My (late to the party) thoughts, and some I’ve not seen mention med thus far:
1. Bit paradoxical that she’s all about research, yet bashes western medical doctors who produce said research: At one point I heard Kurt emphatically say how Scummy’s all over “GoOgLe ScHolAR!”, which a) is doubtful. And b) unless she’s paying to access individual articles - some of them are hundreds per read - or has an institutional subscription to multiple journals via a University (lol, we know that’s ship has sailed), then the most she’d be seeing on google scholar is abstracts, which doesn’t constitute DeEp ReSearcH. But let’s give Scummy the biggest benefit of the doubt in history, and assume she’s out here doing the most thorough systematic literature review evahhhh (ha!), and that she actually understands what she’s reading (HA!). Even then, does she not realise that the authors of these legitimate, peer reviewed, evidence-based articles, are physicians of modern medicine? As in, the same doctors she’s constantly rebuffing and criticising for not knowing/caring more about her body than she does? It is so weird and funny to me that she’s all about ‘self educating’ via doing random searches online, but won’t allow herself to be educated directly by experts who she’s literally paying to consult on her specific case. I think she just reads too much into people’s mannerisms, and if she hates their attitude or they don’t ‘vibe’ with her, then they are awful and their whole point/profession must be wrong.
2) Leading on from not vibing with the dr, am I the only one who thinks they we’re actually trying to be sensitive with the ‘you should start over’ comment? She made it out as if they said ‘kill your baby’, when actually, to me it seems like they chose their words quite delicately. The suggestion/option was framed more as an opportunity for a different, less complex experience, rather than one of loss.
3) Also interesting that there was apparently zero talk from the dr about her ‘PCOS’ or any hint of fertility issues. If she was at any risk of infertility or hints that TTC would be problematic, I highly doubt termination would’ve been the first recommendation (if in fact it was recommended as outright as she suggests).
4) The name: I think this was mentioned once above, but it sounds like they were perhaps considering a name that was strongly attached to expectations of being a specific ‘type’ of person - no doubt another surfy grom skater energetic most speshuuuull non-TV watcher boi evahhhh! And now that the child might/does have health concerns they can’t force him into that box. I mean, they can’t force Fox into that box either, but hasn’t stopped them trying. It sounds cruel, but it really seems like they don’t want to ‘waste’ their fave name.
Overall, vid underwhelming, still vague, leaves lots of room for the kind of speculation (on specific condition) they need to drive engagement.