Was offered a local anaesthetic & it was painless. The doctor had inserted hundreds & based on my experience I’d say skills matter. That being said, I had it in for four years,  i complained to another doctor that it just didn’t feel right, got dismissed, turns out it’d moved & I was pregnant w the IUD embedded into my uterus. Ended up w PID & in pain & on antibiotics for months 

Great idea but only #6 is good. Make a clean break, don’t offer friendship & you don’t need permission so stop with the hope this is okay tone 

We need to think about whether intervention orders are the right tool or we need a completely different approach. And in terms of systematic issues, housing undermines our FV response as people don’t have places to leave to … 

I’m a single mum to a newborn and I can already see the benefits - I don’t have to maintain a relationship, fit in with someone else’s schedule, do the mental load for another adult. I can sleep in if ive had a bad night (and don’t have anything on). I can decide how ill parent. I didn’t choose this, i had an unplanned pregnancy after a very much planned break up. But there seem to be silver linings galore. 

@laura__palmer based on the approach she may face this issue any where she goes… 

Let me get this right - you expected your neighbour to offer half the price for the fence & your first response to issues was a complaint or a request to council for an expensive assessment or regulatory process - not a discussion? Seems as though these issues could have been avoided with discussion, building a relationship based on collaboration. If you have signs up and your neighbours are filming you, also indicates there is no trust or respect & a whole lot of animosity 

@rush it’s actually statistically normal for rich families to die at higher rates as they engage in high risk activities - fly light aircraft as non professionals, ski, go in helicopters, fast boats, scuba etc. 

@cat they were convinced to try this new therapy by the charlatan that created it. They thought it would be a cure. When it didn’t work they were devastated and again followed the advice of the experts. They thought they were doing the best thing & it wasn’t until years later that they realised they’d been lied to. There is a great good on the inventor to read if you’re interested 

@pippa love this. We don't have to equate others joy with our pain. We can healthily separate the two. Good for you. I think we can all have healthy boundaries and healthy ways of communicating with others. 

The title of this article is so concerning - 'When a baby scan is offensive: fertility privilege.' As a society we need to celebrate joy, have compassion for each other, learn how to share that compassion tactly and overall focus on building each other up and being strong, open, community minded people.