Militants - are they for real?

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Militants - are they for real?
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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 6:59pm

Someone on another board posted this link.
http://blogs.babycenter.com/celebrities/2009/04/12/dr-laura-says-all-moms-should-stay-at-home/?scid=momstodd_20090414_A:2&pe=2U8vYLf
It's about Dr. Laura saying that all women should be SAHMs until the child is at least 3 years old.

Whether we're talking about working or staying at home, I can't quite wrap my head around what is going on inside the brains of people that apply the phrase "all women should".

Do you think militants are actually serious, or just trying to get a rise out of others?

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Registered: 04-20-2009
Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:42pm

"I consider it worse than a waste of time."

I'll concede that. I think anyone who has read more than one of your posts would concede that you think it is worse than a waste of time. No need to further post 100,000 times, more of the same. Just saying. As the lawyers say "Asked, and answered!"

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:43pm

As I said, I was speaking for myself only, in regards to *my* perception of *my* surgeries only.

And as I've already explained, they were not emergency situations, my babies were born with no problems, and the recovery was uncomplicated.

I've had a lot of surgeries, and I don't consider those that didn't require general anesthesia major. Again, speaking for myself and my own surgeries only.

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:44pm
I probably should stop reading these posts....

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:44pm
That's so sweet. My dh loves having girls too. We were trying for a third child for awhile, and dh was kind of annoyed that people seemed to assume we were trying for a boy.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:47pm

"Had I SAH with my kids (not that I ever wanted to), they'd be the ages they are now and I'd be working now so SAH would be of no benefit to me now."


Not that you ever wanted to SAH. That speaks volumes. Maybe if you'd wanted to, you'd see some non finnacial advantages.


Is it "okay" in your mind to WAH, you know, since I have an income and all?

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:48pm
No, I didn't *want* to have a c-section with either of my kids. I chose to have a c-section for dd2 on the advice of my doctors.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:49pm
SAH vs. WOH is not based on how kids turn out, it 's a matter of qulaity of life for their growing up. And their parents'.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:50pm
No, I don't consider that a doctor injures his patient by cutting her open. Just the opposite.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:52pm

I had the worlds easiest labor and delivery -- seriously - I was home for all but about an hour of it and only pushed for 45 minutes -- no drugs no nothing.


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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 1:53pm

>> but to me, "trauma" connotes an injury, more of an emergency situation. <<

My DH had heart surgery last year. It was scheduled, not an emergency (though it was necessary to prevent him from dying), but it was certainly a trauma. His surgeon and the rest of the medical team called it a "traumatic event."

I am not a medical professional, but I am not sure how else to characterize someone cutting your body cavity open, stopping your heart, routing your blood through a machine to keep you alive while they cut up your heart, do stuff to it and put it back together, starting your heart again, and stitching several layers of you back up again - all of which required 9 days in the hospital post-surgery to stabilize enough to go home, much less return to normal life again.

If you've never been through a major medical procedure, or been a caregiver to someone who has, it's understandable that it might be hard to see something like this in the same light as someone who has.

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