. Wonderful news! I hope you are well and happy and that your studies go well .
I can see where your rather petite frame would not support a child well, but then, I never approved of the gestation method that was finally decided upon when humanity appeared. I favored using post office boxes lined with fur until a child was ready for delivery.C Elegans wrote:I am now more than midway, thankfully, I just entered month 6 last week. That means a little more than 3.5 months to go, the due date is set to the shift of June/July. I can't wait, I am so fed up with feeling like a hippo!
As for birthing, I suspect pushing a watermelon through a keyhole is probably about as pleasant. Will you be using drugs to get around the acute and lengthy pain, CE?At the last ultrasound they were 90% it's a girl. I will go on the last ultrasound next week and then we'll probably know for sure.Brink wrote:@CE - And a pleasure to see you again. Finally decided to spawn a little critter eh? Have you found out whether it's a boy or a girl yet?
I'm now mainly working while doing a bit of studying on the side (which I imagine will carry on for the next few years)
Oh, I haven't thought about that yet. The pain of delivery doesn't bother me at all, it's merely physical pain for a very limited amount of time and I can stand physical pain very well. After all, even my petit body has evolved to endure childbirth.Fable] I can see where your rather petite frame would not support a child well wrote:
By the end of this pregnancy, I will probably have gained almost 1/3 of my normal weight, so my body is certainly uncomfortable! I have always favoured egg laying - anything that keeps the thing out of my body would have been appreciated!
As for birthing, I suspect pushing a watermelon through a keyhole is probably about as pleasant. Will you be using drugs to get around the acute and lengthy pain, CE?
ROFL! We often tell our son he was "hatched." Probably wishful thinking on my part.I have always favoured egg laying - anything that keeps the thing out of my body would have been appreciated!
Indeed.. While every labour is different, I will say I've had migraines that are more painful. Yes, it hurts, hurts like Hell in fact, but as you will be aware you also have all kinds of endorphins produced during labour, and they do somewhat mitigate the agony... They actually made me feel quite stoned...The pain of delivery doesn't bother me at all, it's merely physical pain for a very limited amount of time and I can stand physical pain very well. After all, even my petit body has evolved to endure childbirth.
There are many pain relief methods that can be used, and one doesn't need to decide that in advance, one can wait and see how long and painful the labour will be. The pain of endless months and months of sleepless nights and horrible screaming bothers me a lot more!
This is not for everyone, but we found that having our son sleep with us for the first year, moreorless eliminated the sleepless nights; though, I realise, this is a somewhat controversial practice. [/QUOTE] Yes, it really *is* controversial, whether you (or I) espouse it, or not.Tricky wrote:Not so much. I happen to know my parents did the same with me. I was a real crybaby.
Accepted medical "truth" here in the US is that you do not sleep with a baby or small child. The chance of suffocation or injury is real. She may have simply referred to having the baby in the same room as the parents, rather than in the same bed. Actually, you were right in your initial reading of my postfable wrote:You know, re-reading DW's post, I could be wrrong in my understanding of it, instead.
:laugh: Well, when you consider all the work involved in raising kids, I'm not sure the endorphins really balance things out too muchMy grandmother had eighteen children. Eighteen! Suddenly that statement makes a lot more sense. Damn hippies.
Exactly! An aquarium would be perfect, and as the fetus grows it could be transferred to an incubator and one could watch it grow.dragon wench wrote:ROFL! We often tell our son he was "hatched." Probably wishful thinking on my part.
Actually, I have long been of the opinion that it would be ideal to place egg and sperm in an aquarium, and then watch it grow... sort of a more... productive version of "sea monkeys."
The Scandinavian countries and Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore have the lowest infant mortality in the world. This is interesting considering the relatively large differences in practices in these countries.Fable] Yes wrote:
It is a medical truth according to several large, worldwide cohort studies. The risk for suffocations is only part of it, there is also a significantly increased risk for SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Whereas the cause for SIDS is still unknown, one strong hypothesis is that some children stops breathing when they get too warm, which happens much more easily if they share bed with an adult.
We had our son sleeping in our bed. It is something we were introduced to during the year we spent in Japan where it is normal for babies and small children to sleep in their parents' beds. To us it made some sense, and given that our son was being nursed it meant I didn't have to get up in the middle of the night to feed him.
I am aware that suffocation is a real concern, but we found we developed a sort of sixth sense as to where he was and how covered up he was at all times.
Another interesting point is that the occurrence of SIDS (crib death) is almost unheard of in Japan. I realise this is wholly unscientific on my part, but I have occasionally wondered as to whether there is a relationship here.
I am not kidding, although I realise it sounds like a joke for non-Scandinavians. The governmental Patent and Register Office prohibits names that are offensive or are believed to cause unpleasant consequences. Look here:fable wrote:You've got to be kidding. What does the Swedish government have to do with choosing an appropriate sex-worthy name for your child? Are they afraid of having classes full of female Svens? An army of male Dagmars? What is the supposed logic behind this?
Now there's a name to carry around in your passport for the rest of your life... If parents can't use common sense, someone simply has to do it for them. Yes, we do. At least some of us. Johnny Cash wrote a song about "A Boy Named Sue" and the lyrics says it all. As I've previously said I grew up with a very uncommon name, and there was times during my childhood when I hated my parents with all my heart for sticking me with a tag that gave other kids a free pass to pick on me. Don't call it insane, as it is only common sense. Parents are morons on this issue, and don't get me started on names over in the "land of the free".... Oh, and Tricky, rotten fish in a can? I think I'm gonna bump the "Misconceptions" thread again if you can't explain that one pretty well.... . At least, some Swedish friends of my mom and dad once brought over something that he chewed on. It looked like earth or soil and he.. well, chewed on it. I never figured out what that was. I can't remember if it was wrapped in something or came in cans like the 'fermented' herring. But that little gem, written by the late Shel Silverstein, was all about toughening up a kid to be able to deal with the real world. His followup song had to do with the kid and his dad crossdressing, as I recall. Haven't heard the silly thing in years, but Silverstein was a wonderful character.Moonbiter wrote::laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
But how does this justify the government telling your parents what they can and cannot name you? When my mother was growing up, one of her friends was a girl named "Rita Book." That's a terrible thing to do to a kid, but does it require a law to stop it? And what if parents want to raise a child with a name outside the norm, in a religion that isn't the majority religion (or no religion at all), in a household that has two mothers and no father, or a three-parent relatiionship? Should the government be able to stop this to prevent the child from being picked on in early life?As I've previously said I grew up with a very uncommon name, and there was times during my childhood when I hated my parents with all my heart for sticking me with a tag that gave other kids a free pass to pick on me.
Oh, we have some amazing ones.Parents are morons on this issue, and don't get me started on names over in the "land of the free"....
If he means lutefisk, I've tried it several times and liked it. And anybody who eats fast food shouldn't cast stones at it, either. Rotten, indeed!Oh, and Tricky, rotten fish in a can? I think I'm gonna bump the "Misconceptions" thread again if you can't explain that one pretty well....
