I only got grief once for drinking when I was pregnant – it was a glass of wine on my birthday – but I’ve heard and seen of many instances of strangers telling women they shouldn’t drink because they are pregnant. Well now they are saying that 1.5 units of alcohol a day is ok! […]
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Here’s my post on how people do not agree on what "natural childbirth" is or should be and how all my problems could have been solved with two little wireless sensors. I was firmly against drugs during labor unless I changed my mind during labor. (How’s that for a decision! But having never been in
Drugs or no drugs when giving birth? And why all medical sensors should be wireless! Read More »
Cognitive Friday got some interesting data about who is always hot and who is always cold. As most of us would have guessed, women are much more likely to be cold than men. (As I type this my hands are freezing!) Thin people and young people are also more likely to be cold. One related
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The oldest woman to ever give birth got to pick her child’s genes, or at least the donors, and then she gave birth to them: Bousada, a Spaniard, sold her home in Spain to raise 30,000 pounds ($60,000) to pay for the treatment in the United States. She chose donor eggs from a "pretty, brown-haired
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A few days ago I blogged about the adoption agency that is buying human embryos – I wrote that I think they are on morally shaky ground. Well, today’s news gives me the same confused and uncomfortable feeling. This guy’s family took sperm from his dead body, found a volunteer mom and they are having
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In my 40th week of pregnancy, I have no belly button. It’s not an innie nor an outtie, it’s completely flat.