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I want to go to a local casino with my husband but I have some sensory processing issues. The last time I went to a casino was fine until after I left and I had a terrible panic attack.

Can I wear my earmuff noise cancelling headphones and/or sunglasses in a casino? Is that bad form? I might play blackjack but that would be the only table game; I've heard sunglasses are no bueno at poker tables, but I don't play that.

Or do I just have to chase any casino visit with some Ativan?

I'm trying to find a good local source for nice Anvil brand shirt blanks for screen printing, etc. Other brands okay, as long as they're the soft cotton shirts. AC Moore/Michaels doesn't cut it.

There are websites I've found for ~$3 per shirt but I don't need many at a time so if I can avoid paying shipping, that would be ideal, hence looking local.

This is an update to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/birthcontrol/comments/3yd7wq/my_doctor_encouraged_me_to_remove_my_own_iud_if_i/

I ended up not being able to get it out on my own. When I went to my primary to have her remove it I learned that the midwife at my family practice was the person who taught my doctor that it's reasonable for women to remove their own IUD if they feel comfortable doing it.

When she removed mine, she said it was the most difficult removal she'd ever done. It was enmeshed in my tissues, she thinks, and one of the strings even snapped the first time she tugged! Anyway, second time, she got it out with some elbow grease and said it was the most difficult rem

I just wanted to share this. She said that she'll totally do it if I have trouble, can't reach it, or just don't want to do it myself. She also said my partner could do it if I had trouble reaching (but he's not willing, which I respect). She's an MD.

I was surprised by all this, so I brought it up with a friend who works with women's healthcare providers and she asked them what they thought about this. One was a NP and the other a midwife. The NP said "Sure! I'm totally in support of this!" while the midwife was like, "whaaaa? no!!!". After they discussed it a little more, the midwife was actually brought round to feel like it WOULD be fine, she had just never even considered it.

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I was talking to my mother about the historically high rate of infant mortality. Today it seems (and this is of course based only on my own cultural exposure as a white middle class american woman) that families get so excited about the baby on the way, do a lot of planning, and put a lot of weight on the impending birth. If they lose the pregnancy or the baby, it's an absolute tragedy. My mom and I were hypothesizing that when infant mortality rates were much higher, perhaps women tried specifically to not get excited about the pregnancy since the risk of infant (or even under-5) death was relatively high (plus the risk of the mother's own death). Like, "oh, well, maybe we'll have a baby...

I guess this is just trying to get something off my chest. I've had issues with anxiety/depression on and off for 6 years. I'm in a really bad slump right now and my husband has been nothing but supportive but I know that this isn't easy on him. I just feel so guilty that I need to rely on him so much. I feel guilty that he has a wife with these problems.

I just started taking Wellbutrin and am on day 10 of that (while taking Ativan under my psych's supervision). I really really really hope that it works for me. I cannot emphasize that enough. I have taken Effexor in the past (which worked but I wanted to try to avoid some of the side effects if possible) and gone through DBT therapy and am