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Some very good points, but I still don't like the whole "decon" thing....
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TTLWHKR
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Some very good points, but I still don't like the whole "decon" thing.... [/b][/quote]
Decon is fun...
As the medic on the crew, the EMT gets to clean it up... Or take it back to HQ and get another rig. :lol:
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I acutally expected personal attacks from people over my expressed views on childbirth.
Just because I had no desire to have the mirror in the labor room turned so I could watch, and I made a joke about not wanting to hold him until he was clean, in no way makes me a bad mother. Get a sense of Humor people
If the truth be told, my son wasn't breathing when he was born. APGAR of 3. He looked like that blue/gray alien I have mentioned. Not that I could have held him if he wasn't whisked out of the room for treatment of his own, for some damn reason they had my arms strapped down while they did the C-Section.
Guess what, I hated EVERY SINGLE DAY of being pregnant as well. Both times. For all those women out there that claim to have the pregnancy glow, well I didn't. That little blue gray alien took over my body, and I swear he laid claim to my brain too, as I was never more stupid as those 9 months when I was pregnant.
Now, I guess I really am a horrible mom. Hated being pregnant, didn't want to watch him being born...I guess we won't need to get into the time when I acutally had to put my life in jeopardy to protect him, or the nights in the hospital wondering if he would ever breath right, or the near constant fight I am in with the school district because they don't quite know what to do with a kid whose IQ is near 140 and is preforming at a level far above what they were prepared to teach...we won't get into because its just hard to believe what kind of mom wouldn't like to have her body hijacked for 9 months.
OK...its time for me to get some sleep.
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Yes, I have missed those posts and your profile picture is of a woman in slippers playing a guitar.
I did not intend for my response to come across as a personal attack.
My first statement regarding the view of women today surprised me...doing hair, sweeping, laundry, etc. It was a very 1950's point of view and that's why I commented.
As far as your childbirth comments, everyone is entitled to his/her opinion and I don't think anyone said you were a horrible mom or bad mother. Perhaps it is the way you chose to verbalize your whole disdain of childbirth that made it so shocking to some people (rather than humorous), especially since we are all in healthcare and see so many things the body can do.
Personally, I did not enjoy being pregnant the last time with my daughter and at the present time with my son, at 34 weeks, I still do not enjoy it.
To each his own.
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To each there own. I will not pass judgment on anyone complaining of pregnancy.... I will never have that experience. (Even though I look like I'm 40 weeks pregnant 
:lol: )
But, just to say something: Ya know....there are a bunch of kids in china up for adoption.... or locally.... or ANYWHERE.... Adoption is fine, the kid might not look quite like you, but they will still call you mommy/daddy, right????
I will agree with you though, Princess... the whole "miracle of life" thing of birth being "beautiful" is BullS**t.... I've had to help clean up an ambulance after that... and it is the second-worst decon I've ever done (worst was the vomiting, drunk brain aneurysm pt. I had last week ). You pretty much hit the nail on the head about the "slimy green alien" although, they do look cute once they've been cleaned up.
Jon
:lol: )But, just to say something: Ya know....there are a bunch of kids in china up for adoption.... or locally.... or ANYWHERE.... Adoption is fine, the kid might not look quite like you, but they will still call you mommy/daddy, right????
I will agree with you though, Princess... the whole "miracle of life" thing of birth being "beautiful" is BullS**t.... I've had to help clean up an ambulance after that... and it is the second-worst decon I've ever done (worst was the vomiting, drunk brain aneurysm pt. I had last week
). You pretty much hit the nail on the head about the "slimy green alien" although, they do look cute once they've been cleaned up.Jon
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Thankyou, that's the whole point. Me thinks it was taken WAY out of context, anyway, for as much as I HATE being pregnant and all the crap that goes with it, once I get the ok, I'm going through it one more time, then Imma get fixed
And Jon you can get away with still being in your first trimester
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Ya'll can call me a silly, but after reading this I feel the need to type:
What I did not like about being pregnant -
morning sickness (sometimes all day)
baby hitting my bladder when he turned his head
stretch marks
labour with no drugs
my sore chest
swollen fingers
the weight gain
childbirth classes (we kept giggling like we were sneaking into a dirty movie)
The big old mean nurse who pushed my uterus into my spine (2nd time around I massaged my own belly - and told that hag to stay away or I'd knock her out).
people who gave advice or spouted old wives tales - they are just DUMB
What i did like -
my tummy being round
my perfect skin, and thick hair
My cheeks being a little pink
eating whatever I wanted
my husband measuring my belly
Epidural that made baby #2 a breeze
my very large (Pam Anderson eat your heart out) B**Bs
putting my belly against my husbands back so he could feel them kick
Percoset for the pain after
Breast feeding - Initially I swore I was a cow, only required for feeding times. I finally figured out, it relaxed me, relaxed my little baby and i liked being his grocery store.
The Birth - not too messy. It never concerned me, I was too busy pushing and managing labour to worry about the mess or the clean up. Long as i didn't have to swing a mop i never cared. I have been in the OR with several C-sections and I always feel for the mom. Its a strange process to watch.
On the ambulance, yeah its messy - but I get more ticked when I see crack babies, no pre-natal care, and a drunk or high mom in labour. It infuriates me knowing how many parents would love to have a healthy child, and these people just don't care.
OK off my soapbox now!
What I did not like about being pregnant -
morning sickness (sometimes all day)
baby hitting my bladder when he turned his head
stretch marks
labour with no drugs
my sore chest
swollen fingers
the weight gain
childbirth classes (we kept giggling like we were sneaking into a dirty movie)
The big old mean nurse who pushed my uterus into my spine (2nd time around I massaged my own belly - and told that hag to stay away or I'd knock her out).
people who gave advice or spouted old wives tales - they are just DUMB
What i did like -
my tummy being round
my perfect skin, and thick hair
My cheeks being a little pink
eating whatever I wanted
my husband measuring my belly
Epidural that made baby #2 a breeze
my very large (Pam Anderson eat your heart out) B**Bs
putting my belly against my husbands back so he could feel them kick
Percoset for the pain after
Breast feeding - Initially I swore I was a cow, only required for feeding times. I finally figured out, it relaxed me, relaxed my little baby and i liked being his grocery store.
The Birth - not too messy. It never concerned me, I was too busy pushing and managing labour to worry about the mess or the clean up. Long as i didn't have to swing a mop i never cared. I have been in the OR with several C-sections and I always feel for the mom. Its a strange process to watch.
On the ambulance, yeah its messy - but I get more ticked when I see crack babies, no pre-natal care, and a drunk or high mom in labour. It infuriates me knowing how many parents would love to have a healthy child, and these people just don't care.
OK off my soapbox now!