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You need to be careful. "The vapors" can deteriorate into a "brain cloud" if you don't watch it.
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I feel really bad for my mother. Not only had she gotten kidney stones when she was pregnant with me and had to deal with no medication for them, but she in labor with me for 25 hours (I had gotten my chin stuck in her pelvis bones and the doctor had to push me back in and wait for me to turn over), and both my brother and I had nice hard (and round) skulls (no squishy coneheads here).
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After a hard day's work, the man comes home and is anxious to see his favorite thread, thinking: "Hey, maybe someone put some European looking pictures (of girls, duh !) in there !"
So... I open in, and... "Wow, Madame, I'm glad to announce you that you have twins !" I mean, this in not derailment, this is high-jacking !
[uselessly trying to disarm the high-jackers and put the thread back on its course]
Anna, looking European is being overrated. But as I can't say you look pretty American (don't have a clue about what the last part should mean ?!), I'll say you look pretty, period. [question for mack] Was it or was in not a pick-up line ? You have 5 sec. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0. The answer in the next episode of THE PICK-UP LINES [/question for mack]
ludosti, I don't *remember* your landmark thread, I just went through about half of them on Sunday, so they're all fresh in my head. Btw, have YOU ever re-read it ? I know people probably thought of you as being European because of your short hair (kind of like this guy's ? ), but as you said you really liked it there, some of the Bulgarian attitudes might have gotten imprinted in you...
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We ought to just have the pregnancy, labor & delivery thread . All you ever needed to know - the collective wisdom of jatraqueros dispensed in humorously accurate fashion!
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You guys have managed to really really put me off child birth. There will be less Hatrack babies because of you!
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quote: What do you mean? Jexx made it sound as easy as squeezing toothpaste.
*applauds Belle's doctor* That's really amazing!
Epesiotomies scare me, but then again, I'd much rather have one with foreceps delivery than a C-section.
You know, its really amazing what most books DON'T tell you about birth. Its hard to be an informed mother.
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I was scared to death of having a c-section with my first kid.
After one labor with no meds, I changed my tune.
I ASKED for a c-section.
With general anesthesia.
She wouldn't give it to me, though. I think that anticipation is just as painful as the pain. I'd rather be knocked out.
Of course, I'm kidding to some degree, I'm actually really squicked out by unnatural medical things...ie IV's, etc. I'd rather do it nature's way. (This coming from a chick that drinks like fifty soda pops a day.)
Unfortunately, I had to make a decision. Either do it nature's way with a midwife, but not be in extremely close proximity to all medical advantages, or get the bleeping IV and feel safer in a hospital.
I picked the hospital, but luckily my doctor ROCKS. No episiotomy, no shots, nothing except saline in an IV drip with the first child. (Of course there is also the pitocin they put in after you have the baby, but I didn't mind that unnatural stuff as long as the baby was out of me.)
And my doctor was so cool with the second baby, and knew I have simple deliveries, that she let me skip the IV in spite of hospital policy. I ended up getting a shot of pitocin because I didn't have the IV drip, but it seems like a fair trade-off to me. IV's are terrible.
OH and one tip for any people who may get IV's.
Request an anesthesiologist (sp?) to do your IV rather than the nurse. In many places, the nurses can't use the same kick-butt painkiller that they give you before the IV, so it hurts TONS more when nurse does it. The anesthesiologist will numb your hand much better with his meds, you won't even feel it.
Long live Dr. Chin and Dr. Wall!
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The first time anyone complimented my rear, it was in England. I was told that I looked more European than the other American girls I was with. I took it as a compliment.
If you want to talk birth experiences, I'd love to! But I'd rather do it in another thread. I had no drugs, and I didn't go to a hospital. I had an awesome birth experience.
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