will have a baby who can come home with me.
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We signed!.
We are going to look at a house in an hour. Honestly, I am hoping this will maybe be the one and we can move 🙏🏻.
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I hold this crazy belief that babies shouldn’t be murdered.
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I’ve found that “we live in a fallen world” isn’t really a helpful answer to why my baby died. It maybe helps understand why she could have been sick, but God is capable of miraculous healing. So why didn’t He do that here? “Because Adam and Eve sinned” doesn’t answer that.
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@adamkotsko Same energy.
This is land by the Colorado, Kansas border from a plane. Pretty cool. I have no idea how/ why it looks like this
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Dogs are not brothers or sisters or sons or daughters STOP calling them as such 😩.
My most boomer take:. I hate when people post pregnancy announcement pics with their dog with a scarf of bandana implying the dog is going to be a big brother. No, he’s a dog. He is a DOG.
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New realization/fear: that people won’t really want to hear my daughter’s story because it ends sad. We gravitate towards happy stories with miraculous endings, for obvious reasons. I understand why. But I still want her story to be told and the memory of her life to continue.
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I wanted to be a mom for so long, I will never get sick of saying “my daughter” and so I will CONTINUE TO DO SO FOREVER AND EVER even though she is not here with me anymore.
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I wish I had more videos of my baby’s cry. After she was intubated at 8 days old, we never got to hear it again due to a vocal cord injury. She had the sweetest little cry and I only have one or two Live Photos of it 😓.
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I am in labor! Please say a prayer if you would 🙏🏻🙏🏻.
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I love how they called Christianity “The Way” in the early church. We should use that more.
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You can be a Christian and believe evolution / old earth.
What's an opinion of yours that would be very unpopular with most of your mutuals?
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“You can try again” is something you say to someone who made a mistake, not to someone whose baby died. When you say it to a bereaved parent, whether or not you mean it this way, it can sound like, “you messed up.”.
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I promise you don’t need to make sure you’re “sexually compatible” with your partner before marrying them.
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She’s still here with us, thank God. Compared to 1.5 weeks ago, this alone is a miracle. Waiting to see where she lands. It’s all up to her to tell us if or when it’s time to go… still holding out hope for more miracles, but it’s in God’s hands. Thanks for the prayers!.
Facing an impossible decision. Desperately in need of a miracle. Please… we’re begging for your prayers, even if you are not the praying type. We need healing. Stability. Comfort. Wisdom. Peace.
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Once, on a plane home from a family vacation, we experienced the WORST turbulence. Terrifying. Everyone puking. Pure misery for 2.5 hours straight. The only thing that kept me sane was my brother (a pilot) sitting next to me, watching football on his phone, wholly unconcerned.
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