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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)

@placentadoc.bsky.social

Associate Professor of OBGYN. MFM Clinician-Researcher (placenta & cardiometabolic health) at Western University, London (the one in Ontario) “Overburdened with mitochondrial challenges” Placentavangelist. Opinions are my own.

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The impact of parity on uterine rupture in patients with and without a previous cesarean delivery: a retrospective analysis of risk variation in women with and without a previous cesarean delivery Uterine rupture (UR) is a serious complication associated with cesarean delivery (CD) and grandmultiparity. Although a CD increases the risk for UR,1 the impact of grandmultiparity remains unclear.2

The impact of parity on uterine rupture in patients with and without a previous cesarean delivery: a retrospective analysis of risk variation in women with and without a previous cesarean delivery

04.12.2025 05:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it?

Vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it?

04.12.2025 05:16 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Ontario forced to slow new medical school plans after ignoring warnings: AG | Globalnews.ca As part of its plans to improve access to primary care, the government announced it would expand the number of places available at Ontario’s medical schools would be increased.

Ontario forced to slow new medical school plans after ignoring warnings: AG

“a lack of planning in the Ford government’s expansion of Ontario’s medical schools meant the province has created family medicine spaces more slowly than it had planned, the auditor general has found”

04.12.2025 03:23 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
New evidence questions the benefit of calcium supplements in pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia | Cochrane

New evidence questions the benefit of calcium supplements in pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia

04.12.2025 03:20 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Nurse: can you please tell that previa to try not to bleed overnight?

Me: gentle parenting does not work for the placenta.

28.11.2025 21:37 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Vancouver's Last Sex Worker Drop-In Centre May Shutter in Spring The city is changing how it funds Kingsway Community Station. That’s 'dangerous,' its program director says.

"[N]umber of sex workers using the Kingsway drop-in space [has doubled], which is likely due to the overall reduction in services for sex workers in Vancouver."

"For the funding to be at risk in this moment in time feels particularly dangerous to me."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #SexWork #Nonprofit

21.11.2025 20:52 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Unfortunately, rates of iGAS have actually increased rather than decreased in the last several years.

24.11.2025 17:43 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

Gourd Time is coming close to an end. Embrace these final days, fuckheads.

24.11.2025 03:00 — 👍 147    🔁 16    💬 5    📌 2

There needs to be a drastic cultural shift in the construction industry in order to prevent further deaths from opioid poisoning. Most people’s perception of an “opioid addict” isn’t a gainfully employed young man in the prime of his life, but these are the people over-represented in the death stats

24.11.2025 02:39 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Widower breaks down at Brampton, Ont., city hall amid cries for hospital reform The deaths of multiple mothers shortly after giving birth in Canadian hospitals has led the City of Brampton, Ont., to pass a unanimous motion calling for sweeping hospital reforms.

Widower breaks down at Brampton, Ont., city hall amid cries for hospital reform

“He launched an online petition demanding sepsis screening and early prevention reform, which has amassed more than 15,000 signatures”

24.11.2025 02:32 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
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Claire Danes talks about her unplanned pregnancy at 44: 'I was so old when that happened' Claire Danes is opening up about an unplanned 'blessing' — getting pregnant at 44 with 'this oopsy daisy third baby.'

Claire Danes talks about her unplanned pregnancy at 44

"I was so old when that happened. I was 44," Danes said, and admitted she "didn't think it was possible" for her to still get pregnant at that age.”

23.11.2025 19:33 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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First in Canada program lets mothers undergo addiction treatment without leaving children | Globalnews.ca A Quebec program is being described as the only one of its kind in the country: a treatment centre that allows mothers to keep their children with them while they recover.

First in Canada program lets mothers undergo addiction treatment without leaving children

More of this, please!!!

23.11.2025 19:30 — 👍 57    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 2
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Preconception and first-trimester metformin on pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis This study aimed to explore the effects of preconception and first-trimester metformin use on pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Preconception and first-trimester metformin on pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“Continuing metformin treatment throughout the 1st trimester…may reduce the risk of miscarriage & increase live birth rates in women with PCOS”

23.11.2025 18:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world

Acolytes of this “death cult” are manipulating vulnerable women. Several of these “traditional birth attendants” spoke at the recent Reclaiming Birth conference held in London ON

23.11.2025 18:01 — 👍 22    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1

There is no such thing as an intelligent report on increasing school absences due to chronic illness and mental health issues that does not lead with a discussion of the out-of-control virus that causes chronic illness and mental health issues.

@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄

23.11.2025 06:49 — 👍 277    🔁 109    💬 8    📌 7

Just enrolled 2 patients in 2 weeks for a study which closes recruitment at the end of December, after only recruiting 1 patient since enrolment began. The research nurse & I cheered, then sent our apologies to our regional PI for being such last-minute chaos goblins 😬

20.11.2025 19:22 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Canada was on track to eliminate cervical cancer. Now doctors are alarmed by what they are seeing New figures from Canadian Cancer Society confirm a troubling trend. “It’s frustrating to see this happen for a cancer that is completely preventable.”

Canada was on track to eliminate cervical cancer. Now doctors are alarmed by what they are seeing - Toronto Star

18.11.2025 12:12 — 👍 16    🔁 9    💬 5    📌 1
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Vintage Data, Modern Misinformation: The FDA’s use of outdated studies and Makary’s inaccurate all-cause mortality claim, explained

Did you know Makary is using 45 year old, 34 year old, and 29 year old observational studies to spread disinformation about MHT? Ignoring newer, far better quality data is misogyny open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

14.11.2025 18:25 — 👍 340    🔁 118    💬 10    📌 5
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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51 The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m

16.11.2025 04:41 — 👍 1208    🔁 286    💬 26    📌 24
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Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.

Obit from @thesicktimes.org by Alice’s friend @mileswgriffis.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

16.11.2025 06:01 — 👍 176    🔁 51    💬 1    📌 0
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“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:

15.11.2025 10:36 — 👍 618    🔁 244    💬 3    📌 14
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Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...

If you have or have had Tri-Council funding you, too, may be concerned about this Parliamentary Committee request for confidential data.

Also, these clowns asked for 5 years of data on applications from everyone from MA students to Canada Research Chairs in... an excel spreadsheet. 15 days notice.

02.11.2025 02:03 — 👍 17    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 5
Petition to revoke the suspension of Sunny Picard

Last week an indigenous student at my local high school was suspended for an Insta post strongly criticizing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Read & sign if you think the school has no business policing students’ political views (or language on social media…)

openletter.earth/petition-to-...

08.11.2025 19:07 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2
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COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest

"The risk of long COVID was 36% lower in adolescents vaccinated within 6 months before their first infection than in their unvaccinated peers..." www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

12.11.2025 03:53 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit

this should not be controversial 🫠

10.11.2025 03:16 — 👍 3543    🔁 1048    💬 16    📌 37
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C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

12.11.2025 03:29 — 👍 8422    🔁 2751    💬 20    📌 1
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Answering your questions about the Ostrich story your uncle won't stop posting about You have probably seen your right wing family and friends post a lot about ostriches lately. And, since you don’t follow Rebel News and a lot of twitter accounts with fucktrudeau and fringeminorty in ...

Answering your questions about the Ostrich story your uncle won’t stop posting about

The depressing part: this isn’t satire. It is simply a fact-based Q&A.

12.11.2025 00:34 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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As young women turn to social media for birth control advice, doctors try to counter misinformation Some women are quitting hormonal birth control, even though they're not ready for pregnancy. Doctors warn some may be swayed by misleading medical claims online.

As young women turn to social media for birth control advice, doctors try to counter misinformation

11.11.2025 18:29 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Photo of chart demonstrating that the risks to inflammatory conditions, low platelets and blood clots are all higher in kids who had COVID19.

Photo of chart demonstrating that the risks to inflammatory conditions, low platelets and blood clots are all higher in kids who had COVID19.

A study with data from ~14 million children shows that COVID19 infection is significantly more harmful to kids’ hearts than the vaccine.

Marty Makary falsely alleged that “children died” because from COVID19 vaccine. Whomever told him that failed to account for SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Link below.

10.11.2025 15:12 — 👍 220    🔁 107    💬 11    📌 7

@placentadoc is following 20 prominent accounts