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post #41 of 55
2/15/08 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by JessasMilkMama View Post
And she didnt even wait until 40 weeks, but only 37.
Well, that's considered "term" now, don'cha know.

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post #42 of 55
2/15/08 at 10:47pm
You know, I don't think she is a bad mother for making the decisions she did. She has her reason, and whether we agree with her or not I don't believe we should bash her personally. Maybe its not the same decision any of us would make, but it's her choice, her body, her baby. And csections and circumcision for religious reasons are not the makings for a bad mother.

I was happy to read that she is breastfeeding.
post #43 of 55
2/15/08 at 10:47pm
She didn't want any tears in her vagina, but she happily ripped off her son's foreskin.

Nice.
post #44 of 55
2/15/08 at 10:56pm
Are they her choices to make? Yes.
Do those choices make her a bad mother? No.
Does that mean the choices are good or even "ok" choices? No.

At Mothering, we are in favor of genital integrity for all humans, and the safest, healthiest birth possible for all mamababies (which is, sometimes, a cesarean surgery birth, but more often is unhindered, natural, normal birth). People who make other choices are not "bad", but those choices may be.
post #45 of 55
2/15/08 at 10:58pm
Celebs also have c-secs so they don't get as many stretch marks either. Noticed how she had to "decide" when his birthday was. Sigh.
post #46 of 55
2/15/08 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by gcgirl View Post
Well, that's considered "term" now, don'cha know.
and this is a whole other topic. : i went to 44 weeks.
post #47 of 55
2/15/08 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by Arwyn View Post
Are they her choices to make? Yes.
Do those choices make her a bad mother? No.
Does that mean the choices are good or even "ok" choices? No.

At Mothering, we are in favor of genital integrity for all humans, and the safest, healthiest birth possible for all mamababies (which is, sometimes, a cesarean surgery birth, but more often is unhindered, natural, normal birth). People who make other choices are not "bad", but those choices may be.
well said. she has to live w/the c/s trauma and scars. she's not forcing anyone else to have a c/s. yes, i know she is a voice out there saying a c/s is ok, great, whatever, but it is up to all of us to educate ourselves and make our own decisions.
post #48 of 55
2/16/08 at 12:02am
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Originally Posted by Arwyn View Post
Are they her choices to make? Yes.
Do those choices make her a bad mother? No.
Does that mean the choices are good or even "ok" choices? No.

At Mothering, we are in favor of genital integrity for all humans, and the safest, healthiest birth possible for all mamababies (which is, sometimes, a cesarean surgery birth, but more often is unhindered, natural, normal birth). People who make other choices are not "bad", but those choices may be.
I agree. I just hate that young girls have so much exposure to this type of thinking, and very little exposure to normal/natural birth
post #49 of 55
2/16/08 at 12:07am
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Originally Posted by wannabe View Post
She didn't want any tears in her vagina, but she happily ripped off her son's foreskin.

Nice.
This totally sums up the irony of the situation.

The baby will probably mostly be raised by a nanny anyway and hopefully the nanny has a lot better of a mothering instinct than his actual mother.
post #50 of 55
2/16/08 at 6:15am
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Originally Posted by DBZ View Post
Wow. Just wow. How much you want to bet that she is more worried about being less tight down there then getting a tear during birth. And penis balloons at the circ. That is just sick.
This is exactly what I thought too. Penis balloons??
post #51 of 55
2/16/08 at 6:27am
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Originally Posted by yoginisarah View Post
This totally sums up the irony of the situation.

The baby will probably mostly be raised by a nanny anyway and hopefully the nanny has a lot better of a mothering instinct than his actual mother.
Umm.... was this really necessary? Like Arwyan said her decision does not make her a bad mother.

Also... not all women who have c/s have "c/s trauma". Also not all women who have c/s have enormous pain 6 days post partum as a PP said. I went home on advil, not in all that much pain. My foot surgery was worse than my c/s.

Having had a medically scheduled premature c/s.... People chosing to have early babies makes me I wanted to have a vaginal birth and could not, and will not be having one. Having to have one and choosing to have one are very separate things in my mind.
post #52 of 55
2/16/08 at 7:54am
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Originally Posted by Ironica View Post
Seriously, if you don't want surprises, kids are a BAD idea. ;-)
post #53 of 55
2/16/08 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by yoginisarah View Post
This totally sums up the irony of the situation.

The baby will probably mostly be raised by a nanny anyway and hopefully the nanny has a lot better of a mothering instinct than his actual mother.
ouch! come on now!
post #54 of 55
2/16/08 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by DoomaYula View Post
I posted this on the Birth Professionals forum.

I just can't believe a doc would say, "Oh, you don't want to tear? No prob. Let's schedule major abdominal surgery instead." The hell?!?!?! Is that going to become another medical reason for a c-s -- tearing phobia????

No, they would probably say "It's ok-we can make a big ol cut from your butt to your vagina called an episiotomy."

Seriously though, I think if you have enough money people will tell you whatever you want to hear.
post #55 of 55
2/16/08 at 10:30am
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