Posted on 04/02/2005 4:36:04 AM PST by gobucks
ouch .... I don't think I'm going to share this tidbit w/ Mrs. Gb ... she has an overactive imagination.....
thanks mb ..... and you are right ... too few husbands are sacrificial in intent as they husband in the verb sense (and I, mrs gb can attest, am quite bad in that dept...).
Look for my ping in June.
Well, what a calibration post LV ... and my thanks to you!
Will do ... and thanks....
Thanks ns ...
Thank you Mrs. Wardaddy ...
I'm PROUD of my wife's decision (HER decision) to go drug-free on the birth. And I don't hesitate to tell people (she doesn't like to brag so I do it for her.) Baby #1 was 9 1/2 lbs, but the delivery was very fast. #2 is due in Sept -- that one might just happen at home.
I will ... but I sense that out of all the folks who pinged me, somehow I didn't give you the warm fuzzy a few others experienced. (Now the pattern has always been the same for me ... I tend to rub first borns the wrong way, so this may be a factor).
All I can say is I'm definitely old fashioned, who thinks that those fashions should be current again, and stay that way. The last thing I was attempting was to make any Freeper feel like they were less than 'ideal' b/c they used pain meds. All I knew was that the pressure, bona fide pressure, to NOT go natural was very very real, and I wanted Freeper feedback. This thread has been astounding to me, for it revealed that the circles I live in must not be very much like the freeper cirles I communicate in ... it has been neat.
ping
"Dr. William Sears" ... I will mention the author to mrs gb ... and in my june ping I'll list the books we found most valuable ... and thanks again.
Many thanks on the titles .. . I'll mention them to mrs gb. As for la leche, she has recently attended and reports that the experience was wonderful (although some granola types were there in force, they were nice). I'll ping the june update to you.
Many thanks for all the advice! I'll ping you in June w/ the update ... and be flexible
... And I will provide the June update I promise... and thank you for the title ... will mention it to mrs gb who has a small library...
I definitely will speak to mrs gb about this book .... evidently it is a book folks love or hate...I'll ping you in June w/ an update.
I saw a news report on her ... unreal, and thanks.
thanks for the report , and I'll ping you in June ...
I will indeed ... ping you in June and thanks.
I signed paperwork that indicated my wish for an epidural when our son was born. My neighbor at the time was a mom of 7 and had experienced childbirth both with, and without, medication. She said an epidural was absolutley the best way to go. She actually enjoyed childbirth with the epidural.
My OBGYN had other ideas however. She said I would give birth within a couple of hours and my dilation was so advanced I didn't need pain meds.
HAH! Our darling son was sunny-side up and stuck in the birth canal. Together we suffered many long hours of labor. The pain is agonizing, the worst I've ever felt in my life, just awful. They finally had to pull him out with a suction device.
There is no virtue in "natural" birth. As a woman, I'd like to tell any guy that advocates no drugs to stick a sock in it, big time.
I also found out after my OBGYN's shift ended and she had left, that she is a lesbian. The nurse that told me this was clearly upset at this doctor's routine. As she said, Dr. X has never personally experienced childbirth and never will. Thus her misunderstanding the need for pain meds.
Needless to say, I never went back to that doctor.
"please eliminate the need for co-ed baby showers."
Auntie ... I agree. If some dude out there feels left out of a baby shower, well .... something is wrong. He needs to dial up sports center or something and just sit still and take it. This is what happens when HSN and the Cooking Channel take off ..... :) I'll ping you in June...
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