Re: FRI Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri May 27 09:10:27 2005
But I can't show pictures of my kidney stones at their fourth birthday
party. *smile*.
On this Memorial Day weekend, let's all remember those who paid the
ultimate price so we can enjoy these conversations.
art
At Fri, 27 May 2005, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>
>Here's my kidney stone response: When you have a kidney stone it is
>terrible pain, but they can give you massive amounts of narcotics
>without any concerns about whether the kidney stone will be depressed
>when it is passed, and if it doesn't pass, they can blast it to bits
>with shock waves. Not so a baby.
>
>--
> Anna Meenan, MD
>
>At Thu, 26 May 2005, art fougner, md wrote:
>>
>>there's a lot of estrogen in this room LOL.
>>btw i had kidney stones - does that count?
>>
>>art
>>
>>At Thu, 26 May 2005, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>>
>>>Very funny, Joe,
>>>
>>>My point was that a difficult or prolonged labor can leave its mark on a
>>>woman in more than one way, and not all of them negative. And truly
>>>(and others will debate this endlessly
but I stand firmly by my opinion)
>>>you would have to experience labor and vaginal birth to understand what
>>>I am trying to say.
>>>
>>>--
>>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>>
>>>At Thu, 26 May 2005, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>In a message dated 5/25/05 10:50:53 PM, cherivh@xdcr.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Beautifully put, Anna. Giving birth changed me profoundly, too. It
>>>>> made me a better person. Stronger, saner, more in touch with both the
>>>>> physical and spiritual aspects of myself and the world around me. I
>>>>> know I have been a better mother because of the empowerment I received
>>>>> through that experience.
>>>>>
>>>>I never gave birth vaginally. I guess that's a bad thing.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not a very good person, people would argue about my sanity, and I'm jus
>>>>really out of touch right now. Also, my kids think I'm a TERRIBLE mother.
>>>>
>>>>Do you think I would have been more empowered if I'd have given birth
>>>>vaginally?
>>>>
>>>>Josephine
>>>>
>>>>P.S. I have to say, though - my karate instructor DID give birth vaginally.
>>>>But I could still probably kick HER a**, although I never would try, since he
>>>>weighs about 60 pounds less than I do. Gee, maybe if I had given birth
>>>>vaginally I'd be thinner. Think?
>>>
>>--
>>art fougner, md
>>
>> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
>>Lawrence Peter Berra
>>
--
art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
