gordsellar’s Twitter Archive—№ 5,877

... re: when in-laws and relatives are/aren't welcome to visit. K-parents & boundaries? Always a struggle. @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

4. Talk to your Korean in-laws BEFOREHAND. Firmly establish boundaries comfortable to both partners well before @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

—as a matter of pure procedure, since I wasn't being obtrusive or anything. (I could go on w/this point...) @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

And finally, 5. Those post-partum recovery center places? Totally worth it, *if* you can afford them. @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

... the room where amniocentesis is performed. (We saw a filthy lapdog brought in there, & found a new doctor.) @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

2. Hang around in the waiting room one afternoon, and see if the ob/gyn allows patients to bring animals into... @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

Like: 1. If not fluent, find a bilingual ob/gyn or at least one patient with someone translating in the office. @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull

3. Talk with the doctor re: specific delivery protocol. I had no idea I'd be repeatedly "sent out" of the room— @BigHominid @JamesTurnbull