( continues...) said, from my experiences, and from listening to other women's birth stories, I've come away with the impression that some patients are less able (willing, but mostly able, in the heat of battle) to either question things or stick up for themselves, and some doctors are less willing to listen to all but the most explicitly stompy expressed protests and questions, and even less willing to explain themselves. A not-that-assertive-patient and an extremely-assertive-doctor can yield all sorts of birthing experiences, depending on circumstance. I'm inclined to believe Akner's story and create a midrash for myself about how it happened. Sometimes it's a matter of personality, but other times, it's a matter of the circumstances at the moment: fear, pain, physical weakness and/or exhaustion, did I mention fear. Most times, it's a combo of all those things.
That, I think, is the cultural issue -- there is a lot of energy in our culture around feeling bad about whatever choice you make as a mother, from conception to college graduation.
I agree, and imo, that ties back to Kat's comments on the Cult of Maternity.
You don't have to eat what comes out of your cootch.
Self, just because you mostly lurk now, doesn't mean you're safe when you click on ita's links.
It's Friday! >[link]
Or Aimee's! Morally bankrupt and disruptive, indeed.
Oh man, what a teal dear.
It seems to me that those who eschew modern medicine in favor of evolution are ignoring that humanity's evolution isn't just biological, it's also intellectual and technological.
Ooh, that's such a good way to put it. Thank you.
When talking to my dad today, I mentioned how I mistook my cousin for my aunt. Very similar voices, both have LI accents. My dad said "actually, except for the accent, I think you sound exactly like Carol." Which...guh.
Self, just because you mostly lurk now, doesn't mean you're safe when you click on ita's links.
Always a valuable lesson, babe.
Also, CINDY! HAI CINDY! We miss you, lady.
I had people in my house for dinner. It was just take-out, but everyone could sit and drink out of real glasses. Whoot!
I miss you! I have the summer off, but I keep forgetting I have it off, so I keep thinking I'm procrastinating before a deadline, rather than being deadline-free.
ION, my Colin Jack Carter crush continues apace. We're about an hour late watching Eureka, but while Scott was otherwise occupied, I watched the first 20 minutes, umpteen times.
Amy, did
Everlasting
get published, and if so, was that the final title?
eta...
Lisa!
msbelle, I take it that you're in Texas, now. Here's to smooth unpacking and adjusting to you and Mac.
Nice, msbelle.
I can't tell you how much it means to me that when dad hears me, he also hears his sister. I mean...
Dag, msbelle, you really live there now!
Sara, the other day my grandmother called up to my parents' (where I was), my mother answered, and my grandmother said, "Ask your mother..." My mother was like, "Mom, it's me." Huh.
