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Irritable Uterus RM IBCLC

@birthingwaylaid.bsky.social
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Midwife. Lactation consultant. Lover of science & social justice. 'Out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I'll meet you there.' ~Rumi

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Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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GibbertyWitchet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
are we sure that's not whale farting
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Edmonton Raging Grannies 🇨🇦🍁 @yegraginggrannies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TODAY WE PAUSE AND REMEMBER... #Ableg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.
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I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dorothea Palmer wanted to advance family planning in Canada by promoting birth control. For her efforts, she was arrested, charged and put on trial. Her trial, the Eastview Birth Control Trial, became a landmark case in Canadian history. This is her story. 🧵 1/10
Black-and-white portrait of Dorothea Palmer, an older woman with light, wavy hair in an updo. She smiles gently at the camera, wearing a dark floral-embroidered blouse and beaded necklace. Head-and-shoulders shot on plain background.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
Canada winning its first World Cup game and getting to do so in Canada Mexico winning its game in Mexico and becoming the first team to advance to the knockout rounds Delightful stuff, I know the fans are losin it
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital in Knoxville has unveiled a new lounge that features a kitchenette, showers, sleep pods, workspaces and washer and drier facilities for waiting families of children in intensive care: www.wate.com/news/knox-co...
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Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital unveils redesigned lounge for families of children in intensive care
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a space no family wants to find themselves needing, but Dolly Patron Children’s Hospital is hoping a newly-redesigned space could make that period …
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
To my Pride folks. You are loved. There ain't no other you. You are so fierce you got these wockaflockas shook and whatnot. Go on with yo' bad selves.
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Miles Vorkosigan (Taylor's version) @milesvorkosigan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Ruin a first date using fourteen words.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Without healthy nurses, there is no health‑care system, byu Nadine Wathen, Susan Jack www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
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Without healthy nurses, there is no health‑care system
If we want a functioning health-care system, we must confront a hard truth: nurses are being harmed by the very systems they sustain.
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Irritable Uterus RM IBCLC @birthingwaylaid.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Annual PSA that Mother's Day began as an antiwar proclamation. Also, respect to the mums, and hugs to those who are missing their mums today. www.codepink.org/the_radical_...
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The Radical History of Mother’s Day
CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs ...
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day to people who believe motherhood should be a choice and not a punishment.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There is nothing more punk than childbirth.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10/05/2026
Words to your mother.
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Hellhole resident @kairsten.bsky.social · 06/05/2024
May 5th is international day of the midwife. And ALL of the graphics involve birth. Midwives are experts at birth, but we do so much more. Here's a graphic I made for some of the rest of us. Did I get the exact color codes for the pink and blue from the trans flag? Well MAYBE I DID.
A graphic that says

International Day of the Midwife at the top

Left side then says Abortion, right side says "trauma-informed care"

Then there's a 2 by 2 grid of photos
Top left: a bottle of misoprostol and box of mifepristone sitting on a desk
Top right: oval blue pills, which are estradiol used in hormone therapy for trans women
Bottom left: a vial of testosterone 
Bottom right: hand holding a copper iud, a hormonal iud, and a Nexplanon

Bottom left words: gender-affirming care
Bottom right words: bodily autonomy
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WHO @who.int · 05/05/2026
They listen. They reassure. They ease fears. This International Day of the Midwife, we thank midwives for their competence, skills, compassion, and for being there at the very beginning of life.
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy International Day of the Midwife! The word "midwife" is gender neutral. It says nothing about the gender of the midwife. It comes from the Middle English "mid", meaning "with" and "wif" meaning woman - so the word "midwife" describes the person being *with* the "wife".
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/04/2026
I thought this felt relatable
Doctor to patient: "Try to reduce your stress level, and if you somehow succeed please let me know how in God's name you did it."
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 17/04/2026
I saw someone on here arguing the other day that you don’t own a book, you only own a license to the book and the book itself is a token of the license. I assure you, I own my books. I can lend them out. I can read them aloud to my child. I can sell them to other people. I can hit you with them
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I’m letting these speak for themselves. 👇👇👇👇👇👇
Medusa with the Head of Perseus and it says: thelaurendubois O now
I wanted equality. That window has closed. It's all revenge now. Medusa with the Head of Perseus and it says: hm.wolfe  
All women want is the names of 62 million men and a shovelMedusa with the Head of Perseus and it says : thesilverlining_1970
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In 24 hours we went from, "girls cover your drinks in the club" to "women make sure your partners aren't spiking your tea at home". We are not angry enough”.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I hate how stupid everything is.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
2006 internet: RSS feeds, forums, communities of hobby blogs, where people post about interior design, fashion, and music for free 2026 internet: sponsored content, paid partnership, buy my merch, try my supplements, invest in my crypto, click link in bio to unlock the secrets of life for $30
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
hundreds of American health professionals have moved to British Columbia 🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. hires more than 400 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz | CBC News
The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 414 U.S. health-care workers accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
On The Pitt, a Nova Scotia-made ring remover is just what the doctor ordered. HBO’s hit medical show features Canadian device that helps patients with bands that won’t budge, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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On The Pitt, a Nova Scotia-made ring remover is just what the doctor ordered
HBO’s hit medical show features Canadian device that helps patients with bands that won’t budge
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Conservative MP for Powell River–North Island, Aaron Gunn, is, uh, well he’s being trolled a bit for his condemnation of land acknowledgements yesterday. Message from K’omoks, Klahoose, Homalco & Tla’amin Nations: “Chillax, bud.” #bcpoli
Aaron Gunn: If the federal government truly believes in the private property rights of Canadians, they should probably stop opening every public meeting by proclaiming the gathering on the “unceded territory” of this or that First Nation.
Doing so reinforces the radical and dangerous legal concept that most Canadians live on “stolen land”. This is Canada. One country. For all Canadians.𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣: “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙙.” 
March 11, 2026
Chiefs from four First Nations communities are urging the public to please approach Aaron Gunn with no caution whatsoever. He is completely harmless, though momentarily unsettled by the alarming possibility that someone might acknowledge the land before a meeting.
Yesterday on social media, the MP appeared to crash out and demand to speak to the manager of land acknowledgements, a position that observers confirm does not exist.
Chiefs whose territories make up the riding had two words for the MP - Chillax, Bud. 
Land acknowledgements have never seized private property, cancelled a mortgage, repossessed a pickup truck, or altered a single title deed anywhere in Canada.
They are simply people recognizing the history of the place where they are standing.
No one is going anywhere. Canada will survive the brief moment of honesty.
Until then, Chiefs across the region continue to reassure the public that land acknowledgements have not, to date, resulted in any land back.
Hegus John Hackett, Tla’amin Nation
Chief Darren Blaney, Homalco Nation
Chief Nicole Rempel, K'ómoks Nation
Chief Kevin Peacey, Klahoose Nation
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
In the MAID debates, the patient’s voice must take precedence. As medical assistance in dying regime is expanded, those who want to end their suffering should not be silenced by anti-choice activists, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: In the MAID debates, the patient’s voice must take precedence
As Canada’s medical assistance in dying regime is expanded, those who want it shouldn’t be silenced
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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Registration of U.S. nurses in B.C. soars amid recruitment push
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Registration of U.S. nurses in B.C. soars amid recruitment push
This summer, Alex Alvarez will pack her belongings and make the 3,500-kilometre trek with her husband, young son and Boston Terrier from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nanaimo, B.C. — a city she's never visited — to work as a registered nurse.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 10/03/2026
Americans demand to know who they have to bomb to lower gas prices
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Americans demand to know who they have to bomb to lower gas prices
HOUSTON, TX - American consumers shocked by sharply rising gas prices demonstrated their keen understanding of global geopolitics by demanding that the Department of War bomb some foreign country into...
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I like how Aragorn has different names for himself in different places in Middle Earth because he bounces checks or something
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Irritable Uterus RM IBCLC @birthingwaylaid.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Dude.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
i would be a good politician, except i hate people and new things and a lack of career certainty and hugging people and listening to orders and saying things i don't really believe but are forced to support because of party solidarity so maybe i wouldn't be a good politician
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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
OLYMPIC OT HOCKEY
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DSP💙#🟦✡️ @drawstickpeople.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Black History Month post Midwives
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A new study has shown that miscarriage or induced abortion is NOT a potential risk factor for breast cancer, contrary to continued anti-choice propaganda. Even several abortions or miscarriages does not increase risk. The study used high-quality Finnish registry data.
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Prior abortion or miscarriage not linked to increased risk of pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer
A prior abortion or miscarriage was not linked with an increased risk of developing pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer in a study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Sweden’s experience with midwives providing abortion care offers lessons for other countries. Swedism midwives have long led care for healthy women during pregnancy and birth, with doctors supporting when complications arise. Applying the same model to abortion care is both logical and effective.
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What Happens When Midwives Lead Abortion Care: Lessons from Sweden | International Confederation of Midwives
In Sweden, abortion is recognised as essential healthcare—built on decades of research and early innovation. More recently, reforms have enabled midwives to play a central role, making care safer, tim...
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Jason O'Young @jasonoyoung.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Aurora Borealis put on a show across the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday night.
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Irritable Uterus RM IBCLC @birthingwaylaid.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
On a busy weeekday last week, my 3-year-old characterized my morning (minimal) cosmetic routine as "doing your markup". I'll be keeping that one in my archives.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New era. Old soul. Revolutionary folk returns. The tides aren't just turning; they're rising. Get ready.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Detroit swore in its first Black woman as Mayor today and there was no national or global coverage of it.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Canadian house party in winter 🥳
Endless shoes and boots
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Irritable Uterus RM IBCLC @birthingwaylaid.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Incredibly sad, sadly predictable. We in the healthcare system must (respectfully, gently) support choices outside of standards to reduce harm. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Death of Irish mother in ‘free birth’ reveals how poor maternity care is pushing women towards extreme influencers
Women in Ireland and the UK linked to Free Birth Society among scores around world to have suffered loss or serious harm after births
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
However horrifying you think this article will be, it’s worse. These woo groups, from “freebirth” to antivax to “unschooling” to MAHA, all take advantage of legitimately traumatic interactions with healthcare and educational systems to con parents. It’s snake oil, and children die.
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Dorothy Canzano Beach @dorothy4climate.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
“We Canadians who believe that pregnancy does not strip a person of their human rights must all get on the same page, so say it with me now: There is no such thing as a late-term abortion. Editors at the National Post, take note.”
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College of Midwives of Ontario @cmo-osfo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease. In Ontario, occurrences of measles have been rare historically, owing to the successful elimination of measles in Canada and high immunization coverage over the past decades. However, the landscape has changed dramatically over the past year. 1/2
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Practice Advice: Measles Immunization
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
God what a poem. From Marie Howe's book, What the Living Do: bookshop.org/a/862/9780393318869 #poem #booksky #writing
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Michele Quinn, MD, FACOG she/her @drquinngyn.medsky.social · 18/11/2025
IUDs do not work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. This is wrong and a lie concocted to withhold highly effective long-term contraception
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