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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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:13pm
You know, I don't think it really matters. My point is that treating pg and childbirth as "medical trauma" or "injury" akin to surgery or a heart attack doesn't make sense. I'm talking about how we (society) views pg and childbirth, not about terms in a medical dictionary.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:15pm

No, they aren't. Didn't I already agree that a c-section is a medical trauma?

Again, you're harkening back to the statement that I specifically limited to *me*. I said I would never describe my own c-sections that way. I understand that you and others would.

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:17pm

Hey there, mind if I butt into the conversation?

When people talk about it getting too late in labor to administer drugs, they are usually talking about an epidural. An epidural takes awhile to set up and a little while to kick in. They sometimes will not give you one after you are about 8 cm dilated.

People talk about the painful burning sensation around the perineum right before the baby is born, but honestly, I never felt anything -- I'd gone numb there during the pushing period. I had no drugs and a moderate tear. They gave me a local anesthetic to sew me up -- a few stitches, no biggie. I didn't even feel the shot.

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:17pm
Under this definition, my dd's skinned knee is a medical trauma.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:24pm
*I* could not handle much of a commute either.

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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:25pm
It's pretty progressive, isn't it. It's a large private university with a big endowment. Yes, it's paid parental leave. However, I will say that one of my colleagues (a dad) has taken off two semesters in the last few years for the births of his kids, and he just was up for long-term contract renewal and didn't get it. I have to wonder if that factored in to anybody's minds (not that you could ever prove it). I still think men taking parenting leave is viewed differently from women.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:43pm
No, don't be sorry. I caught that post which is why I was laughing so hard. You must have missed my lengthy excursis on why I thought it was silly even to bother, hard or not.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:46pm
The nurse told me I could not lift anything heavier than 10 lbs. So I asked what I was supposed to do with the baby (11 lbs).
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:55pm
Yep, that was something we decided at the last move. We now have a 3 minute "commute" (walk) and we have all the services we need in the neighborhood.
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Mon, 05-04-2009 - 4:56pm

Thanks for your input.

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