When we had our birthing classes, the nurse described her three labors (all natural). The back labor sounded really painful.

When we had our birthing classes, the nurse described her three labors (all natural). The back labor sounded really painful.

Did she do it in a cheerfully matter-of-fact way? That's what was getting me. Also, the knowledge that my mother has the pain tolerance of a bull elephant on PCP.

Yeah, Brenda, that's him...I got to go on his radio show once and talk about sex. It was a proto-Bitch moment. Somebody called in and said I sounded like Roseanne Barr. I said "Oh, thank you so much!"(I thought she was a hoot and a half.) What I heard was "You are fucking hiliarious." The pause got longer. "I hate Roseanne Barr."(They thought the anthem thing was disrespectful.)

Kate, Raquel, and WindSparrow have new tags. And may I just say that, yes, mentioning me in your post does help, heh. I'm all, hi, uh, I don't see anything in your post about...oh.

Susan roooooocks.

Back to the thesis! Okay, first I make my LJ rounds, and then back to the thesis.

Did she do it in a cheerfully matter-of-fact way?

It was a little more rueful, like: "After two births, I thought I knew it all and when I taught these classes I think I drastically understated the kind of pain you get with back labor. So it was probably a little karma coming back on me."

is there any truth to the notion that back labor's more common with an anterior placenta?

I've never heard of that before; I do know back labor is more common if the baby's face is anterior.

I've never heard of that before; I do know back labor is more common if the baby's face is anterior.

I think the info I saw indicated that there was a correlation between face position and the position of the placenta, but it was all in the vague data category.

Hopefully, Princess Ticky Box will continue to prefer facing the other way, as frustrating as that has been for the ultrasound techs.

Also hopefully, she'll move her butt up top where it belongs. (from the feel of things, she's been transverse for the last couple of days)

I am so excited that Princess TB is nearly cooked. I remember when she was a Blob To Be Named Later.

I just got off the phone with a good friend. Like Joe, her husband went to Iraq back in 2003 but he had to stay for an entire year. During that year, he was injured in an attempted assasination, although he's fine now. He has been home for the last year, but is headed back to Iraq again in a few weeks for another year.

Since he came back, he has been an entirely different person - cold, distant, mean, and almost certianly suffering from PTSD. They have a beautiful 2 year old daughter and he spends almost no time with her.

It's so sad to me and I wish there was something I could do. How do you make a relationship work when you are never togethe (and the time you are together, you are planning to be apart again). This was my biggest fear for Joe and I, but at least in our case, we have talked a lot about it. My friend's husband has no interest in either acknowledgin the problem or doing something about it. He has changed so much and my heart really aches for my friend who just wants a loving, kind companion in life.

One of the reasons they were surprised Annabel was sunny side up was that I never had back labor.