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I think "perforated" may not be the word you were looking for, but it's a really funny mistake hahaha

I got pregnant in 2021, and during my whole pregnancy every time I saw my OB he was, of course, wearing a mask. When I was in labor he came in, and I was shocked to see he had a full beard! I was astonished, how had he grown a whole beard in the week since I'd seen him last?? After the baby was born and everything had settled down, I mentioned my amazement to my husband, who looked at me like I was an idiot and told me that obviously he'd had the beard the whole time, I just hadn't seen him without his mask on. He'd only had it off briefly in the room because he came in with a cup of coffee.

I felt pretty dumb, but given that I was deep into labor and obviously not at my best I think I can be somewhat forgiven.

I remember there was a lot of talk about it possibly being dangerous to make GPS publicly available for homeland security reasons, which was why the technology stayed within the military for a while. It's probably not the case that the thought that it would be useful to the public never ever crossed her mind, but rather that she wasn't considering public usage in her research.

This is definitely a part of it, but it's not all. When you're a woman studying medicine, people tend to push you pretty hard towards certain disciplines.

That's awesome! You're a hero. My husband has a rare genetic kidney disease. Right now he's fine and living a perfectly normal life - he takes like three different pills every day before bed and has to see a nephrologist every year for a checkup, but otherwise it doesn't affect his daily life at all. However they told us that it's likely he'll need a new kidney some day.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but what made you decide to do this?