Posts by elisheva

Quote: Originally Posted by Storm Bride  I can't imagine revisiting a topic one had already researched, because a celebrity has come to a different conclusion. Lots of people think that circ is the answer to HIV...

So tell me what Bono's motivation is, then. Are you saying he's lying? Uninformed? What?   I don't care. It makes no difference to my life. Would I like to see HIV eradicated or even tamed? Yep. If that means recommending circ...

Given how serious and committed Bono is to the causes he espouses, could it possibly be that there is some truth to the assertion? I mean, it's not like he probably cares if anyone is circumcised or not - he has no dog in that fight -...

Quote: Originally Posted by NiteNicole  I don't understand why YOU need to be your daughter's method of soothing.  If she's found something that allows her to self-sooth, why take it from her?  This sounds...

I know three grown men (as in, I know them - they are not faceless individuals to me) who have been circed as adults for medical reasons including phimosis and persistent UTI or other infection. And this wasn't in the US. And it's a...

Quote: Originally Posted by josie423  I do not dilate or efface before labor.   my active labors have all been 4ish hrs (i.e. 0 to baby in 4 hrs)

Quote: Originally Posted by meemee  so all your kids use soap in the crotch area? no one complains?   dd cannot. it hurts and burns her. she is 9 and had never had soap anywhere near her crotch...

All my kids are under 5. My boys are in the pool once a week and rinse off afterward. My dd is 2 and likes to play so bathes pretty much every other day. Aside from that, they get 1-2 other baths per week depending on circumstances (in...

Here's a slightly more professional-sounding source (though I have no familiarity at all with this website): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21113-us-to-test-anthrax-vaccine-in-children-maybe.html    

You know what? I vax. I believe in most of the vaccines we have. But THIS. This is unfrickin'believable. This is going to push so many more people away from vaxxing.    Because now? Now "they" really are as untrustworthy...