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[primroseburrows]

ZOMG, not a DEVIL BABY!


The sad thing is? In the US, she'd probably get her way.


ETA: Happy 34th birthday to Manny Ramirez!

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[phoenixw.livejournal.com]

That's a bit surprising, that she'd want to take a chance at an extended labor and delivery. Why not just schedule a caesarian? ;-)

Actually, I just recently heard a story on NPR about women choosing to schedule caesarian delivery. They work with the doctor, do the ultrasound thing to make sure the baby is fully 'cooked' and then they go for it. The story covered pros and cons for the women making this kind of choice. I wouldn't call myself an advocate, but it was interesting.

And yeah. Intelligence testing should be required for drivers licensing and spouting Bible quotes from questionable sources. ;-)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I would suppose if the baby was 'cooked', vaginal birth would be the safer way to do things (better for baby's lungs, and the fact that C-sections are major abdominal surgery, with all THOSE risks). The problem is, they get it wrong a lot.

When I was pregnant with mr_t00by, I had FOUR u/s and an amniocentesis (to determine 'lung maturity'). The amnio was what sent me into labour (which isn't uncommon). It was three days past my due date, so I wasn't worried. The results came back (after he'd already been born)that his lungs weren't ready, which was entirely false because he was breathing just fine and there were no respiratory complications. In this case he was 'cooked'(all 9 lbs. 9 oz. of him) despite the test results.

The problem with working against nature like that is that nature is usually way smarter than science. IMO, messing with mother nature is a tricky thing.